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Egypt win the Africa Cup of Nations for a third successive time — and a record seventh in total — with a narrow 1-0 win over Ghana in the final in Luanda.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev called for the resignation of the nation’s top Olympic officials Monday after the country’s worst performance in a Winter Olympics in nearly a hundred years.

Reigning Australian Open champion Rafael Nadal is forced to retire hurt from his quarterfinal match against Andy Murray in Melbourne on Tuesday.

Egypt win the Africa Cup of Nations for a third successive time — and a record seventh in total — with a narrow 1-0 win over Ghana in the final in Luanda.

The final 32 for next summer’s World Cup finals will be decided in the final round of qualifying matches tonight — find out the latest on who will grab the six spots still available for South Africa 2010.

Marian Cilic, above, will face second seed Novak Djokovic in the final of the China Open on Sunday after handing world No. 2 Rafael Nadal his first defeat in Beijing.

England striker Wayne Rooney scores his 100th English Premier League goal to help Manchester United keep their title hopes alive with a stunning 3-1 win at rivals Arsenal.

Justine Henin continued her winning return to tennis with a straight sets win over Kazakhstan’s Sesil Karatantcheva at the WTA tournament in Brisbane on Wednesday.

Defending champion Venus Williams cruised into the final of the Dubai Open as she ended the surprise run of Shahar Peer with a 6-1 6-4 win in the semifinals on Friday.

A massive food distribution coordinated by the World Food Programme, international aid agencies and the Haitian government was under way Sunday in the quake-ravaged capital.

FIFA president Sepp Blatter claims the Football Association of Ireland asked to be included in the World Cup finals as an extra team following the Republic of Ireland’s controversial play-off exit to France.

Sweden’s Daniel Chopra holds the clubhouse lead at the Singapore Open as lightning again disrupted play with more than half the field failing to finish their second rounds, including first round leader Ian Poulter and world number two Phil Mickelson.

Roger Federer swept aside Britain’s Andy Murray in straight sets to win the Australian Open final and claim the 16th grand slam of his record breaking career on Sunday.

Indian batsman Virender Sehwag admitted he was not too disappointed after he fell seven agonising runs short of a world record third triple-century in the third Test against Sri Lanka.

Two weeks after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake devastated Haiti, the numbers have mounted. The numbers tell stories of death and destruction, as well as a global outpouring of aid.

Roger Federer swept aside Britain’s Andy Murray in straight sets to win the Australian Open final and claim the 16th grand slam of his record breaking career on Sunday.

Impassable roads, a bottleneck at the damaged airport, an unreachable dock and not enough equipment to unload supplies kept much of the world’s help Friday from desperate Haitians.

He’s the fastest runner ever, but Usain Bolt accepts that it will take people time to believe that he has no illegal assistance.

Togo captain Emmanuel Adebayor has labeled as “outrageous” the controversial decision to ban his side from the next two Africa Cup of Nations.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and foreign ministers from more than a dozen countries will start laying out the groundwork for rebuilding Haiti on Monday, nearly two weeks after a devastating earthquake.

Wayne Rooney scored four times as he produced a magical performance to help send Manchester United top of the English Premier League with a 4-0 win over Hull City at Old Trafford on Saturday.

Togo captain Emmanuel Adebayor has labeled as “outrageous” the controversial decision to ban his side from the next two Africa Cup of Nations.

Belgium’s Kim Clijsters began her 2010 campaign in fine style with a 6-2 6-1 win over Italy’s Tathiana Garbin in the first round of the WTA tournament in Brisbane on Sunday.

Thursday, January 21

An angry Phil Mickelson hinted at legal action for being accused of “cheating” by fellow PGA Tour professional Scott McCarron.

Frank Lampard (above, left) scores twice as Chelsea climb back to the top of English Premier League table after a comfortable 3-0 victory over Birmingham at Stamford Bridge.

Justine Henin continued her winning return to tennis with a straight sets win over Kazakhstan’s Sesil Karatantcheva at the WTA tournament in Brisbane on Wednesday.

An angry Phil Mickelson hinted at legal action for being accused of “cheating” by fellow PGA Tour professional Scott McCarron.

Real Madrid capped a disappointing week by being held goalless by Sporting Gijon in the Spanish Primera Liga on Saturday night.

Monday, January 18