Football: Egypt defeat Ghana in final
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.
Rubens Barrichello boosts his chances of overhauling Brawn teammate Jenson Button and winning his first world title by claiming pole position for his home Brazilian Grand Prix in treacherous conditions on Saturday.
David Haye has set his sights once more on a fight with Vitali Klitschko after defeating Russian giant Nikolai Valuev to win the WBA heavyweight championship.
Jacques Kallis frustrated the England bowling attack with his 33rd Test century as South Africa closed the first day of the third Test in Cape Town on 279 for six wickets.
With Portsmouth failing to avert an upcoming court appearance over millions in unpaid taxes, and West Ham’s new owners claiming their acquisition made “no commercial sense,” the plight of the two English clubs highlights the dire economic times that world football faces.
One of two piers at the port serving the Haitian capital has reopened, and a gravel road was laid off of it, clearing a major route for aid to come into the city, officials said.
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.
Lee Westwood charges to a runaway victory in the inaugural Dabai World Championship on Sunday to be crowned Europe’s number one golfer this year.
A Dominican man who is acting as a legal adviser to 10 Americans arrested on child kidnapping charges in Haiti is himself facing allegations of human trafficking in El Salvador and human smuggling charges in the United States.
Guatemala’s national police chief and the country’s top anti-narcotics official have been arrested in connection with the drug trade, Attorney General Amilcar Velasquez announced.
A study by the Organization of American States concluded last month that many of the buildings in Haiti were so shoddily constructed that they were unlikely to survive any disaster, let alone an earthquake like the one that devastated Port-au-Prince on Tuesday, the man who supervised the report said Wednesday.
South Africa took three late wickets on day four of the third Test against England to put themselves in a strong position to level the series when they resume on Thursday at Newlands.
2009 winner Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo is included on a five-man shortlist for the FIFA World Player of the Year award.
Peru’s supreme court on Wednesday sentenced ex-President Alberto Fujimori to six years in prison for authorizing illegal wiretaps and bribing congressmen and journalists.
Mexico has qualified for a fifth straight World Cup after beating El Salvador 4-1 in its Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football match.
Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson has been charged by the English Football Association for his critical remarks about the fitness of referee Alan Wiley.