Football: Real on top as Barca falter
Real Madrid returned to the top of the table in Spain after edging past Racing Santander 1-0 on Saturday, while previous leaders Barcelona could only draw 1-1 at Athletic Bilbao.
Clayton Fredrik is standing in the distant shadow of the Incan ruins in Machu Picchu, battling boredom and helping locals repair flood-damaged roads.
Survivors still emerged from collapsed buildings in Haiti’s devastated capital Sunday, nearly five days after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck the impoverished island nation.
Roberto Mancini has set his sights on a top four finish in the English Premier League this season to bring Champions League football to Manchester City after taking over from the sacked Mark Hughes.
Former world heavyweight champion George Foreman has tipped Miguel Cotto “to pull out a decision” in his title bout with Manny Pacquiao in Las Vegas on Saturday night.
Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel keeps alive his faint hopes of winning this year’s Formula One world title with a convincing victory in the Japan Grand Prix at Suzuka. He is 16 points behind leader Jenson Button — who finished eighth.
Bayer Leverkusen went to the top of the German Bundesliga with a 4-0 thrashing of Nuremberg as defending champions Wolfsburg and Bayern Munich both drew on Saturday.
Lelly Laurentus thought he was doing the right thing when he handed his two young children over to an American woman who promised to take them to a better place.
The father of American figure skating icon Nancy Kerrigan is dead and her brother is behind bars, accused of assault and battery against 70-year old Daniel Kerrigan, according to Massachusetts authorities.
Massive food distribution coordinated by the World Food Programme, international aid agencies and the Haitian government will begin Sunday in the quake-ravaged capital.
France’s Sandrine Aubert claimed her second World Cup victory of the season as she won the women’s slalom in Zagreb on Sunday.
U.S. Open champion Juan Martin del Potro survives a tough battle with American James Blake on Wednesday as top seeds progress to the third round of the Australian Open in Melbourne.
There was a dramatic end to the opening day of the Presidents Cup in San Francisco, which saw the United States finish with a 3.5 – 2.5 lead over the Internationals side.
Argentine striker Carlos Tevez scores twice against his former club as Manchester City beat West Ham 3-1 on Monday to move up to fifth position in the English Premier League table.
Title hopefuls Manchester United and Arsenal were both held to draws on Saturday as Chelsea retained their English Premier League lead despite being snowed out of action.
Fabio Cannavaro is to join the Italian national squad on Sunday for their World Cup qualifier against Cyprus next week, despite being under the cloud of a drug controversy after a positive test for cortisone.