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.
The English Premier League has rejected a proposal to bring Scottish Premier League sides Celtic and Rangers into English football’s top flight.
The NBA is hoping to stage a regular-season game in London in the next two years before the British capital hosts the 2012 Olympics, it announced ahead of the Chicago Bulls’ 102-101 victory against Utah Jazz in an exhibiton game there on Tuesday night.
Venezuela’s top human rights official on Thursday disputed findings of a report issued by an Organization of American States commission, and accused the panel of unfairly distorting statistics to show a pattern of political repression and abuses by the government.
It may dominate the U.S. sporting calendar — but Super Bowl is far from the most-watched game on the planet, with soccer, tennis and Formula 1 all attracting bigger audiences.
Unheralded Frenchman Vincent Jay causes a massive upset by winning the men’s 10km sprint biathlon while compatriot Jason Lamy Chappuis claims the men’s nordic combined event in Vancouver on Sunday.
Italian giants Juventus and Roma have suffered blows with the news that star strikers Vincenzo Iaquinta and Francesco Totti have both undergone knee surgery.
The death toll climbed to 16 Monday in the attack by heavily armed gunmen at a party in Mexico early Sunday, Ciudad Juarez Mayor Jose Reyes Ferriz said.
New Zealand increased the pressure on England coach Martin Johnson with a 19-6 win at Twickenham on Saturday, while world champions South Africa ended a three-match losing run by beating Italy 32-10.
Manchester United return to the top of English Premier League with a 5-0 crushing of crisis club Portsmouth, while Liverpool keep their Champions League bid on track with a 1-0 victory in the derby against Everton.
German Sebastian Vettel will begin the Japanese Grand Prix in pole position as the Red Bull driver recorded the fastest lap in qualifying while Formula One Championship leader Jenson Button will start in 12th place after being penalized five places.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said it is important for Argentina and Britain to hold talks about the disputed Falkland Islands, but she did not commit to mediating them.
Thomas Bjorn, non-playing captain of the Continental Europe team hammered by Britain and Ireland last weekend, holds a two-stroke lead after the opening round of the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship.
Top seed Rafael Nadal fought off a determined challenge from American James Blake to reach the quarterfinals of the China Open in Beijing on Thursday.
The president of Athletics South Africa, Leonard Chuene, has been suspended for lying about his involvement in the Caster Semenya gender row