Fuming Cannavaro cleared of doping
The captain of the Italian national football team, Fabio Cannavaro, hits out at his treatment at the hands of the world’s media after being cleared of doping by the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI).
Second half goals from Nicolas Anelka and Florent Malouda give Chelsea a 2-0 victory over title rivals Liverpool at Stamford Bridge to take over at the top of the English Premier League from Manchester United.
As many as 15 gunmen stormed into a house party in Juarez, Mexico, in the early hours of Sunday morning and opened fire, killing at least 13 people and injuring 13 others in one of the deadliest attacks the city has seen this year, a police official said.
Manny Pacquiao is fully focused on next month’s fight with Miguel Cotto in Las Vegas despite the typhoon which has devastated parts of his native Philippines, insists his trainer.
Portugal and France kept alive their hopes of qualifying for the 2010 World Cup finals with morale-boosting victories on Saturday night.
World heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko will defend his IBF, WBO and IBO titles against mandatory challenger Eddie Chambers in Duesseldorf on March 20.
Inter Milan moved four points clear at the top of Serie A after beating Palermo 5-3 in a thriller on Thursday night.
A law allowing same-sex weddings took effect Thursday in Mexico City, one day after the second same-sex marriage was performed in Argentina.
Olympic 1500 meter champion Rashid Ramzi has been stripped of his gold medal after testing positive for doping at the 2008 Beijing Games, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced.
Reigning Australian Open champion Rafael Nadal is forced to retire hurt from his quarterfinal match against Andy Murray in Melbourne on Tuesday.
Ian Poulter won his first European Tour event in three years on Sunday when he rode his luck to clinch the Barclays Singapore Open by a shot from China’s Liang Wenchong.
Joannie Rochette, skating four days after her beloved mother died, thrilled her native Canada by winning a bronze medal Thursday night in the women’s figure skating competition.
Ten people, including Americans and Dominicans, carrying 33 children were arrested along the Haitian-Dominican Republic border Saturday, according to Mario Andresol, chief of Haitian National Police.
Tiger Woods apologized on Wednesday for “transgressions” that “let his family down” in another twist in the saga which began with him crashing his car into a fire hydrant last week.
World No. 3 Steve Stricker racked up a five-shot lead with four holes left in his third round before bad weather again halted play at the Northern Trust Open on Saturday.
Gokhan Inler’s second-half strike was enough to fire Udinese past AC Milan and into the semifinals of the Coppa Italia on Wednesday.