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Trezeguet wants to stay with Juventus for rest of career
ROME: France international striker David Trezeguet said he will stay with Italian giant Juventus for the rest of his career, Gazetta dello Sport reported on Tuesday.
Trezeguet, in excellent early-season form having scored 11 Italian league goals, said: "I think I am playing the best I have ever played. I am really confident and that is shown by how I'm playing on the pitch.
"I feel I'm a major part of the club's plans and I will stay here for the rest of my career."
Penguins' Crosby increases lead in NHL All-Star voting
NEW YORK: Pittsburgh Penguins star forward Sidney Crosby widen the gap between himself and the other potential National Hockey League All Stars, the league announced Tuesday.
Crosby received 177,873 votes in the latest returns for the Eastern Conference. That is more than twice as many as his closest rival.
The 20-year-old Canadian is tied with Atlanta's Russian speedster Ilya Kovalchuk for second in the NHL in scoring with 33 points.
Crosby's closest pursuer in the balloting is Montreal Canadiens defender Andrei Markov, who received just over 115,000 votes.
Svindal suffers broken nose in downhill training crash
BEAVER CREEK, Colorado: Reigning World Cup overall champion Aksel Lund Svindal was recovering in hospital on Tuesday night with a broken nose after falling heavily during Tuesday's training run for the downhill.
Trainer Marius Arneson said Svindal is expected to stay at least one night in a nearby Vail hospital and that his injuries were serious enough to keep him out for an extended period of time.
"I don't have the doctor's report yet but he could miss a long period," Arneson said.
Norwegian legend Aamodt recovers stolen medals
OSLO: Norway's four-time Olympic ski champion Kjetil-Andre Aamodt said on Tuesday he has recovered his medal collection that was stolen four years ago.
"It's great because I really thought they were gone for good," Aamodt told public broadcaster NRK.
Aamodt is a legend in the alpine skiing world, having won more titles than any skier in history during his illustrious career, which he brought to an end in January.
In August 2003, thieves made off with 19 of his Olympic and World Championship medals that were stored in a safe at his father's house.
Aamodt said he had received an anonymous telephone call several months ago informing him that the medals had been spotted on the internet.
(China Daily 11/29/2007 page23)
