JAUSIERS, France: The Tour de France yellow jersey is set to be decided on the final alpine stage on Wednesday after a dramatic 16th stage here in which CSC failed to shake off Australia's Cadel Evans.
LOS ANGELES: Douglas Logan, the new chief executive of USA Track and Field, on Tuesday urged US President George W. Bush to turn a deaf ear to Marion Jones' request that her perjury sentence be commuted.
The arrival of the Olympic flame yesterday in Qingdao, host city of the summer Olympic sailing competition from August 9 to 23, elevated the coastal city's Olympic atmosphere to another high.
Qingdao, a vibrant economic center and port, is also a historic city with rich culture set amid beautiful scenery.
At the tip of the Liaodong Peninsula in northeast China's Liaoning province, Dalian is increasingly important in global trade due to its strengths in shipping, manufacturing, finance and tourism.
NEW YORK: Justin Morneau slid home on Michael Young's sacrifice fly in the 15th inning on Tuesday to give the American League a 4-3 victory over the National League, extending its All-Star unbeaten streak to 12.
NEW YORK: New York Yankees outfielder Hideki Matsui could be forced to undergo season-ending surgery on his swollen left knee, the team's general manager Brian Cashman said .
RALEIGH, North Carolina: Former elite athletics coach Trevor Graham has been banned for life for violating anti-doping rules, the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) said on Tuesday.
PAU, France: Cycling split between its governing body and private organizers on Tuesday after the ProTour teams said they were leaving the UCI's elite series.
MILAN: Barcelona's Brazilian forward Ronaldinho will sign with AC Milan on Wednesday, the Italian club has said.
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