PARIS: Once upon a time, football was a simple game in which the players worked up a sweat, the cure to injuries was a magic sponge and taking a penalty was a matter of hoofing a ball with your cork-studded boot.
ATHENS: Chicago, Tokyo, Madrid and Rio de Janeiro were named on Wednesday as candidate cities to host the 2016 Olympic Games, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said.
HAVRE DE GRACE, Maryland: Annika Sorenstam gave notice last month that this was her final year on the LPGA Tour, lending a special aura to the remaining majors on the calendar starting with this week's LPGA Championship.
VIENNA: Dignity and restraint, even in the wake of a scintillating victory or a disastrous loss, are essential during Euro 2008, says Austria's etiquette guru Thomas Schaefer-Elmayer.
Little-known Shang Lei and Wu Ashun may not be regularly hitting fairways and greens on the Asian Tour yet, but the Chinese rookies are determined to emulate the success of Zhang Lianwei and Liang Wenchong.
China's soccer players returned home with high morale on Tuesday, even though the team's World Cup qualifying match against Qatar on Monday was its third consecutive draw.
China will count on two 19-year-olds, both with only a year's experience, to carry the nation's Olympic hopes in marathon swimming, an event that makes its Olympic premier in Beijing.
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