VALENCIA, Spain: Swiss syndicate Alinghi recovered from a last-gasp boat handling disaster yesterday to beat Emirates Team New Zealand by just one second and retain the America's Cup, sailing's most prestigious competition.
PUERTO LA CRUZ, Venezuela: Argentina, helped by a brace from Juan Roman Riquelme, beat Colombia 4-2 to reach the Copa America quarterfinals on Monday and Paraguay joined with a 3-1 win over United States.
LONDON: Czech teenager Nicole Vaidisova proved she has grit as well as glamor when she sent defending champion Amelie Mauresmo spinning out of Wimbledon yesterday.
LONDON: Justine Henin's stroll into the Wimbledon quarterfinals, losing just 15 games in four rounds, may not be helping the argument that women are earning their equal share of this year's prize money.
TORONTO: The Philadelphia Flyers landed one of the top prizes on the free agent market signing Daniel Briere to an eight-year $52 million deal on Sunday while the Stanley Cup champion Anaheim Ducks added another blue chip defenseman to their lineup.
LONDON: Venus Williams looked as though she was hurtling towards defeat against a Japanese skiing fan yesterday before fighting back to set up a fourth-round Wimbledon tie against another former champion Maria Sharapova.
GUATEMALA CITY: A victory for Russia's Sochi in the race to host the 2014 Winter Olympics would affect millions of lives in Russia, leaders of the bid said on Sunday.
MATURIN, Venezuela: Robinho scored a hat-trick to give Brazil a badly-needed 3-0 Copa America win over Chile on Sunday, while Mexico reached the quarterfinals after beating Ecuador 2-1.
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