SYDNEY: Champion Australian swimmer Grant Hackett announced his retirement from the sport at Swimming Australia's swimmer of the year awards here on Monday.
DETROIT: After a summer spent promoting the game around the world, the NBA focus returns to the North American hardwood this week and the start of a new season that will present challenges on and off the court.
BERLIN: He is as loved by Hoffenheim fans as much as he is loathed by supporters of their Bundesliga rivals, but German entrepreneur Dietmar Hopp has realized his dream of putting his team top of the league.
The former head coach of China's national diving team has now hired a lawyer to continue her quest to prosecute a rival coach for allegedly claiming athletes' bonuses that she claims are rightfully hers.
Chinese women's tennis players finished an injury-hit but glorious 2008 season with three breaking into the world top 40 in the current WTA standings.
PARIS: A dozen of his contemporaries came to the Paris Masters bidding to snatch the last coveted slots for the Shanghai Masters Cup - but fading star Marat Sarin is contemplating retirement after a shambolic showing on Monday.
MIAMI: The laughing stock of the NFL last season, when they managed just a solitary win, the Miami Dolphins are suddenly being taken seriously again.
NASHVILLE, Tennessee: LenDale White ran for two touchdowns, Chris Hope intercepted Peyton Manning twice and the Tennessee Titans remained the NFL's only unbeaten team this season with a 31-21 win over the Indianapolis Colts on Monday night.
MILAN: Ferrari will review its participation in Formula One if plans to introduce a standard engine for all teams from 2010 goes ahead, its board said in a statement on Monday.
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