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.
MADRID: France striker Thierry Henry completed his 24.0 million euros ($32.30 million) move from Arsenal to Barcelona on Monday saying that he had come to the club to play a style of football he had always admired.
MADRID: Thierry Henry said he left Arsenal on good terms with coach Arsene Wenger and is hopeful that the Frenchman will remain at the London club.
KINGSTON, Jamaica: World 100 meters record holder Asafa Powell could miss the next IAAF Golden League meeting which would automatically rule him out of contention for at least a share of a $1 million jackpot.
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