SALZBURG: Sweden coach Lars Lagerback hailed Zlatan Ibrahimovic and his terrific strike that helped secure a 2-0 win over holder Greece at Euro 2008 on Tuesday.
INNSBRUCK: David Villa said he was happier about Spain's emphatic 4-1 win over Russia in their opening Group D match on Tuesday than becoming the first player at Euro 2008 to score a hat trick.
PARIS: Rafael Nadal insists his standing as the world's second best player is accurate, but many who witnessed his French Open humiliation of Roger Federer believe the king's crown sits on the wrong head.
PARIS: Roger Federer is counting on the green, green grass of Wimbledon to help him bury the memory of the worst defeat of his career and a miserable first half of the year.
LOS ANGELES: Pau Gasol, whose February arrival helped lift the Los Angeles Lakers into the National Basketball Association Finals, must raise his performance if his team is to rally against the Boston Celtics.
PARIS: French No 1 Richard Gasquet on Sunday said he will not take part in the Beijing Olympics joining fellow world top 10 player Andy Roddick in pulling out.
KLAGENFURT, Austria: Polish-born forward Lukas Podolski admitted he was suffering from divided loyalties after his goals sealed a 2-0 win that sank Poland and launched the German's Euro 2008 campaign.
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