ROME: Italian football suffered another tragic blow on Sunday as a Parma fan died after being run over by a bus on a weekend that saw AC Milan's Champions League hopes take another costly dent.
MADRID: Real Madrid came out of its recent slump to defeat Sevilla 3-1 on Sunday and stretch its lead at the top of the Spanish first division to six points.
WASHINGTON: The Washington Nationals edged the Atlanta Braves 3-2 in the Stateside season opener on Sunday, allowing the league, fans and players to forget, at least temporarily, the sport's scandal-scarred winter.
EDINBURGH: The running machine that is Ethiopia's Kenenisa Bekele has admitted that the pressure of having his new wife as a spectator was a major spur to him winning an unprecedented sixth world cross title.
LONDON: Brazil coach Dunga believes Alexandre Pato can emulate Ronaldo after the teenage prodigy marked his international debut with a sublime winner against Sweden.
PARIS: Fabio Capello has insisted that his bid to revive England remains on track, despite seeing his new charges comprehensively outclassed by a far-from-full-strength France side.
ELCHE, Spain: David Villa scored a stunning left-foot volley to give perenial underachiever Spain a morale-boosting 1-0 victory over Italy here on Wednesday.
Henrik Stenson returns to Shanghai as the top draw in the star-studded April 24-27 BMW Asian Open with something to prove after his near miss a few years earlier.
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