LONDON: English Premier League soccer club Arsenal said on Monday it did not need a billionaire backer and had had no contact with Alisher Usmanov, the wealthy Russian businessman who has built up a 21 percent stake in the club and wants more.
GOTHENBURG, Sweden: In 1900, Dwight Filley Davis donated a silver trophy for a tennis competition between the United States and Britain.
MANCHESTER, England: Avram Grant, Chelsea's new manager, insists he is confident he will prove a successful replacement for Jose Mourinho despite a debut defeat against Manchester United.
MOSCOW: Igor Andreev powered Russia to their second successive Davis Cup final by beating Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-3 3-6 6-0 6-3 in the fifth and deciding rubber on Sunday, giving the champions a 3-2 win over Germany.
MOTEGI, Japan: If not as instantly recognisable as a Tiger Woods or a Steffi Graf, Australia's Casey Stoner was every bit the child genius as those champions were from the moment he could walk.
Born Jan. 26, 1963 in Setubal, Portugal. Following a modest playing career, accepts job in 1992 as interpreter for former England manager Bobby Robson at Sporting Lisbon, taking over as assistant coach from 1994-1996.
LONDON: Sevilla witnessed first hand the chasm between UEFA Cup soccer and the Champions League on Wednesday with a humbling 3-0 defeat at Arsenal.
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