MADRID: Real Madrid ended its four-year trophy drought in dramatic fashion when it wrested the league title from Barcelona in June, but the club will be pushed to repeat the feat against its reinforced rivals this season.
KUALA LUMPUR: Indonesia's Taufik Hidayat was sensationally dumped from the world badminton championships yesterday by unseeded Anup Sridhar from India.
TORONTO: World No 1 Justine Henin says she is getting enough thrills on the court this season that there has been no need to jump out of planes to get her adrenalin fix.
BERLIN: Nine-man Lazio had to settle for a 1-1 draw at home to Dinamo Bucharest on Tuesday, leaving its hope of a return to the group phase of the Champions League in the balance.
CINCINNATI: World No 1 Roger Federer said on Tuesday that he was in no hurry to get a new coach, three months after he stopped working with Tony Roche.
KUALA LUMPUR: China's assault on the world badminton championships started yesterday in commanding style, with world No 4 Chen Jin demolishing his hapless opponent in 21 minutes.
MADRID: Real Madrid continued its makeover of the championship-winning squad when it unveiled Dutch duo Wesley Sneijder and Royston Drenthe at the Bernabeu on Monday.
LONDON: Kevin Pietersen's 10th test century helped England survive for a draw in the third test at The Oval on Monday against India, who still claimed a rare series victory outside Asia 1-0.
PARIS: English giants Arsenal and Liverpool face tricky away ties on Wednesday as they bid to join Europe's top 16 clubs in the group phase of the Champions League.
CINCINNATI: Russian Marat Safin believes it will take him a long time to get back to his best following a long-standing knee injury.
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