NEW YORK: Andy Roddick's rare victory over world No 1 Roger Federer last week has boosted his confidence in time for this weekend's Davis Cup quarterfinals where he will pilot holder the US against France.
ANTIBES, France: France's Alain Bernard, who broke three world swimming records in as many days, was perfectly happy to lose one of them soon afterward.
NEW YORK: Jennie Finch, the stand-out of the US softball dream team that rolled to a third straight Olympic gold in Athens, will be on a special quest in Beijing - striking a blow for a return of her sport to future Games.
AUGUSTA, Georgia: World No 2 Phil Mickelson has taken two pages out of top-ranked Tiger Woods' book to prepare for his 2008 major championships campaign starting on Thursday at the US Masters.
SAN ANTONIO, Texas: So patient for 20 years, Kansas had no problem working an extra five minutes to bring a long-awaited championship back to the heartland.
LONDON: Cardiff City's hopes of playing in next season's UEFA Cup were lifted on Monday when the FA said it would re-examine its case and UEFA said it would consider giving the Welsh club a wildcard entry.
LONDON: Italian World Cup-winning defender Marco Materazzi won a formal public apology from the Daily Star in the High Court on Monday over its claim that he had racially abused France's Zinedine Zidane in 2006.
SAN ANTONIO, Texas: Two of basketball's most dominant former centers, 7-footers Hakeem Olajuwon and Patrick Ewing, were among the seven new Hall of Fame inductees named on Monday.
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