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.
SALZBURG: Greece will be eager to prove its surprise 2004 triumph was no fluke when it launches its European Championships title defense against Sweden on Tuesday.
NEUSTIFT, Austria: Russia's chances of upsetting highly fancied Spain in its Euro 2008 opener on Tuesday will be undermined by the absence of playmaker Andrei Arshavin and striker Pavel Pogrebnyak.
NEUSTIFT, Austria: The most successful footballing nation in history has no place at the European Championships - but one Brazilian is still hoping to triumph on the Old Continent at Euro 2008.
VIENNA: Croatia coach Slaven Bilic claimed his team would improve after narrowly hanging on to a 1-0 win over co-hosts Austria in their opening Group B clash in Vienna.
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania: The Detroit Red Wings clinched the Stanley Cup with a nail-biting 3-2 Game 6 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Wednesday.
PARIS: Russia's Dinara Safina moved one victory away from joining big brother Marat as a Grand Slam title winner when she reached the French Open final yesterday.
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