Sports
West Brom stuns Reds on opening day
Brendan Rodgers endured a sorry Premier League start as Liverpool boss with a 3-0 defeat at West Bromwich Albion on the opening day of the season Saturday while Arsenal, without Robin van Persie, was held 0-0 by Sunderland.
India’s ‘Very Very Special’ announces retirement
Veteran Indian batsman Vangipurappu Venkata Sai Laxman announced his retirement from international cricket.
Sanya and Tinsley win in Stockholm
Olympic champion Sanya Richards-Ross was pushed to the limit by Botswana’s Amantle Montsho.
Sunday, 19 - August 2012
Rider Hector Barbera of Spain hits the pavement after losing control of his bike on the 16th turn during MotoGP motorcycle practice at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Friday.
Sunday, 19 - August 2012
New York’s Derek Jeter hit his 250th career home run and Nick Swisher homered twice as the Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox 6-4 in Friday’s clash between the American League rivals.
Sunday, 19 - August 2012
With the threat of a National Hockey League (NHL) lockout less than a month away, the head of the players’ union Friday offered a blunt reminder that his members are not the ones interested in a work stoppage.
Sunday, 19 - August 2012
New Zealand rugby star Sonny Bill Williams will fight South African Francois Botha in Durban on Nov. 17, a promoter said Saturday.
Sunday, 19 - August 2012
Minnesota’s Seimone Augustus scored 20 points and Maya Moore and Monica Wright added 17 each as the WNBA-leading Lynx cruised past the Washington Mystics 98-69 Friday.
Sunday, 19 - August 2012
Lance Armstrong and the US Anti-Doping Agency are exchanging written arguments in a federal court about who has jurisdiction in the drug case against the seven-time Tour de France winner.
Sunday, 19 - August 2012
Olympic champion Serena Williams suffered her first loss in nearly three months Friday as she was knocked out of the Cincinnati Open quarterfinals, falling 6-4, 6-4 to Germany’s Angelique Kerber.
Sunday, 19 - August 2012
New Zealand landed an early blow in the battle for the inaugural Rugby Championship when it beat Australia 27-19 Saturday to maintain its iron grip on the Bledisloe Cup.
Sunday, 19 - August 2012
Michael Morse hit a grand slam, Bryce Harper also homered and the Washington Nationals became the latest team to tag a struggling Johan Santana in their 6-4 victory over the New York Mets Friday.
Sunday, 19 - August 2012
American Jimmy Walker played some boring golf to grab a one-shot lead over compatriot and defending champion Webb Simpson at the Wyndham Championship following Friday’s weather-affected second round.
Sunday, 19 - August 2012
Svetozar Gligoric, a legendary Serbian and Yugoslav chess player and one of the world’s top players in the 20th century, has died.
Sunday, 19 - August 2012
Mark Martin has won the pole for the NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Michigan International Speedway.
Sunday, 19 - August 2012
Jeff Demps, who ran for US men’s silver medal 4x100-meter relay at the London Olympics, plans to sign an NFL deal with the New England Patriots, according to a posting on the NFL’s website.
