Giant-killers braced for Cup draw

Giant-killers Oldham and Huddersfield will discover their FA Cup opponents in the draw live on the BBC at 1330 GMT.
Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 7 Jan 2008 | 12:40 pm

Diego voted best Bundesliga player

Werder Bremen's Diego has been voted the Bundesliga's top player for the first half of the season.
Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 7 Jan 2008 | 12:23 pm

Ailing Federer pulls from Kooyong warm-up event (AFP)

AFP - Roger Federer's Australian Open preparations suffered a blow on Monday as the defending champion was forced to withdraw with a virus from the Kooyong Classic warm-up event.

Source: Yahoo! News: Sports News | 7 Jan 2008 | 12:13 pm

Virus leads to Federer withdrawal

World number one Roger Federer pulls out of the Kooyong Classic because of a stomach virus.
Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 7 Jan 2008 | 11:48 am

Blatter criticises England's choice of foreigner as coach: BBC (AFP)

AFP - FIFA president Sepp Blatter criticised England's decision to hire a foreign coach on Monday, the day Fabio Capello arrived at FA headquarters for his first day of work.

Source: Yahoo! News: Sports News | 7 Jan 2008 | 11:46 am

Drogba 'reiterates' Blues exit hopes

Chelsea's Didier Drogba has been quoted as saying he still wants to leave Stamford Bridge at the end of the season.
Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 7 Jan 2008 | 11:41 am

Tim Vickery column

Why South American footballers should mature before moving to Europe
Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 7 Jan 2008 | 11:31 am

Report: Clemens sues accuser McNamee (AP)

AP - Roger Clemens beat Brian McNamee to court, filing a defamation suit against the former trainer who claimed to have injected him with performance-enhancing drugs.

Source: Yahoo! News: Sports News | 7 Jan 2008 | 11:13 am

Transfer talk annoys Berbatov

Tottenham striker Dimitar Berbatov says speculation over his future is starting to affect him.
Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 7 Jan 2008 | 11:12 am

Chopra starts year with a win (AP)

AP - For a man who has traveled the world, Daniel Chopra had an audience with the King.

Source: Yahoo! News: Sports News | 7 Jan 2008 | 11:08 am

Stadium Goes Up, but Bronx Still Seeks Benefits

When they negotiated to build a new stadium, the Yankees and elected officials agreed the team would give roughly $1.2 million a year to local groups. They’re building it, but no money has been distributed yet.
Source: NYT > Sports | 7 Jan 2008 | 11:00 am

Buckeyes, Tigers set for BCS title game (AP)

AP - Redemption and validation. Top-ranked Ohio State enters the BCS national championship game today against LSU searching for redemption, hoping to bury the memories of an embarrassing loss in last year's title game.

Source: Yahoo! News: Sports News | 7 Jan 2008 | 10:57 am

Tour at risk after Harbhajan ban

India suspend their tour of Australia pending the outcome of an appeal against Harbhajan Singh's three-match ban.
Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 7 Jan 2008 | 10:52 am

United to reveal £245m turnover

Manchester United are set to announce a massive increase in turnover to £245million (US$483million) later this week.
Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 7 Jan 2008 | 10:45 am

Bowl contenders play 'At the Movies' (AP)

AP - The comparisons between Ohio State's Jim Tressel and his Louisiana State counterpart, Les Miles, began the second after the national championship game was set and will continue until the opening kickoff is in the air.
Source: Yahoo! News: Sports News | 7 Jan 2008 | 10:44 am

Robinson rails against Hunt goal

Tottenham goalkeeper Paul Robinson insists Reading's opening goal in the 2-2 draw in the FA Cup on Saturday should not have stood.
Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 7 Jan 2008 | 10:43 am

Berbatov 'tired' of speculation

Tottenham star Dimitar Berbatov says he is fed up with the constant speculation surrounding his future.
Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 7 Jan 2008 | 10:43 am

Red Wings finally beat Blackhawks, 3-1 (AP)

AP - Injuries to seven regulars derailed the Blackhawks' quest for a fifth win in five tries against the NHL's best team.

Source: Yahoo! News: Sports News | 7 Jan 2008 | 10:42 am

Wade can't save Heat; Manu, Spurs win (AP)

AP - Dwyane Wade stepped to the foul line, needing to hit two free throws to tie the Miami Heat's game in Memphis.

Source: Yahoo! News: Sports News | 7 Jan 2008 | 10:39 am

Beckham welcomes Capello arrival

David Beckham welcomed Fabio Capello as England's new coach and says the Italian will bring a "fear factor" to the team.
Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 7 Jan 2008 | 10:13 am

Raikkonen set to test new Ferrari

World champion Kimi Raikkonen will test the new Ferrari on Monday after the car's official launch.
Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 7 Jan 2008 | 9:54 am

Clemens Calls Drug Accusations ‘Totally False’

An interview set up a showdown before a Congressional committee that has summoned Roger Clemens to testify.
Source: NYT > Sports | 7 Jan 2008 | 9:05 am

Benitez rejects fresh exit talk

Rafael Benitez has dismissed speculation about his future after Liverpool were held 1-1 by Luton in the third round of the FA Cup.
Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 7 Jan 2008 | 8:58 am

Blake's three-peat try in Sydney stopped

James Blake's attempt to win his third successive Sydney International ended Monday after only one match.

Source: Tennis News: CBSSports.com | 7 Jan 2008 | 8:50 am

Chela barely gets by wild card in Auckland

Second-seeded Juan Ignacio Chela narrowly avoided a first-round upset at the Heineken Open tennis championships Monday, beating New Zealand wild card Dan King-Turner 5-7, 6-2, 7-5.

Source: Tennis News: CBSSports.com | 7 Jan 2008 | 8:38 am

Where is the magic of the FA Cup?

WEBSTER: Finding the weekend's FA Cup action a bit bland, Nick searches for ways to restore the cup to its former glory.
Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 7 Jan 2008 | 8:36 am

Beijing bulletin

The BBC's Michael Bristow reports on China's crumbling communist facade
Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 7 Jan 2008 | 8:28 am

Dokic among first-round winners in Hobart

Australian Jelena Dokic, coming off a two-year injury layoff, beat Germany's Martina Mueller 6-4, 0-6, 6-2 at the Hobart International on Monday.

Source: Tennis News: CBSSports.com | 7 Jan 2008 | 8:14 am

A Big Blue Breakthrough for Manning

Quarterback Eli Manning led three powerful and efficient touchdown drives to send the Giants to the second round of the playoffs for the first time in seven years.
Source: NYT > Sports | 7 Jan 2008 | 8:12 am

San Diego gets first playoff victory since 1994 season

With Tomlinson struggling, Rivers shows he has arm enough to lift San Diego over Tennessee, 17-6.

SAN DIEGO -- Halfway through a dismal Sunday afternoon, gray and soggy, the Chargers were on their way to another playoff loss.
Source: L.A. Times - Sports | 7 Jan 2008 | 8:00 am

Roger Clemens doesn't say what matters the most

In professing his innocence, the baseball player's protests don't clear up what was said of him in the Mitchell Report. It's a strategy that isn't new, and isn't working.

Sunday night, on national television, in an interview on CBS' "60 Minutes" with no less than Mike Wallace, Roger Clemens laid out his defense strategy for Mitchell Report claims that he used performance-enhancing drugs.
Source: L.A. Times - Sports | 7 Jan 2008 | 8:00 am

Bynum is germane to this victory

He outplays O'Neal, the Pacers star for whom he wasn't traded, and leads L.A. to sixth win in seven games.

It's not as if the Lakers needed the reminder, but Andrew Bynum supplied one anyway.
Source: L.A. Times - Sports | 7 Jan 2008 | 8:00 am

Hard to believe: Manning, Turner win playoff games

Counting down the most remarkable bits of NFL history achieved during Wild-Card Weekend:
Source: L.A. Times - Sports | 7 Jan 2008 | 8:00 am

Giants keep the road show going

Their eighth straight win away from home comes in a wild-card playoff game and earns them another trip, to Dallas next weekend.

TAMPA, Fla. -- Rich Seubert walked toward the New York Giants' locker room after their 24-14 win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in a wild-card game. "Book the flight!" he yelled triumphantly.
Source: L.A. Times - Sports | 7 Jan 2008 | 8:00 am

LSU, Ohio State try to make something happen

Tigers, Buckeyes are the two left standing at the end of a crazy season. Their game Monday will decide BCS title but maybe not too much else.

NEW ORLEANS -- After months of twists, turns, detours, U-turns and upsets, tonight's Bowl Championship Series title game has arrived.

Source: L.A. Times - Sports | 7 Jan 2008 | 8:00 am

Familiarity abounds in divisional games

The eight participants in next weekend's AFC and NFC matchups are well-acquainted with each other, especially the Cowboys and Giants.

Welcome to the divisional round of the NFL playoffs.

Source: L.A. Times - Sports | 7 Jan 2008 | 8:00 am

Defiant Clemens says he never used steroids or HGH

Pitcher dismisses claims that his former strength coach repeatedly injected him with steroids and human growth hormone as 'hogwash.'

Roger Clemens dismissed claims that his former strength coach repeatedly injected him with steroids and human growth hormone as "hogwash" and said such a series of injections would have left him so strong that "I should have a third ear coming out of my forehead and I should be pulling tractors with my teeth."
Source: L.A. Times - Sports | 7 Jan 2008 | 8:00 am

Rio's United still up for the cup

Manchester United centre-back Rio Ferdinand has rubbished Reading striker Dave Kitson's claim that the FA Cup no longer matters.
Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 7 Jan 2008 | 7:54 am

Peter King: Garrard's run showed why Jags have the character to be real threat

David Garrard's rush to glory, Eli's big step & more from wild-card weekend.

Source: SI.com | 7 Jan 2008 | 7:41 am

After Slow First Half, Chargers Show They Can Win in Postseason

Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers orchestrated multiple second-half scoring drives and running back LaDainian Tomlinson scored a key touchdown to lead San Diego.
Source: NYT > Sports | 7 Jan 2008 | 7:24 am

Hawaii pleads to keep Jones

The state of Hawaii is making a run at keeping June Jones.
Source: ESPN.com | 7 Jan 2008 | 7:19 am

Richard Deitsch: Clemens stays in character; Wallace fails to press

Roger Clemens offered some more angry denials in his "60 Minutes" interview. It's up to the public to decipher his answers, says SI.com's Richard Deitsch.

Source: SI.com | 7 Jan 2008 | 6:56 am

LSU will use Flynn & Perrilloux at QB

Read full story for latest details.

Source: SI.com | 7 Jan 2008 | 6:36 am

Chopra flubs on 18, wins Mercedes title in playoff

All the times watching the Mercedes-Benz Championship on television and playing the Plantation Course at Kapalua on a video game could never have prepared Daniel Chopra for his wild playoff victory Sunday.
Source: ESPN.com | 7 Jan 2008 | 6:07 am

Chopra Wins Mercedes in a Four-Hole Playoff

Daniel Chopra, dressed in white from head to toe, won the Mercedes-Benz Championship on the fourth hole of a playoff with Steve Stricker.
Source: NYT > Sports | 7 Jan 2008 | 6:01 am

Atlanta Sends Buffalo to Sixth Loss in a Row

Marian Hossa broke out of a slump Sunday with two goals for the Atlanta Thrashers in a 5-2 victory over the visiting Buffalo Sabres.
Source: NYT > Sports | 7 Jan 2008 | 5:57 am

A Last-Second 3-Pointer Saves North Carolina

Wayne Ellington made a 3-pointer with 0.4 seconds left in overtime to lift top-ranked North Carolina to a 90-88 victory at No. 19 Clemson on Sunday night.
Source: NYT > Sports | 7 Jan 2008 | 5:48 am

James Scores 24 in Fourth as Cavs Rally

For three quarters he was ordinary. Then, when it mattered most, LeBron James was unstoppable.
Source: NYT > Sports | 7 Jan 2008 | 5:41 am

Chargers' Gates hurts toe, in limbo for playoffs

Chargers Pro Bowl tight end Antonio Gates was taken off the field on a cart after injuring a left toe late in the second quarter of Sunday's playoff against Tennessee.
Source: ESPN.com | 7 Jan 2008 | 5:38 am

Chargers clinch first postseason win in 13 years

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Source: ESPN.com | 7 Jan 2008 | 5:38 am

Jones meets with SMU while considering options

Read full story for latest details.

Source: SI.com | 7 Jan 2008 | 5:23 am

Best teams won, the truth about Eli & Snap Judgments

Two No. 5 seeds survived wild-card weekend, but there were no upsets, says SI.com's Don Banks, who argues for a format change among his Snap Judgments.

Source: SI.com | 7 Jan 2008 | 4:50 am

Last-second shot in overtime spares No. 1 UNC

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Source: ESPN.com | 7 Jan 2008 | 4:05 am

Change of pace: LSU to play 2 QBs in title game

LSU will play both of its quarterbacks in the title game.
Source: ESPN.com | 7 Jan 2008 | 3:44 am

LeBron nets 24 in 4th, drags Cavs past Raps

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Source: ESPN.com | 7 Jan 2008 | 3:35 am

UCF tailback Smith changes direction, will go pro

College football's leading rusher Kevin Smith of UCF is turning pro.
Source: ESPN.com | 7 Jan 2008 | 2:46 am

UCF's Smith changes mind, will enter NFL draft

Read full story for latest details.

Source: SI.com | 7 Jan 2008 | 1:43 am

Youzhny shocks Nadal with rout in Chennai final

Read full story for latest details.

Source: SI.com | 6 Jan 2008 | 10:03 pm
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