Arsenal goalkeeper Jens Lehmann has admitted that he has contemplated retiring from football at the end of the season. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 22 Jan 2008 | 11:28 am
Arsene Wenger has no intention of letting anyone other than Arsenal benefit from the "quality" of defender Justin Hoyte. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 22 Jan 2008 | 11:28 am
Defending champion Serena Williams slumped out of the Australian Open in a 6-3, 6-4 quarterfinal loss to No. 3-ranked Jelena Jankovic on Tuesday.
Williams, who was unseeded and ranked No. 81 when she won here last year for her eighth Grand Slam title, struggled with her serve and made 36 unforced errors trying to combat Jankovic's go-for-broke game.
Williams had not dropped a set in her four previous matches, including 6-3, 6-4 result against No. Source: FOXSports.com News for TENNIS | 22 Jan 2008 | 11:19 am
Maria Sharapova ended top-ranked Justine Henin's 32-match winning streak with a 6-4, 6-0 victory today to advance to the Australian Open semifinals for the fourth straight year. Source: L.A. Times - Sports | 22 Jan 2008 | 11:18 am
AFP - Real Madrid's Brazilian defender Pepe will be out for at least three weeks following an injury, and could miss next month's Champions League match at Roma.
AP - Maria Sharapova ended top-ranked Justine Henin's 32-match winning streak with a 6-4, 6-0 victory Tuesday to advance to the Australian Open semifinals for the fourth straight year.
AFP - Fifth seed Maria Sharapova demolished world number one and top seed Justine Henin 6-4, 6-0 in the Australian Open quarter-finals Tuesday, ending the Belgian's 32-match winning streak.
Unseeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga takes on 14th seed Mikhail Youzhny for the right to face Rafael Nadal in the Australian Open semi-finals. Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 22 Jan 2008 | 10:38 am
Maria Sharapova produces a magnificent display of clean hitting to knock world number one Justine Henin out in the Australian Open quarter-finals. Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 22 Jan 2008 | 10:24 am
Liverpool could be plunged into fresh turmoil amid reports their American owners have suffered a setback in their refinancing plans. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 22 Jan 2008 | 10:20 am
Manchester United midfielder Owen Hargreaves believes it is now a "three-horse race" to win the Premier League title. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 22 Jan 2008 | 10:10 am
Australia opener Matthew Hayden is fit for the fourth and final Test against India, in Adelaide, after recovering from a hamstring injury. Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 22 Jan 2008 | 9:33 am
Ireland captain Brian O'Driscoll has been declared fit for the Six Nations opening match against Italy. Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 22 Jan 2008 | 8:59 am
Man City's fans ask Man Utd for applause rather than silence to mark the Munich air disaster at next month's derby. Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 22 Jan 2008 | 8:38 am
UCLA falls to eighth in the Associated Press poll, the team's lowest ranking of the season. Washington State slips above the Bruins in both polls.
UCLA fell to eighth in the Associated Press media poll and seventh in the USA Today/ESPN coaches poll Monday after the Bruins' 72-63 loss at home Saturday to unranked USC. Source: L.A. Times - Sports | 22 Jan 2008 | 8:00 am
Oregon State has gone from the closest thing to a sure victory for Pacific 10 Conference opponents to something of an enigma this week after the firing of Coach Jay John . Source: L.A. Times - Sports | 22 Jan 2008 | 8:00 am
Neuheisel chooses to use rival USC s strength to advantage in picking assistants. He foresees a collaborative effort.
Some at UCLA look across town with deep-rooted animosity -- and a dash of envy -- toward the USC football program. Rick Neuheisel, on the other hand, apparently sees a blueprint for success. Source: L.A. Times - Sports | 22 Jan 2008 | 8:00 am
Despite an injured left leg, the third-seeded player uses her trademark backhand to oust Williams, 6-3, 6-4, to reach semifinals.
MELBOURNE, Australia -- First glances, as it turned out, were utterly deceiving at the Australian Open. Source: L.A. Times - Sports | 22 Jan 2008 | 8:00 am
He says he's paying the coach a lot of money to perform. Dunleavy says the organization bears some of the blame.
OK, SO I find myself writing nice things about Georgia Frontiere and Donald Sterling in the same week, relieved to know I can say the Chargers are still losers. Source: L.A. Times - Sports | 22 Jan 2008 | 8:00 am
Not that they don't have a chance, but judging by what happened to them seven years ago, an awful lot would have to go right for them to beat Patriots.
And on the day after, the country rested, needing time to de-ice from conditions so cold in Green Bay that football fans required parkas and mittens just to watch on TV at home, needing time to warm to a concept that might take all of the next two weeks to fully comprehend: Source: L.A. Times - Sports | 22 Jan 2008 | 8:00 am
Reuters - San Diego Chargers quarterback Philip
Rivers will undergo knee surgery after playing with a serious
injury in Sunday's conference championship loss to the New
England Patriots. Source: Yahoo! News: Sports News | 22 Jan 2008 | 7:16 am
Thierry Henry grabbed a goal in a rare start for Barcelona ... click here for this and more in our gallery of Europe's finest leagues! Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 22 Jan 2008 | 7:08 am
Defending champion Serena Williams slumped out of the Australian Open in a 6-3, 6-4 quarterfinal loss to third-ranked Jelena Jankovic on Tuesday. Source: ESPN.com | 22 Jan 2008 | 7:01 am
The Knicks had trouble stopping Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen in the fourth quarter on Monday, and even more trouble stopping Kendrick Perkins in the first half. Source: NYT > Sports | 22 Jan 2008 | 6:50 am
Rashard Lewis made a 12-foot jumper as time expired Monday night and the Orlando Magic ended a nine-game losing streak against the visiting Detroit Pistons with a 102-100 victory. Source: NYT > Sports | 22 Jan 2008 | 6:49 am
After being named the 2007 Horse of the Year on Monday, Curlin appears on track to take another run at the title. Source: NYT > Sports | 22 Jan 2008 | 6:47 am
The theme of redemption emerged throughout the playoffs for the Giants, and they will have another chance to undo a regular-season failure when they play the Patriots. Source: NYT > Sports | 22 Jan 2008 | 6:46 am
Cory Stillman scored the winning goal on a power play in overtime as the Hurricanes defeated the Islanders by 3-2 on Monday. Source: NYT > Sports | 22 Jan 2008 | 6:44 am
After a month out of the public eye, Tiger Woods addressed the controversy that has swirled in the news media about the inappropriate racial remarks made by a Golf Channel anchor. Source: NYT > Sports | 22 Jan 2008 | 6:44 am
Giants General Manager Jerry Reese, who was hired one year ago on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, became the first African-American general manager to ever reach the Super Bowl Sunday night. Source: NYT > Sports | 22 Jan 2008 | 6:43 am
AP - Derek Fisher scored a season-high 28 points, Jordan Farmar added 19, and the short-handed Los Angeles Lakers broke open a tight game late in the third quarter to beat the Denver Nuggets 116-99 on Monday night for their 18th win in 22 games.
Eli Manning said he had trouble sleeping Sunday night, so he sat up in bed and watched various cable-sports television shows and talked with his brother, Peyton. Source: NYT > Sports | 22 Jan 2008 | 6:43 am
World number two Rafael Nadal overcomes an early hiccup to thump Finnish outsider Jarkko Nieminen and reach the Australian Open semi-finals. Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 22 Jan 2008 | 6:14 am
The defending champion is no more at the Aussie Open, as Serena Williams lost in straight sets to Jelena Jankovic. Source: FOXSports.com News for TENNIS | 22 Jan 2008 | 6:05 am
Fourth-seeded Ana Ivanovic overcame a second-set lapse to reach the Australian Open quarterfinals with a 6-1, 7-6 (2) victory Sunday over Denmark's Caroline Wozniacki.
Wozniacki didn't have a single winner in the first set and won just 10 of 25 points on her serve as Ivanovic, dictating play, broke her three times.
The Danish woman pulled herself together in the second set, broke Ivanovic and held a set point while serving at 5-4 only to see Ivanovic break to level. Source: FOXSports.com News for TENNIS | 21 Jan 2008 | 11:02 pm
Peter Crouch grabbed a late equalizer as Liverpool recovered from two Aston Villa goals to force a 2-2 draw at Anfield. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 21 Jan 2008 | 10:55 pm
Salomon Kalou scored in the 66th minute Monday to give the Ivory Coast a 1-0 win over Nigeria at the African Cup. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 21 Jan 2008 | 10:11 pm
Roberto Mancini has accepted that Inter did not deserve victory in their pulsating match with Parma on Sunday. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 21 Jan 2008 | 8:22 pm
Venus Williams reached the quarterfinals at the Australian Open for the first time in five years and James Blake for the first time, period.
Roger Federer advanced, as usual.
Federer, aiming for a third consecutive Australian title and a fourth in five years, had to save two set points in the tiebreaker en route to a 6-4, 7-6 (7), 6-3 fourth-round win over No. 13 Tomas Berdych on Monday.
The Swiss star is into his fifth straight quarterfinal at Melbourne Park and next will play Blake. Source: FOXSports.com News for TENNIS | 21 Jan 2008 | 12:00 pm
Even Rafael Nadal was through the fourth round in two sets at the Australian Open on Sunday, when quick results were the norm following the longest day in Grand Slam history.
Nadal won the last night match before 10:30 p.m. at Rod Laver Arena when Paul-Henri Mathieu retired at 6-4, 3-0 with a left calf muscle injury after losing 11 of the first 12 points of the second set. Source: FOXSports.com News for TENNIS | 20 Jan 2008 | 3:34 pm
Justine Henin decided she didn't want to work overtime, unlike several others, it seems, in the Australian Open.
The top-ranked Henin beat Hsieh Su-wei, the first Taiwanese player through to the fourth round of a Grand Slam event, 6-2, 6-2 on Sunday to advance to the quarterfinals.
Henin, riding a 32-match winning streak that extends to the Wimbledon semifinals, will play the winner of the Maria Sharapova-Elena Dementieva match.
"I never guess. Source: FOXSports.com News for TENNIS | 20 Jan 2008 | 7:58 am
Technology used for player challenges of line calls at one of the Australian Open's two main arenas is being turned off at selected times because shadows are affecting its accuracy.
Tournament director Craig Tiley said the Hawkeye system doesn't work properly at Vodafone Arena on sunny days when shade crosses the court between approximately 4:45 and 5:45 p.m. Source: FOXSports.com News for TENNIS | 20 Jan 2008 | 7:06 am
Roger Federer avoided the upset bug — barely. The Australian Open's top seed beat Janko Tipsarevic in five sets. Source: FOXSports.com News for TENNIS | 20 Jan 2008 | 12:00 am
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AFP - Real Madrid's Brazilian defender Pepe will be out for at least three weeks following an injury, and could miss next month's Champions League match at Roma.
AP - Maria Sharapova ended top-ranked Justine Henin's 32-match winning streak with a 6-4, 6-0 victory Tuesday to advance to the Australian Open semifinals for the fourth straight year.
AFP - Fifth seed Maria Sharapova demolished world number one and top seed Justine Henin 6-4, 6-0 in the Australian Open quarter-finals Tuesday, ending the Belgian's 32-match winning streak.
AP - Georgetown's on defense. Time for Patrick Ewing Jr. and Jeremiah Rivers to get in the game.
AP - With Sidney Crosby out with an injury, Evgeni Malkin has been doing his best to carry the Pittsburgh Penguins.
AP - Derek Fisher scored a season-high 28 points, Jordan Farmar added 19, and the short-handed Los Angeles Lakers broke open a tight game late in the third quarter to beat the Denver Nuggets 116-99 on Monday night for their 18th win in 22 games.