Gloucester, Wasps, Bath and Leicester reach the semi-finals after a dramatic finale to the regular season. Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 10 May 2008 | 4:13 pm
Shortstop Hanley Ramirez is reportedly close to agreeing to a six-year, $70 million contract extension with the Florida Marlins, according to media reports. Source: ESPN.com | 10 May 2008 | 3:54 pm
Russian Elena Dementieva will play Dinara Safina in the German Open final after beating world number two Ana Ivanovic 6-2 7-5. Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 10 May 2008 | 3:45 pm
AP - Minnesota Wild coach Jacques Lemaire says he'll return for an eighth season with the team. Source: Yahoo! News: Sports News | 10 May 2008 | 3:31 pm
The Detroit Pistons are aggressively treating Chauncey Billups' strained hamstring with the hope he can return for Game 4 of their Eastern Conference semifinal series against the Orlando Magic on Saturday. Source: ESPN.com | 10 May 2008 | 3:30 pm
FC Barcelona will field a depleted team on Sunday when it faces Mallorca in coach Frank Rijkaard's final home game. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 10 May 2008 | 3:17 pm
Fired FC Barcelona coach Frank Rijkaard says he is to blame for the team's poor form, not club president Joan Laporta or his players. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 10 May 2008 | 3:16 pm
Ferrari's Felipe Massa claims pole at the Turkish GP for the third year running with Lewis Hamilton qualifying in third. Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 10 May 2008 | 3:15 pm
Ferrari's Felipe Massa won the pole position at the Turkish Grand Prix for the third year in a row on Saturday. Source: ESPN.com | 10 May 2008 | 3:14 pm
Andy Roddick and Radek Stepanek retired from semifinal matches at the Rome Masters on Saturday, setting up a final between Stanislas Wawrinka and Novak Djokovic Source: ESPN.com | 10 May 2008 | 3:11 pm
AP - Andy Roddick and Radek Stepanek retired from semifinal matches at the Rome Masters on Saturday, setting up a final between Stanislas Wawrinka and Novak Djokovic.
Novak Djokovic faces Stanislas Wawrinka in the Rome Masters final after their respective opponents withdraw injured from their semi-finals. Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 10 May 2008 | 2:44 pm
Andy Roddick and Radek Stepanek retired from semifinal matches at the Rome Masters on Saturday, setting up a final between Stanislas Wawrinka and Novak Djokovic. Roddick pulled out... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 10 May 2008 | 2:27 pm
AFP - Nacho Novo was Rangers hero as they achieved the perfect pre-UEFA Cup Final boost with a 3-1 victory over Dundee United in the Scottish Premier League on Saturday.
Novak Djokovic is through to the final of the Rome Masters to face Stanislas Wawrinka after his semi-final opponent Radek Stepanek retired when trailing 6-0, 1-0 on Saturday. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 10 May 2008 | 2:23 pm
AFP - Novak Djokovic is through to the final of the Rome Masters to face Stanislas Wawrinka after his semi-final opponent Radek Stepanek retired when trailing 6-0, 1-0 on Saturday.
Andy Roddick and Radek Stepanek each retired from semifinal matches at the Rome Masters on Saturday, setting up a final between Novak Djokovic and Stanislas Wawrinka.
Nacho Novo fires a double as Rangers close the gap on Celtic to a point with a controversial win over Dundee United. Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 10 May 2008 | 1:26 pm
Few people can tell Alex Ferguson he's wrong without fearing one of his legendary outbursts. The Manchester United manager's wife is one of them. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 10 May 2008 | 1:20 pm
PL Preview: The most thrilling title race in nine years comes down to the final day of the campaign on Sunday. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 10 May 2008 | 1:16 pm
David Noble's fearsome late drive gives Bristol City a 2-1 win in the Championship play-off semi-final first leg. Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 10 May 2008 | 1:15 pm
Andy Roddick has pulled out of the semifinals of the Rome Masters with an apparent back problem, allowing Stanislas Wawrinka to reach the final of the clay-court tournament. The... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 10 May 2008 | 1:13 pm
All Times Eastern American League N.Y. Yankees vs Detroit, 3:40 p.m. Toronto vs Cleveland, 7:05 p.m. Baltimore vs Kansas City, 7:10 p.m. Boston vs Minnesota, 7:10 p.m. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 10 May 2008 | 1:12 pm
Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo will get a chance to prove that he is the world's best player at the 2008 European Championship. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 10 May 2008 | 12:36 pm
Roberto Donadoni wants to prove he belongs after being criticized as too inexperienced to coach the Azzurri. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 10 May 2008 | 12:08 pm
AP - James Shields pitched a one-hitter and Evan Longoria's two-run, ninth-inning homer snapped a scoreless tie and gave the Tampa Bay Rays a 2-0 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Friday night.
The Pirates announced Friday that Melvyn Oliver of Long Beach, Calif. has signed a national letter of intent to play basketball for the Big East Conference school next season.
Rejecting pleas from its players and coach, the Spanish tennis federation chose Madrid's bullring Friday as the venue for the Davis Cup semifinal series against the United States.
Chelsea manager Avram Grant is tired of all the speculation surrounding his future with the London club. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 10 May 2008 | 11:14 am
Samuel Peter will defend his WBC heavyweight title in the fall against unretired former champion Vitali Klitschko after the fighters' camps finally reached a financial agreement for the long-awaited fight.
Andrew Flintoff will miss two of England's three Test matches against New Zealand because of a side strain. Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 10 May 2008 | 11:08 am
Defending champion Ana Ivanovic made it to the semi-finals of the German Open here on Saturday when she beat tenth seeded Hungarian Agnes Szavay. After their quarter-final... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 10 May 2008 | 11:05 am
AP - For all the skill he possesses at age 21, all the goals he's scored, all he's done to put the Pittsburgh Penguins three victories away from the Stanley Cup finals, Evgeni Malkin has a weakness. Give him a breakaway, and one of the NHL's best players becomes just another player.
AP - The Utah Jazz are back in the Western Conference semifinals thanks to another performance at home that was nothing like the way they play on the road.
All-conquering Chinese hurdler Liu Xiang overcame wet and cold conditions here to easily win the men's 110-metre hurdles at the Japan Grand Prix Saturday with the Olympics only three months Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 10 May 2008 | 10:43 am
Rickie Weeks hit a bases loaded, two-run single with two outs in the bottom of the ninth to give Milwaukee a 4-3 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Friday night and snap the Brewers' Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 10 May 2008 | 10:29 am
Jimmy Rollins found his stroke in a hurry. Rollins came off the disabled list Friday and the NL MVP hit a two-run homer in his third at-bat for the Philadelphia Phillies in the series... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 10 May 2008 | 10:26 am
Aubrey Huff and Melvin Mora homered, Steve Trachsel earned his first victory since April 4 and the Baltimore Orioles beat Kansas City 7-4 Friday night for their 11th straight victory over Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 10 May 2008 | 10:20 am
Jose Contreras pitched seven sharp innings, Paul Konerko hit a two-run double and the Chicago White Sox beat the slumping Seattle Mariners 4- 2 on Friday night. Contreras (3-3) gave up Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 10 May 2008 | 10:19 am
AP - Kenny Perry, Bernhard Langer and Paul Goydos aren't quite ready to switch to shuffleboard. The wily PGA Tour veterans showed they can still hang with the youngsters, taking up three of the top four spots on the leaderboard after two rounds at The Players Championship.
Miserable day at Belmont - rainy, cold, sloppy track, no turf, 19 scratches - in more ways than one. As horrible as Eight Belles' breakdown was in Derby, it would have been more horrifying if, instead... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 10 May 2008 | 8:31 am
With nine days between games, one might've thought the Red Bulls would've been healthy for tonight's much-hyped matchup in Los Angeles with David Beckham, Landon Donovan and company. Apparently one would've... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 10 May 2008 | 8:31 am
David Wright has heard all the criticism of Willie Randolph - and he's not happy about it. There's no doubt that the pressure is on the Mets to win and Randolph is on the hot seat, but Wright said his... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 10 May 2008 | 8:31 am
DETROIT - P.U. No matter what type of positive spin Yankee manager Joe Girardi tried to put on Kei Igawa's outing last night at Comerica Field, the truth can't be avoided: Igawa isn't a big league pitcher... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 10 May 2008 | 8:31 am
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. - Kenny Perry went to the PGA Tour's weekly Bible study in the home of Fred Funk, and if the message was about storing up treasures in heaven, the 47-year-old Perry found inspiration... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 10 May 2008 | 8:31 am
In response to Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter's claims that the NFL has already dismissed the eight "Spygate" tapes that former Patriot employee Matt Walsh handed over to the league on Thursday as no... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 10 May 2008 | 8:31 am
Before this spring is through, coach Tom Coughlin said he'll make sure to sit down for private conversations with all seven Giants draft picks. Prior to yesterday's start of the two-day rookie mini-camp,... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 10 May 2008 | 8:31 am
Signs continue to point toward the Knicks landing Mike D'Antoni as coach, and he could receive an offer from Knick president Donnie Walsh as early as today, according to a league source. Meanwhile, the... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 10 May 2008 | 8:31 am
BLOTTER: Jets' Elam's brother shot dead In Riviera Beach, Fla., the older brother of Jets safety Abram Elam was fatally shot, the third sibling in the family to die by gunfire since 1987. Riviera Beach... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 10 May 2008 | 8:31 am
Hondo, who had won four straight, gave some back yesterday when the D'backs gummed up the works in Wrigley to reduce his haul to 80 sanfords. Today, Lincecum gets an opportunity to begin the long arduous... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 10 May 2008 | 8:31 am
Steven Gerrard expects to finish his career at Liverpool but is desperate to challenge for the Premier League title. Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 10 May 2008 | 8:21 am
AP - Rick Carlisle will be the new coach of the Dallas Mavericks, a decision expected for nearly a week but slowed by contract negotiations. Source: Yahoo! News: Sports News | 10 May 2008 | 8:13 am
AP - Evgeni Malkin scored two dazzling goals 5 minutes apart to give Pittsburgh a two-goal lead, after Sidney Crosby tied it, and the Penguins rode their two big stars to a 4-2 victory over cross-state rival Philadelphia in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals Friday night.
The Los Angeles defense has given up a league-high 13 goals and is facing one of MLS' toughest combinations in the New York Red Bulls' Juan Pablo Angel and Jozy Altidore.
Galaxy defenders Greg Vanney and Chris Klein are two of Major League Soccer's journeymen, former U.S. national team players who have been around the block a few times and know what's what.
Lakers' stroll through playoffs is interrupted by their first postseason loss, 104-99 in Utah. Another defeat Sunday and they'll have a serious series on their hands.
He pitches only 5 1/3 innings and has not reached the seventh inning in his last five starts.
There was no one to greet Derek Lowe when he reached the dugout steps with one out in the sixth inning Friday night. The right-hander grabbed his warmup jacket and descended a second set of stairs that led toward the clubhouse, his night complete.
Fisher has early foul trouble and Farmar can't make a shot as the point guards struggle.
SALT LAKE CITY -- It was a rough night for the Lakers' ballhandling guards, in front of an unforgiving crowd that gladly threw a spotlight on their woes.
Carlos Boozer and Mehmet Okur have big games to get Utah back in the series, as L.A. suffers its first loss of the postseason.
SALT LAKE CITY -- The Lakers hadn't experienced a crowd like this in a while, or a loss in more than a month, but both came at the same time, much to their detriment.
Kei Igawa allowed six runs in three-plus innings in Friday’s loss to Detroit, although some of the problems in his season debut for the Yankees were not entirely his fault.
Joel Quenneville and the Avalanche mutually decided to end their relationship Friday, a week after Colorado was swept out of the playoffs by the Detroit Red Wings. Source: ESPN.com | 10 May 2008 | 6:21 am
Sir Alex Ferguson says Bolton's players have spent the week "celebrating", while Avram Grant hails Chelsea's football ahead of Sunday's Premier League finale. Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 10 May 2008 | 5:47 am
INDIANAPOLIS -- IndyCar racing's biggest name was emotionally shaken Friday as Danica Patrick was involved in an incident on pit lane during Friday's practice at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway when her car hit a crew member from another team in pit lane.
Top-ranked Justine Henin has withdrawn from next week's Italian Open, citing fatigue, and the WTA Tour said Friday she will be fined $20,000 for the late withdrawal.
Marco Materazzi has no doubts that Inter Milan will be celebrating their latest Serie A title this Sunday. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 9 May 2008 | 10:51 pm
Rejecting pleas from its players and team captain, the Spanish tennis federation chose Madrid's bullring Friday as the venue for the Davis Cup semifinal series against the United States.
AP - Andy Roddick and Radek Stepanek retired from semifinal matches at the Rome Masters on Saturday, setting up a final between Stanislas Wawrinka and Novak Djokovic.
AFP - Nacho Novo was Rangers hero as they achieved the perfect pre-UEFA Cup Final boost with a 3-1 victory over Dundee United in the Scottish Premier League on Saturday.
AFP - Novak Djokovic is through to the final of the Rome Masters to face Stanislas Wawrinka after his semi-final opponent Radek Stepanek retired when trailing 6-0, 1-0 on Saturday.
AP - James Shields pitched a one-hitter and Evan Longoria's two-run, ninth-inning homer snapped a scoreless tie and gave the Tampa Bay Rays a 2-0 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Friday night.
AP - For all the skill he possesses at age 21, all the goals he's scored, all he's done to put the Pittsburgh Penguins three victories away from the Stanley Cup finals, Evgeni Malkin has a weakness. Give him a breakaway, and one of the NHL's best players becomes just another player.
AP - The Utah Jazz are back in the Western Conference semifinals thanks to another performance at home that was nothing like the way they play on the road.
AP - Kenny Perry, Bernhard Langer and Paul Goydos aren't quite ready to switch to shuffleboard. The wily PGA Tour veterans showed they can still hang with the youngsters, taking up three of the top four spots on the leaderboard after two rounds at The Players Championship.
AP - Evgeni Malkin scored two dazzling goals 5 minutes apart to give Pittsburgh a two-goal lead, after Sidney Crosby tied it, and the Penguins rode their two big stars to a 4-2 victory over cross-state rival Philadelphia in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals Friday night.