Spain took a big step toward shedding its underachiever reputation Sunday, finally surviving the quarterfinals and defeating Italy in a major tournament. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 23 Jun 2008 | 10:19 am
A gleeful Spanish press says its national football team can finally face the future with optimism following its narrow victory over Italy in the European Championship quarterfinals. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 23 Jun 2008 | 10:19 am
The U.S. advanced to the semifinals of qualifying for the 2010 World Cup with a 1-0 victory over Barbados on Sunday. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 23 Jun 2008 | 10:09 am
Injury-hit Turkey are rocked by the news that striker Nihat Kahveci will miss the rest of Euro 2008 because of a thigh injury. Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 23 Jun 2008 | 9:27 am
Roma captain Francesco Totti's recovery is on schedule and he is expected to be fit to lead his side in the Italian Supercup against Inter Milan on August 24, said Corriere dello Sport... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 23 Jun 2008 | 8:59 am
AFP - Ana Ivanovic and Maria Sharapova are determined to prove that their ruthless tennis packs just as much power as their supermodel looks at this year's Wimbledon.
The roaring Garden crowd rose with less than 21/2 minutes left in yesterday's Liberty game to witness a rare occurrence: a professional basketball team was about to score 100 points in a winning effort... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 23 Jun 2008 | 7:48 am
Finger Lakes shipper Tin Cup Chalice remained undefeated as he wired the field to win the $109,700 Mike Lee Stakes for three-year-old New York-breds. Favored Groomedforvictory was second, with Megapixel... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 23 Jun 2008 | 7:48 am
DENVER - Willie Randolph might have been on to something. Randolph predicted just days before his firing last week that the surging Phillies would come back to earth and let the Mets get back in the NL... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 23 Jun 2008 | 7:48 am
DENVER - Interim manager Jerry Manuel says Moises Alou might not return to the Mets this season and could decide to hang them up at age 41. With Alou already on the disabled list for the third time this... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 23 Jun 2008 | 7:48 am
GOLF: Cink wins in Hartford Stewart Cink held off late charges from Tommy Armour III and defending champion Hunter Mahan to win the Travelers Championship by a stroke yesterday at Cromwell, Conn. With... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 23 Jun 2008 | 7:48 am
Hall-of-Famer to be, Rich "Goose" Gossage does not think that his former teammate - and good friend - Willie Randolph was treated fairly by the Mets. "Willie is one of my dear friends. I've been very... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 23 Jun 2008 | 7:48 am
Stephon Marbury is happy to look ahead to a Mike D'Antoni future, not an Isiah Thomas past. Marbury said he feels he has a new lease on his Knicks career, even if president Donnie Walsh and coach D'Antoni... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 23 Jun 2008 | 7:48 am
The Giants were unable to preserve a seven-run lead in K.C. yesterday, which prevented Hondo from preserving a plus-500 bottom line. Today, with the earnings down to 455 butlers, Sheets looks good on... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 23 Jun 2008 | 7:48 am
As the rains pelted the tarp, outfield and fans brave enough to endure the weather or dumb enough to disregard shelter, the scoreboard at Yankee Stadium flashed a highlight reel of Ken Griffey Jr.'s 600th... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 23 Jun 2008 | 7:48 am
IT wasn't just that Jason Giambi was strug gling, of course. He was done. He was Done, capital D. He was D-U-N. You wondered if he had to ask the clubhouse boys to get him an extra-large jersey, the better... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 23 Jun 2008 | 7:48 am
Japanese media fretted over the national team's lack of firepower on Monday after a scrappy 1-0 win over Bahrain as the final stage of World Cup qualifying looms. "The... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 23 Jun 2008 | 7:14 am
Thailand's Prayad Marksaeng has booked his place in the British Open after a one stroke triumph at the Mizuno Open in Japan. The in-form Thai sealed his win with a birdie on... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 23 Jun 2008 | 7:03 am
Kyle Busch snapped the brief slump that's plagued him the past two weeks, racing to his first Sprint Cup Series win on a road course in Infineon Raceway on Sunday.
Dan Wheldon celebrated his 30th birthday by winning the Iowa Corn Indy 250 Sunday, his second victory of the season. Source: ESPN.com | 23 Jun 2008 | 5:38 am
Australian media said the Socceroos sent out "boys on men's business" after a disappointing 1-0 loss to China -- their first home World Cup qualifying defeat in nearly three decades. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 23 Jun 2008 | 3:37 am
THE CANADIAN PRESS Cito Gaston and the Toronto Blue Jays both ended lengthy winless droughts Sunday. Gaston earned his first win as Blue Jays manager in 11 years, getting home runs... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 23 Jun 2008 | 3:32 am
Shawn Johnson, the 2007 all-around women's gymnastics world champion, is Beijing-bound at the conclusion of the US Olympic trials. Johnson maintained her first-day all-around Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 23 Jun 2008 | 3:21 am
Ryan Dempster won his ninth straight this season at Wrigley Field and Eric Patterson and Aramis Ramirez homered in the same inning for the Chicago Cubs, who beat the crosstown-rival White... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 23 Jun 2008 | 3:18 am
NEW YORK, June 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Willie Randolph Foundation is proud to announce the kick-off of the second year of its summer sports program for kids... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 23 Jun 2008 | 3:05 am
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Olympic all-around gymnastics champion Paul Hamm was thrilled his twin brother, Morgan, was named in the U.S. men's team for Beijing on Sunday, marking their third... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 23 Jun 2008 | 2:31 am
AP - The swagger had vanished, and the cocky confidence went with it. A two-week slump sent Kyle Busch spiraling into crankiness despite his hold atop the points standings.
EuroTRECKER: The Euro quarterfinal shootout victory for Spain over Italy was more a game of bad chess than soccer. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 23 Jun 2008 | 1:51 am
AP - Magglio Ordonez hit a two-run homer, Justin Verlander won his first road game of the season and the Detroit Tigers beat the San Diego Padres 5-3 on Sunday in the rubber-match of a three-game series.
Iker Casillas believes Spain was "lucky" to win its penalty shootout against Italy on Sunday, a result that set up a European Championship semifinal match against Russia.
Casillas saved Spain from yet another disappointing quarterfinal exit in a major tournament, saving two penalties as Spain won 4-2 on spot kicks after a 0-0 draw.
"We reached the penalty shootout which is a lottery," said Casillas, who was named man of the match. "Finally we had the luck to pass that barrier. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 22 Jun 2008 | 11:32 pm
Roberto Donadoni's future as Italy coach is in question after the World Cup champions were eliminated in the European Championship quarterfinals by Spain in a penalty shootout Sunday.
"Over the next few days we will reflect and make a decision," Italian football federation president Giancarlo Abete said after the loss. "It doesn't make any sense to make a decision in the heat of the moment. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 22 Jun 2008 | 11:30 pm
Italy's problems with penalties have returned. After winning the World Cup with a shootout victory over France two years ago, the Azzurri are back to the days that saw them eliminated from three consecutive World Cups on spot kicks.
Spain goalkeeper Iker Casillas saved penalties from Daniele De Rossi and Antonio Di Natale, and Cesc Fabregas scored the deciding spot kick to give Spain a 4-2 shootout win over Italy and a spot in the European Championship semifinals after a dull 0-0 draw Sunday. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 22 Jun 2008 | 11:10 pm
Spain finally broke its Italian jinx with a 4-2 penalty shootout win over the Azzurri to reach the Euro 2008 semifinals. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 22 Jun 2008 | 11:09 pm
AP - Jeff Sluman's game was "in tatters" when he began playing on the Champions Tour last September. His putting at the end of his first win in a senior event was terrific. Source: Yahoo! News: Sports News | 22 Jun 2008 | 10:46 pm
Spain coach Luis Aragones hails his side's resolve after they beat Italy on penalties to set up a Euro 2008 semi-final against Russia. Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 22 Jun 2008 | 10:36 pm
Italy coach Roberto Donadoni must wait to discover if he keeps his job after the Euro 2008 exit against Spain. Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 22 Jun 2008 | 10:35 pm
Eun-Hee Ji seals her maiden LPGA Tour win with a two-shot victory over Suzann Pettersen for the Wegmans title. Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 22 Jun 2008 | 10:12 pm
AP - Cesc Fabregas scored the decisive penalty kick in a shootout Sunday night, sending Spain past Italy 4-2 after a 0-0 draw, setting up a semifinal against Russia in the European Championship.
Stewart Cink wins his first PGA Tour event in four years with a one-shot win at the Travelers Championship. Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 22 Jun 2008 | 9:16 pm
Former Brazilian football star Pele was robbed by an armed gang while on his way to his seaside home, it emerges. Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 22 Jun 2008 | 9:13 pm
Real Madrid will open talks with Cristiano Ronaldo once he has decided where he wants to play next season. Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 22 Jun 2008 | 7:53 pm
AP - Bjorn Borg and Novak Djokovic say Roger Federer's reign at Wimbledon is in jeopardy. Pete Sampras and Rafael Nadal say Federer remains the man to beat on grass.
Ferrari's Felipe Massa wins the French Grand Prix after team-mate Kimi Raikkonen suffers a broken exhaust, as Lewis Hamilton finishes 10th. Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 22 Jun 2008 | 5:15 pm
WEBSTER: Russian striker Andrei Arshavin has dominated Euro 2008 in the manner expected of Cristiano Ronaldo. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 22 Jun 2008 | 1:09 pm
AFP - Ana Ivanovic and Maria Sharapova are determined to prove that their ruthless tennis packs just as much power as their supermodel looks at this year's Wimbledon.
AFP - Spain beat Italy 4-2 on penalties here on Sunday to reach the Euro 2008 semi-finals and in so doing break a number of painful hoodoos.
AP - A sweet sweep for the Chicago Cubs in their first-place showdown with the crosstown White Sox.
AP - Fresno State's improbable postseason run will end with the Bulldogs playing for a national championship.
AP - The swagger had vanished, and the cocky confidence went with it. A two-week slump sent Kyle Busch spiraling into crankiness despite his hold atop the points standings.
AP - Magglio Ordonez hit a two-run homer, Justin Verlander won his first road game of the season and the Detroit Tigers beat the San Diego Padres 5-3 on Sunday in the rubber-match of a three-game series.
AP - Mark Teixeira homered three times, connecting from both sides of the plate to lead the Atlanta Braves over the Seattle Mariners 8-3 on Sunday.
AP - Cesc Fabregas scored the decisive penalty kick in a shootout Sunday night, sending Spain past Italy 4-2 after a 0-0 draw, setting up a semifinal against Russia in the European Championship.
AP - Bjorn Borg and Novak Djokovic say Roger Federer's reign at Wimbledon is in jeopardy. Pete Sampras and Rafael Nadal say Federer remains the man to beat on grass.