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Derby County are to announce at a press conference on Monday that the club have been taken over by new American owners. Rams chairman Adam Pearson has been sear ...

English basketball dispute dents qualification chances for 2012 Olympics

GENEVA (AP) _ Britain's hopes of qualifying for the basketball tournament at the 2012 London Olympics are in jeopardy because of a dispute between national auth ...

Premier League round-up

Arsenal's second trip to the North East in the space of five days ended in disappointment again as they lost their unbeaten domestic record to Middlesbrough, wh ...

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Basketball

English basketball dispute dents qualification chances for 2012 Olympics

GENEVA (AP) _ Britain's hopes of qualifying for the basketball tournament at the 2012 London Olympics are in jeopardy because of a dispute between national auth ...

FBI investigating whether veteran NBA referee bet on games

NEW YORK (AP) _ The FBI is investigating allegations that a veteran NBA referee bet on basketball games over the past two seasons, including ones in which he of ...

NBA ref investigated for betting on games gets threatening calls

NBA referee Tim Donaghy, under investigation by the FBI for betting on games he worked, had local law officials at his Florida home Sunday because of threatenin ...

Football

Rams find American owners

Derby County are to announce at a press conference on Monday that the club have been taken over by new American owners. Rams chairman Adam Pearson has been sear ...

Premier League round-up

Arsenal's second trip to the North East in the space of five days ended in disappointment again as they lost their unbeaten domestic record to Middlesbrough, wh ...

Pats coach Belichick says he'll turn over materials in NFL spying probe News by

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) _ Patriots coach Bill Belichick willcomply with the NFL's latest request in its spying investigation andprovide any notes or tapes made f ...

Tennis

Baghdatis' old confrontation pops up

The pepper spray had barely cleared from the air before firestorm No. 2 hit when local media pounced on footage from last year of former Australian Open finalis ...

Venus advances to round of 16

MELBOURNE -- Eighth-seeded Venus Williams survived her toughest test at the Australian Open to beat Indian Sania Mirza, 7-6, 6-4, today to reach the fourth roun ...

Jankovic puts brakes on Serena Willi

MELBOURNE, Australia -- First glances, as it turned out, were utterly deceiving at the Australian Open. Seventh-seeded Serena Williams showed up on Day 1 lookin ...

Cricket

Ricky Ponting says Australia will im

ST JOHN'S, Antigua (AP) _ Australian skipper Ricky Ponting feels the defending World Cup champion team will improve further by playing challenging games like Su ...

World Cup: Pointless match gets inte

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (AP) _ The world gets its last chance to see Brian Lara play international cricket on Saturday when the West Indies plays England in a Worl ...

Former Indian Test cricketer Maninde

NEW DELHI (AP) _ Former Indian Test cricketer Maninder Singh will face a New Delhi court Wednesday after he was arrested in his home for allegedly possessing 1. ...

Lacrosse

Duke University announces financial

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) _ Duke University has reached an undisclosedfinancial settlement with three former lacrosse players falselyaccused of rape, the school said Mo ...

National Lacrosse League expands to

The National Lacrosse League will expand to Boston for the 2008 season, the league announced Wednesday. The league's 14th franchise will play at TD Banknorth Ga ...

Biggest Toronto Rock stars to make t

A leaner and faster lineup is what new head coach Glenn Clark has in mind for the Toronto Rock. Most of the players were retained despite the first-round elimin ...

Cycling

UCI chief says Spain is by far cycli

STUTTGART, Germany (AP) _ Spain's government and the nationalfederation are not doing enough to contain cycling's drug culture,the leader of the sport's world g ...

Daniele Bennati wins 17th stage of d

CASTELSARRASIN, France (AP) _ Daniele Bennati of Italy won the17th stage of the Tour de France and Alberto Contador of Spainbecame the new overall leader Thursd ...

Vinokourov tests positive for banned

PAU, France (AP) _ Tour de France rider Alexandre Vinokourovtested positive for a banned blood transfusion after winning lastweekend's time trial, prompting his ...

Curling

Europe continues comebac

Jean-Michel Menard's rink form Ste-Foy,Que., scored one in each of the final three ends in a 5-4 win overPal Trusen of Norway, allowing North America to salvage ...

2010 world men's curling

EDMONTON (CP) _ Another major curling event is going to Italy. Four years after Pinerolo, Italy hosted the curling at the 2006 Winter Olympics, the 2010 Ford Wo ...

North America leads Euro

Canadians Jean-Michel Menard and Brad Gushue won their late draws Thursday as North America took a commanding 39-15 lead over Europe at the ...

Alberta, Quebec undefeat

Ted Appelman's Alberta rink and Quebec's Eve Belisle were undefeated at 3-0 Sunday after five draws of the Canadian mixed curling championship. Appleman beat th ...

Boxing

Munoz sends Kawashima into retiremen

Yokohama, Japan (Sports Network) - Alexander Munoz of Venezuela won a 12-round unanimous decision over local favorite Katsushige Kawashima to keep his WBA super ...

England prepares for series against

LONDON (AP) _ England faces its first serious Test challenge since its disastrous Ashes defence when it starts the first of three matches against India on Thurs ...

Miguel Cotto the businessman vs. Zab

NEW YORK (AP) _ Miguel Cotto sat onstage at Madison Square Garden wearing a sharp brown suit. Zab Judah went for the hooded sweat shirt and shorts. That hardly ...