AP - Eight Georgia Southern players, included two projected starters, were suspended for the season opener against No. 1 Georgia for undisclosed violations of school rules.more...
AP - Major League Baseball and ESPN signed a new digital rights agreement that will allow the sports network to put baseball content on multiple platforms, including video game consoles and portable players such as iPods.more...
AP - The U.S. women's basketball team passed its first test of the Olympics, beating Russia in its closest contest in Beijing. Now it's on to a fourth straight gold medal game.more...
Fulham manager Roy Hodgson has revealed Northern Ireland striker David Healy is set to have a medical at Sunderland on Thursday ahead of his proposed move to the Stadium of Light.more...
Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez called a truce in his power struggle with chief executive Rick Parry after holding clear the air talks at Anfield.more...
Sania Mirza of India pulled out of the U.S. Open on Thursday because of a right wrist injury that flared at the Olympic Games. Mirza, who had surgery on her wrist in April, retired from her first-round singles match in Beijing. A statement released Thursdmore...
Midfielder Pavel Pardo
scored both goals as Mexico came from behind to beat Honduras
2-1 and give coach Sven-Goran Eriksson a winning start in the
third round of the CONCACAF World Cup qualifiers.
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The U.S. is one win away from playing for a gold medal. In recent years, it's been an elusive win for the Americans. In 2006, Greece upset the U.S. in the semifinals of the world championship. Two years earlier, Argentina eliminated the U.S. in the semismore...
John Terry admits England need clear the air talks to avoid any repeat of their friendly flop against the Czech Republic in next month's World Cup qualifiers.more...
Two more strikes against Howard Schultz in his long-shot attempt to void his sale of the former SuperSonics and undo their move to Oklahoma City. U.S. District Judge Marsha Pechman ruled Wednesday that the NBA can intervene in Schultz's lawsuit. She alsomore...
