• Underdogs Australia ready for Ashes scrap - Clarke

    Underdogs Australia ready for Ashes scrap - Clarke

    Reuters - 32 minutes ago
    Underdogs Australia ready for Ashes scrap - Clarke

    By Nick Mulvenney SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia are rightly underdogs for the upcoming Ashes series in England but will do everything they can to bring the coveted urn back home, skipper Michael Clarke said on Wednesday. There was more talk of aspiration than expectation as the Australia squad officially bid farewell to the country in a ceremony at Sydney airport before their departure for England at the weekend. ...

  • NBA - Spurs fend off rallying Grizzlies in Game Two overtime

    NBA - Spurs fend off rallying Grizzlies in Game Two overtime

    Reuters - 44 minutes ago
    NBA - Spurs fend off rallying Grizzlies in Game Two overtime

    REUTERS - San Antonio squandered a big lead in the fourth quarter and had Tim Duncan to thank for settling their nerves in overtime as the Spurs ground out a 93-89 win over the Memphis Grizzlies and took a 2-0 lead in the Western Conference finals on Tuesday. Up by 14 in the fourth, the Spurs failed to score in the last four minutes of regulation and were pushed to overtime by the rallying Grizzlies. However, Duncan scored his team's first six points in the extra session to put the Spurs back

  • Atletico Madrid: We have not received any offers for Falcao

    Atletico Madrid: We have not received any offers for Falcao

    GOAL.com - 1 hour 44 minutes ago
    Atletico Madrid: We have not received any offers for Falcao

    The club's CEO Miguel Angel Gil Marin has claimed that no formal deals have been proposed amidst fevered speculation over the Colombian star's next possible destination

  • Cheruiyot expecting first child, aims to return in 2014

    Cheruiyot expecting first child, aims to return in 2014

    Reuters - 1 hour 52 minutes ago
    Cheruiyot expecting first child, aims to return in 2014

    (Reuters) - Vivian Cheruiyot is not defending her world 5,000 and 10,000 metres gold medals in Moscow in August because she is expecting her first child, the Kenyan said in a statement. The 29-year-old, who won both races at the 2011 world athletics championships in Daegu, South Korea, took silver and bronze in the 5,000 and 10,000 at last year's London Olympics. In a statement released by her agent Ricky Simms on Wednesday, Cheruiyot said she would resume her career next year. She had first

  • Bruins beat Rangers to lead playoff series 3-0

    Bruins beat Rangers to lead playoff series 3-0

    Reuters - 2 hours 34 minutes ago
    Bruins beat Rangers to lead playoff series 3-0

    By Julian Linden NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Boston Bruins scored twice in the final period to beat the New York Rangers 2-1 at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday and grab a commanding 3-0 lead in their National Hockey League (NHL) playoff. Boston fourth-liner Daniel Paille scored the game winner with 3:31 left on the clock after assisting defenseman Johnny Boychuk to tie the score at the start of the period. ...