New Delhi, Dec 8: The Government on Tuesday said that it has set up a three member sub-committee to oversee all financial matters related to the progress of the Commonwealth Games to be held in the national capital next year.
ANI Tue, 08 Dec 2009 09:10:08 -0500

London, Dec 8: England's football World Cup fans will be thrown to the lions in South Africa next year, as with the lack of accommodation, the organisers are planning to house the supporters in big-game reserves.
ANI Tue, 08 Dec 2009 07:20:09 -0500

Madrid, Dec 8 (DPA) As usual, all the talk in Spanish football this season has focused on Barcelona and Real Madrid.
IANS Tue, 08 Dec 2009 06:30:02 -0500

Lahore, Dec. 8 : The cash strapped Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) wants to host a One day series against India in order to resurrect its sagging finances.
ANI Tue, 08 Dec 2009 04:40:05 -0500

London, Dec.8 : Football star David Beckham will not act as an ambassador for England's 2018 bid once next summer's World Cup starts.
ANI Tue, 08 Dec 2009 03:41:04 -0500

Melbourne, Dec 8 : Aussie cricket legend Shane Warne has launched his own line of underwear for men.
ANI Tue, 08 Dec 2009 03:40:51 -0500

Lahore , Dec. 8 : As the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) officials and chairman of the selection board meet here today (Tuesday) to select the team for the forthcoming Australian tour, the fate of former captain Younis Khan is still unclear.
ANI Tue, 08 Dec 2009 03:40:42 -0500

Adelaide, Dec. 8 : Former cricketers have criticized current Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting for repeatedly using the umpire referral system, and warned that it could cost Australia a Test match in the long term.
ANI Tue, 08 Dec 2009 03:40:38 -0500

MINNEAPOLIS - The Minnesota Lynx have hired former Detroit assistant coach and general manager Cheryl Reeve as the team's new head coach. Reeve has spent the past nine years with the Detroit Shock, ...
StarTribune Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:26:48 -0500

CAMAS VALLEY — On a chilly night, the Tenison Woods College of Australia picked up a 64-27 win over Camas Valley while on its summer break Monday.Sarah Pretty led the youth traveling team from M...
News-Review Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:24:04 -0500

(AP Photo/AP Television News)ADDS INFORMATION ABOUT WOMAN PICTURED, UPDATES 2ND SENTENCE This image taken from video provided by AP Television News shows Tiger Woods' mother-in-law Barbro Holmberg bei...
The Examiner Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:15:40 -0500

(AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)FILE - In this June 11, 2009 photo, Detroit Tigers' Curtis Granderson watches his two-run home run off Chicago White Sox closer Bobby Jenks during the ninth inning of a ...
The Examiner Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:15:38 -0500

(AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama, File)FILE - This is a Sept. 18, 2009, file photo showing Danica Patrick in the pits during a qualifying session, ahead of the IndyCar Series' Indy Japan 300 auto race in Mote...
The Examiner Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:15:37 -0500

Manhattan prosecutors say it's too soon for him to get a break from prison.Prosecutors will likely oppose his request. Chief Assistant District Attorney Mark Dwyer said Tuesday that a furlough only a ...
The Examiner Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:15:35 -0500

(AP Photo/Richard Drew)Texas quarterback Colt McCoy, talks with reporters at the 2009 National Football Foundation inductees news conference in New York, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009.
The Examiner Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:15:34 -0500

(AP Photo/Evan Agostini,File)FILE-This Nov. 16, 2009 file photo shows Bryant Gumbel attending the premiere of 'The Road' in New York. Gumbel says he's recovering from lung cancer surgery and treatment...
The Examiner Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:15:32 -0500

(AP Photo/Michael Conroy)St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa responds to a question during a news conference at the baseball winter meetings in Indianapolis, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009.
The Examiner Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:15:30 -0500

Denver is one of four North American cities that are among the most “overextended” in terms of their ability to support all the professional sports teams they have, according to a report f...
Business Journal Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:12:30 -0500

. Cooper also announced Tuesday that brothers Heemal and Sanjeev Vaid of the United Kingdom have formed a partnership agreement with St. Louis Soccer United and will serve as directors of AC St. Loui...
Business Journal Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:12:28 -0500

Milwaukee is one of the nation's most overextended metropolitan areas when it comes to supporting professional sports, according to a Portfolio.com/bizjournals study. Portfolio.com/bizjournals an...
Business Journal Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:12:16 -0500

According to a Portfolio.com/bizjournals study, "overextension" is a problem in Pittsburgh when it comes to the city's sports franchises. Portfolio.com/bizjournals...
Business Journal Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:11:08 -0500

. Cooper also announced Tuesday that brothers Heemal and Sanjeev Vaid of the United Kingdom have formed a partnership agreement with St. Louis Soccer United and will serve as directors of AC St. Loui...
St. Louis Business Journal Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:11:05 -0500

. Photo / Supplied" title="Morgan Freeman (pictured) stars as Nelson Mandela in Clint Eastwood's new film about the 1995 Rugby World Cup Invictus. Photo / Supplied" />...
New Zealand Herald Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:07:49 -0500

Melky Cabrera as center fielder on the Yankees. Cabrera, a 25-year-old switch-hitter, batted .274 last season with 13 homers, 68 RBIs and 10 steals. He could shift to left, depending on whether New Yo...
ESPN Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:07:37 -0500

Jayhawks ' coaching vacancy.Nutt and Ole Miss athletic director Pete Boone issued statements Tuesday after media reports that Nutt was interested in the Kansas job.
ESPN Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:07:34 -0500

INDIANAPOLIS ? The New York Yankees are in the final stages of acquiring Detroit Tigers All-Star center fielder Curtis Granderson in a three-team trade involving the Arizona Diamondbacks.
USA Today Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:06:16 -0500

Gammons, who wrote for the Boston Globe and Sports Illustrated before joining ESPN, was in the first wave of print reporters who got TV jobs. Says ESPN executive editor...
USA Today Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:06:15 -0500

"We've all been working very hard for some time now to bring this all together," Patrick said at a news conference. "There's much relief there, but I'm starting to get a little bit nervous that now it...
USA Today Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:06:15 -0500

Gammons, who wrote for the Boston Globe and Sports Illustrated before joining ESPN, was in the first wave of print reporters who got TV jobs. Says ESPN executive editor...
USA Today Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:06:06 -0500

Gammons, who wrote for the Boston Globe and Sports Illustrated before joining ESPN, was in the first wave of print reporters who got TV jobs. Says ESPN executive editor...
USA Today Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:06:05 -0500

OCOEE, Fla. (AP) ? Tiger Woods' mother-in-law was rushed to a hospital early Tuesday, touching off the second media frenzy in two weeks surrounding the pro golfer's carefully guarded private life...
Sports Illustrated Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:03:45 -0500

A middling player in Germany’s second soccer league, he had gambled away his meager fortunes. He had borrowed from the bank. Built up debts with a dingy betting office. Borrowed more. Gambled mo...
International Herald Tribune Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:56:31 -0500

Diamondbacks neared agreement Tuesday on a three-team trade that would send All-Star center fielder Curtis Granderson from Detroit to New York, a person familiar with the negotiations said.The World S...
International Herald Tribune Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:56:27 -0500

Boston Red Sox manager Terry Francona said.Detroit right-hander Edwin Jackson was another player who could be traded, but in a a town known for fast moves around the speedway, baseball's wheelers and ...
International Herald Tribune Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:56:25 -0500

Super Bowl , with prices for a 30-second spot running close to $3 million, CBS Corp Chief Executive Les Moonves said on Tuesday.Moonves said that Budweiser and Bud Light, owned by Anheuser-Busch...
International Herald Tribune Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:56:23 -0500

Shooter William Chetcuti winner of a silver medal at the Mediterranean Games in Pescara and the gold medal at the Small Nations Games in Cyprus, claimed the Platinium Award given the Maltese Olympic C...
MaltaMedia Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:49:58 -0500

I NDIANAPOLIS — Bill Madden of the Daily News of New York has won the Hall of Fame’s Spink Award for his work as a baseball writer. His election by members of the Baseball Writers’ ...
Boston Herald Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:49:22 -0500

ABERDEEN, S.D.—Northern State University athletic officials have announced four finalists for the vacant head football coaching position. They are Mike Aldrich, defensive coordinator and special...
Pioneer Press Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:41:35 -0500

The Russian Football Union are to launch an investigation into reports of inappropriate behaviour by the national squad during the World Cup play-offs.The Russians, coached by former Chelsea boss Guus...
Irish Examiner Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:23:48 -0500

ASPEN, Colo. - If you hear anything about Alpine skiing these days, you hear that Lindsey Vonn is supposed to be the star of February's Vancouver Olympics. Supposed to win medals, plural, not merely ...
StarTribune Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:35:57 -0500

GLIDE — Six different players who started for the Glide High girls basketball team return this winter, and there are even some newcomers who could push for starting spots. The Wildcats will be l...
News-Review Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:33:27 -0500

The post protectors are removed after the abandonment of the Guinness Premiership match between Sale and Wasps at Edgeley Park. Photograph: David Rogers/Getty Images Sale are waiting to learn why Wa...
The Guardian Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:25:18 -0500

(AP Photo/Richard Drew)Texas quarterback Colt McCoy, talks with reporters at the 2009 National Football Foundation inductees news conference in New York, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009.
The Examiner Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:23:13 -0500

(AP Photo/ Butch Dill, File)FILE - This is a July 23, 2009, file photo showing Alabama linebacker Rolando McClain speaking to the media during an availability at the Southeastern Conference football M...
The Examiner Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:23:12 -0500

Alabama students and faculty won't have to worry about missing class to attend the national title football game.The university canceled classes from Jan. 6-8.The school said Tuesday that students will...
The Examiner Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:23:10 -0500

International Olympic Committee .At a two-day meeting that starts Wednesday, the IOC executive board will make final rulings on requests by sports federations for the addition or removal of discipline...
The Examiner Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:23:09 -0500

The former head football coach of Pleasure Ridge Park High School said he did nothing wrong during an Aug. 20, 2008, practice in which 15-year-old Max Gilpin collapsed and that there is nothing he wou...
Courier-Journal Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:21:34 -0500

The former head football coach of Pleasure Ridge Park High School said he did nothing wrong during an Aug. 20, 2008, practice in which 15-year-old Max Gilpin collapsed and that there is nothing he wou...
Courier-Journal Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:21:30 -0500

Los Angeles may seem to have everything, but appearances are deceiving. The impressive size (metro population: 12.9 million) and economic clout (combined annual income: $552 billion) of the Los Angel...
Business Journal Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:20:18 -0500

Karl F. Schmitt Jr. has been hired as the new director of the Louisville Sports Commission. He has served as interim director since the July resignation of director Diane McGraw and will begin his te...
Business Journal Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:20:15 -0500

RIO DE JANEIRO: Robbers took advantage of Brazil’s passion for soccer to steal about $6 million from a cash delivery firm, as the nation was transfixed on championship games, media reported on Mo...
Times of India Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:15:49 -0500

Shrink ADELAIDE - Australia have kept the Sir Frank Worrell Trophy, but not without plenty of bruises inflicted by a resurgent West Indian team that can now look towards the third test in Perth with ...
New Zealand Herald Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:15:35 -0500

DUBAI - Umpire Mark Benson denied reports that his withdrawal from the second test between Australia and West Indies was unrelated to the contentious referral system in use in Adelaide. Benson withdr...
New Zealand Herald Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:15:33 -0500

The only New Zealand batsman fulfilling his job description against Pakistan admits sharing the pressure of his peers as the third and final cricket test looms. Ross Taylor is alone in having cause t...
New Zealand Herald Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:15:29 -0500

"Things are heating up" with regard to the likelihood that Brian Kelly will become the next Notre Dame head coach, a source close to the Cincinnati coach said Tuesday.Kelly has had direct communicatio...
ESPN Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:15:19 -0500

Colt McCoy didn't realize the football must hit something before the clock stops when he tossed away a pass at the end of Longhorns' 13-12 victory against Nebraska -- a gaffe that nearly left his team...
ESPN Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:15:18 -0500

Danny Granger for at least four weeks with a foot injury.The team said Tuesday that Granger would miss a minimum of four to six weeks with a torn right plantar fascia, the tissue across the bottom of ...
ESPN Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:15:16 -0500

Bellevue pays tribute to Katy following Friday's state title win. The Wolverines tossed a player, Sean Coley, high in the air to be caught by his teammates. The act is a longtime pre-game tradition of...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:14:39 -0500

Saints receiver Robert Meachem stripped Washington's Kareem Moore of an interception return and returned it for a TD in the Saints' win on Sunday.
USA Today Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:13:59 -0500

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USA Today Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:13:58 -0500

Suisham was cut Tuesday by the Redskins, who replaced him with Graham Gano from the United Football League. Suisham made his first 13 field goal attempts this year, but he had vital misses from 39 a...
USA Today Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:13:56 -0500

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USA Today Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:13:54 -0500

To say the Hillcrest Huskies girls' basketball team is facing an uphill battle would be an understatement. The Huskies are in the unpleasant transition from old to new, as witnessed in their season-...
Salt Lake Tribune Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:12:57 -0500

Quiksilver in Memory of Eddie Aikau Competition ? one of the surfing’s most prestigious and rarest events ? announced just after dawn Tuesday that the event was a go, the first time th...
International Herald Tribune Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:04:47 -0500

LPGA Tour in one decade to becoming the only woman to shoot 59, it was one simple swing with a 4-wood that turned the once-shy Swede into a one-name athlete.The club carried the weight of an entire ge...
International Herald Tribune Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:04:44 -0500

New Orleans Saints on Sunday.The Redskins signed rookie Graham Gano after kicking tryouts at Redskins Park, the team said in a release.Gano, 22, played this season with the United Football League's La...
International Herald Tribune Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:04:40 -0500

Anderson Varejao . Some would put him at the top of the list, but I sympathize (a bit) with an undersized power forward stuck in the land of the giants. A lightweight can only take so many h...
CBS Sports Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:03:28 -0500

NEW YORK (Reuters) - CBS has sold about 90 percent of the available commercial time for the upcoming Super Bowl, with prices for a 30-second spot running close to $3 million, CBS Corp Chief Executive ...
Reuters Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:58:45 -0500

London - US-based satellite broadcaster ESPN has signed a four-year deal worth about £35-million (about R430-million) to televise the FA Cup, England's governing Football Association (FA) announ...
Independent Online Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:41:58 -0500

South African players will be assured of at least four valuable places in the 32-man field for the R23,5-million South African Open in February -and it is all due to the ATP's "wild card" proviso rega...
Independent Online Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:41:54 -0500

For all the amazing numbers connected with Annika Sorenstam, from her 54 victories on the LPGA Tour in one decade to becoming the only woman to shoot 59, it was one simple swing with a 4-wood that tur...
StarTribune Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:42:55 -0500

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - A person familiar with the plan says Danica Patrick has reached a deal to enter NASCAR with JR Motorsports. Patrick will announce a partial Nationwide Series schedule at a Tuesday n...
StarTribune Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:42:55 -0500

Setanta Sports says it has won the Irish rights to broadcast live coverage of 33 English Premier League football matches for each of the next three seasons. The games will be broadcast live on Setant...
RTE Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:41:38 -0500

The 32-team draw for next year's soccer World Cup in South Africa was held Friday in Cape Town. The U.S. Soccer Team is pleased with the teams it will face in the first round. The United States has ha...
Hispanic Business Magazine Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:34:17 -0500

(AP Photo/Scanpix Sweden, Pontus Lundahl)This 2007 photo taken in Stockholm shows Barbro Holmberg. Health Central Hospital in Ocoee, Fla. said Tuesday Dec. 8, 2009, Holmberg, Tiger Woods' mother-in-la...
The Examiner Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:31:39 -0500

(AP Photo/John Bazemore)Florida quarterback Tim Tebow (15) fends off Alabama defender Rolando McClain (25) as he carries the ball during the first quarter of the NCAA college football SEC Championship...
The Examiner Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:31:37 -0500

PGA Tour .Not many remember that she missed the cut, one of only three times in the 2000s she didn't play on the weekend.It's the qualities implicit in statistics like that - Sorenstam's dominance, he...
The Examiner Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:31:36 -0500

International Olympic Committee is considering the elimination of endurance events in track cycling and the addition of mixed doubles in tennis for the...
The Examiner Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:31:33 -0500

Kithuruwan Vithanage was the hero for Sri Lanka Under-19s as they took the tri-series by pipping Pakistan Under-19s by one wicket in a last-ball finish at the P Sara Oval. Vithanage made a nervele...
Cricinfo Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:29:45 -0500

Set a tough target of 310, a brisk century from captain Khurram Khan steered them home with only a handful of overs remaining. Khurram was assisted by a whirlwind 35 from Amjad Javed and a run-a-ball ...
Cricinfo Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:29:44 -0500

Karl F. Schmitt Jr., a longtime Churchill Downs Inc. official, has been named executive director of the Louisville Sports Commission, whose main effort is to bring sports-related business to town.
Courier-Journal Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:29:33 -0500

Karl F. Schmitt Jr., a longtime Churchill Downs Inc. official, has been named executive director of the Louisville Sports Commission, whose main effort is to bring sports-related business to town.
Courier-Journal Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:29:29 -0500

By STEPHEN WILSONAP SPORTS WRITER LAUSANNE, Switzerland -- Elimination of endurance events in track cycling and the addition of mixed doubles in tennis are up for consideration this week by the Int...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:22:51 -0500

"Last evening, Barbro Holmberg, mother of Elin Woods, was admitted to Health Central Hospital with stomach pain," hospital spokesman Dan Yates said in a statement. "She is in stable condition and unde...
USA Today Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:22:25 -0500

We have spent a lot of time and ink this year opining (some say bloviating) over the number of athletes appearing on the police blotter.But it appears the biggest crime has been perpetuated by the Hal...
USA Today Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:22:24 -0500

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) ? Elimination of endurance events in track cycling and inclusion of mixed doubles in tennis are up for consideration this week by the...
USA Today Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:22:20 -0500

BEST PLAYER: Peyton Manning, Colts The Colts are the winningest regular-season team in the decade, and Manning's immense presence, skill, accuracy and mastery of the offense are the biggest reasons. T...
Sports Illustrated Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:20:09 -0500

. Not all of my players had the most Pro Bowl or All-Pro nods. But I'm going to have a team with a wide receiver who blocks downfield. I'm going to have a team with a good run-playing defensive line. ...
Sports Illustrated Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:20:08 -0500

Welcome to my seventh annual ranking of this year's bowl games, No. 1 through 34, in order of anticipated entertainment value. Much like the bowl business itself, these rankings are based only margina...
Sports Illustrated Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:20:05 -0500

Security was in front of the emergency room at Health Central Hospital in Orlando where Tiger Woods' mother-in-law was admitted early Tuesday morning.
Sports Illustrated Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:20:04 -0500

Yao Ming . He has no doubt the center, out all season following foot surgery, won't opt out of his contract next summer to become a free agent. "He's very loyal, and he's going to opt in,'' Morey said...
Sports Illustrated Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:20:01 -0500

Ronnie O'Sullivan leads Peter Ebdon 6-2 after the first session of their UK Championship second round encounter.Four-time champion O'Sullivan raced into a 4-0 lead against an out-of-sorts Ebdon, befor...
BBC Sport Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:16:28 -0500

British swimmer Mark Foster has called for all world records set since 2007 to be wiped from the history books.Foster says because the records were set in the performance-enhancing suits period: "...
BBC Sport Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:16:27 -0500

Tiger Woods' SUV crash, The Associated Press reported erroneously which government agency released the information. The documents were released by the state attorney's office for Orange County, not th...
International Herald Tribune Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:13:33 -0500

SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, Calif. -- Federal agents have seized a rare Italian sports car they believe was illegally imported by a California man and his co-conspirators.Immigration and Customs Enforcement ...
Lexington Herald-Leader Tue, 08 Dec 2009 12:50:09 -0500

By Barbara Liston Orlando, Florida - The woman who was taken from golfer Tiger Woods' Florida home by ambulance to a nearby hospital early on Tuesday is his mother-in-law, according to reports.
Independent Online Tue, 08 Dec 2009 12:49:43 -0500

By Mitch Phillips London - English umpire Mark Benson has said he withdrew from officiating in the second Australia v West Indies test due to ill-health, not because of frustration over the referra...
Independent Online Tue, 08 Dec 2009 12:49:38 -0500

Adam Scott wins Australian Open for his first pro victory in his home country - Adam Scott won the Australian Open for his first pro victory in his home country, shooting an even-par 72 on Sunday to b...
StarTribune Tue, 08 Dec 2009 11:55:53 -0500

WINDERMERE, Fla. - In a Dec. 7 story about the release of documents related to Tiger Woods' SUV crash, The Associated Press reported erroneously which government agency released the information. The ...
StarTribune Tue, 08 Dec 2009 11:55:52 -0500