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“I am more concerned about Manchester United’s result. Did they win?” Thus asked Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene to reporters after his brilliant century helped them conquer New Zealand in the semi-final of the last World Cup.
Manchester United tamed AC Milan at Old Trafford in the Champions League semi-final the same night Sri Lanka qualified [...]
World number one Justine Henin is set to announce her retirement from professional tennis, Belgian media reported on Wednesday.
The 25-year-old is due to make the announcement at a news conference at 1400 GMT, De Standaard daily said.
Winner of seven grand slam singles crowns, Henin suffered a surprise defeat in the third round of the German [...]
Malaysia and the Netherlands won easy playoff victories to reach the quarterfinals of the women’s Uber Cup badminton championships on Tuesday, while Thailand and Japan progressed in the men’s Thomas Cup competition. Playing at Jakarta’s Senayan Sports Palace, Julia Wong Pei Xian led the Malaysians to a quarterfinal clash with group leader South Korea in [...]
Terrible news came today that Michael Hutts passed away last night. Hutts was 21 and a junior relief pitcher for the Jackets baseball team. No further details have been released on the cause of death. The Tech-Miami baseball game for tonight has been cancelled and a double-header will be played tomorrow. I’m sure the Jackets [...]
If a boxing and MMA know-very-little like yours truly (hey, I live in the same city as Chuck Liddell, people!) can easily find Frank Deford’s latest “viewpoint” on SI’s web site ridiculous on its basic premise alone (boxing suffers and is on the downfall because it’s not as violent as UFC/Elite XC/MMA in general), I [...]
Roger Federer continues the Sisyphusian task of winning a title in 2008 at the Estoril Open in Oeiras, Portugal. He’s off to a good start; R-Fed took out Olivier Rochus 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 in the first round.
This is the week I see him in human form. He’s finally with a coach again (training with Spanish [...]
