Soccer

United to miss Fletcher for six weeks with injury
United to miss Fletcher for six weeks with injury

Manchester, England (Sports Network) - Manchester United midfielder Darren Fletcher faces around six weeks out of action due to a knee injury sustained during S ...

Real Madrid tops Sevilla to open six-point lead
Real Madrid tops Sevilla to open six-point lead

Madrid, Spain (Sports Network) - Raul scored his 16th goal and Gabriel Heinze and Gonzalo Higuain also scored as Real Madrid beat Sevilla, 3-1, on Sunday to ope ...

Tiger stalks Troy at Buick
Tiger stalks Troy at Buick

Troy Matteson shot a 65 to claim a one-stroke advantage after the first round of the Buick Invitational, but on his return to competitive action Tiger Woods sta ...

Boxing

Pacquiao tops Marquez in thriller for WBC super featherweight title
Pacquiao tops Marquez in thriller for WBC super featherweight title

Las Vegas, NV (Sports Network) - In a rematch of their classic 2004 draw, Manny Pacquiao outdueled Juan Manuel Marquez and won a razor-thin 12-round split decis ...

Chagaev-Valuev rematch set
Chagaev-Valuev rematch set

Panama City, Panama (Sports Network) - WBA heavyweight champion Ruslan Chagaev will defend his crown against former champion Nikolai Valuev. The Universum Box-P ...

Kotelnik scores TKO of Rees to win WBA light welterweight belt
Kotelnik scores TKO of Rees to win WBA light welterweight belt

Cardiff, Wales (Sports Network) - Andreas Kotelnik won the WBA light welterweight title with a 12th-round technical knockout of previously unbeaten Gavin Rees o ...

Baseball

Big Unit, Montero, Tracy to start year on DL for D-Backs
Big Unit, Montero, Tracy to start year on DL for D-Backs

Phoenix, AZ (Sports Network) - The Arizona Diamondbacks announced that left- handed pitcher Randy Johnson, along with catcher Miguel Montero and infielder Chad ...

Giants send Vizquel, Lowry to DL
Giants send Vizquel, Lowry to DL

San Francisco, CA (Sports Network) - The San Francisco Giants finalized their Opening Day roster on Sunday with a flurry of transactions, including the placemen ...

Florida CF De Aza put on DL
Florida CF De Aza put on DL

Miami, FL (Sports Network) - Florida center fielder Alejandro De Aza was placed on the 15-day disabled list on Sunday, one day after he injured his left ankle i ...

Lacrosse

Duke University announces financial settlement with exonerated lacrosse players
Duke University announces financial settlement with exonerated lacrosse players

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

Witness in Duke lacrosse rape case sentenced to house arrest News
NLL commissioner Jim Jennings gets extension to work on five year plan News
Defender Ryan McNish will return to Calgary Roughnecks next season News

Basketball

English basketball dispute dents qualification chances for 2012 Olympics
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 ...

Phoenix Suns, Philadelphia 76ers see benefits of playing in Europe News by
Ex Pacer star Reggie Miller condemns Stephen Jackson for firing gun
Phil Jackson returns to Lakers after hip replacement surgery

Football

Premier League round-up
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 ...

Tennis

Davenport rolls in Miami opener, Jankovic survives grueling match
Davenport rolls in Miami opener, Jankovic survives grueling match

Miami, FL (Sports Network) - Former world No. 1 American Lindsay Davenport was an easy second-round winner Saturday at the $3.77 million Sony Ericsson Open. The ...

Cricket

Ricky Ponting says Australia will improve with more challenging contests
Ricky Ponting says Australia will improve with more challenging contests

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 ...