MANILA, Philippines - American promoter Bob Arum charged that Floyd Mayweather Jr. is scared to fight Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao, who could ruin his unbeaten ring record of 40 victories.
MANILA, Philippines - American promoter Bob Arum charged that Floyd Mayweather Jr. is scared to fight Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao, who could ruin his unbeaten ring record of 40 victories.
LOS ANGELES (AFP) - - The NBA champion Los Angeles Lakers have dropped their second straight game, a lackluster performance drawing a few boos from their demanding home fans.
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (AFP) - - Portland spoiled Jeff Bower's debut as head coach of the New Orleans' Hornets, who lost not only the NBA game but also All-Star point guard Chris Paul with a sprained ankle.
MIAMI (AFP) - - LeBron James scored 34 points to power Cleveland to a 111-104 victory over Dwyane Wade and the Miami Heat in a National Basketball Association contest.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone has set Silverstone a December deadline to keep next year's British Grand Prix on the calendar.
LONDON (Reuters) - Formula One world champion Jenson Button explained the motivation for his move to McLaren on Thursday, saying he wanted to move out of his comfort zone to take on Lewis Hamilton in the same cars.
DUBAI (AFP) - - Lee Westwood made the most of yet another spectacular blowout by Padraig Harrington as he took a two-shot lead at the halfway stage of the 7.5 million dollar Dubai World Championship, the European Tours new season-ending championship, here on Friday.
HOUSTON, Texas (AFP) - - Jiyai Shin and Lorena Ochoa will take their duel for LPGA Player of the Year honors down to the wire this week at the LPGA Tour Championship.
SINGAPORE (AFP) - - The rapidly expanding OneAsia Tour appointed a powerful global media and marketing partner Thursday as chief executive Ben Sellenger said he was confident players would defect from the Asian Tour.
BARCELONA (AFP) - - Thierry Henry, in the eye of a storm surrounding his handball in Wednesday's World Cup play-off against Ireland, received welcome support Friday from his club manager at Barcelona.
LUANDA (AFP) - - Ivory Coast coach Vahid Halilhodzic brimmed with confidence here Friday despite having to face fellow World Cup qualifiers Ghana, Togo and Burkina Faso in the African Nations Cup 'Group of Death'.
NYON, Switzerland (AFP) - - Croatian champions Dinamo Zagreb on Friday had their Europa League points deduction replaced with a 75,000 euros fine and a three-year suspended ban from European competition.
VALENCIA, Spain (AFP) - - Australian cycling star Stuart O'Grady was cleared to leave hospital later on Wednesday after his collapse in the wake of a 'hot lap' of the Valencia MotoGP circuit on Sunday according to Cycling Australia.
LONDON (Reuters) - MotoGP's governing body issued a revised provisional 2010 calendar on Tuesday with the British Grand Prix's return to Silverstone for the first time in 24 years pushed back two weeks to June 20.
VALENCIA, Spain (AFP) - - Honda's Dani Pedrosa won the Valencia MotoGP here on Sunday, the final race of the 2009 season, while Japan's Hiroshi Aoyama claimed the 250cc world title.
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MONACO - The governing body of track and field is working behind the scenes with Caster Semenya and the South African government to resolve issues about the 18-year-old runner's gender and career.
LONDON - FIFA rejected Ireland's request to replay its World Cup qualifier against France on Friday, while Thierry Henry said a rematch would be "the fairest solution" to resolve the furor over his extra-time hand ball that set up the deciding goal.
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