Gheorghe Popescu the former captain of Romania's national football team has confessed that he was an informer for the country's secret police during the communist era.
Andy Murray will become the first British player for 71 years to reach the Wimbledon men's final if he can overcome Andy Roddick in Friday's semi-finals.
Riki Flutey and Joe Worsley will start against South Africa on Saturday as the injury-hit British and Irish Lions make a host of changes for the third Test.
Jul 01 - Brazilian playmaker Kaka was officially presented as a Real Madrid player on Tuesday (June 30) evening following his 68.0 million euros ($98 million) transfer from AC Milan.
Jun 15 - A group of blind soccer players in Baghdad say their visual impairment is no impediment to successfully playing a modified, indoor version of the game.
Justice Secretary Jack Straw has said he understood the "strong emotions" felt by the family of jailed football fan Michael Shields but could not grant a pardon based on the "rule of law".
LONDON (AFP) - Serena and Venus Williams will meet in the Wimbledon final for the fourth time after a rollercoaster Thursday which witnessed epic drama as well as a farcical no-contest.
BIRMINGHAM (AFP) - James Anderson signalled his determination to be England's leading pace bowler in the Ashes by taking five wickets in their warm-up match against Warwickshire at Edgbaston here Thursday.
LONDON (AFP) - New West Bromwich Albion boss Roberto di Matteo promised Baggies fans on Thursday he would stay true to the club's traditions of attacking football.
LONDON (AFP) - Serena and Venus Williams will meet in the Wimbledon final for the fourth time after a rollercoaster Thursday which witnessed epic drama as well as a farcical no-contest.
WORCESTER, England (AFP) - Brett Lee completed the best possible audition for an Ashes Test berth with a five-wicket haul against the England Lions here on Thursday.
WORCESTER, England (AFP) - Worcestershire's Stephen Moore blasted a century as a virtually full-strength Australia suffered the embarrassment of bowling 45 overs before taking an England Lions wicket.
BIRMINGHAM, England (AFP) - England continued their build-up to next week's first Ashes Test by strengthening their grip on this three-day warm-up match against Warwickshire at Edgbaston.
LONDON (AFP) - Serena Williams reached her fifth Wimbledon final Thursday with an epic 6-7 (4/7), 7-5, 8-6 win over Elena Dementieva where she saved a match point in the longest semi-final in the tournament's history.
WORCESTER, England (AFP) - James Anderson took five wickets to put England in total control of their Ashes warm-up match against Warwickshire at Edgbaston here on Thursday.
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Sportswriter Stefan Fatsis discusses the huge upset by the U.S. men's soccer teams over Spain in the Confederations Cup and provides a preview of the NBA Draft.
Ed Thomas was a fixture at the high school in Parkersburg for more than 30 years and helped the town rebuild after a devastating tornado. Police say the man who shot the coach to death this week at the school gym was a 24-year-old former player.
This summer, the Baseball Hall of Fame will celebrate its 70th anniversary and display its first exhibit on Latin American baseball. In the Los Angeles Times, Zev Chafets points out that a disproportionate share of Latino players have tested positive for steroids.
The Wimbledon Championships began on Monday, and authorities are worried about safety — that is, the safety of the audience's ears subjected to the shrieks, screeches and grunts that tennis players release when playing hard and heavy on the court. ESPN analyst Luke Jensen, a 1993 French Open doubles champion, and USA Today sports columnist Christine Brennan explain why some tennis officials say players' loud on-court grunts are a distraction to the sport.
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A 16-year-old Portuguese player, Michelle Larcher de Brito, is distracting her opponents with her shrieks. Frank Deford wonders why golf and tennis players — and fans — can't make more noise.
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