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KITZBUHEL, Austria (AFP) - Former Olympic and World Cup champion Hermann Maier insisted on Thursday that he would not go back on his decision to quit skiing despite the upcoming Vancouver Olympics.Published: 01/21/2010 at 17:55:52 GMT |
JOHANNESBURG (AFP) - Argentina coach Diego Maradona on Thursday said he had no fears over World Cup security despite South Africa's gruesome average of 50 murders a day.Published: 01/21/2010 at 17:55:46 GMT |
TALLINN (AFP) - Russia's Oksana Domnina and Maxim Shabalin danced around controversy surrounding their Aboriginal-themed original dance on Thursday to extend their lead at the European figure skating championships.Published: 01/21/2010 at 16:32:31 GMT |
ABU DHABI (AFP) - Ian Poulter drained a magical 70-foot birdie putt on the final hole to break a logjam on top of the leaderboard as the quality field made a mockery of the thick rough and new grove rules on the opening day of the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship.Published: 01/21/2010 at 16:18:26 GMT |
DUBLIN (AFP) - Manchester United defender John O'Shea is set to miss the rest of the season with a leg injury, manager Sir Alex Ferguson said Thursday.Published: 01/21/2010 at 16:18:21 GMT |
LONDON (AFP) - British Olympic chiefs are involved in a race against time to prevent the national ski and snowboard federation going bust before next month's Winter Games in Vancouver.Published: 01/21/2010 at 15:16:06 GMT |
MELBOURNE (AFP) - Defending champion Serena Williams laid down the gauntlet to her rivals at the Australian Open by mercilessly crushing Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic 6-2, 6-1 Thursday.Published: 01/21/2010 at 10:39:27 GMT |
MELBOURNE (AFP) - Roger Federer imperiously took his place in the Australian Open third round with a straight sets demolition of hapless Romanian Victor Hanescu on Thursday.Published: 01/21/2010 at 10:23:13 GMT |
ADELAIDE, Australia (AFP) - Team Sky principal Dave Brailsford on Thursday denied he was under pressure to deliver after the rich new British outfit set its sights on an ambitious Tour de France title.Published: 01/21/2010 at 09:49:34 GMT |
MELBOURNE (AFP) - Novak Djokovic and Nikolay Davydenko stamped their authority on the Australian Open Thursday but former world number one Ana Ivanovic was sent packing.Published: 01/21/2010 at 09:34:08 GMT |
