Soccer: Middlesbrough must forget rivals and focus on form – Gibson
(Reuters) – Defender Ben Gibson has urged Middlesbrough to focus on improving their form rather than banking on relegation rivals dropping points after Saturday’s loss at Stoke City extended the club’s winless Premier League run to 10 games.
Soccer: Debate rages about Ronaldo, Benzema, Bale despite Real win
BARCELONA (Reuters) – Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane’s insistence on Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema and Gareth Bale featuring together is under scrutiny after the Champions League holders were outplayed for long periods at Napoli despite reaching …
Pacquiao vs. Khan bout shelved as talks break down: Arum
(Reuters) – Eight-division world champion Manny Pacquiao’s proposed fight against Britain’s former world light-welterweight champion Amir Khan has been postponed, according to the Filipino’s promoter, Bob Arum.
Nowitzki passes 30,000 point mark to join elite club
(Reuters) – Dallas Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki joined an elite club by surpassing the 30,000 point mark in Tuesday’s match against the Los Angeles Lakers, becoming just the sixth player in NBA history to reach the milestone.
Soccer: Ramos rescue act ends brave Napoli’s comeback bid
NAPLES, Italy (Reuters) – Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos performed another rescue act to wreck Napoli’s brave comeback attempt and take the Champions League title-holders into the quarter-finals on Tuesday after they had taken a first-half battering….
Serena Williams withdraws from Indian Wells, Miami with injury
(Reuters) – Serena Williams has withdrawn from the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells and the Miami Open due to a left knee injury and as a result will relinquish the world number one tennis ranking to German Angelique Kerber.
Soccer: Bayern run riot again to crush dispirited Arsenal 10-2 on aggregate
LONDON (Reuters) – For an hour Arsenal were at least salvaging some pride against Bayern Munich, then the ceiling came crashing down as they exited the Champions League last 16 on Tuesday with a matching pair of 5-1 defeats against the merciless Bundes…
Monza to host sub two-hour marathon bid
(Reuters) – Italian Formula One race track Monza will host an audacious attempt to run the first ever sub-two-hour marathon, organizers announced on Tuesday.
Massa fastest as testing resumes in Barcelona
BARCELONA (Reuters) – Brazilian Felipe Massa completed two and a half race distances and put his Williams team on top of the timesheets as Formula One’s final pre-season test got underway in Barcelona on Tuesday.
Cycling: Defiant Brailsford defends Team Sky’s medical procedures
LONDON (Reuters) – Under-fire Team Sky have issued a staunch defense of their medical procedures after a UK Anti-Doping investigation into wrongdoing in British cycling found holes in their record- keeping.
