Former Australia captain Steve Waugh has welcomed the International Cricket Council's (ICC) plan to allow the players to challenge umpiring decisions in Test...

Lagos, May 9 (Xinhua) The International Olympic Committee (IOC) in conjunction with the Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC) is to organise a high-level training course for sports journalists in Lagos. Tony Nezianya, NOC's Public Relations Officer, said that the course was to prepare the journalists for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games'...

Cairo, May 9 (Xinhua) Egyptian Olympic Committee (EOC) president Mounir Sabet has expressed his support for the upcoming Beijing Olympic Games, saying that he is opposed to any boycott of the Games or attempts to mix sports with...

The International Cricket Council (ICC) signed Getty Images as its official photo agency for the next four years, ICC announced here...

Melbourne, May 9 : Australian cricket vice-captain Michael Clarke is believed to have pulled out of West Indies tour for personal...

Ahmedabad, May 9 : Three days after watching the footage of Sreesanth-Harbhajan row, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)-appointed Commissioner Sudhir Nanavati will hear Sreesanth-Harbhajan spat today. ...

guardian.co.uk on Friday May 09 2008. It was last updated at 12:13 on May 09 2008. Almost a year ago Paul Cullen took his Warrington team to St Helens for a Challenge Cup quarter-final amid...

"They aren't in an easy position, but in the league they are in a better position because of the goal difference," Grant said after Monday's 2-0 victory at Newcastle. "Sometimes I'm too positive and...

Members and fans of the all-women Jeddah United basketball team gather in front of a basketball court at the First Women's Welfare Society in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, Wednesday, April 30, 2008. Such is...

Should the Stormers beat the Waratahs in the 13th round of the Vodacom Super 14 on Saturday night, then you can be sure that all of Cape Town will party like it's 1999. They've certainly been...

The Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) said here Wednesday they settled for Frenchman Herve Renaud as Zambia soccer coach out of the three short-listed candidates because he was affordable,...

By Jacques van der Westhuyzen They claim to be motivated, upbeat and confident of pulling off just the second win of their Super 14 season, and there was no man with a bigger smile on Thursday...

The plan is they will come out hungry to devour fourth-placed Santos at their new base at Mpumalanga Stadium on Sunday and boost their campaign to avoid the drop in their first season in the South...

The full list of winners at the 2007 SAB Sports Journalists of the Year Awards, including sub category winners and merit awards, are: * Print & Internet Sports Journalist of the Year: Mark Keohane...

Eighteen-year-old Billy Joe Saunders will be Britain's welterweight competitor in Beijing - his father, grandfather and great-grandfather were all...

.co.nz has won the Qantas Media Award for best Sports website for the second year in a row. This is the 35th year of the Qantas Media Awards which recognise excellence in virtually all journalistic...

By Ashfak Mohamed Lote Tuqiri is looking forward to facing fellow Fijian Sireli Naqelevuki when the Waratahs take on the Stormers in a vital Super 14 clash at Newlands on Saturday. Tuqiri, a...

Tell us who you think will win the English Premier League? Cristiano Ronaldo or Didier Drogba might by the key players on the pitch but Wigan Athletic manager Steve Bruce is being touted as the...

Kaizer Chiefs defender Jimmy Tau says he does not like seeing his former club struggle, but things will not get any easier on Saturday when Chiefs and Pirates clash in an Absa Premiership match. ...

Australian vice captain Michael Clarke has delayed his departure for the West Indies due to family reasons and his participation in the tour remains in doubt, officials said on Friday. Cricket...

By Zaahier Adams Bankrolled by India's leading businessmen and biggest Bollywood stars, the Indian Premier League was launched amidst much fanfare last month, with the world's best playing...

Titans star, Morne Morkel's county cricket season with Yorkshire came to an abrupt end when he suffered a grade 2 hamstring tear in his opening four-day match against Nottinghamshire at Headingley. ...

By Jacques van der Westhuyzen The first Springbok training squad post-World Cup, and with Peter de Villiers as coach, will be named next Saturday. Backs Fullback Veteran Percy Montgomery...

WOODINVILLE — "Group hug," coach Paul Moody said, and then all of his Bothell players piled into one another along the third-base line to celebrate a win that few, including Moody, thought...

Former Rams and Eagles coach's wine received favorable reviews at a tasting Vermeil now 'coaches wine' in retirement and misses relationships the...

West Seattle High School has hired Donald Watts, former University of Washington player and son of ex-Sonic "Slick" Watts, as head coach of its boys basketball team. It will be the first head...

WSU football | Pullman police have recommended that one second-degree assault charge and five fourth-degree assault charges be filed against Washington State defensive tackle Andy Roof. Bill...

Sports LearningEdge LLC (SLE) has appointed Paul Stewart to help the company capitalize on the wildly successful Hockey PlayersEdge site launched with the National Hockey League last year. The...

BOSTON (Reuters) - The Boston Celtics opened up a 2-0 lead in their playoff against Cleveland on Thursday while defending champions San Antonio clawed their way back into their series with New...

Wales coach Warren Gatland says his players need to add more bulk if they are to compete with the world's best. Gatland and his injury-ravaged squad are in Wexford, Ireland, preparing for Wales'...

Dwain Chambers' former team-mate Jamie Baulch says he fears the shamed 100m star will struggle to find fresh success on the track. Chambers is set to return to sprinting after unsuccessful spells...

John Bracewell will step down from his position as New Zealand head coach when his contract expires next April. The 50-year-old former Gloucestershire coach, who has led the Black Caps since 2003,...

Matthew Maynard GLAMORGAN boss Matthew Maynard has admitted he will be an envious man when he watches his side run out at the newly-revamped £9.4m Swalec Stadium today (2.30pm start). The...

Rugby: Gibbes returns for Chiefs' must-win game BRISBANE - Wallabies coach-elect Robbie Deans is genuinely wary about his Crusaders' Super 14 rugby title quest being rocked by a rebuilding Reds side...

Rugby: Deans wary of fearless Reds Skipper Mils Muliaina rates it as maybe the biggest game in the Chiefs' Super 14 rugby season.Beat the Lions in Johannesburg on Sunday morning (NZ time) and the...

B.J. Upton singled and Carlos Pena was intentionally walked before Navarro put the game out of reach with his second career grand slam. "This is big for us," Navarro said. "We had a bad series in...

By FRED STURRUP, NG Associate Editor, frederick@nasguard.com, frobertsturrup@gmail.comThe arm of American Football in the country which deals primarily with the young boys, in Grand Bahama, Abaco and...

The fate of Jomo Cosmos is in their own hands and club owner and head coach Jomo Sono, is confident his side will avoid relegation from the Absa Premiership. Sono will not be pushing any panic...

By Tshepang Mailwane Jomo Cosmos 0 Golden Arrows 0 The performances that Jomo Cosmos have dished out throughout the season has seemingly chased the few supporters they have, away from the...

South African all-rounder Shaun Pollock has become the newest member of the MCC's World Cricket Committee. Pollock, who retired from international cricket earlier this year and is currently...

Tell us who you think will win the English Premier League? By Peter Bills Whatever the final outcome of this wonderfully protracted, competitive English Premiership soccer season, one thing...

Funding for a new stadium turned into a hot political issue the past few weeks. The Dynamo play at Robertson Stadium at the University of...

SAN ANTONIO — Down two games to none, the San Antonio Spurs approached Game 3 of this Western Conference semifinal series with the New Orleans Hornets as if it were a Game...

If the Sharks are to keep alive their Super 14 semi-final hopes they will have to overcome a Cheetahs master plan that has worked a treat in 11 of the past 12 encounters between the teams. Various...

May 8 2008 Media Wales ANDREW Flintoff flopped with the bat and shone with the ball as 20 wickets tumbled on the opening day of Lancashire’s LV County Championship Division One clash with...

Pienaar is the spitting image of another Free Stater, Henry Honiball, who often used to deflect praise from himself by using the expression, "in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king", to...

For two months now the Sharks have been slogging it out in the Super 14, chasing the elusive magic of their 2008 campaign. Often, the harder they have tried the less successful they have been in...

Marlins 7, Brewers 2 The Brewers lost their sixth game in a row, their longest losing streak this year. They finished 1-5 in the season series against Florida, scoring a total of 10...

Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic remained on track for a dream semifinal match-up with hard-fought victories at the Rome Masters on Thursday. World No1 Federer defeated giant Croatian Ivo Karlovic...

But it is not only Bray that the Waratahs will have to overcome if they hope to beat the Stormers. The famous Newlands crowd and a 60 percent chance of rain forecast for Cape Town on Saturday will...