The Boston Red Sox bolstered their bullpen Wednesday by acquiring reliever Ramon Ramirez from the Kansas City Royals in exchange for center fielder Coco Crisp.Right-hander Ramirez, 27, is a power pitcher who went 3-2 with one save and a 2.64 ERA in 71 games for the Royals last season.
The Dominican Republic native limited right-handed opponents […]
Liverpool suffered their first defeat of the season on Saturday when Roman Pavlyuchenko scored in injury time to give Tottenham Hotspur a 2-1 comeback win to complete a dream first week for new manager Harry Redknapp.
Chelsea took over at the top of the Premier League after Nicolas Anelka’s hat-trick inspired a 5-0 rout of Sunderland. […]
Harbhajan Singh smashed his fifth test fifty to frustrate Australia after left-arm Mitchell Johnson had ripped through India’s top-order with a four-wicket haul in the first test on Saturday.Harbhajan (54) put on 80 with Zaheer Khan (35 not out) for the eighth wicket to help India recover from 232 for seven on the third day […]
Australian Test captain Ricky Ponting has said that Andrew Symonds, who was sent home from Bangladesh last month for missing a crucial meeting for fishing, was showing signs of an early comeback.He said Symonds is showing all the signs of a man on his way back.
“I’d love to have him back in the side sooner […]
Expect America’s multi-millionaire National Basketball Association heroes to continue sacrificing their summers in quest of Olympic gold, even after returning the United States to global supremacy.
Smiles were still locked on the faces of the US NBA superstars after their 118-107 triumph over Spain in Sunday’s gold medal game when USA Basketball general manager Jerry Colangelo […]
Poland’s Robert Kubica was fastest for BMW Sauber in Saturday’s final free practice for Sunday’s European Grand Prix at the new Valencia street circuit.
The 23-year-old driver from Krakow lapped in one minute and 38.754 seconds to top the timesheets on a humid and overcast morning after heavy overnight rain.
The slightly cooler conditions encouraged drivers to […]
Usain Bolt makes it three out of three as another world mark tumbles in Beijing, but Jamaica miss sprint sweep
Usain Bolt earned a triple-triple of sprint gold medals and world records Friday, an unprecedented Olympic feat that elevated him alongside Michael Phelps as the stars of the Beijing Games.
With his giant strides, he ran a […]
Michael Phelps hung on the lane rope in a familiar pose, admiring another world record while his rivals gasped for breath. Make it 6-for-6 at the Beijing Games.
Next up: Mark Spitz and the grandest of Olympic records.
Blowing away the field, Phelps won the 200-meter individual medley in a record 1 minute, 54.23 seconds — more […]
The Milwaukee Brewers and CC Sabathia cruised to another easy win Wednesday night, the team capturing its eighth in a row and the big left-hander his 10th straight decision.
And still, Milwaukee dropped another game behind the division-leading Chicago Cubs.
Rich Harden and Jason Marquis each shut down the Braves, Kosuke Fukudome and Geovany Soto provided the […]
China go into the sixth day of the Olympics on Thursday ahead of sporting arch-rivals the United States in the medals table despite Michael Phelps’s exploits.
After becoming the all-time most successful Olympian with 11 career golds, American swimming phenomenon Phelps faces a relatively quieter day with just one semi-final to contest.
Topping the medals table is […]