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Shorts - Feb 12, 20062006-02-12 06:00:01
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger rejected an offer to manage England, the Frenchman revealed yesterday as he doesn't believe the post should be held by a foreigner. [Full Story...]

Shorts - Feb 5, 20062006-02-05 06:00:01
Rangers' last realistic hope of silverware evaporated when they crashed 3-0 at home to Hibernian in the Scottish FA Cup fourth round yesterday. [Full Story...]

Shorts - Jan 29, 20062006-01-29 06:00:01
Hamburg SV were left nine points behind Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich after slipping to a 2-1 defeat away to Nuremberg yesterday. [Full Story...]

Shorts - Jan 22, 20062006-01-22 06:00:01
Englishman Chris Rodgers blazed the course as he continued to lead after the third round of the $200 000 Pakistan Open in Karachi yesterday. [Full Story...]

Shorts - Jan 8, 20062006-01-08 06:00:01
Michael Schumacher has threatened to end his Formula One career if he can't win with Ferrari. The latest edition of Germany's Der Spiegel magazine quoted the record seven-time world champion as saying he may quit if the Italian team can't build a winning car. [Full Story...]

Shorts - Dec 11, 20052005-12-11 06:00:01
Czech midfielder Karel Poborsky will finish the season with second division Ceske Budejovice after Sparta Prague confirmed yesterday he would not return to their squad. [Full Story...]

England tour venue change2005-12-04 11:00:00
Sao Paulo, Brazil – Corinthians can clinch their fourth Brazilian league title – and first since 1999 – even if they lose their last-round match against Goias today. The only way Corinthians, led by Argentina international Carlos Tevez, can lose the championship is if second-place Internacional beat Coritiba by several goals. Corinthians have 81 points, three more and are five goals ahead of Internacional. [Full Story...]

Shorts - Nov 27, 20052005-11-27 11:00:01
Australian Open leader Robert Allenby may have to abandon his bid to win his national golf championship after suffering a bizarre injury during yesterday's third round at the Moonah Links course here. [Full Story...]

Shorts - Nov 27, 20052005-11-27 06:00:01
Australian Open leader Robert Allenby may have to abandon his bid to win his national golf championship after suffering a bizarre injury during yesterday's third round at the Moonah Links course here. [Full Story...]

Shorts - Nov 13, 20052005-11-13 11:00:01
Italy ran in seven tries to crush Tonga 48-0 yesterday. Captain Marco Bortolami led by example, scoring two tries, and wing Mirco Bergamasco added a third as the home side sprinted to a 21-0 lead in the first 20 minutes. [Full Story...]

Shorts - Oct 30, 20052005-10-30 06:30:01
The German train drivers' union (GDL) has demanded an apology from VfB Stuttgart manager Giovanni Trapattoni over a comment the Italian made after his club's 3-2 cup defeat to Hansa Rostock on Wednesday. [Full Story...]

Shorts - Oct 16, 20052005-10-16 06:30:01
Eugene in Oregon, which calls itself the athletics capital of the United States, has been awarded the national Olympic trials for 2008. [Full Story...]

Shorts - Oct 9, 20052005-10-09 06:30:01
Big-hitting John Daly, one of the most popular players on the US PGA Tour, is considering crossing the Atlantic before the end of the season in a bid to secure a European Tour card. [Full Story...]

Shorts - Sept 25, 20052005-09-25 06:30:01
Double Olympic champion Hicham El Guerrouj,who missed this year's World Championships in Helsinki, has said he might extend his career to compete in the Beijing Games in 2008. [Full Story...]

Shorts - Sept 11, 20052005-09-11 06:30:01
Frantz Kruger, the South African discus record holder, recorded his best performance in three appearances at the IAAF World Athletics Final in Monaco on Friday night when he finished in fifth spot with a throw of 63,19m. [Full Story...]

Shorts - Sept 4, 20052005-09-04 06:30:01
South Africans Ramon Di Clemente and Donovan Cech yesterday won the silver medal in the men's pairs at the World Rowing Championships. [Full Story...]

Shorts - Aug 28, 20052005-08-28 06:30:01
Shorts - Aug 28, 2005 [Full Story...]

Shorts - Aug 21, 20052005-08-21 06:30:01
World and Olympic champion Justin Gatlin is hoping to better the leading 200m time this season when he lines up at the British Grand Prix in Sheffield today. [Full Story...]

Shorts - Aug 14, 20052005-08-14 06:30:01
Top-seeded Anastasia Myskina of Russia came from behind to defeat France's Emilie Loit 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 in the semifinals of the Nordic Light Open yesterday. [Full Story...]

Shorts - Aug 7, 20052005-08-07 06:30:01
Finnish police found banned performance-enhancing drugs in the possession of a top Finnish discus coach, but Finland's athletics world championships team leader said yesterday the suspect's former protege is clean. [Full Story...]

Shorts - July 31, 20052005-07-31 06:30:01
Wayne Rooney netted a brace yesterday as Manchester United defeated J-League side Urawa Reds 2-0 in the last match of their pre-season Asian tour. [Full Story...]

Shorts - July 17, 20052005-07-17 06:30:01
In a game that bore little consequence to the tournament result, England beat the Spar SA women's hockey team 3-0 in the Champions Challenge here Friday. [Full Story...]

Shorts - July 10, 20052005-07-10 06:30:01
South African skipper Graeme Smith smashed the first triple century of his career as his English county side Somerset dominated their match against Leicestershire yesterday. [Full Story...]

Shorts - July 3, 20052005-07-03 06:30:01
Porto's new coach Co Adriaanse has said he hopes disgruntled South African international striker Benni McCarthy will stay on with the former European champions. [Full Story...]

Shorts - June 26, 20052005-06-26 06:30:01
South Korea midfielder Park Ji-sung said yesterday he was proud to be joining Manchester United and pledged to make himself a better player at the English club. [Full Story...]

Shorts - June 19, 20052005-06-19 06:30:01
Shorts - June 19, 2005 [Full Story...]

Shorts - June 12, 20052005-06-12 06:30:01
Shorts - June 12, 2005 [Full Story...]

Shorts - June 5, 20052005-06-05 06:30:01
Bangladesh finished on 297/8, needing a further 46 runs to avoid an innings defeat, at stumps on the second day of the second Test at the Riverside here yesterday. [Full Story...]

Shorts - May 22, 20052005-05-22 06:30:01
Disgraced French goalkeeper Fabien Barthez has been handed a list of duties to carry out in the grass roots football community as part of his punishment for spitting on an assistant referee. [Full Story...]

Shorts - May 15, 20052005-05-15 06:30:01
South Africa's Natalie du Toit broke four world records in the pool at the Visa Paralympic World Cup in Manchester, England, yesterday. [Full Story...]



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