February 5, 2012
Rodgers wins MVP by landslide
Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rodgers has won the 2011 Associated Press NFL Most Valuable Player award in a landslide. Rodgers earned 48 votes to two for New Orleans quarterback Drew Brees in balloting by a nationwide panel of 50 media members who…
February 5, 2012
Parker’s 42 powers Spurs past NBA-best Thunder
Tony Parker wasn't playing for an All-Star invitation. He made a strong case just the same. Putting together his most dazzling game in three years - and doing it against the NBA's hottest team, no less - Parker scored 42 points and…
February 5, 2012
Manchester City struck two ealy over Fulham
Manchester City struck two early goals before seeing off a heavy snow storm to open up a three-point lead at the top of the Premier League. Sergio Aguero opened the scoring from the penalty spot after Adam Johnson had been tripped by Chris Baird.…
February 5, 2012
FIFA puts Burrell on Olympic committee
FIFA says it has appointed Caribbean official Horace Burrell to its committee that organises Olympic football tournaments, three weeks after he completed a suspension for unethical behavior. Burrell had lost his long-standing position on FIFA's…
February 3, 2012
Colts’ Peyton Manning cleared for contact
Peyton Manning has received the OK from his surgeon to start taking hits again. A spokesman for Dr. Robert Watkins said in a one-paragraph email sent late Thursday night that the Colts' star was cleared to play. ESPN, citing unidentified sources,…
February 3, 2012
Lakers, Clippers, Heat each have two All-Star game starters
From Kobe Bryant to Chris Paul, Blake Griffin to Andrew Bynum, the NBA All-Star game is shaping up as an L.A. story. Two Lakers and two Clippers were voted as starters Thursday for the game, the first time in 15 years that two pairs of teammates…
February 3, 2012
John Terry: FA strips England captaincy from Chelsea defender
John Terry has been stripped of the England captaincy, the Football Association has confirmed. The 31-year-old Chelsea centre-back was informed of the decision by FA chairman David Bernstein in a phone call at 1000 GMT. He is due to stand trial in…
February 3, 2012
Harry Redknapp prosecutors say NOTW tape ‘extremely telling’
Harry Redknapp's admission of lying to a News of the World reporter is "extremely telling", a court has heard. In closing statements, prosecution lawyers asked the jury for a "cold, clinical analysis of the issues". Mr Redknapp, 64, denies…
February 3, 2012
GB defeat Dutch in Fed Cup match
Great Britain battled hard to defeat the Netherlands 2-1 in their second Fed Cup Euro/Africa Zone Group I match. British number two Anne Keothavong lost 6-3 6-7 (3-7) 6-3 to Bibiane Schoofs. Elena Baltacha responded from being a break down in the…
February 2, 2012
Egypt football riot: Club coach saw ‘fans die’ after pitch invasion
An Egyptian club coach has told how he was "beaten with fists and sticks" and saw fans killed during a pitch invasion which left 74 people dead. Manuel Jose, coach of Cairo club al-Ahly, has returned home to Portugal following the riots which…