Sports

February 26, 2011

Novak Djokovic will play Roger Federer in Dubai final

Novak Djokovic will face Roger Federer in Saturday's Dubai Championships final after both were…

February 26, 2011

American owners say Manchester United not for sale

Manchester United's American owners insisted Friday that they are committed to the 18-time English champions for the "long term" and will not sell the Premier League club. The statement, which accompanied United's quarterly update on its…

February 26, 2011

Wade scores 41 as Heat top Wizards, 121-113

This was supposed to be the easy game for the Miami Heat , the one respite in a brutal 13-game stretch where every other opponent is a playoff contender. It turned out to be quite the challenge. Dwyane Wade scored 41…

February 26, 2011

Trade Deadline Fallout: Who’s on notice?

The league looks a lot different than it did four days ago — or even 24 hours ago, for that matter. We evaluated most of the key trades Thursday, so now it’s time to look at who’s on notice in the new NBA landscape: •Dallas Mavericks, most of the…

February 26, 2011

West Indies blown away in World Cup opener

West Indies were floored by a combination of Imran Tahir's clever leg spin and A.B. de…

February 23, 2011

Nuggets trade Carmelo to Knicks

The long-anticipated trade of Carmelo Anthony to the Knicks was completed Monday night,…

February 23, 2011

Winston Reid sympathises with New Zealand quake victims

New Zealand's Winston Reid said his joy at scoring his first goal for West Ham was quickly put into perspective by the earthquake in Christchurch. Reid scored West Ham's fourth goal in a 5-1 FA Cup win over Burnley on Monday. He told BBC Sport:…

February 23, 2011

FC Copenhagen 0 – 2 Chelsea

Chelsea eased the pressure on manager Carlo Ancelotti as they cruised to a win over Copenhagen in the first leg of their last-16 Champions League tie. Nicolas Anelka seized on a misplaced pass from ex-Blues winger Jesper Gronkjaer to fire the…

February 23, 2011

NBA hopes to speed up games by implementing warning horns

The NBA has a message for players and officials: Be ready to start when a timeout is over. The league's scoreboard operators have been told to sound warning horns during breaks in the action in an effort to cut down on the length of games.…

February 23, 2011

Cricket World Cup: Ragged England sneak past Dutch

A ragged England survived a major scare in their opening World Cup match as they beat a spirited Netherlands with only eight balls to spare in Nagpur. All-rounder Ryan ten Doeschate smashed 119 from 110 balls as the Dutch took advantage of some…