Leverkusen: With hopes of a fourth consecutive Spanish league title fading, Barcelona are turning full attention to defending their European crown " which is bad news for Bayer Leverkusen. Both sides are having domestic troubles going into their meeting in Tuesday's Champions League round of 16 first-leg match, but it is arguably Barcelona which has more to prove. Saturday's 3-2 loss at Osasuna, coupled with Real Madrid's 4-2 win over...
10:55 PM, Feb 13, 2012
Wolverhampton: Wolverhampton Wanderers fired manager Mick McCarthy on Monday, a day after a humiliating drubbing by their local rival left the club fighting to preserve their Premier League status. The former Ireland coach's final match in charge of Wolves was Sunday's 5-1 home loss to fellow Midlands team West Bromwich Albion, a fifth straight home defeat that plunged the team back into the relegation zone with 13 matches remaining this...
09:05 PM, Feb 13, 2012
Manchester: Carlos Tevez is expected to return to Manchester City on Tuesday eager to make peace with manager Roberto Mancini and help the club in their bid to capture a first English league title in more than 40 years. The 28-year-old striker has spent nearly three months on unauthorized leave in his native Argentina, continuing a long-running feud with the Premier League leaders that intensified in September when he refused...
08:22 PM, Feb 13, 2012
Jerusalem: Israel's prime minister has accused Iran of being behind a pair of car bombings against Israeli diplomatic targets in India and Georgia. Benjamin Netanyahu told a meeting of lawmakers from his Likud Party on Monday that he believed the Iranians were responsible for the attacks in New Delhi and Tbilisi. Two people were wounded in India and the bomb in Georgia was discovered before it went off. Netanyahu said...
07:01 PM, Feb 13, 2012
Beijing: Authorities have seized Apple iPads from retailers in a city in northern China due to a dispute with a domestic company that says it owns the iPad name, an official said Monday. The Chinese company said it is asking for similar action in more than 20 other cities. The dispute with Shenzhen Proview Technology threatens to complicate Apple's efforts to sell its popular tablet computer in China, its fastest-growing...
04:37 PM, Feb 13, 2012
London: Andy Murray is hoping to defend his Queen's Club title in June as a grass-court warm-up for Wimbledon and the London Olympics. Murray has won the Queen's tournament twice in the last three years, and is trying to become the first Briton since 1925 to lift the trophy for a third time. Wimbledon begins a week after Queen's, which starts June 11. The Olympic tennis tournament will also be...
02:46 PM, Feb 13, 2012
Los Angeles: Investigators worked Sunday to piece together what killed Whitney Houston as the music industry's biggest names gathered for a Grammy Awards show that at times felt as much like a memorial as a celebration. Coroner's officials say they will not release any information on an autopsy performed Sunday at the request of police detectives investigating the singer's death. The singer was found in the bathtub of her room...
12:53 PM, Feb 13, 2012
Dubai: Rafael Cabrera-Bello held his nerve against a star-studded field Sunday to win the Dubai Desert Classic, shooting a 4-under 68 to beat Lee Westwood and Stephen Gallacher by one shot for his second European Tour victory. Westwood and Gallacher could have forced a playoff in the windy conditions but both players missed their birdie putts on the 18th. That brought a groan from the packed gallery but a broad...
12:12 PM, Feb 13, 2012
New York: Adele's songs about breakups and heartache have made her a multi-Grammy award winner but she insists she's done with all that. In an interview featured in the March issue of Vogue magazine, the 23-year-old says people think she's 'miserable' because of her songs like 'Someone like you' and 'Rolling in the Deep'. She also finds people are 'surprised' when they meet her because she's not melancholy like her...
11:39 AM, Feb 13, 2012
Los Angeles: One of the Grammy show's most poignant moments was one that TV viewers didn't see. When Tony Bennett received the Grammy Sunday for best pop performance by a duo or group for his duet with Amy Winehouse, he invited the late singer's parents to join him on stage during the awards ceremony's pre-show segment. "We shouldn't be here. Our darling daughter should be here," Winehouse's father, Mitch, said...
11:31 AM, Feb 13, 2012
Los Angeles: Diana Ross thinks she should receive a lifetime achievement Grammy for being a mother - not a music legend. The 67-year-old diva, who served as the leader of the Motown group The Supremes before striking gold on her own as a singer and actress, giggled at the notion of such an accolade while on hand to accept her trophy at Saturday's Grammy Special Merit Awards ceremony. "It's been...
11:16 AM, Feb 13, 2012
London: Silent movie 'The Artist' had a night to shout about Sunday, winning seven prizes including best picture at the British Academy Film Awards. Britain's equivalent of the Oscars rewarded the French homage to old Hollywood over a homegrown favorite, espionage thriller 'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy'. 'The Artist', a black-and-white picture that has charmed audiences around the world since its Cannes debut in May, was named best film, and its...
10:43 AM, Feb 13, 2012
London: Serbia did just fine without Novak Djovokic in the Davis Cup, while Russia's shorthanded team was surprisingly eliminated by Austria on Sunday. Serbia swept the reverse singles against Sweden to complete a 4-1 victory at home and set up a quarter-final against the Czech Republic, with Janko Tipsarevic clinching the win by beating Michael Ryderstedt of Sweden 6-2, 7-6 (5), 7-5. Dusan Lajovic then defeated Sweden's Filip Prpic 6-4,...
10:07 AM, Feb 13, 2012
Libreville, Gabon: Zambia returned to the scene of their worst sporting tragedy to make it a place of unrestrained joy after winning a nerve-racking African Cup of Nations final on Sunday on penalties over tournament favorites Ivory Coast. Stophira Sunzu scored the deciding sudden-death spot-kick after Gervinho missed for the Ivorians, giving Zambia a 8-7 win on penalties after the teams were locked at 0-0 through 120 minutes. Zambia's first...
09:05 AM, Feb 13, 2012
London: Luis Suarez apologized on Sunday for snubbing Patrice Evra in a pre-match handshake as Liverpool publicly condemned the striker for the first time in a long-running racism row that has tarnished the name of one of England's biggest clubs. The Uruguay international was widely criticized for failing to shake Evra's hand before Saturday's Premier League game at Old Trafford in the players' first meeting since Suarez was banned for...
08:41 AM, Feb 13, 2012
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