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Boxing: Ali back in hospital for follow-up care 16 Jan 2015 - 11:10 pm

Boxing legend Muhammad Ali at a news conference at the National Press Club Louisville - Boxing legend Muhammad Ali is expected to be...

Skating: Italy's Kostner banned for 16 months 16 Jan 2015 - 10:57 pm

Former figure skating champion Kostner banned for 16 months Rome - Italy's former world figure skating champion Carolina Kostner was on Friday banned...

Cricket: Tough without Ajmal, says Pakistan spin coach 16 Jan 2015 - 10:41 pm

Lahore, Pakistan - Pakistan's spin bowling coach Mushtaq Ahmed Friday admitted it will be tough to find the right balance without ace spinner...

Rallying: Price wins 12th stage, Coma closes in on fifth title 16 Jan 2015 - 10:32 pm

Rosario, Argentina - Australian Toby Price rode his KTM to a dominant victory in the 12th stage of the Dakar Rally on Friday...

Alpine skiing: Janka storms back to win at Wengen 16 Jan 2015 - 09:54 pm

Wengen, Switzerland - Carlo Janka looked like his old self going fastest in the downhill and then holding on in the slalom to...

Cricket: Pakistan paceman Junaid survives injury scare 16 Jan 2015 - 09:45 pm

Lahore, Pakistan - Pakistan's frontline paceman Junaid Khan Friday had an injury scare barely a month before the start of the World Cup,...

Cricket: South Africa make 279 against West Indies 16 Jan 2015 - 09:31 pm

Durban, South Africa - Half-centuries by Hashim Amla, AB de Villiers and David Miller enabled South Africa to score 279 for eight before...

Tennis: Injured Tsonga regrets playing Davis Cup final 16 Jan 2015 - 08:55 pm

Paris - French number one Jo-Wilfried Tsonga admitted Friday he bitterly regretted competing in the Davis Cup final after aggravating an arm injury...

Soccer chief happy with anti-Ebola measures at Africa Cup of Nations 16 Jan 2015 - 08:51 pm

Bata, Equatorial Guinea - African football chiefs voiced confidence in anti-Ebola measures which hosts Equatorial Guinea have put in place on the eve...

Cricket: South Africa v West Indies scoreboard 16 Jan 2015 - 08:47 pm

Durban, South Africa - Scores when rain stopped play in the first one-day international between South Africa and the West Indies at Kingsmead...

Football: City's Nasri out for three weeks 16 Jan 2015 - 08:20 pm

Manchester City's Samir Nasri out for eight weeks with injured knee Manchester, United Kingdom - Manchester City midfielder Samir Nasri will miss the...

Golf: Hole in one McIlroy digs deep again 16 Jan 2015 - 08:10 pm

Abu Dhabi - With yet another magical shot Rory McIlroy turned around his fortunes but still found himself two adrift of leader Martin...

Football: Mourinho extends olive branch to referees 16 Jan 2015 - 07:34 pm

Cobham, United Kingdom - Jose Mourinho promised to exert greater 'self-control' on Friday after accepting referees were under pressure in his first public...

Football: Breno says drunk, depressed on day of Munich fire 16 Jan 2015 - 07:28 pm

Sao Paulo - Former Bayern Munich defender Breno has indicated he was drunk the night his apartment caught fire, an incident which would...

Alpine Skiing: Men's World Cup results 16 Jan 2015 - 07:17 pm

Canada's Benjamin Thomsen competes during an alpine ski, men's World Cup Wengen, Switzerland - Men's World Cup alpine skiing results on Friday after...

Football: Sunderland sign Defoe in swap deal 16 Jan 2015 - 07:14 pm

London - England striker Jermain Defoe is to return to the Premier League after signing for Sunderland from FC Toronto, with Jozy Altidore...

Golf: Abu Dhabi Championship scores 16 Jan 2015 - 07:12 pm

Abu Dhabi - Scores on Friday in the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship at the par-72 Abu Dhabi Golf Club: 131 - Martin Kaymer...

Nations Cup venues 'satisfactory' - organisers 16 Jan 2015 - 06:04 pm

Bata, Equatorial Guinea---The African Football Confederation (CAF) is happy with facilities in the Equatorial Guinea cities to stage the African Nations Cup despite...