Motorsport: Alonso heads Ferrari 1-2
Two-time world champion Fernando Alonso made the perfect start to his Ferrari career with victory in Formula One’s season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix on Sunday.
Boxing: ‘Pacman’ dispatches Clottey
Manny Pacquiao defeated Joshua Clottey decisively Saturday night to retain his World Boxing Organization welterweight title.
F1: Vettel upstages Schumacher
Sebastian Vettel claims pole position for the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix while returning Michael Schumacher was back in seventh on the grid for Sunday’s race.
Motorsport: Button – 2010 will be epic
Formula One world champion Jenson Button has told CNN that he believes the new 2010 season will be an “epic campaign”.
Football: Inter crash to shock defeat
Serie A leaders Inter Milan suffer a crushing 3-1 defeat at Catania on Friday evening, a result that throws the Italian title race wide open again.
Golf: Schwartzel tames Blue Monster
South African Charl Schwartzel overcomes tough conditions on Doral’s Blue Monster course to take the first round lead at the WGC-CA Championship in Florida. Defending champion Phil Mickelson is four back.
NFL: Hall of Famer Merlin Olsen dies
Hall of Fame football player and actor Merlin Olsen, a giant man who friends say had an even larger heart, died Thursday after a long battle with cancer, football and university officials said.
Football: Real back under fire coach
Beleaguered Real Madrid coach Manuel Pellegrini gets a vote of confidence for the club’s director-general Jorge Valdano despite their disastrous Champions League exit to Lyon.
Football: Real sent crashing by Lyon
Big-spending Real Madrid crash out of the Champions League at the last 16 stage for the sixth successive season after being held to a 1-1 home draw by French side Lyon on Wednesday.
Football: Defeat ruins Beckham return
Wayne Rooney (above) scores twice as Manchester United crush AC Milan 4-0 on Wednesday to reach the quarterfinals of the Champions League and ruin David Beckham’s return to Old Trafford.

