Holders Werder Bremen are through to the semifinals of the German Cup after a 2-1 win over fellow-Bundesliga side Hoffenheim on Tuesday.
The NBA is hoping to stage a regular-season game in London in the next two years before the British capital hosts the 2012 Olympics, it announced ahead of the Chicago Bulls’ 102-101 victory against Utah Jazz in an exhibiton game there on Tuesday night.
England spin bowler Graeme Swann takes a five-wicket haul to help his side beat hosts South Africa by an innings and 98 runs on the fifth day of the second Test in Durban.
Former world number ones Justine Henin and Kim Clijsters will contest an all-Belgian final at the Brisbane International after both completed straight-sets semifinal triumphs on Friday.
Argentine striker Carlos Tevez scores twice against his former club as Manchester City beat West Ham 3-1 on Monday to move up to fifth position in the English Premier League table.
Russian side CSKA Moscow have parted company with coach Juande Ramos after less than seven weeks in charge.
Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway claimed his first Olympic gold medal with victory in the men’s super-G at Whistler Creekside on Friday.
Didier Defago ends Switzerland’s gold-medal drought in the Winter Olympics downhill skiing event as American star Bode Miller is edged into the bronze position at Whistler in Canada on Tuesday.
Pohang Steelers striker Denilson struck twice to help the South Korean side secure a place in the FIFA Club World Cup semifinals after a 2-1 victory over DR Congo’s TP Mazembe.
Germany’s Martin Kaymer won the lucrative Abu Dhabi Golf Championship for the second time in three years as he held off England’s Ian Poulter to triumph by a shot on Sunday.
Holders Barcelona recorded their first Champions League win of the season as goals from Lionel Messi and substitute Pedro secured a comfortable 2-0 Group F victory over Dinamo Kiev.
