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Twice champion Phil Mickelson has challenged himself to regain his putting touch when he returns to very familiar surrounds for this week's Phoenix Open at the TPC Scottsdale. Mickelson, who attended the nearby Arizona State University, has been frustrated after striking the ball well in his

India's Sachin Tendulkar became the first batsman to score a double century in one-day internationals yesterday. He achieved the feat in the second one-dayer against South Africa. Tendulkar, who holds the record for most runs and centuries in test and one-day cricket, made 200 ...

More Chinese clubs are being investigated for match-fixing and will be harshly punished if found guilty, according to the new head of the Chinese Football Association. "Guangzhou, Chengdu and Qingdao are not the only clubs under investigation," said Wei Di, whose predecessor Nan Yong was one of

Zlatan Ibrahimovic's second-half equaliser earned holders Barcelona a 1-1 draw at VfB Stuttgart, while Bordeaux beat Olympiakos 1-0 away in their Champions League last-16 first leg on Tuesday. Brazilian-born German international Cacau headed the mid-table Bundesliga team in front in the 25th

Fourth seed Nikolay Davydenko was forced to retire with a wrist injury in his second-round clash with Germany's Michael Berrer at the Dubai tennis championships yesterday. The Russian looked out of sorts, losing the first set 6-3, having battled back from a set down on ...

Canada's Olympic inquisition was put on ice after an extraordinary day of raw emotion at the Vancouver Winter Games on Tuesday. The planned inquiry into the host-nation's failure to win an avalanche of gold medals was suddenly forgotten as Canadians experienced joy and relief ...

A Manchester United supporter-based campaign to force the Glazer family to sell their interest in the club can only succeed if fans boycott matches and stop buying merchandise, a soccer finance expert has said. Lifelong United fan Keith Harris, the former chairman of the Football League and

Holders Shakhtar Donetsk believe it will be good for soccer if they beat Fulham tomorrow to qualify for the last 16 of the Europa League. "Our team deserves to play in the final phase of any tournament it takes part in because we show a spectacular game, which is ...

Croatia's Marin Cilic continued his winning ways this year by defeating Arnaud Clement of France 6-2, 6-4 to reach the second round of the Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships on yesterday. The number six seed has now won 16 matches this year with titles in Chennai ...

England's chances of winning the World Cup in South Africa are 100 per cent reliant on striker Wayne Rooney avoiding injury, former captain Alan Shearer said. Shearer, one of England's most prolific strikers of recent times, believes that without Rooney's goalscoring prowess, it will be

A young pair of ice dancers lifted the host country out of its Winter Olympic gloom with a golden performance on Monday just as Canadians were questioning their team's medal-winning capability. Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir, who began skating together as children, brought home ...

Though it's a buyers' market right now, people purchasing superyachts are not swayed by huge discounts and prefer to buy from reputed companies so that their investment is safe, say industry experts. Talking to Emirates Business on the eve of the second ...

Ian Poulter broke his American duck when he outplayed fellow Briton Paul Casey 4&2 to win the Accenture Match Play Championship at Dove Mountain on Sunday. "To finally win over here, it means everything," Poulter told reporters. "I'm just so happy to finally win on American soil." "I ...

Sulaiman Al Fahim is to stand down as non-executive chairman of Portsmouth and will give his 10 per cent shareholding to the supporters' trust. Asked by Reuters whether he had resigned from his position and given away his shares, Fahim said: "Yes". The businessman is one of four people ...

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Jose Mourinho might not be Italian football's favourite import but he will be flying the flag for Serie A tomorrow as his Inter Milan side host Chelsea in their Champions League knockout round first leg. Italy's struggles in Europe's prime club competition were underlined last season as Inter,

Cristiano Ronaldo proved himself to be the perfect team player when he scored a goal and helped set up four more as Real Madrid trounced Villarreal 6-2 in La Liga on Sunday. The world's most expensive player scored a trademark freekick, that beat Diego Lopez ...

Colombian Camilo Villegas had a chance to end a long day on a high note, but he squandered it. Faced with a three-foot putt to advance to the final at the Accenture Match Play Championship, Villegas missed to let Englishman Paul Casey live to fight another day - literally. ...

Double world champion Fernando Alonso believes the new Ferrari F10 is the best car he has driven and says the team were hiding their true potential in last week's Jerez test. "As of today, this is the best car I've ever had," the Spaniard, who won the world title ...

America's Cup champion Larry Ellison says San Francisco is his first choice for the next regatta – but quickly added it was not guaranteed to host an event that will provide a significant boost to the host city's economy. "If I were picking by myself ...