Ribery sullies Beckham's 100th cap
SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) David Beckham got a yellow card in his 100th international game for England and was taken off in the 62nd minute of his team's 1-0 loss at France. Despite speculation that the Los Angeles Galaxy midfielder...

Haynes pleads for Windies academy
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) West Indies batting legend Desmond Haynes yesterday pleaded for a regional cricket academy, in order to get West Indies cricket back up the ladder. Haynes was at the time delivering an address at the Sports Desk Symposium...

Gavaskar facing cricket dilemma
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) Sunil Gavaskar will have to explain how he can combine his roles as an International Cricket Council (ICC) official and a media analyst at an upcoming meeting. Gavaskar, who is chairman of the ICC's cricket committee...

NBA signs up for another European tour
LONDON (AP) The NBA is coming back to Europe for another pre-season tour next season. The Miami Heat, New Jersey Nets, New Orleans Hornets and Washington Wizards will play two games each on the October trip to prepare for the 2008-09...

Stringent testing for UK Olympic hopefuls
LONDON (AP) Every British athlete going to the Beijing Olympics will be drug tested at least once in the run-up to this summer's games. UK Sport announced plans yesterday for the country's most comprehensive pre-Olympic testing programme...

US look to end Jamaica's win streak at fighting champs
Marcello Cancelliere, the United States' International Taek-wondo Federation's (ITF) secretary-general and coach of the USA team to face Jamaica this Saturday in Connecticut, yesterday said the hosts have been training relentlessly...

'Lankans' earn historic win
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) Chaminda Vaas took five for 61 to lead Sri Lanka to a historic first win in the Caribbean, defeating the West Indies by 121 runs with 6.4 overs left in the opening Test yesterday. West Indies, resuming on 96 for one...