Sports News: General

London, Nov 21(ANI): Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal has reacted to the claims made by former American player Andre Agassi about taking crystal meth in 1997 and lying about it to an independent doping tribunal to save his skin

London, Nov 21(ANI): British tennis player Andy Murray has said that winning in tennis is much more important to him, and that he is not motivated by the money that is on offer.

Pune, Nov 21 (IANS) Sixth-seeded and 237th-ranked Rika Fujiwara of Japan defeated 189th-ranked and third-seeded Bojana Jovanovski of Serbia 5-7, 6-4, 6-3 to lift the $50,000 NECC-ITF Women's tennis trophy here Saturday.

London, Nov. 21 (ANI): David Beckham has revealed that the attraction of spending quality time with his family was the main reason that kept him committed at Galaxy, despite his under-whelming, injury-plagued start in Las Angles.

London, Nov 21 (ANI): Formula One champion Jenson Button may have been forced out of Brawn GP to make way for Michael Schumacher.

London, Nov 21 (ANI): Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti will today give the club fans their first glimpse of Gael Kakuta whose signing could see the club banned from the transfer market for 18 months.

London, Nov. 21 (ANI): David Beckham has described his career as one long rollercoaster ride, which fortunately had more ups than downs.

London, Nov 21 (ANI): Pledging his support to Ireland in the wake of their World Cup heartache, Sir Alex Ferguson claimed Manchester United have also been the victims of a similar injustice, which could eventually cost them the Premier League title.

London, Nov 21 (ANI): Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard yesterday flew in to see placenta therapist Mariana Kovacevic.

London, Nov 21 (ANI): Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney is determined to post his highest goals tally this season to prove that there is no vacuum at the club after Cristiano Ronaldo moved to Real Madrid.

London, Nov 21 (ANI): Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has dismissed alternative medicine, and admitted that striker Robin van Persie will not make a miracle return at Sunderland today.

London, Nov 21 (ANI): Ace striker Wayne Rooney has been hailed as a future permanent captain for Manchester United and England by the club's manager Sir Alex Ferguson.

London, Nov 21(ANI): Chelsea and Inter Milan are in a tug of war to snatch Argentina striker Sergio Aguero in a 40 million pound deal.

TOKYO (AP) Japan scored four tries Saturday to defeat Canada 27-6 and sweep a two-game test series between the two countries.

Anyone who is interested in football will this week have become aware of the contribution a placenta will be making in Arsenal?s bid to win the Premier League.

The attentive student that he is, Gaurav Pratap Singh has come to value the late Bobby Jones?s words: ?Golf is a game that is played on a five-inch course ? the distance between your ears.? Having slipped twice this season after being in contention ? at the Solaris Chemtech Open in Golden Greens, Gurgaon, and Players Championship in Chandigarh ? the lessons have been imbibed.

The captain of the Kirori Mal College (KMC) hockey team was allegedly beaten by a group of youngsters on Friday evening, the police said.

Japan pushed powerhouse China to the limit before going down 2-3 in the summit clash of the 19th Asian Table Tennis Championship on Friday.

MIYAZAKI, Japan (AP) Italy's Edoardo Molinari shot a 2-under 69 on Saturday to take a one-stroke lead at the $2.2 million Dunlop Phoenix.

India's top paddler Achanta Sharath Kamal proved no match to Japanese world No 11 Mizutani Jun and went down 4-0 in the third round as India's challenge in singles at the Asian Table Tennis Championships came to an end on Friday.