Sports News: General

London, November 24 (ANI): Chelsea star Frank Lampard has introduced new girlfriend Christine Bleakley to his two older sisters.

English Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore warned Asian clubs on Tuesday that a salary cap would have a detrimental effect on their game.

Soweto (South Africa), Nov 24 (DPA) Orlando Stadium, Soweto, a Saturday afternoon in October. The foghorn of hundreds of plastic trumpets, called vuvuzelas, wafts up out of the stands across the sprawling township as if calling Sowetans to prayer.

Harare/Maputo, Nov 24 (DPA) Some time over the next six months Miriam Vambe hopes to be boarding a plane for the first time, directly to South Africa.

Asian soccer chief Mohamed Bin Hammam signed a $1 billion dollar rights deal with World Sports Group on Tuesday.

Lucknow Nov 24 (PTI) To galvanise support for the pulse polio campaign, cricketers R P Singh, Suresh Raina, Akash Chopra and Mohammad Kaif have administered polio vaccine to the tiny tots here as part of UNICEF efforts.

Melbourne, Nov 24 (PTI) The controversial Decision Review System of the International Cricket Council will not just reduce umpiring errors but also ensure more batsmen walk when they edge behind, feels ICC's Cricket Operations manager Dave Richardson.

England's 2018 World Cup bid has addressed the concerns of FIFA vice-president Jack Warner and offers a low risk option, Manchester United chief executive David Gill said on Tuesday.

Hamburg, Nov 24 (DPA) The Soccer City in Johannesburg will host the opening and the final match of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in June.

London, Nov.24 (ANI): Tottenham Hotspur striker Jermain Defoe insists that watching goal scoring greats on YouTube helps him to sharpen his skills.

Budapest, Nov.24 (ANI): Liverpool centre forward Jamie Carragher does not believe coach Rafa Benitez's Anfield empire will crumble if Liverpool suffer a Champions League knock out.

Ross Fisher and Ian Poulter are determined to finish November in the same way they started it by firing England to victory at the 55th World Cup of Golf in southern China this week.

GOYANG, South Korea (AP) Lu Xiaojun of China set two world records to claim two gold medals in the men's 77-kilogram division at the World Weightlifting Championships on Tuesday.

The 20th Lal Bahadur Shastri hockey tournament will kick off in Gurgaon?s Nehru Stadium on Nov 28 with Punjab National Bank taking on ONGC in the inaugural match.

Delhi?s Sumit Choudhary, an Under-13 player, was debarred from playing the U-13 singles at the Pramod Mahajan Badminton Tournament on Monday following an overage complaint.

Asian soccer chief Mohamed Bin Hammam signed a $1 billion dollar rights deal with World Sports Group on Tuesday.

London, Nov 24 (PTI) Leander Paes and his Czech partner Lukas Dlouhy's chances of making the knockout stage of the ATP World Tour Finals' doubles event suffered a jolt after they were handed a straight-set defeat by debutants Lukasz Kubot and Oliver Marach in their opening Group B match here.

London, Nov 24 (ANI): For the first time, soccer ace David Beckham has been pictured with an asthma inhaler during LA Galaxy's MLS final defeat against Real Salt Lake City.

The searing desert heat of a Middle East summer will be no obstacle to Qatar hosting a World Cup finals, the Gulf State's bid chief said on Tuesday while promising new heat-confounding technologies.

Thousands of New Zealand parents will be offered free coaching courses to encourage more children to stick with soccer after the All Whites qualified for next year's World Cup in South Africa.