Ajax have given Chelsea the green light to open talks with boss Henk ten Cate about adding the Dutchman to coaching set-up at Stamford Bridge.
Ten Cate is expected to join Chelsea as assistant to Avram Grant, who recently succeeded Jose Mourinho as Blues boss.
Sooners beat Texas, host surging Missouri in Norman Saturday. GameDay in Norman Saturday | OU No. 5/6 in Polls | Sooners Beat Texas, 28-21
"It’s still there, but we know that we’ve got a lot that we’ve got to do to erase that," tight end Jermaine Gresham said after catching two touchdown passes in the Sooners’ 28-21 win over No. 23 Texas on Saturday.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Manny Pacquiao sure didn’t look distracted while he pounded Marco Antonio Barrera into retirement.
Barrera was sharp as well, and he kept his feet in this entertaining rematch — but Pacquiao kept his supremacy.
Pacquiao beat Barrera for the second time Saturday night, winning a gritty unanimous decision nearly four years after the Philippines’ favorite son became a boxing superstar with an upset victory over Barrera.
Matt Leinart
ST. LOUIS – Arizona Cardinals quarterback Matt Leinart fractured his left collarbone while getting sacked late in the first half of Sunday’s 34-31 victory over the St. Louis Rams.
Coach Ken Whisenhunt said Leinart, the team’s first-round pick in 2006, would be out indefinitely.
An injury-time header from their substitute, Neill Collins, gave Wolves the victory they deserved from this dire local derby at Molineux.
The match was meandering its way towards a goalless draw when, in the third minute of time added on, its best player Michael Kightly, put in a cross from the right for Collins to finish.
Behind the Fijians, the men who have lit up the Rugby World Cup, lies a priceless quality that endears them to all who share their company. It is the ability to smile, to have fun. At 8am, as the sun climbed above the old fort overlooking Marseille’s ancient harbour, we asked lock Kele Leawere what he thought of the team’s luxury hotel in the historic French port. His great eyes lit up, almost bulging out of their sockets.
Normally, the Edmonton Oilers hate to be following their top NHL rival, the Calgary Flames. But clearly, the success story of the Western Hockey League’s Calgary Hitmen, who belong to the Flames, influenced Edmonton ownership to go out and acquire its own major junior expansion franchise. Reintroducing the name of the Edmonton Oil Kings harkens back to the glory days of the 1960’s and 1970’s, when a previous incarnation earned two Memorial Cups (1963, 1966) and appeared in the finals on numerous other occasions. For its inaugural 2007-08 campaign, Edmonton is competing in the Central Division of the WHL’s Eastern Conference, using a veteran-laden roster, since league rules permit expansion clubs to ice up to five 20-year-olds. However, there are also promising younger talents at forward, like Czech import Tomas Vincour and Regina’s Brent Raedeke. Through October 7, the new-look Oil Kings posted a competitive 3-2-0-1 record. HockeyAdventure.com caught up with four key members of the Oil Kings organization recently.
Bretton Stamler, Captain and Defenseman
By: Eleanor Ramsay
For a luxury ski holiday to remember Mribel ticks all the right boxes. In the heart of the Alps, in the middle of the Trois Valles stands the first class ski resort of Mribel. A classic Wintersports destination Mribel offers the largest ski area in the world. As part of the Trois Valles there are over 600km of runs for skiing and snowboarding enthusiasts. Couchevel, les Menuires, Val Thorens, La Tania and St Martin are all linked to the resort and each other whilst the Mribel ski area alone consists of 9 different sections.
Mribel is the only ski resort to have 15 high capacity gondalifts and the resort also boasts 14 drag-lifts and 19 chair-lifts. There is a massive 150km of groomed runs, 9 black 23 red, 36 blue and 8 green, offering versatility to suit all skiing abilities. Intermediates have a variety of red runs to choose from while beginners will appreciate the easy runs and gentle slopes. Advanced skiers can take full advantage of the glacier skiing and soft powder runs and picturesque descents through the forest. The area is naturally blessed with good snow cover however thanks to the snow making facilities on the upper and lower slopes, lack of snow is rarely ever an issue and getting around the resort is easy. Ideally located, Mribel is home to an impressive 2 Olympic runs, 2 slalom stadiums and also has 2 snowboard areas. Not to be missed try the womens downhill of the 1992 Olympics from Roc de Fer or the runs from the top of Saulire down to Mribel or the two sweeping runs and off piste of Mont Vallon.
NEW YORK (AP) — Win or else! That was George Steinbrenner’s message to Joe Torre before the New York Yankees played the Cleveland Indians on Sunday night, and that’s what they did.
With the Yankees trailing 2-0 in the best-of-five, first-round playoff series, Steinbrenner reverted to the blustering boss of old and said Torre likely wouldn’t return as manager unless New York reaches the AL championship series for the first time in three years.
“His job is on the line,” the owner was quoted in Sunday’s editions of The Record of New Jersey. “I think we’re paying him a lot of money. He’s the highest-paid manager in baseball, so I don’t think we’d take him back if we don’t win this series.”
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) — Fifth-seeded Juan Monaco beat wild card Ervin Eleskovic 6-3, 6-3 Sunday in the first-round match at the Stockholm Open.
Monaco, an Argentine clay court specialist, will meet the winner between Oscar Hernandez of Spain and a yet determined qualifier in the second round.
The 20-year-old Eleskovic has never won a match on the ATP Tour. It was the fourth straight year the Stockholm organizers gave him a wild card.