Police are investigating the alleged rape of a 26-year-old woman at a hotel where Manchester United players and other guests were attending a party.
The alleged attack took place at the Great John Street Hotel in Manchester in the early hours of Tuesday.
Freshman Austin Daye scored 18 points and Micah Downs added 17 as No. 18 Gonzaga beat Northern Colorado 77-57 on Monday night.
Downs hit a career-high five 3-pointers in 10 attempts as the Bulldogs (9-2) overcame a slow start to coast to an easy win. Steven Gray, playing for the first time this season, added 12 points and Jeremy Pargo had 10 points and eight assists for the Zags.
Marta Vieira da Silva quietly won the women’s player of the year award while all the networks hailed Kaka, her countryman’s achievements.
In all the hoopla about beating Cristiano Ronaldo and Leo Messi, we forget that this diminutive woman has made Brazil into a force to reckon with in women’s international soccer, eclipsing traditional powerhouses like the USA and Norway.
She scored seven goals in Brazil’s march to the World Cup finals and is the top scorer for the Swedish club, Umea IK as they win the 2007Damallsvenskan title on the strength of her 20+ goals. In October there were rumours that she would join the LA Galaxy becoming the first woman to play professionally in a men’s league.
The Western League Division One side picked up their FA prize for a scintillating 3-0 performance at Willend Rovers in Round Two and last weekend saw Sherborne’s Steve Paradise and Colin Goodland receive the award from The Football Association’s John Ward.
Fernando Alonso
Fernando Alonso says every team, except Ferrari, made a pitch for his services once he left McLaren.
The two time world champion had been linked to a move to Ferrari even though the Maranello team already had both Kimi Raikkonen and Felipe Massa under contract for next season. He elected to re-sign with Renault, the team he left last season in order to join McLaren, but admits it wasn’t an easy decision.
The best fishing holiday I ever had cost $450. Could have been a lot less. Trouble was, I couldn’t really believe that I had collared a luxury 10-berth boat to cruise through the Maldives for two weeks so cheaply. Everyone said: “There’s got to be something wrong at that price.”
Hackers everywhere will be encouraged to hear that Tiger Woods has spent a little time on the edge of their territory recently. He was explaining last week what it was like picking up a club again after a two-month break.
DEPARTING Australia fullback Chris Latham said a “pretty disappointing” Australian Rugby Union offer led to the agonising decision to head for Europe next year.
But the Queensland Reds match-winner said he was “not bitter” after confirming he would cut ties with Australian rugby and take up a three-year deal with English club Worcester in 2008.
Despite his age of 32, Latham believes his best years are ahead of him. But the ARU offered Latham a two-year contract extension loaded with incentives that would only kick in with each Test played.
Once considered a front-runner for several coaching vacancies, Cincinnati head coach Brian Kelly has signed a new contract with the Bearcats.
The new deal voids the remaining four years on Kelly’s current contract. He’ll receive a guaranteed salary between $1.2 million and $1.35 million over the next five years as well as performance-based incentives, the school said Monday.
The contract is pending approval by the university’s board of trustees.
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