Jan 12

Afonso Alves was in Teesside yesterday to try and complete his £14m deal to join Middlesbrough – but a serious hitch to the transfer has emerged back in the Netherlands.

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Jan 12

I’m back from goofing off in S Africa.This new ad campaign from Nike shows Cristiano Ronaldo beating the world’s most powerful road car -the Bugatti Veyron in a head-to-head race.The ad is for Nike’s Mercurial Vapor IV boots .Take a look.

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Jan 12

MELBOURNE, Australia — Andy Roddick started and finished with aces in a 7-5, 6-3 win over Marcos Baghdatis on Saturday to claim his third consecutive Kooyong Classic title.

Roddick beat Tommy Haas in 2006 and top-ranked Roger Federer in last year’s final of the exhibition event.

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Jan 12

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Source: Jon Hood: No Rush For Decision

Jan 12

Fox Soccer Channel will air 28 USL games in 2008 starting April 25. Of these games 25 will be USL First Division (22 regular season/3 post). The three other games will be the title matches for the W-League, PDL and USL Second Division (all of which will be in August).

Here is the full list of TV Broadcasts (all times ET):
Friday April 25 Montreal @ Atlanta 8:00 pm
Friday May 2 Seattle @ Atlanta 8:00 pm
Friday May 9 Miami @ Charleston 8:00 pm
Friday May 16 Minnesota @ Atlanta 8:00 pm
Friday May 23 Seattle @ Vancouver 11:00 pm
Friday May 30 Portland @ Montreal 8:00 pm

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Jan 12

Nicole Vaidisova and Radek Stepanek allegedly applied for a marriage license on December 10, but none of them has commented on that yet. After a long period of silence, the story develops, well, kind of. People are speculating whether this is Vaidisova’s engagement ring, but still nobody knows the answer. When will this mystery end?

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Jan 12

Danielle Goyette

CALGARY – Canadian hockey veteran Danielle Goyette has one foot in coaching and the other in playing her sport.

She’s been leaning towards coaching lately.

Goyette is one of Canada’s assistant coaches at the inaugural world women’s under-18 hockey championship this week and she is also head coach of the University of Calgary women’s team.

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Jan 12
Chelsea hope Anelka will soften the blow of Drogba’s absence

Chelsea have completed a 15m deal to sign Nicolas Anelka from Bolton.

The French striker, 28, has signed a three-and-a-half year deal and could figure in Saturday’s game with Spurs.

Bolton had rejected a 12m bid from the Stamford Bridge outfit, who are short of forwards because of injuries and Africa Cup of Nations call-ups.

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Jan 12

The Milwaukee Brewers have reached an agreement with center fielder Mike Cameron on a one-year contract, according to major league sources.

Cameron, 34, hit 21 homers and drove in 78 runs for the Padres last year. He will miss the first 25 games of the 2008 season, as he serves a suspension under the terms of baseball’s drug-testing program.

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Jan 12

NEW YORK — Alexander Ovechkin’s big week got even better Friday when the super scorer received his second straight selection to the NHL All-Star Game.


2007-08 NHL All-Star Team

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