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Africa's national football team, Morroco managed to beat US in a friendly World Cup Warm-up. Morocco, one of Africa's stronger teams, scored a 1-0 victory against U.S. men's national football (soccer) team in Nashville, Tennessee, in the 90th minute. Besides losing the game the US team faced a bi ... [read more>>]
Ice team based Mighty Ducks will fight the Edmonton Oilers in Western Conference finals. The Oilers made their way to the finals by beating the San Jose Sharks in Game 6 with a 2-0 score. "Our team as a whole has raised our game to a level it hasn't been all year," Shawn Horcoff , Oiler ... [read more>>]
The San Antonio Spurs were only one step away from the elimination before Tim Duncan matched an NBA post-season record by hitting his first 12 shots en route to 36 points along with 12 rebounds. Thanks to Duncan, the Spurs beat the Dallas Mavericks in game five with a 98-97 score. "It was a g ... [read more>>]
Michelle Wie, the first female to play on the men's European Tour, made another step on her way to qualify for the U.S Open, by winning her qualifying competition in Hawaii on Monday. The 16-year-old teenage who hopes to play against Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson in next month's US Open at Winged ... [read more>>]
Gridiron football player Doug Flutie announced his retirement, ending a fabulous 21-year career of American football. The official announcement was made by the New England Patriots, for whom he played five games last season. "I still have that passion but you've got to make that decision if ... [read more>>]
Real Madrid's president Florentino Perez has resigned Monday, a day after yet another failure of the team in the Spanish Primera Division. Real Madrid was beaten 2-1 at Mallorca on Sunday, leaving the club in third place in the Spanish league, 10 points behind front-runner and traditional rival Barc ... [read more>>]
NBA basketball player Steve Francis has been traded to New York Knicks by the Orlando Magic Wednesday, for Anfernee Hardaway and forward Trevor Ariza. Francis, 29, formerly nicknamed "Stevie Franchise", now self-described "Steve-O" has averaged 16.2 points, 4.8 rebounds and 5.7 a ... [read more>>]
American Sasha Cohen is considered the favorite to win the gold medal tonight, at women's figure skating final and to outrival Russia's Irina Slutskaya and Japan's Shizuka Arakawa. Cohen, 21, will be the second skater in the final group of six, ahead of Slutskaya, who is only three hundredths of a ... [read more>>]
Former American sportscaster Curt Gowdy died Monday, age 86, at his house in Palm Beach, Florida, after battling leukemia for many years. The announcement was made by a Boston Red Sox spokesman, where Gowdy worked and became famous. "He's certainly the greatest play-by-play person up to this p ... [read more>>]
There was a great second leg for the Austrian team on monday, when Benjamin Raich managed to grab the men's giant slalom gold in Sestriere, while his team-mate took the bronze with only 0.16 seconds back. The silver went surprisinglly to France's Joel Chenal after he made a great run, arriving at th ... [read more>>]