Cullen Jones Shatters American Mark In 50 Freestyle At U.S. Olympic Trials Cullen Jones topped the preliminaries and at the same time broke the American record in the men's 50-meter freestyle at the U.S. Olympic Trials on the Fourth of July.

F1 Teams Fear Burnout From Expanded Calendar The 2009 provisional calendar has the Turkish Grand Prix on Aug. 9 followed by the European Grand Prix in Valencia on Aug. 23.

President Laporta Facing Vote of onfidence The referendum has been forced by club member Oriol Giralt , who gathered enough signatures.

Alonso Leads Final British GP Practice The double world champion, a winner at Silverstone in 2006, went top with a lap of one minute 20.740 seconds.

Another win for New Zealand New Zealand extended their unbeaten home run to 30 matches with a gutsy victory over South Africa.

Alonso leads the way in Silverstone Renault driver Fernando Alonso powered to the top of the timesheets in today's third practice session ahead of the British Grand Prix at Silverstone.

Sports Minute: Another Phelps world record...Twins trim Chisox' lead to one game Click through for the latest AP sports news.

Real stink over Ronaldo move REAL MADRID face a player revolt if they win their transfer tug-of-war with Manchester United and sign Cristiano Ronaldo.

Sergio rallying to the Spanish cause IF GOLF had not claimed Sergio Garcia then tennis might have - it did in one sense for nine months when he dated Martina Hingis.

Classy Literato to Eclipse opposition FRANKIE DETTORI may, for once, have made the wrong choice in choosing Camponologist over Literato in the Coral-Eclipse at Sandown.

Now it's Sister Act III OUT on Court One in the early afternoon, the conspiracy theorists could have seen exactly what they were looking for. The sisters were not doing it for themselves.

Burrow's miss gifts Wigan win Wigan 23, Leeds 22

Martins tempted by Gunners switch Newcastle striker Obafemi Martins has admitted he would find it hard to turn down Arsenal if they attempted to sign him.

Donald: Fear factor hampers Harmy Former England bowling coach Allan Donald believes Steve Harmison's "fear" of the Test arena may prevent him from returning to the biggest stage.

Williams senior on to a winner The Williams sisters will contest their third Wimbledon final on Saturday afternoon without the reassuring presence of father Richard in the stands.

Nadal provides test for Federer Roger Federer has admitted he faces one of the greatest challenges of his career to extend what he calls his "perfect" Wimbledon campaign for one more match and claim his record-breaking sixth title in a row.

Rhinos wait on Sinfield prognosis Leeds are desperately hoping the misery of their latest engage Super League defeat is not compounded by the loss of inspirational captain Kevin Sinfield for their Wembley bid.

Torres reveals Anfield inspirations Liverpool striker Fernando Torres believes pressure from Rafael Benitez and inspiration from Steven Gerrard have helped him to become a global superstar and European champion.

Marshals' courage impresses Alonso Renault's Fernando Alonso has revealed his new-found respect for trackside marshals after finding himself with a grandstand seat for Felipe Massa's huge accident in Friday's practice session ahead of the British Grand Prix.

Work of art will beat workhorse BJORN BORG leaned back in his chair, smiled contentedly and tapped the side of his head when asked whether he had kept any mementos of his time at Wimbledon.

End of the road for Silverstone THE man who stole the British Grand Prix from Silverstone says his &#163100million rebuild of Donington Park will be ready for 2010.

Olympic Trials: Painful Upsets, New Records, Big Dreams The final three heptathlon events will be held Saturday, and the American trials continue through July 6....

Lyng and Power bolster Kilkenny attack Kilkenny manager Brian Cody has made three changes to his team for tomorrow's Leinster SHC final against Wexford (Croke Park, throw-in 4pm) - the Cats' tenth provincial decider in 11 years.

Antrim unchanged for trip to Waterford Despite last weekend's hammering by Galway, the Antrim management duo of Dominic McKinley and Terence 'Sambo' McNaughton have made no changes in personnel for today's All-Ireland SHC second round qualifier clash with Waterford (Walsh Park, throw-in 2pm).

ARSENAL: Ladies 08/09 fixtures announced Fixtures are now out for the forthcoming 2008/09 season. The champions will kick off by hosting Blackburn on Sunday, August 17 before making the long trip to Liverpool the following week. Newly promoted Nottingham Forest and WFC Fulham have to wa...

ARSENAL: Mary Phillip leaves Arsenal Ladies News broke this week that Anita Asante and Lianne Sanderson have both left Arsenal Ladies but a third England international has already departed. Mary Phillip had four successful years as a Gunner and was an integral part of the back four and team wh...

ARSENAL: Reserves XI to play Crawley Town An Arsenal Reserves XI will play Crawley Town on Saturday 26 July. The Club would like to stress that the Arsenal side playing at Crawley will consist of Reserve and Academy players. The announcement comes after it was revealed a fixture against B...

Prairie Meadows: Trainer ends drought with filly's win Prairie Meadows Steve Asmussen wasn't going to stay shut out at Prairie Meadows for long.

Olympic Track and Field Trials: Webster City native on U.S. team Eugene, Ore. - It might not have played out perfectly or even the way she wanted.

Olympic Track and Field Trials: Come of age, it's time for Lolo Jones Lolo Jones is nearing the end of a journey that began in the summer of 1996.

Prep Softball: Dowling looks to its pitchers in regionals Softball coach Don Menke opened his first year at Dowling Catholic with two strikes against him.

Prep Baseball: Compressed schedule, then playoffs arrive Ready or not, the postseason starts today for high school baseball teams.

Soccer: Menace fall to first-place Chill North of the border, the Des Moines Menace put the only blemishes on the Thunder Bay Chill's season record.

Hockey: Bucs Release Schedule The Des Moines Buccaneers released their 2008-09 schedule this week.

Auto Racing: Driver finishes second to car he assembled Randy Havlik built the car that beat him.

Iowa Cubs: Hoffpauir leads Iowa hit parade Iowa pounded out 11 runs on 19 hits and blew the game open with a seven-run seventh inning to trounce Oklahoma 11-5 Friday night in a Pacific Coast League game.

Olympic Track and Field Trials: Kruger hangs on to get Beijing bid Eugene, Ore. — For one throw only Friday, there was no pressure on A.G. Kruger.

Matfield: We couldn't keep them out Stand-in captain Victor Matfield says he is proud of the Boks' performance against the All Blacks in the Tri-Nations opener. [BRIEF RESULT]

Tyson Gay Advances Past First Round World champion Tyson Gay has easily advanced past the first round of the 200 meters, reports Reuters....

Full squad for Candystripes Sligo Rovers and Derry City go head-to-head in tonight's eircom League of Ireland Premier Division clash at the Showgrounds, kick-off 8pm.