Squad of 19 named for Valencia

Bartra and Tello have been dropped from the final squad while Abidal and Dos Santos remain on the injury list Jordi Roura has announced a squad of 19 players for this Sunday’s away clash with Valencia (7 pm,

Perez: The time is now for Panama

Blas Perez isn’t shy about dirtying a shirt for the cause, battling, putting himself in among the flying elbows and flashing studs. The veteran striker personifies Panama’s football. And even though his goals aren’t

Jordi Roura: “Historically we’ve found it difficult to beat Valencia”

he assistant coach told reporters the Mestalla match would be “complicated and difficult”, and stressed that “Valencia is on the way up since the arrival of Valverde”

“Busquets trained normally and will be available to play in Mestalla”The away match this Sunday in the

Stephen Gallacher tops 3-round record set by Tiger Woods en route to 3-shot lead in Dubai

Stephen Gallacher of Scotland shot a 10-under 62 on Saturday to take a three-shot lead at the Dubai Desert Classic and break a three-round scoring record set by Tiger Woods 12 years ago.

Top-seeded Sara Errani reaches Open GDF Suez final after Kiki Bertens retires with back pain

Top-seeded Sara Errani of Italy reached the Open GDF Suez final when Kiki Bertens retired from their semifinal with back pains while trailing 5-0.

Ogwumike's big night powers No. 4 Stanford to 86-62 win over Oregon

Chiney Ogwumike had 22 points and 13 rebounds, and No. 4 Stanford beat Oregon 86-62 on Friday night for its fifth consecutive win.

Schroeder scores in shootout, Canucks top Blackhawks 2-1

Jordan Schroeder scored in a shootout to give the Vancouver Canucks a 2-1 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Friday night.

Schroeder, who hasn't scored a traditional goal in the regular season, fired a low, hard shot that squeaked

Kobe's transformation from shooter to playmaker spearheading Lakers' resurgence

One of the game's most aggressive shooters is trying a new approach to jumpstart the struggling Los Angeles Lakers.

A newly pass-happy Kobe Bryant is looking to pull the Lakers out of a tailspin that stretched for the first

Fewer games in February, but just as intense

After a January that has seen them play eight games in 31 days, Barça face a quieter start to February, with two weeks without midweek games, before the Champions League and Spanish Cup return It’s been a

Drogba: African triumph would be massive

Like many of his Côte d’Ivoire team-mates, Didier Drogba has won countless trophies with his club sides, but what has eluded him, at least so far, is a winners' medal from a major international competition with the

Richard Sterne makes birdie on 18 for 1-shot lead over 3 others at Dubai Desert Classic

Overnight leader Richard Sterne made a birdie on the 18th hole Friday to take a one-shot lead over Thorbjorn Olesen and two others after the second round of the Dubai Desert Classic.

CUP: Fifty Years Later, A New Galaxie

Ophus Agnew cried when he saw it.
EBay produced its wheels and tires in the middle of the night.
Duct tape was its most elusive part.

Column: Murray vs. Djokovic still isn't a rivalry to match Federer vs. Nadal

Andy Murray looks like a one-hit wonder.
In the Australian Open final, Murray had Novak Djokovic almost dangling on the end of a hook, facing three

Yankees' Alex Rodriguez denies PED use as MLB doping probe continues

Superstar slugger Alex Rodriguez of the New York Yankees finds himself ensnared once again in a doping investigation after an alternative weekly newspaper reported that Major League Baseball’s highest-paid star

Nashville ends 3-game skid with 2-1 win over Los Angeles Kings after 8-round shootout

Sergei Kostitsyn scored in the eighth shootout round, and the Nashville Predators snapped their three-game skid with a 2-1 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Thursday night.

Political odd couple Carville, Matalin working to restore New Orleans' Super Bowl reputation

When Mary Matalin heard a baby cry during a Super Bowl news conference this week, she paused midsentence, peered in the direction of the fussing child and asked: "Is that my husband?"

Column: On brink of Super Bowl painful losses still endure for Kaepernicks

Lance Kaepernick was 23 days old when he died.
He seemed normal when his parents brought him home. Then everything, suddenly, went tragically wrong. Two open heart surgeries couldn't save the tiny baby Rick and Teresa Kaepernick had so joyfully welcomed

Season 2012-13: Spanish League Round Up Week 21

Barça’s win over Osasuna stretched their lead at the top to 11 points, as Atletico went down to defeat in Bilbao, whilst Real Madrid warmed up for Wednesday with a 4-0 win over Getafe.

The goal king of Kingston

Luton Shelton has done something that no player, anywhere, has ever done - not Maradona, not Messi, not Pele, not Cruyff. The 27-year-old Jamaica striker, blessed with blinding pace and a keen reading of

Tiger Woods, after a missed cut, sends ominous message about '13 season

Tiger Woods never looked so irritated winning a golf tournament so comfortably.
His record eighth victory at Torrey Pines was all but over when Woods ripped a 5-iron from 244 yards over the corner of a bunker and onto the green at the par-5 13th hole, setting up a two-putt birdie that gave him

NNS: A ‘Long’ Step – Johanna Builds On 2012

Johanna Long was the “other” woman in the Nationwide Series last year. With Danica Patrick around, Long rode in the shadows.
But Long, 20, did not arrive in the middle of the night and suddenly pop into Nationwide racing. She has

Column: Murray vs. Djokovic still isn't a rivalry to match Federer vs. Nadal

Andy Murray looks like a one-hit wonder.

In the Australian Open final, Murray had Novak Djokovic almost dangling on the end of a hook, facing three break points in what proved to be a momentum-shifting game early in the second set.

South Florida loses 63-50 to No. 25 Marquette

Missing 40 shots and making only 15 — two more than Marquette's Vander Blue — doomed South Florida in its bid to upset No. 25 Marquette on Monday night.

Crowds turn out in cold to pay respects to late Hall of Famer Stan Musial

The entrance to the Cathedral Basilica looked more like that of a St. Louis Cardinals game on Thursday, just the way Stan Musial would have liked it.

Jeff Carter scores only shootout goal, Kings rally past Canucks 3-2

Jeff Carter scored Los Angeles' first power-play goal of the season and added the only score in the shootout, leading the Kings to a 3-2 comeback victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Monday night.

Diggins' career night helps No. 2 Notre Dame beat No. 9 Tennessee 77-67

One of the best performances of Skylar Diggins' brilliant career spoiled a night when Tennessee was honoring former coach Pat Summitt.

Everton confirm Fer deal agreed

Everton have announced they have reached a deal with FC Twente to sign Dutch midfielder Leroy Fer. The 23-year-old will now travel to Merseyside to discuss personal terms and undergo a medical.

Xavi pens new Barça deal until 2016

Barcelona midfielder Xavi has signed his two-year contact extension with the Catalan giants. The Spain international was at the Nou Camp this afternoon to put pen-to-paper on the deal which ties him to the club until 30 June 2016.

Khedira extends Stuttgart contract

Rani Khedira, the teenage brother of Real Madrid's Sami, has extended his contract at Bundesliga side Stuttgart until 2015.

Four for Messi as Barca cruise past Osasuna

Madrid, Jan 28 - "Anything you can do, I can do better." That was the message Barcelona striker Lionel Messi sent to Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo.

Badu: We respect every team but fear none

Although he is just 22, Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu is already a seasoned CAF African Cup of Nations campaigner. The Udinese midfielder is competing in his third AFCON finals and is hoping to help Ghana to

Badge awarded to Futsal world champions Brazil

Two months after their fifth triumph at the FIFA Futsal World Cup, Aecio de Borba Vasconcelos, President of the Brazilian Confederation of Futsal (CBFS), and two time FIFA Futsal World Cup winner Manoel