Spanish League Preview Week 24

Deportivo lose on Friday night to deepen relegation gloom, with Mallorca and Celta facing tough away games, whilst Osasuna host Zaragoza.

Atletico Madrid look to bounce back from domestic and European defeats.On Monday, bottom side

20.00, GolT and Canal+ Liga: At Los Cármenes the team begins an important phase in all three competitions

Xavi Hernández and David Villa, with fitness concerns, miss the game Barça are going into one of the most decisive periods of the season. Their Champions League future is at stake against Milan, in La Liga they have

Strengthened Granada looking to continue improvement

The new faces are fitting well into the side now coached by Lucas Alcaraz and have won two games in a row, with Real Madrid being one of the victims

The Andalusians are six points clear of relegation and will be looking for more points against a very difficult

New World 12 target Turkey

The top 12 youth sides from North, Central America and the Caribbean have gathered in Mexico looking to book their place at the FIFA U-20 World Cup. The qualifying tournament, which takes place in Puebla from

Prize money up by 14 per cent

Total prize money at the FIFA Confederations Cup Brazil 2013 will be up 14 per cent compared with the last edition in South Africa in 2009. In total a prize pool of $20m USD will be shared among the eight

Luke Donald spends time with Michael Jordan, shows little rust at Northern Trust

It's all about scoring for Luke Donald this week at Riviera. There have been a few steals along the way, from that flop shot behind the 10th green that dropped in for eagle in the first round, and chipping in twice for

CUP: Hendrick — Win On Sunday, Sell On Monday

For the first time in its history, Chevrolet introduced a race car before its street version equivalent. But now that the 2014 Chevrolet SS production car is here, Rick Hendrick is mighty excited.

Chevrolet took the wraps off its production 2014 SS Saturday afternoon at Daytona International

Serena Williams set to return to No. 1, becoming oldest woman to hold top ranking at age 31

Serena Williams spent most of the past week downplaying the prospect of returning to the top of the rankings. Then it happened and she couldn't hold back the tears.

The 15-time Grand Slam winner will replace top-ranked Victoria Azarenka in next week's rankings after

College basketball 'brutal to watch,' needs a major overhaul as scoring dips to historic lows

There is dribbling, lots of dribbling, in college basketball these days. There is bumping and banging, lots of bumping and banging. Not to mention all the grabbing and tripping and colliding.

Dillon scores late, Stars rally past Canucks 4-3 to end Vancouver's 6-game winning streak

Brenden Dillon scored the go-ahead goal with 3 minutes left in the third period and the Dallas Stars rallied past Vancouver 4-3 on Friday night to end the Canucks' six-game winning streak.

Reilly Smith, Cody Eakin and Antoine Roussel also scored for the Stars, who overcame a 3-1 deficit to win

DePaul snaps 9-game losing streak with 75-69 Big East victory over Rutgers

Worrel Clahar scored 19 points to lead DePaul to a 75-69 victory over Rutgers on Saturday, snapping the Blue Demons' nine-game losing streak.
Brandon Young added 16 points and Cleveland Melvin had 15 for the Blue Demons (11-14, 2-10 Big

Ruthless Juventus beat Celtic 3-0 in the first leg

Juventus virtually sealed their place in the quarter-finals of the Champions League on Tuesday, punishing poor defending with some clinical finishing to beat Celtic 3-0 in their last-16 first leg. Mistakes by Celtic

Cristiano Ronaldo's form surprises Ferguson

Cristiano Ronaldo's Real Madrid displays have come as something of a surprise to former boss Alex Ferguson who described his form as "phenomenal" on the eve of Manchester United's Champions League tie

Europe braced for titanic tussles

The round of 16 of the UEFA Champions League begins this week with the first four first-leg matches. The remaining four will be played next week, with the return legs taking place in the first two weeks of March.

Nine nations are represented among the 16 surviving sides. Spain is the only country with four teams still in

Exclusive look at Messi’s four Ballons d’Or

Exclusive photo shoot with the FCB striker outside La Masia.

Messi and Iniesta discuss the Barça style and coaching methods Leo Messi's four Ballon d’Or trophies were

David Villa admitted to hospital for a nephritic colic infection

The forward, who was admitted to hospital this afternoon, will undergo kidney stone treatment in the coming hours. He's doubtful for the match against Granada on Saturday The Club’s Medical Services have

A dream start for Snedeker now includes a win at Pebble Beach

Everything about Brandt Snedeker moves at warp speed, including his rapid rise into golf's elite.
He talks so fast that he always seems to be a few words short of a complete sentence. He plays fast, giving

CUP: SPEED Analysts Preview SpeedWeeks

SPEED ANALYSTS SET THE STAGE FOR SEASON-OPENING DAYTONA SPEEDWEEKS
Q: What did you learn from the Daytona test with regard to the new “Gen-6” car and the type of racing we

Former top-ranked players Wozniacki, Ivanovic advance to 2nd round of Qatar Open

Former top-ranked players Caroline Wozniacki and Ana Ivanovic eased into the second round of the Qatar Open with straight-set victories Monday.

The 10th-ranked Wozniacki beat qualifier Mervana Jugic-Salkic 6-1, 6-2. The Dane had a poor start, losing

Return of James Southerland transforms No. 6 Syracuse into a legitimate threat again

With senior forward James Southerland back in the Syracuse lineup, the Orange are back to being a bona fide player as the postseason nears.

Coach Jim Boeheim was down to seven scholarship players with the loss of Southerland due to an academic

Mariners ace Felix Hernandez says he won't pitch for Venezuela in World Baseball Classic

Felix Hernandez says he won't pitch for Venezuela in the upcoming World Baseball Classic.
The Seattle Mariners ace says in an interview with the Venezuelan sports newspaper Lider that it was a

Montreal's Pacioretty says he got tetanus shot after alleged bite by Toronto's Grabovski

Max Pacioretty says he got a tetanus shot after an alleged bite by Toronto Maple Leafs forward Mikhail Grabovski.

The Montreal Canadiens winger emerged from a skirmish during Toronto's 6-0 victory Saturday showing his

Heating up: LeBron James is sizzling in Miami, but Dwyane Wade is also sending out sparks

Dwyane Wade got the ball on the left wing, darted toward the basket, leaped to avoid Dwight Howard and dunked from the right side of the rim.
A year ago, a play like that one from Sunday might have been impossible for Wade.
Now, he's looking good as new, at maybe the perfect time for the surging Miami Heat.
LeBron James might be the best player in the world and might be playing like the best player in the world, but he's hardly having to carry the entire load for the Heat these days. While James is on a history-making run of scoring at least 30 points and shooting at least 60 percent in Miami's last five games — all wins — Wade is averaging 24.8 points on better than 50 percent shooting over that same stretch.
And what's weird is, it almost seems as if Wade is doing it quietly.
"I know what a problem he is," said the Los Angeles Lakers' Kobe Bryant, who watched Wade score 30 in a Heat win on Sunday. "You try to focus in on him as much as you can. They have two very, very special players. Two of the best that we've seen. Dwyane obviously is dealing with injuries starting the year, but he seems to be rounding into form and you saw that breakaway dunk he had — that's the younger D-Wade."
During this Miami winning streak, James and Wade are combining to average 55.8 points a game. Over the same time span, no other NBA 1-2 punch was close.
Tony Parker and Danny Green combined to average 49.3 points for San Antonio. Carmelo Anthony and Amare Stoudemire averaged 48.8 points for the New York Knicks. James Harden and Jeremy Lin scored 47.1 per game for Houston. And while the rest of the NBA shot 46 percent during that stretch, the Heat shot 52 percent.
Sure, James is on an unbelievable roll. At least some of the credit for that, he believes, goes to Wade for being hot at the same time.
"His legs are under him. You can tell on his jump shot, he is finishing up-top and he is penetrating and getting to the rim, too," James said after Wade's 30-point showing Sunday. "He is getting healthier and healthier each and every day, each and every game. It is a huge plus for our team and I know how great he feels right now."
Miami closes its homestand Tuesday against Portland, then is at Oklahoma City for a 2012 NBA Finals rematch before heading into the All-Star break.
And part of the reason why Wade is hurting opponents is because he's hurting less than he has in the past. Wade said months ago that he figured offseason knee surgery would keep him from getting to his best level until about the All-Star break.

Here comes that timeframe, and Wade is flying.
"Feeling good," Wade said. "Feeling better. I've come in and gotten my work in, taken care of my body and