SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Jake Arnold of Arizona capped his college career with his second NCAA decathlon championship. Heptathlon favorite Diana Pickler of Washington State will leave school without even one.
Arnold pulled away in the second day of the 10-event competition to become the first athlete in 22 years to repeat as decathlon champion in the […]

SAN ANTONIO, Texas - Tony Parker and Tim Duncan sparked the San Antonio Spurs past Cleveland 85-76 here Thursday in the opener of the National Basketball Association Finals, humbling LeBron James in the process.
Parker scored 27 points while Duncan, a three-time NBA Finals Most Valuable Player, scored 24 points and grabbed 13 rebounds to give […]

Television, more than any other factor, has contributed to the declining interest in cricket, believes Sir Garfield Sobers.
While his words were in context of West Indies cricket, it is as applicable anywhere around the cricketing world.
“Baseball, we know nothing about baseball,” the legendary all-rounder tells Brian Viner of The Independent, London. “Soccer, yes. Over the […]

Arsenal captain Thierry Henry has admitted it is “great to hear” of AC Milan’s interest in him.
And the France striker, who has also been linked with a move to Barcelona over the last 18 months, claims the whole club has been unsettled by vice-chairman David Dein’s departure last season.
On the Milan link Henry told The […]

FOLLOWING her fine Scottish Native Record 1000 metres run in Glasgow last Sunday, Capital-based Scottish middle-distance star Joanna Ross has her first outing of the season over her best distance - the 800m - in Manchester at tomorrow night’s British Milers Club meeting.
Ross joins stable-mate Mark Mitchell, now also being coached by John Lees, at […]

European Indoor 400m silver medallist Bastian Swillims and his German team mate Arne Gabius set new European Leading performances at the 10th Askina International Meeting in Kassel, Germany yesterday to kick start the German challenge for Spar European Cup honours in Munich in two weeks .
Swillims ran a new Personal Best of 45.72 to […]