Manchester United hold the edge in the battle for a place in the Champions League final after John O’Shea’s early goal gave them victory in an absorbing encounter with Arsenal.
O’Shea scored from close range after Arsenal failed to clear a corner - giving United a slender but fully deserved advantage to take into the semi-final [...]

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – April 4, 2009 – Giuseppe Guastella from Ukiah, CA won the US National Final of the FIFA Interactive World Cup 2009, at the SONY Wonder Lab in New York City. Guastella captured the US National Championship of the world’s largest soccer gaming tournament with a thrilling game that ended with a [...]

British number one Andy Murray will face Juan Monaco of Argentina in his opening singles match at the Rome Masters on Tuesday.
The Scot, 21, had a bye in the first round as the fourth seed, while Monaco beat Germany’s Nicolas Kiefer 6-2 6-3.
Murray and Monaco have met once before, with the Briton winning 4-6 6-3 [...]

BMW Sauber boss Mario Theissen hopes his team can make the necessary improvements to recover from their worst start to a Formula 1 season.
Robert Kubica finished 18th in Sunday’s Bahrain Grand Prix, with only team-mate Nick Heidfeld behind him.
Heidfeld’s second place in the rain-shortened race in Malaysia gives the team just four points for the [...]

Unites States captain Corey Pavin will play in June’s Wales Open at Celtic Manor ahead of the 2010 Ryder Cup.
It means Pavin and Colin Montgomerie, captain of Europe, will come together in a competitive arena for the first time since they were both appointed.
For Pavin it will be his first look at the Twenty Ten [...]

Australia took a 2-1 lead with two matches remaining in the one-day series after beating Pakistan by 27 runs.
Skipper Michael Clarke hit eight fours in 66 from 93 balls and Callum Ferguson made 41 as the Australians made 198-7.
Pakistan were coasting at 95-0 but lost five for 28 as Nathan Hauritz struck twice in two [...]

Newcastle could only muster a point against Portsmouth at St James’ Park, which has left their Premier League future hanging in the balance.
 Michael Owen, Obafemi Martins and Mark Viduka all wasted good chances on a frustrating night for the home fans.
David James denied Owen and Martins, who were both through on goal, while Magpies keeper [...]

Carl Froch produced one of the great comebacks to retain his WBC super-middleweight crown against Jermain Taylor in Mashantucket, Connecticut.
Nottingham’s Froch was well behind on two scorecards going into the 12th round but produced a grandstand finish to stop Taylor with seconds remaining.
Froch had been outclassed for much of the fight and he went down [...]

Electronic Arts was as much of a victim as anyone to the Brett Favre retirement controversy that dominated sports news headlines leading up to the 2008-2009 NFL season. After announcing that Favre would wear his hallmark Green Bay Packer uniform as the first retired player to feature on the cover of a Madden NFL game [...]

Rafael Nadal clinched his fifth successive Barcelona Open title with a 6-2 7-5 win over David Ferrer.
In a repeat of last year’s final, the world number one took an imposing lead when he broke compatriot Ferrer in the first and fifth games of the first set.
The second set saw both players twice broken on serve, [...]