DHAKA, Bangladesh — Bangladesh caused one of the biggest shocks in World Cup cricket by beating India in the Caribbean last year. Now the Bangladeshis are hoping to reproduce the upset on home soil.“We will play our best. We beat them (India) twice before, and we hope to repeat that,” Bangladeshi captain Mohammad Ashraful told […]
A flag hung from the rafters of the Stade de Genève declaring ‘Portugal – EURO hosts 2004 and hosts 2008′. It certainly felt that way on Saturday night as the Portuguese kicked off their latest European adventure with victory over Turkey; second-half goals from Pepe and Raul Meireles ensuring they topped Group A after the first round […]
Another job, another country, another challenge - the much travelled Sven-Goran Eriksson has left Manchester City and taken charge of Mexico, a mission every bit as fascinating as the one he embarked on when he took charge of England.With England he was the first foreign coach to guide the national team. Mexico have had plenty […]
The amphibious assault ship Boxer is off the coast of Acajutla in El Salvador as part of a humanitarian mission called Continuing Promise 2008.The ship, with dozens of medical personnel and Seabees, left San Diego on April 28 for a two-month mission that will include stops off Guatemala, El Salvador and Peru.Setting up clinics […]
Thiago Alves’ Next Fight for the UFC Welterweight Championship? Don’t Be So Sure…Is Thiago actually next in line for a shot at the winner of Fitch vs. GSP/Serra?It was reported yesterday that Thiago “Pitbull” Alves was now considered the #2 Contender in the UFC’s 170-pound division and would be facing the winner of Jon […]
Memphis head coach John Calipari smiles as he answers a question at a news conference at the college basketball Final Four Sunday, April 6, 2008, in San Antonio. Memphis plays Kansas in the championship game on Monday. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Kansas plays Memphis tonight for the NCAA men’s college basketball championship. It’s […]
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — John Calipari settled in and watched the tape of Memphis’ loss to UCLA in a regional final two years ago. He saw his Tigers scared, taking bad shots, rushing themselves.“It made me sick to my stomach, but I looked at it,” he said Tuesday.Chris Douglas-Roberts was a mere freshman in that 50-45 […]
Mixed martial artist Cung Le, of San Jose, trains in his Milpitas gym. Le will fight another local boy Frank Shamrock in the Strikeforce mixed martial arts world championship cage fight on Saturday, March 29th at HP Pavilion in San Jose. (Patrick Tehan/Mercury News)The racist taunts on the playground were relentless.Cung Le, then a […]
Six world class fighters, with a combined record of 155-10-4 (81 KOs), and a winning percentage of 92%, in three compelling rumbles, highlight the highly anticipated pay-per-view card headlined by the Juan Manuel Marquez-Manny Pacquiao world title rematch.WBO featherweight champion Steven Luevano (34-1, 15 KOs), from La Puente, Calif., will be making his second title […]
COLOMBO, Feb 15 (Reuters) - Tourist arrivals in Sri Lanka in January crept up a better-than-expected, 0.64 percent compared with a year earlier, given an esclalation in violence on the island.January arrivals edged up to 56,916, from 56,553 in the same month a year ago, the island state’s tourist authority said."The visit of the spiritual […]