RACING figures called on Formula One to re-examine safety procedures after Felipe Massa sustained life-threatening skull injuries in a high-speed accident during Hungarian Grand Prix qualifying Saturday. The 28-year-old Ferrari driver was in stable condition in the intensive care unit of a military hospital following surgery. Massa slammed into the protective tire barriers at Hungaroring […]

CHINA’S Olympic champions Lin Yue and Huo Liang retained their men’s synchronized 10-meter platform title in Rome, Italy, on Saturday to earn the nation the seventh diving gold at the World Championships. Lin and Huo took command from the start with crisp, elegant dives and won comfortably with 482.58 points despite a relatively weak fifth-round […]

DIDIER DROGBA and Frank Lampard scored to give Chelsea a 2-0 victory over Inter Milan on Tuesday night in a soccer exhibition at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. The game was part of the World Football Challenge (WFC), a series also involving AC Milan and Mexico City’s Club America. World-class forward Didier Drogba didn’t […]

Gold medalist Guo Jingjing of China poses on the podium after winning the women’s 3m springboard diving final at the World Championships in Rome, Italy, on Tuesday. SD-Agencies CHINESE diving legend Guo Jingjing reset the record books once again by claiming her fifth straight women’s 3m springboard gold medal at the World Championships in Rome, […]

CRISTIANO RONALDO struggled in his first match for Real Madrid, missing two free kicks in a preseason friendly against Shamrock Rovers before a late strike from Karim Benzema gave the visitors a 1-0 win in Dublin, Ireland, on Monday. The Dublin club of part-time footballers held Real Madrid’s starters at bay through the first half […]

CHINESE diving legend Guo Jingjing cruised into the final of the women’s 3m springboard event by posting easily the best score in Monday’s afternoon semifinal, just as she had done in the morning preliminaries. However, her score of 368.10 was not as good as her morning mark of 377.55, but it was still good enough […]

RONALDO scored his sixth goal in two weeks to help Corinthians beat 10-man Cruzeiro 2-1 and move near the top of the standings in the Brazilian league Sunday. The three-time FIFA Player of the Year set up Jorge Henrique for the first in the 23rd minute and could have increased the lead five minutes later […]

SPAIN’S 2007 champion Alberto Contador of Astana took possession of the Tour de France yellow jersey after a superb solo attack and victory on the 15th stage in the Swiss Alps on Sunday. Contador, winning his first individual stage of this year’s race, attacked a small group of favorites containing teammate Lance Armstrong 5.6 km […]

STEWART CINK claimed the British Open title at the Turnberry Golf Club in Scotland on Sunday with an emphatic playoff victory over 59-year-old fellow American Tom Watson, who was bidding to become the oldest man to win a major golf title. Watson had missed an eight-foot par putt on the final hole of regulation play […]

OLYMPIC champions Chen Ruolin and Wang Xin won the 10m synchronized platform title at the World Championships in Rome, Italy, on Sunday. Their victory continued China’s domination of this event with a comprehensive success that never looked in doubt. The real interest came in the battle for the minor medals with Americans Mary Beth Dunnichay […]