Injury rules Bale out of GB Olympic squad
Tottenham winger Gareth Bale has suffered an injury that will rule him out of the Great Britain Squad for next month’s Olympic Games in London.
Tottenham winger Gareth Bale has suffered an injury that will rule him out of the Great Britain Squad for next month’s Olympic Games in London.
KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) — Endurance swimmer Penny Palfrey muscled past the halfway mark Saturday as she pushed through the Florida Straits, enduring jellyfish stings but otherwise encountering perfect conditions in her attempt to become the first woman t…
Norwich have signed the Rangers and Scotland defender Steven Whittaker on a four-year deal.
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — In the six years he’s managed a sanctuary for abused and orphaned chimpanzees, South African conservationist Eugene Cussons is from time to time called on to comment when an ape somewhere in the world attacks a human. Cussons says…
WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Andy Murray beat Marcos Baghdatis in the latest match ever to finish at Wimbledon, wrapping up a 7-5, 3-6, 7-5, 6-1 victory at 11:02 p.m. Saturday underneath the Centre Court roof.
The deadline for stoppi…
WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Absolutely perfect — 24 points played, 24 points won.
Can’t be any better than wild-card entry Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazahstan was at the beginning of her third-round match at Wimbledon on Saturday, win…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rodney King is being remembered at his funeral as a forgiving man who bore the scars of his infamous beating with dignity.
The Rev. Al Sharpton delivered the eulogy Saturday in Los Angeles and said King never sh…
JERUSALEM (AP) — Former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir, who clung throughout his life to the belief that Israel should hang on to territory and never trust an Arab regime, has died. He was 96.
Israeli media said Shamir had …
WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Marin Cilic of Croatia outlasted Sam Querrey of the United States 17-15 in the fifth set after 5½ hours of play Saturday to reach Wimbledon’s fourth round for the first time since 2008.
It’s the second-l…
CAIRO (AP) — Islamist Mohammed Morsi became Egypt’s first freely elected president on Saturday, launching his four-year term with a potentially dangerous quest to wrest back from the military the full authority of his office.
The …