Ian Thorpe will make his long-awaited comeback to competitive swimming at next weekend's World Cup meet in Sydney.
The colour red seems to give a winning edge to a competitor, especially in sports or athletic events.
Local media reported the team captain, a dressing-room heavyweight and a huge fan favourite, would earn 10 million euros a season after tax, making him one of the best-paid members of Real's expensively assembled squad
Kalmadi was unanimously re-elected president of the Indian Olympic Association for a record third consecutive term.
Ace middle distance runner Pinki Pramanik and shot putter Navpreet Singh are among five Indians in the Asian team for the Athletics World Cup.
Arundhuti Dasgupta finds herself surrounded by Greek legends and fables in the mythical centre of the world.
AC Milan and Liverpool won their Champions League qualifying rounds.
Greek teenager Stefanos Tsitsipas secured the biggest win of his career when he sent Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic packing in the third round of the Rogers Cup with a stunning 6-3, 6-7(5), 6-3 win on Thursday.
American Brendan Hansen broke his own world record in the men's 100 metre breaststroke at the US swimming championships.
Greek athletics officials issue their verdict on the Greek sprinters who face a two-year ban for missing three doping tests
The duo pipped hosts Australia and England to win the team gold in double trap in the Commonwealth Shooting Championship.
AC Milan will meet Liverpool in the Champions League final for the second time in three seasons.
Jaime Dwyer's penalty-corner goal in extra-time gave the Aussies a 2-1 victory over defending champions the Netherlands in the final.
Coroners investigating the crash of a Cypriot airliner that killed all 121 people on board ruled out on Friday that some may have been made unconscious by carbon monoxide.
Indian sportspersons will be in action in the following events at 28th Olympic Games in Athens.
The Indian marksman finished fifth in the qualifying round.
The Indian ace was beaten by former world champion and sixth seed Peter Gade of Denmark in the second round of the badminton singles.
The Jamaican clocked 9.77 seconds at the British Grand Prix meeting in Gateshead.
The ace forward, who was suspended for unruly conduct, was named in the 26-man probables' list for the eight-nation hockey tournament in Holland.
Rating agency Standard and Poor's could upgrade Greece's rock bottom credit rating "pretty quickly"
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Friday
The former Olympian identified lack of co-ordination and tactics as the Indian hockey team's main shortcomings.
The German has taken up a new assignment with the national team of Egypt.
Outlandish Finnish band Lordi won the Eurovision song contest.
Six of them will fight in the freestyle category and one in Greeco-Roman.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni said that a combination of proper infrastructure and guidance along with passion can help India in becoming a 'sporting nation'.
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