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TOUR DE FRANCE 2009
Potential route for 2009 Tour de France
It kicks off on July 4th in Monaco and finishes on July 26th in Paris. (Read more)
Tour de France
Cavendish, winner of Tour de France second stage
Cancellara won Saturday's opening time trial to take the yellow jersey. The Tour ends July 26 in Paris.
Britain's Mark Cavendish has won the second stage of the Tour de France. Seven-time champion Lance Armstrong finished safely in the trailing pack behind a sprint.
Fabian Cancellara of Switzerland retained the overall lead.
Armstrong, pre-race favorite Alberto Contador and other possible title...
Climbing
Patxi Usobiaga becomes World Climbing Champion
The climber from the Basque town of Eibar got climbing world champion title in China for the first time after beating Czech Adam Ondra in one of the most exciting finals ever. Bronze goes to Australian David Lama. (Read more)
Tennis
Serena beats Venus to win third crown
Once five-times champion Venus dumped a backhand into the net on Serena's fourth match point, the younger of the Williams sisters sank to her knees after finally winning her third singles crown at the grasscourt major following a six-year gap. (Read more)
MotoGP
Pole for Jorge Lorenzo at Laguna Seca circuit
The Spaniard was rushed to hospital with a suspected dislocated right shoulder and bruised foot and will undergo a test on Sunday morning to determine if he can race. (Read more)
2009 Tour de France
Belgian rider Tom Boonen will compete in Tour of France
Tour organizers ASO had sought to ban Boonen by saying the Belgian had damaged the race's image after testing positive in an out-of-competition test in April. (Read more)
Tennis-Wimbledon
Third-seeded Andy Murray has swept Juan CarlosFerrero 7-5, 6-3, 6-2 to reach his first Wimbledon semifinal and keep up his bid to become the first British player to win the men's title since Fred Perry in 1936.
British third seed Andy Murray put in a punishing display of crisp hitting to dispose of Spanish wildcard Juan Carlos Ferrero 7-5 6-3 6-2 on Wednesday and reach the first Wimbledon semi-final of his career.
The Scot treated a capacity crowd in a sun-drenched Centre Court to his full range of...
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Signing
Lyon said on Wednesday that it has received a bid for striker Karim Benzema, but the French club refused to confirm reports that the offer had come from Real Madrid.
Spanish media reported that Madrid had signed Benzema for $35 million ($50 million) and would confirm the 21-year-old France...
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Soccer
Athletic Club Bilbao presented new signing Iñigo Diaz de Cerio on Wednesday in the Athletic Club Bilbao offices in Ibaigane, Bilbao.
The former Real Sociedad striker signed a four-year deal and will have a buyout clause in his contract of 50 million euro.
The player thanked Athletic Club for...
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Soccer
Athletic Club Bilbao has agreed to sign Basque striker Iñigo Diaz de Cerio from Real Sociedad, the website of the Bizkaian soccer team confirmed on its website.
The former Real Sociedad striker will sign a four-year deal and is set to be presented on Wednesday in the Athletic Club offices. He will...
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Regal Barcelona sign TAU player Pete Mickeal
Regal FC Barcelona, the current champion of the ACB basketball league, signed former TAU Ceramica player Pete Mickeal on Monday.
Mickeal, who is 31 years old, will play for the Catalan team for the next two years, although TAU can sign the US player back after his first season in Barcelona.
Mickeal... (Read more)A spectacular comeback by the Brazilians put paid to the American dream
Brazil found just enough of its famous flair at the Confederations Cup to secure the title and re-establish itself as a favourite for next year's World Cup.
Brazil mixed impressive performances with disappointing displays in the eight-team competition being used as a World Cup warm-up, but managed... (Read more)Real Madrid still hopeful of nabbing Alonso
Real Madrid still hope to prise Spanish midfielder Xabi Alonso away from Liverpool, director general Jorge Valdano was quoted as saying on Tuesday.
"We have possibilities there but I don't want to say anything that will make the negotiation more difficult. We will wait a reasonable amount of time,"... (Read more)Kirchen back on form for Tour of Switzerland stage win
Kim Kirchen of Luxembourg showed he was back on form by winning the seventh stage of the Tour of Switzerland on Friday.
The Team Columbia rider attacked in the final kilometre of the uphill finish to Vallorbe and passed Roman Kreuziger of the Czech Republic just before the line. Peter Velits of... (Read more)South Africa beat New Zealand 2-0
South Africa took a big step towards qualification for the semi-finals of the Confederations Cup on Wednesday (17th June), when the tournament hosts beat New Zealand 2-0 in Rustenburg.
The Royal Bafokeng Stadium in Rustenberg was filled with a colourful and passionate crowd on Wednesday, as South... (Read more)Albasini wins Tour of Switzerland stage five
Home rider Michael Albasini won the 202-km fifth stage of the Tour of Switzerland on Wednesday when the mountains began to show the contenders for overall victory in the nine-day race.Albasini was carefully protected by his Team Columbia colleagues in the final kilometres before winning a sprint to... (Read more)
Spain reach semi-finals with 14th successive win
European champions Spain moved into the Confederations Cup semi-finals with a 1-0 win over Iraq on Wednesday.
The win gave Spain a world record-equalling 14th consecutive international victory and stretched their unbeaten run to 34 matches -- one short of the world record of 35 held by Brazil.
Forward... (Read more)UCI disciplines five riders over biological passports
The International Cycling Union (UCI) has opened disciplinary proceedings against five riders after discovering suspicious data in their biological passports, the sport's governing body said on Wednesday.
"After having informed all the parties concerned, the International Cycling Union announces... (Read more)Aritz Aranburu voted 11th Surfing All Star
Aritz Aranburu only just missed out on entering the All Stars, the group of ten of the world's best surfers who will compete in the Hurley US Open in California in July.
Within the 10 competing will be Kelly Slater, Mick Fanning, Andy Irons and CJ Hobgood, who all quality by default, while the... (Read more)Regal Barcelona defeat TAU Ceramica to lead series 2-1
Ersan Ilyasova scored 19 points and grabbed 9 rebounds to lead Regal Barcelona to a 85-67 win over TAU Ceramica in Barcelona. Regal Barcelona lead the final series 2-1.
Basile also scored 19 points and Navarro and Andersen had 10 each.
For the visitors, Prigioni led the scorers with 12 points. Vidal... (Read more)Breschel wins Tour of Switzerland fourth stage
The Team Saxo Bank rider was part of the 26-man break that formed early during the stage and won the sprint with a late surge to the line.
Maxim Iglinskiy of Kazakhstan was second and Tadej Valjavec of Slovenia was third.
Valjavec is the new overall race leader according to provisional results.
Wednesd... (Read more)Lucky Brazil win with last gasp penalty
Underdogs Egypt shook five-times world champions Brazil at the Confederations Cup on Monday but finally succumbed 4-3 when Kaka converted a penalty in time added on for stoppages.
African champions Egypt had fought back from two goals down to level at 3-3, scoring twice in a minute early in the... (Read more)Cavendish wins third stage of Tour of Switzerland
Britain's Mark Cavendish won the third stage of the Tour of Switzerland from Davos to Lumino on Monday.
Switzerland's Fabian Cancellara retained the overall race lead.
Tuesday's fourth stage is from Biasca to Stafa. The nine-day Tour of Switzerland ends in Berne on Sunday.
Provisional result and... (Read more)Torres says Spain does not value players
Spain striker Fernando Torres took a shot at the country's domestic clubs on Monday, accusing them of failing to appreciate the players who have made Spain the world's best team.
"In Spain, we don't value the players we have,'' Torres said, a day after leading Spain to a 5-0 win over New Zealand in... (Read more)Fredrigo wins sixth stage of Dauphine Libere
Pierrick Fedrigo of France won stage six of the Dauphine Libere, from Gap to Briancon on Friday.
Belgian Jurgen Van de Walle was second on the mountainous 106km stage, with Frenchman Stephane Goubert third.
Spaniard Alejandro Valverde remains the overall leader in the race, which ends on Sunday in... (Read more)Epsilon Euskadi left out of Formula One
The FIA (Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile) has published the final list of teams that will compete in Formula One in 2010. Epsilon Euskadi is not among them.
Teams will include the current ten as well as Campos Grand Prix, Manor and USF1.
The line-up is as follows:
SCUDERIA FERRARI MARLBORO
S... (Read more)
TOUR DE FRANCE 2009
Last 30 podiums of Tour of France
Carlos Sastre, Cadel Evans and Denis Menchov were first, second and third of the last Tour of France. (Read more)
TOUR DE FRANCE 2009
20 teams participating
Euskaltel-Euskadi will be again the only team representing the Basque Country. All the teams are confirmed. (Read more)
