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Almeria to be without midfielder Vargas for three months

Fabian VargasMadrid  - Spanish Liga side Almeria will be without Colombian
midfielder Fabian Vargas for around three months, according to news
agency EFE late Sunday.  Read more »

Spain stay on course for South Africa by thrashing dull Belgium

La Coruna, Spain  - Spain stayed well on course to reach the World Cup finals on Saturday by thrashing dull Belgium 4-0 in La Coruna, with two goals apiece from Valencia forwards David Villa and David Silva.  Read more »

Ibrahimovic helps Barcelona to easy debut win

Madrid  - Defending champions Barcelona started their Spanish league campaign on Monday with a straightforward 3-0 thrashing of lively but naive Sporting Gijon, with record signing Zlatan Ibrahimovic scoring his first goal for the club.  Read more »

Barcelona and the challenge of staying perfect

Barcelona  ­ "They will again demand that we win and that we play well." Josep Guardiola was still hoarse from the Champions League title celebrations and he already knew what was to come three months later.  Read more »

Briatore denounces "distorted" F1 season, wants better show

Valencia, Spain  - Renault boss Flavio Briatore thinks the Formula 1 world championship, which moves this weekend to Belgium, is "distorted" by the absence of a homogeneous set of rules.  Read more »

Magical Messi leads Barcelona to first trophy of season

Madrid  - Barcelona cruised to their first title of the season on Sunday, thrashing hapless Athletic Bilbao 3-0 in the second leg of the Spanish Supercup, led by Lionel Messi's two goals.  Read more »

McLaren still cries over Alonso's exit: "Massive regret"

Valencia, Spain  - The infighting within McLaren-Mercedes in 2007, involving then team boss Ron Dennis and drivers Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso, belongs to the past, but it has not yet been forgotten.  Read more »

Barcelona battle out handsome Supercup win in Bilbao

Madrid  - Barcelona came from behind to win 2-1 away to Athletic Bilbao on Sunday in a colourful first leg of the Spanish Supercup, the traditional curtain-raiser of the Spanish season.  Read more »

Uncle Toni says Nadal will return next week in Montreal

Madrid - Rafael Nadal's uncle and coach, Toni, has told Spanish radio that his nephew will make a return to tennis at next week's Montreal Masters after more than two months away.  Read more »

Nadal confesses knee fears with tennis return looming

Madrid  - Rafael Nadal admitted Tuesday that he faces a "sea of doubt" about his chances of a successful return to tennis in August after missing two months with knee pain.  Read more »

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Ukrainian clubs target Brazil winger Osvaldo

Luiz-FelipeRio de Janeiro, May 22 : Brazil international winger Osvaldo is reportedly a summer transfer target of Ukraine's Shakhtar Donetsk and Metalist Kharkiv.  Read more »

Ajax coach De Boer agrees to extend contract

Frank-de-BoerThe Hague, May 22 : Ajax football coach Frank de Boer has agreed to extend his contract until the middle of 2017.

The Amsterdam-based club announced Tuesday that De Boer, whose current contract  Read more »

British journalist pens Lara’s biography

Brian-LaraCambridge, May 22 : British journalist James Fuller has written a biography of former West Indies captain Brian Lara, one of the greatest cricketers of all time.  Read more »

Team selection key to CSK's success: Fleming

Stephen-FlemingNew Delhi, May 22 : Coach Stephen Fleming credited his Chennai Super Kings' success to correct team selection and the loyalty the franchise has shown to the players.  Read more »

Mahindra riders looking forward to Le Mans

mahindraMumbai, May 15 : India's only motorcycle Grand Prix team resumes battle in France this weekend with high hopes of strong results after a top-10 start for the all-new Mahindra Grand Prix machine.  Read more »

Disappointing outing for Bolisetti

Sailesh-BolisettiDijon-Prenois (France), May 13 : Indian racing driver Sailesh Bolisetti's second weekend of his 2013 Euro Race Car campaign ended on a disappointing note as he finished 18th and 17th in the two races here.  Read more »