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Ronaldo bids farewell to Madrid, heads to AC Milan
Ronaldo's farewell to Real Madrid didn't include any fond words for coach Fabio Capello.The World Cup's all-time leading scorer left Madrid for AC Milan on Tuesday, returning to Italy's Serie A for a reported $9.73 million transfer fee. The 30-year-old Brazil striker will join Milan until 2008 — the same length as the remainder of his contract at Madrid.
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Rooney voted ugliest, Becks sexiest sports star of all time
England forward Wayne Rooney has been voted the ugliest sports star of all time. he Manchester United ace, nicknamed Shrek, garnered 34 per cent of the vote beating ex-England footballer Peter Beardsley (12 per cent) to second place, and toothy Brazilian marvel Ronaldinho and gangly England striker Peter Crouch to third and fourth place respectively.discuss | trackback | category: Gossip | Add this link to... | tell a friend
Toronto Raptors' Sam Mitchell collects coach of the year honours
Sam Mitchell received some words of advice long ago that he's carried with him throughout his career. It was 1985 and Mitchell was in the process of getting cut from his first NBA gig with the Houston Rockets.1 comment | trackback | category: Basketball | Add this link to... | tell a friend
Inter beat Fiorentina to extend lead in Serie A
Inter marched 11 points clear at the top of Serie A when they beat Fiorentina 3-1 at the San Siro yesterday.Trailing to an early header by visiting striker Luca Toni, Inter hit back with goals from Dejan Stankovic, Adriano and Zlatan Ibrahimovic to move up to 54 points from 20 matches and rack up a record-breaking 13th successive win in the division.
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Dortmund part company with coach Van Marwijk
Borussia Dortmund parted company with coach Bert van Marwijk on Monday, half a season ahead of the Dutchman's scheduled departure. ...discuss | trackback | category: Soccer | Add this link to... | tell a friend
Matsuzaka joins crowded Sox rotation
Boston Red Sox manager Terry Francona doesn't let himself get dreamy-eyed over the potential of his starting pitchers to rack up wins if they all start clicking at once.1 comment | trackback | category: Basketball | Add this link to... | tell a friend
Rangers, Lofton close to dea
The Rangers, moving to fill their center-field void, are close to signing free-agent center fielder Kenny Lofton, FOXSports.com has learned.discuss | trackback | category: Baseball | Add this link to... | tell a friend
Ronaldo upright as United keep Chelsea honest
THE phantom Manchester diver was finally brought to book but, to everyone's surprise, it was not Cristiano Ronaldo but Manchester City's Bernardo Corradi. The Italian was sent off for a second bookable offence as United beat their neighbours 3-1 on Saturday to put serious pressure on champions Chelsea.discuss | trackback | category: Soccer | Add this link to... | tell a friend