last updated: Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:02:23 GMT
Arsenal moved into the quarter-finals of the Champions League on Tuesday after thumping Porto (5-0). Bayern Munich, despite a 3-2 defeat to Fiorentina, have also qualified, thanks to away goals.
France's scrum-half Frédéric Michalak (left) is out for the season and will be replaced by Dimitri Yashvili (right), just back from injury himself. It is uncertain if Mathieu Bastareaud, also injured, will play in Sunday's game aginst Italy.
France's Sebastien Loeb raced into first place at the Rally of Mexico Sunday. Driving a Citroen C4, Loeb simultaneously snatched his 55th world championship victory and his fourth in Mexico.
Michael Llodra and Julien Benneteau qualified France by defeating Philipp Kohlschreiber and Christopher Kas, Saturday in Toulon. France will face Spain in the last eight if the champions get past Switzerland in Logrono.
The International Football Association Board has rejected the introduction of goal-line technology, including cameras and electronic chips, the sport's governing body FIFA said on Saturday, sparking angry reactions from some football managers.
Manchester United striker Michael Owen will miss the rest of the season and the World Cup in South Africa because of the hamstring injury that forced him out of last weekend's League Cup final.
Three weeks after claiming Olympic gold, Jason Lamy-Chappuis, 23, picked up the crystal globe in the Nordic combined on Friday. The Frenchman finished tenth in Lahti, enough to guarantee his victory in the World Cup with two races to go.
With less than 100 days to go until the 2010 World Cup kicks off, South African President Jacob Zuma sought to assuage concerns that crime may plight the event during a state visit to Britain.
Manchester United chief executive David Gill (pictured), said there was no prospect of the Glazer family selling the club, despite a buyout group who are looking to force the controversial American owners out.
England came from a goal behind to earn a 3-1 win over Egypt and put a miserable week behind them. But the scoreline belied a first half during which the visitors looked like World Cup stuff, and not the hosts.
South Africa has launched urgent steps to woo more African fans to the World Cup this summer, after complaints that FIFA’s complex ticketing system has excluded them.
The Red Cross on Tuesday doubled its aid appeal for Chileans made homeless by last month's massive earthquake, saying the costs of the disaster will be greater than anticipated.
The Red Cross hiked its appeal to 12.9 million dollars (9.4 million euros) after devastation from the February 27 earthquake and tsunami that struck much of south-central Chile became apparent in the days after the event.
Tiger Woods is working on his golf game with coach Hank Haney this week, according to Golf Digest and the Golf Channel, but only time will tell if the work means a comeback is soon.
The world number one took an indefinite hiatus from competitive golf in the wake of a sex scandal that has engulfed him since late November, but the work could indicate he is preparing his game to compete at next month's Masters.
Microsoft on Tuesday warned that hackers are targeting a freshly-uncovered weakness in some earlier versions of its Internet Explorer (IE) Web browser software.
Microsoft said it is investigating a hole that cyber attackers are taking advantage of in IE 6 and IE 7.
"At this time, we are aware of targeted attacks attempting to use this vulnerability," Microsoft said in an advisory posted along with a routine release of patches for Windows and Office software.
"We will continue to monitor the threat environment and update this advisory if this situation changes."
Bayern Munich booked their place in the quarter-finals of the Champions League on Tuesday despite losing 3-2 to a valiant Fiorentina in a topsy-turvy encounter.
The German side, who had won 2-1 in Munich, went through on the away goals' rule after the aggregate scores finished 4-4.
In the end, Miroslav Klose's controversial goal in the first leg proved decisive.
The home side went two goals up inside 54 minutes through Juan Vargas and Stevan Jovetic before Bayern captain Mark van Bommel's strike on the hour mark began a flurry of superb goals.
last updated: Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:42:02 GMT
Very, very, very excited cup stacker. [ Ed Note : Whoa, maybe I need to start cup stacking. Seems like the payoff is pretty huge for just seven seconds of work. Also, cute! I wholeheartedly endorse your enthusiasm, enthusiastic cup stacking girl.]
The German version of Ocean's 11 involves storming into a poker tournament with guns blazing on national TV. Except in Germany, Ocean's 11 is real life.
There was an abundance of “mangina” at the Vancouver games. The exact cause of this phenomenon- why it looks like a vagina- remains unknown.
The Best Links:
More than you ever thought you wanted to know about the history and evolution of Olympic pictograms. Made for The New York Times by designer Stephen Heller .
This is reportedly a viral campaign for Reebok, but mostly it's just odd. That's former UFC champion Chuck Liddell and his girlfriend. They are naked — except for the shoes on their feet. Which are apparently Reeboks? It's very hard to tell.
The Best Links:
There's a lot of buzz about the rowdy crowds at curling games in Vancouver. Apparently they even made a Danish curler cry . That's fucked up, but at least they make some really ~clever~ signs.
The Best Links:
After beating the U.S. in the gold medal game, the Canadian women's hockey team took their celebration to the ice, complete with cigars and ginormous bottles of Molson Canadian. The IOC is considering punishing the team for the excessive celebration.
