SOCCER
Man United, Chelsea advance in Champions League
LONDON (AP) -- Manchester United and Chelsea scored late goals Tuesday to reach the next round of the Champions League with Bordeaux and FC Porto....
Chivas rallies to tie Galaxy 2-2 in playoff opener
CARSON, Calif. (AP) -- Maykel Galindo scored in the 50th minute and Chivas USA rallied to tie the Los Angeles Galaxy 2-2 on Sunday in the first game of their Western Conference semifinal series....
Revolution beat Fire in playoff series opener
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) -- Shalrie Joseph scored in the 75th minute to lift the New England Revolution to a 2-1 victory over the Chicago Fire on Sunday in the opening game of their Eastern Conference semifinal series....
BOXING
Casamayor and Judah both win in ring returns
LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Four-time world champion Joel Casamayor and three-time champ Zab Judah both earned victories in their returns to the ring on Friday night....
Haye aims to be first to floor giant Valuev
NUREMBERG, Germany (AP) -- David Haye doesn't care that he's nearly a foot shorter and 100 pounds lighter than Nikolai Valuev. He's convinced he will become the first fighter to floor the giant Russian....
Boxing Hall of Famer Lou Filippo dies at 83
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Lou Filippo, a World Boxing Hall of Famer who judged 85 world champion fights and had small roles in the "Rocky" movies, has died. He was 83....
Yohnny Perez takes IBF bantamweight title
LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Yohnny Perez floored Joseph Agbeko in the 10th round and won a unanimous decision Saturday night to take the International Boxing Federation bantamweight title in the first boxing match at Treasure Island Hotel & Casino....
Foreman finally at peace with loss to Ali
The reminder that yet another anniversary is here had George Foreman thinking that maybe it's time to visit an old friend....
TENNIS
Pennetta gives Italy 1-0 lead in Fed Cup final
REGGIO CALABRIA, Italy (AP) -- Flavia Pennetta beat Alexa Glatch 6-3, 6-1 on Saturday to give Italy a 1-0 lead over the United States in the Fed Cup final....
Gasquet faces cocaine-kiss hearing next week
BASEL, Switzerland (AP) -- Tennis player Richard Gasquet will go before the highest court in sports Tuesday for what he says was a cocaine-tainted kiss in a nightclub....
Ruling on Serena's US Open tirade expected soon
REGGIO CALABRIA, Italy (AP) -- A ruling on Serena Williams' U.S. Open tirade is expected in the next two weeks....
Wickmayer withdraws in Bali after year suspension
NUSA DUA, Indonesia (AP) -- US Open semifinalist Yanina Wickmayer voluntarily withdrew from the ongoing Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions on Friday after receiving a one-year suspension by a Belgian anti-doping tribunal....
US Open semifinalist Wickmayer banned for 1 year
BRUSSELS (AP) -- U.S. Open semifinalist Yanina Wickmayer was suspended for one year by a Belgian anti-doping tribunal Thursday, accused of failing to report her whereabouts to drug-testing officials three times....
Agassi pleads for compassion on '60 Minutes'
NEW YORK (AP) -- Andre Agassi responded to criticism of his crystal meth use with a plea for compassion, telling "60 Minutes" he needed help when he took the drug while depressed in 1997....
Djokovic bagels Hernych 6-0, 6-0 at Swiss Indoors
BASEL, Switzerland (AP) -- Novak Djokovic recorded his first 6-0, 6-0 win at an elite event Thursday, shutting out Jan Hernych at the Swiss Indoors....
German tennis player Tommy Haas has swine flu
FRANKFURT (AP) -- Tommy Haas, the 17th-ranked player from Germany, is dealing with a case of swine flu....
WADA writes to ATP over Agassi drug admission
LONDON (AP) -- The World Anti-Doping Agency has asked tennis to investigate Andre Agassi's admission that he took crystal meth in 1997....
Serena Williams breaks WTA season prize money mark
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) -- Serena Williams has set the record for single-season prize money in women's tennis by topping $6.5 million in 2009....
Serena beats Venus in WTA championships final
DOHA, Qatar (AP) -- Serena Williams bested big sister Venus again Sunday, winning 6-2, 7-6 (4) in the season-ending Sony Ericsson Championships final....
Melzer beats Cilic to take Vienna title
VIENNA (AP) -- Jurgen Melzer defeated top-seeded Marin Cilic 6-4, 6-3 on Sunday to win the Bank Austria Tennis Trophy, his second career ATP title....
