&$ &$File photo of Russia's Evgeni Plushenko. The Olympic gold and silver medalist has lost his eligibility for the Sochi Olympics after failing to appeal a June decision by the International Skating Union, which punished Plushenko for skating in exhibitions without permission from the Russian federation. Plushenko did not appeal in the allotted 21 days, and the ISU said Monday Aug. 23, 2010 its deci ... english.people.com.cn | 8/25/10 11:20 AM

&$ &$File photo of Russia's Evgeni Plushenko. The Olympic gold and silver medalist has lost his eligibility for the Sochi Olympics after failing to appeal a June decision by the International Skating Union, which punished Plushenko for skating in exhibitions without permission from the Russian federation. Plushenko did not appeal in the allotted 21 days, and the ISU said Monday Aug. 23, 2010 its deci ... english.people.com.cn | 8/25/10 11:05 AM

In an attempt to ignite public enthusiasm vis- story.venezuelastar.com | 8/25/10 10:50 AM

&$ &$ File photo of Russia's Evgeni Plushenko. The Olympic gold and silver medalist has lost his eligibility for the Sochi Olympics after failing to appeal a June decision by the International Skating Union, which punished Plushenko for skating in exhibitions without permission from the Russian federation. Plushenko did not appeal in the allotted 21 days, and the ISU said Monday Aug. 2 ... english.people.com.cn | 8/25/10 10:50 AM

NEW YORK (AP) -- Former Pittsburgh Steelers coach Bill Cowher says it was hard to get through to Ben Roethlisberger after the quarterback had so much success early in his career. www.nytimes.com | 8/25/10 10:37 AM

The Youth Olympic Games (YOG) athletes were met with challenges in their island adventure and found teamwork and communication the solution to beat them. The full-day adventure at Pulau Ubin is part of the 50-event Culture and Education Program that has been running parallel with the sporting events in the inaugural YOG here and athletes would be faced with several challenges, including a high-rope obstacle course and building a seaworthy raft. Activities deputy director Siva Machap from S ... english.people.com.cn | 8/25/10 10:35 AM

AP - Former Pittsburgh Steelers coach Bill Cowher says it was hard to get through to Ben Roethlisberger after the quarterback had so much success early in his career.

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ZURICH (Reuters) - FIFA has dismissed allegations that North Korea's coach and players were punished for losing all three of their games at this year's World Cup. www.nytimes.com | 8/25/10 10:31 AM

The State General Administration of Sport (SGAS) on Tuesday launched the Chinese delegation to the Sportaccord Combat Games which is to open on Aug. 28. The Games, which will run through to Sept. 4, features 13 martial arts and combat sports, both Olympic and non-Olympic. Sixty-four Chinese athletes will take part in nine sports, namely, wrestling, judo, boxing, taekwondo, karate, Wushu (Taolu and Sanda), Muay Thai boxing, kickboxing and kendo. Spearheading the Chinese delegation are Ol ... english.people.com.cn | 8/25/10 10:20 AM

AP - Often coaches get a grace period when they take a new job. Not these guys.

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World number two Peter Gade believed that world number one Lee Chong Wei and three-time world champion Lin Dan are the favorites to win the men's singles title at the Badminton World Championships. The 33-year-old Dane easily beat Daniel Paiola from Brazil 21- 10, 21-7 on Tuesday, setting up a clash with South Korean Shon Wan Ho in the second round. "I knew it may not be a really tough game against the Brazilian, but there were still a lot of good rallies," said the veteran, who thought he ... english.people.com.cn | 8/25/10 10:05 AM

Turkey's soccer teams Galatasaray, Fenerbahce, Besiktas and Trabzonspor will take on their rivals in the second leg of the playoff round of the UEFA Europa League story.venezuelastar.com | 8/25/10 10:02 AM

BY ERIKA WURST Beacon News A 37-year-old registered sex offender was charged with multiple felonies after police were informed he was allegedly coaching a Batavia Youth Baseball League team. Jeffr... story.venezuelastar.com | 8/25/10 9:55 AM

The U.S. basketball team nailed its roster for the world championship as Boston Celtics guard Rajon Rondo pulled out of the tournament. Rondo had started in the Americans' first two exhibition games, then surprisingly didn't play at all on Sunday when the U.S. edged Spain. The final 12-man roster set on Tuesday was Kevin Durant, Derrick Rose, Rudy Gay, Lamar Odom, Chauncey Billups, Danny Granger, Russell Westbrook, Eric Gordon, Stephen Curry, Kevin Love, Tyson Chandler and Andre Iguodala. ... english.people.com.cn | 8/25/10 9:50 AM

Bonanza head football coach Shawn Dupris (left) poses with DaSean Martin and Las Vegas’ UFL coach Jim Fassel at a press conference inside Sam Boyd Stadium last year. story.venezuelastar.com | 8/25/10 9:44 AM

Former Liverpool striker John Aldridge believes the club have to take what positives they can from the Javier Mascherano saga.The Argentina captain was left out of the squad for Monday night's 3-0 Bar... story.venezuelastar.com | 8/25/10 9:39 AM

&$ &$ China's Chen Jin returns the shuttlecock during a men's singles first round match against Ville Lang of Finland at the Badminton World Championship in Paris, capital of France, Aug. 24, 2010. Chen Jin won the match 2-0. (Xinhua/Zhang Yuwei) The men's singles fourth seed Chen Jin from China knocked out first round opponent Ville Lang of Finland in straight sets at the Badminton ... english.people.com.cn | 8/25/10 9:35 AM

A fresh pitch was laid out for the final league game of the tri-series, but MS Dhoni wasn't afraid of exposing his batsmen first up after their humiliating collapse batting first in the previous match... story.venezuelastar.com | 8/25/10 9:31 AM

ENGLAND V PAKISTAN Match Result - England 8/13 or Pakistan 4/1 England Most Runs - Trott 4/1, Cook 9/2 or Prior 12/1 £5 Free Bet - Open a Sky Bet Account story.venezuelastar.com | 8/25/10 9:31 AM

rejection of the ICC/FICA offer to end the disputes between the two Caribbean bodies, claiming that the association "is engaged in misinformation and muddling of the facts". story.venezuelastar.com | 8/25/10 9:31 AM

Pakistan's Kamran Akmal said advice from former England wicketkeeper Alec Stewart had helped get his game back on track.Akmal was dropped from the Pakistan side that lost the second Test against Engla... story.venezuelastar.com | 8/25/10 9:31 AM

India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni elected to bat after winning the toss against New Zealand in the last league match of a triangular one-day series on Wednesday.

The winner of the day-night game will clash with Sri Lanka in the final on Saturday.

India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt), Dinesh Karthik, Virender Sehwag, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, Virat Kohli, Ravindra Jadeja, Praveen Kumar, Ashish Nehra, Munaf Patel, Ishant Sharma.

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Back then, though, he was playing football, not country music. And the stadiums weren't the massive constructions he headlines these days, they were the high school stadiums of East Tennessee. Back th... story.venezuelastar.com | 8/25/10 9:22 AM

New Zealand's Billy Bowden and Tony Hill will become the first neutral umpires from the same country to officiate together in a cricket test match at Lord's tomorrow. The duo will be in the middle fo... story.venezuelastar.com | 8/25/10 9:21 AM

&$ &$ Finland's former Olympic ski jumping champion Matti Nykanen (L) walks out with his friend Mervi Tapola after being released from Kylmakoski prison in Finland in this September 21, 2005 file photo.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo) Finland's four-time Olympic ski jump champion Matti Nykanen has been sentenced to a year and four months in prison on Tuesday for the aggravated assault on his ... english.people.com.cn | 8/25/10 9:20 AM

Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and elected to bat against New Zealand in the ODI tri-nation cricket series here Wednesday. story.venezuelastar.com | 8/25/10 9:20 AM

AFP - Tottenham Hotspur head into Wednesday's UEFA Champions League play-off second leg against Young Boys of Berne knowing they are fortunate to even be in with a chance of progressing to the group stage.

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WINNIPEG — Sam Katz may be a mayor, but he kicks like a mule.An accidental boot to the head during a Winnipeg soccer game has gone viral online.The Winnipeg mayor was playing an informal game agains... story.venezuelastar.com | 8/25/10 9:08 AM

JD Sports and Derby County Football Club have joined forces to offer customers and Derby fans an exclusive chance to meet two stars from their team on Wednesday 25th August at 1pm. story.venezuelastar.com | 8/25/10 9:08 AM

STATEN ISLAND, NY, August 25, 2010 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Celerant Technology, a leader in the retail software industry, recently completed the website redesign of its client, Fontana Sports, to increa... story.venezuelastar.com | 8/25/10 9:07 AM

MK Dons manager Karl Robinson wants big-name opponents in the Carling Cup following his side's 4-3 extra-time win over Premier League side Blackpool.Lewis Guy's 110th-minute goal means the League One ... story.venezuelastar.com | 8/25/10 9:06 AM

Manchester City forward Robinho has rejected a transfer to Turkish club Fenerbahce and is holding out for a move to Italy or Spain.City want to offload him before next Tuesday's transfer deadline and ... story.venezuelastar.com | 8/25/10 9:06 AM

&$ &$ File photo of South Korean Olympic figure skating champion Kim Yu-na (Xinhua/Reuters File Photo) South Korean Olympic figure skating champion Kim Yu-na has parted ways with her Canadian coach Brian Orser, Orser's agency IMG announced on Tuesday. IMG said Kim's mother Park Mi-hee informed Orser on August 2 that "he would no longer be retained" to coach the 19-year-old ska ... english.people.com.cn | 8/25/10 9:05 AM

Aug 25 2010 by Gareth Griffiths, Western Mail GLAMORGAN will find out today whether captain Jamie Dalrymple will pass a late fitness test ahead of the county championship promotion showdown against... story.venezuelastar.com | 8/25/10 8:59 AM

Filed at 3:56 a.m. ET No one except Chan Gailey knows why he set off at the end of practice to lecture a handful of teenage hecklers, but whatever it was, good for him. Gailey was on the 19th and la... story.venezuelastar.com | 8/25/10 8:59 AM

Detroit Lions would prefer to see as little as possible of quarterback Shaun Hill on the field this season. However, that doesn't mean he's not wanted. The Lions traded a seventh-round pick to the 4... story.venezuelastar.com | 8/25/10 8:58 AM

GREEN BAY , Wis. (AP) -- He's literally the last player listed in the Green Bay Packers' media guide, behind all the veterans, draft picks and even his fellow undrafted free agents. If it wasn't for ... story.venezuelastar.com | 8/25/10 8:58 AM

Ben Roethlisberger after the quarterback had so much success early in his career. Yet Cowher believes the sexual assault investigation that led to a six-game suspension for Roethlisberger was a ''sla... story.venezuelastar.com | 8/25/10 8:58 AM

Aug 25 2010 by Our Correspondent, Western Mail ENGLAND and Pakistan both go into the decisive fourth npower Test convinced their opponents will collapse at Lord’s. In a series beset by cloud... story.venezuelastar.com | 8/25/10 8:58 AM

Dallas Cowboys . The Cowboys are in the Californian town of Oxnard for pre-season training, bringing celebrity to a place where the glamour of the NFL is normally only seen on TV. Posing for photo o... story.venezuelastar.com | 8/25/10 8:58 AM

bengals.com ) on Tuesday. Players are banned from possessing electronic devices during games and from using social media 90 minutes before kickoff until the end of post-game media obligations. Ochoc... story.venezuelastar.com | 8/25/10 8:58 AM

Chad Ochocinco of the Cincinnati Bengals walks off the field at the end of the game against the New York Jets during the NFL AFC wild card playoff football game at Paul Brown Stadium in Cincinnati, Oh... story.venezuelastar.com | 8/25/10 8:47 AM

OXNARD CALIFORNIA (Reuters) - A few hectares of dirt on a vacant block near the 101 freeway have been transformed by American sporting mega-brand the Dallas Cowboys. story.venezuelastar.com | 8/25/10 8:47 AM

South Korea's figure skating Olympic champion Kim Yu-Na on Wednesday accused her former coach Brian Orser of lying over the pair's split.

In a statement posted on her blog, Kim said Canadian coach Orser -- himself a two-time Olympic medallist -- was using the media to create controversy over the end to their professional relationship, which was announced Tuesday.

"A coach and a skater can part ways with each other for one reason or other... I am disappointed and hurt that media was used to announce our split and its details were unable to be kept only between us," she wrote.

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Tickets at the gate are $10 per seat and that allows you admission into all three games. Tickets can also be purchased from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the TISD Athletic Office at the Plyler Complex, 807 W... story.venezuelastar.com | 8/25/10 8:35 AM

The body of a man believed to be a British spy has been found stuffed into a large sports bag in a bathroom of his London flat story.venezuelastar.com | 8/25/10 8:30 AM