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FFF votes 56-year-old coach to stay
Resilient Domenech survives Euro 2008 fiasco

soccer Paris Raymond Domenech will stay on as France coach despite a humiliating first-round exit at last month’s European Championship, the French federation said. The decision means the 56-year-old Domenech gets a chance to lead Les Bleus to the 2010 World Cup. Read More

cricket
India advance to Asia Cup final

KARACHI, Pakistan — India qualified for the Asia Cup final after overhauling a victory target of 309 with six wickets to spare against Sri Lanka yesterday.
Half centuries from Gautam Gambhir, Suresh Raina and M.S. Dhoni took India, who made 310 for four in 46.5 overs, to victory and put hosts... Read More

basketball — nba
Sonic-less in Seattle

The NBA’s SuperSonics franchise will move to Oklahoma City for the 2008-09 season as part of a settlement announced on Wednesday with the city of Seattle.
The agreement ends a contentious relationship that culminated in a recent six-day federal trial over terms of the team’s KeyArena lease. The judge was... Read More

Philadelphia improve to 5-0 in Atlanta this season and 7-1 overall
Howard, Burrell power Phillies to win

baseball— major leagues Ryan Howard and Pat Burrell each homered to help the Phillies pad a big lead for starter Adam Eaton, who kept the Braves in check for five-plus innings, as Philadelphia beat Atlanta. Jimmy Rollins went 3-for-4 and scored one run. Read More

SWIMMING
Dara Torres, 41, 3rd-fastest in 100m freestyle

OMAHA, Nebraska — Natalie Coughlin qualified fastest in the 100-metre freestyle preliminaries, with 41-year-old Dara Torres third-quickest at the US Olympic swimming trials yesterday.
Coughlin’s time of 53.64 seconds set a trials record but was off her US mark of 53.39. Lacey Nymeyer was second-fastest in 54.06.
Torres, seeking to... Read More

Jeff Overton, Frank Lickliter II, Bob Estes and Rod Pampling share the second place
Marino seizes one-stroke lead at Congressional

golf Steve Marino plays bogey-free in the first round of the AT&T National and shoot 5-under 65 for a one-shot lead. He birdied three of his opening four holes, never had a par putt longer than 5 feet and finished off his round with an 8-foot birdie to be in the lead. Read More

olympics
Swimmer Michael Phelps confirms his programme for Beijing

omaha, nebraska
Michael Phelps on Wednesday confirmed the events he plans to contest at next month’s Beijing Olympics in his bid to beat Mark Spitz’s record of seven gold medals at a single Games.
With four days remaining at the US swim trials, Phelps’ Olympic schedule came into focus when he withdrew... Read More

Williams sisters in final

tennis — wimbledon

WIMBLEDON, England — The Williams name will once again be engraved on the Wimbledon trophy in 2008.
The sporting world’s most intriguing sibling rivalry will be revived this weekend after Venus and Serena Williams surged into the All England Club final yesterday.
Champion Venus was the first to book... Read More