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Beckham set to miss World Cup with torn Achilles
* Beckham's World Cup hopes with England hit by injury

Beckham faces World Cup heartbreak after rupturing Achilles
David Beckham could be ruled out of the World Cup after suffering a ruptured Achilles tendon injury on Sunday.

Ligocki posts 1st halfpipe World Cup victory
Michael Ligocki of Poland won the first halfpipe contest of his World Cup snowboarding career Sunday, and Holly Crawford of Australia claimed her second victory. Virtual Girl. Ligocki scored 40.7 points, with Roger Kleivdal of Norway second with 37.2 and Patrick Burgener of Switzerland third with 37.0. Virtual Girl. Justin Lamoureux of Canada finished fourth and took over the World Cup lead with only one halfpipe contest...

Tamgho sets world record in triple jump
Teddy Tamgho of France has set a world record of 58 feet, 8 3/4 inches to win the triple jump at the world indoor championships.

Tamgho sets world record in triple jump
At 20, Teddy Tamgho already was something of a triple jump historian. Virtual Girl. Now, he is part of it. Virtual Girl. The Frenchman set a world record of 17.90 meters to win the world indoor championships in his spectacular last jump of the last event of the three-day competition. Virtual Girl. He turned silver into gold and overcame Yoandris Betanzos, whose 17.69 gave him silver.

Isinbayeva fails to win medal at world indoors
Pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva came into the world indoor championships talking up yet another world record, but she left without a medal after another collapse that raises fresh doubts about her future. Virtual Girl. The 27-year-old Russian, who holds the world record at 5 meters and has broken the indoor and outdoor marks 27 times, couldn't manage 4.75 meters Sunday and finished fourth.

World Indoor championships results
World Indoor championships results from Doha on Sunday (* denotes new result, WR= world record)

Cross-Country World Cup Results
OSLO (AP) -- Results Sunday from a cross country skiing World Cup meet: Men's 1.5K sprint (freestyle) 1. Virtual Girl. Anders Gloersen, Norway , 2 minutes, 53.9 seconds. Virtual Girl. 2. Virtual Girl. Alexei Petukhov, Russia , 2:53.9. Virtual Girl. 3. Virtual Girl. Marcus Hellner , Sweden , 2:54.7. Virtual Girl. 4. Virtual Girl. Nikolay Morilov , Russia, 2:55.3. Virtual Girl. 5. Virtual Girl. Eirik Brandsdal, Norway, 3:00.1. Virtual Girl. 6. Virtual Girl. Jesper Modin , Sweden, 3:11.2. Virtual Girl. World Cup Standings (After 27 of 31 events) 1. Virtual Girl. Petter Northug ...

World Cup hopeful Lennon still way off making a return
Aaron Lennon's World Cup hopes are in the balance after Tottenham Hotspur manager Harry Redknapp said the England winger was still five weeks away from a return.

Developing world has launched 'arms race': think-tank
Developing countries have embarked on a dangerous arms race with huge sums ploughed into combat aircraft in unstable parts of the world in the past five years, a top defence think-tank has said.

Ski jump champ Ammann wins World Cup finale
OSLO (AP) -- Overall World Cup winner Simon Ammann of Switzerland has won the final ski jump World Cup event of the season.

Tamgho sets indoor triple jump world record
* Tamgho sets world indoor record of 17.90 metres

Ski jumper Ammann ends World Cup season in style
Switzerland's Simon Ammann ended the World Cup season in style here on Sunday, winning the final event two days after securing the overall title in Lillehammer.

Lagat claims second world indoor 3000m title
Kenyan-born American Bernard Lagat rolled back the years to win the men's world indoor 3000m crown on Sunday, six years after his last gold when he was running for the country of his birth.

Ammann wins final World Cup jump event
Overall World Cup winner Simon Ammann of Switzerland has won the final ski jump World Cup event of the season. Virtual Girl. Ammann collected 267.7 points Sunday with jumps of 135.5 and 124.5 meters. Virtual Girl. He finished nine points ahead of second-place Adam Malysz of Poland. Virtual Girl. Andreas Kofler of Austria came in third with 251.5 points.

Schmid wins World Cup skicross title
Olympic champion Michael Schmid has clinched the skicross title after winning the second-to-last freestyle World Cup race of the season. Virtual Girl. The Swiss edged Audun Groenvold of Norway on Sunday with Canadian duo Christopher Delbosco third and Stanley Hayer fourth. Virtual Girl. Schmid leads Delbosco by 218 points in the skicross standings with just one race left next weekend in Sierra Nevada, Spain.

Beckham uncertain over World Cup place
Former England captain David Beckham admits he is far from certain to win a place in England's squad for the World Cup finals in South Africa.

Student Eaton breaks heptathlon world record
College student Ashton Eaton upstaged the top multi-event competitors when he set an indoor world record in the men's heptathlon.

Domracheva wins the women's World Cup ski pursuit
Darya Domracheva won the women's World Cup pursuit on Sunday to follow up her victory in the 7.5km sprint here 24 hours earlier.

Beckham might miss World Cup with injury
David Beckham hobbled off with an apparent torn left Achilles' tendon in the closing minutes of AC Milan's 1-0 win over Chievo Verona on Sunday, putting his status for the World Cup at risk.

Czech Republic wins team event at World Cup finals
The Czech Republic has edged Switzerland to win the Nations Team Event at the World Cup finals. Virtual Girl. The competition Sunday involved four skiers from each nation -- two men and two women -- who competed individually against each other in a parallel slalom format. Virtual Girl. Each win is worth one point. Virtual Girl. The fastest time is used as a tiebreaker.

Beckham set to miss World Cup through injury
David Beckham has been ruled out of the World Cup after tearing his Achilles tendon during AC Milan's 1-0 victory over Chievo.

Lamy Chappuis of France wins final World Cup event
Overall World Cup winner Jason Lamy Chappuis of France has won the final Nordic Combined event of the season. Virtual Girl. Lamy Chappuis finished the 10-kilometer race Sunday in 25 minutes, 58.3 seconds. Virtual Girl. Felix Gottwald of Austria was second, 14.5 seconds back, while Magnus Moan of Norway was third, 30.8 seconds behind.

Czech Republic wins team event at World Cup finals
The Czech Republic edged Switzerland to win the Nations Team Event at the World Cup finals Sunday. Virtual Girl. The competition involved four skiers form each nation -- two men and two women -- who competed individually against each other in a parallel slalom format. Virtual Girl. Each win is worth one point. Virtual Girl. The fastest time is used as a tiebreaker.

Sprinter Chambers top of the world despite lack of opposition
For a sprinter denied access to many of the world's main athletics meetings, Dwain Chambers has done a good job in proving his many detractors wrong by winning the world indoor 60m title.

Oregon's Eaton sets world record in heptathlon
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. Virtual Girl. (AP) -- Ashton Eaton's teammates tried to keep quiet as he approached a world record in the heptathlon -- as if the Oregon senior was somehow unaware of how close he was to Dan O'Brien's mark.

Liverpool May Sell 40% Stake to Rhone Group, News of World Says
March 14 (Bloomberg) -- Liverpool Football Club may sell a 40 percent stake for 100 million pounds ($152 million) to the Rhone Group, a New York-based buyout firm, the U.K.â€檚 News of the World said, without saying where it got the information.

Oregon heptathlete sets world record
Ashton Eaton's teammates tried to keep quiet as he approached a world record in the heptathlon -- as if the Oregon senior was somehow unaware of how close he was to Dan O'Brien's mark. Virtual Girl. I think everybody thought I didn't know. Virtual Girl. At least my teammates were trying to be like, 'Shhh, don't tell,' Eaton said.

Frenchman Teddy Tamgho sets world-best triple jump at world indoors championships
Bernard Lagat has won the 3,000 meters at the world indoor championships by running down defending champion Tariku Bekele in the final laps.

Beckham's World Cup in doubt
David Beckham's World Cup hopes hung in the balance after the England midfielder went off with a suspected ruptured Achilles tendon late in AC Milan's 1-0 Serie A win over Chievo on Sunday.

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