Football - Player apologizes for leg-breaking tackle
Union Berlin midfielder Macchambes Younga-Mouhani has apologized for breaking the leg of a Swedish opponent with a reckless challenge in a German second division match.
Younga-Mouhani and defender Matias Concha of Bochum went for the ball and Younga-Mouhani's outstretched right foot hit the lower right leg of Concha, breaking his shin and calf bones during Monday's match. Both coaches have said it was unintentional.
Concha is expected to be out of action at least until April. Younga-Mouhani says he plans to visit Concha in hospital and personally apologize.
Football - Modest club Goias one match from Copa Sud title
Modest club Goias, which has been demoted next season to Brazil's second division, is 90 minutes away from winning the Copa Sudamericana final. Goias plays today at Argentina's Independiente, nursing a 2-0 lead from last week's first leg in Brazil. A draw or victory will be enough for Goias to claim its first major international title. Independiente must win the match by three goals. If the final is tied on aggregate goals, the clubs will face extra time and then penalties. Independiente is known in South America as the "Rey de Copas" — King of Cups — having won the Copa Libertadores seven times, more than any other club. It's also twice won world club titles, and has 14 Argentine league trophies.
Football - UK lawmakers to probe how football clubs are run
A British parliamentary inquiry has been launched into how football is run amid concerns about high levels of debt.
Manchester United, which was debt-free before a leveraged takeover by the American Glazer family in 2005, now has liabilities exceeding 500 million pounds ($788 million).
The Culture, Media and Sport Committee announced Tuesday that it will consider "Is there too much debt in the professional game?" Committee chairman John Whittingdale says there is "widespread concern that the current governance arrangements are not fit-for-purpose."
A committee statement says it will consider the case for "strategic Government intervention in the administration of professional football clubs."
Skiing - Kvitfjell to stage rescheduled men's downhill race
The International Ski Federation says Kvitfjell in Norway will stage a second men's downhill in March, to replace the race canceled by bad weather last week at Beaver Creek, Colorado.
FIS says the rescheduled race on Friday, March 11 will begin an extended three-race weekend on the course which hosted Alpine racing at the 1994 Lillehammer Olympics.
Kvitfjell already was scheduled to stage a Saturday downhill and a super-G on the Sunday. Strong winds at Beaver Creek made the Birds of Prey course too dangerous for racing last Friday.
Cricket - Gamblers speculate on chances of Warne returning
Australia's humiliating innings defeat to England in the second Ashes test has led to British bookmakers offering odds that Aussie spin great Shane Warne will end his four-year retirement from the international game before the series ends. William Hill bookmaker is offering odds of 6-1 that Warne steps down from television commentary to play some part in the remaining three matches. That's only slightly longer odds than the 5-1 offered on Australia recovering from 1-0 down to regain the Ashes. The biggest wager so far on Warne's return is 100 pounds ($158). Xavier Doherty took 1-158 in Adelaide and looks likely to follow Beau Casson, Cameron White, Jason Krejza and Bryce McGain on the list of rejected spinners since Warne retired.
Football - Argentine Conca sweeps honors in Brazil
Argentine midfielder Dario Conca has been named the top player in Brazil. Conca was a key player all season for Fluminense, which won its first Brazilian league title in 26 years on Sunday, defeating Guarani 1-0. Conca was also named the league's top left-sided midfielder and the most popular player among fans. He was the only Fluminense player who played in all 38 league games. He picked up only three yellow cards.
Formula 1 - F1 boss Ecclestone's bruised face features in ad
The battered face of Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone features in a new advertisement for a Swiss watchmaker. Ecclestone was mugged by four attackers and robbed of his watch and jewelry in London last month. A photograph of Ecclestone with a black eye and scratched face — provided by the F1 chief himself — is being used in ads for the Hublot brand. The tag line quotes Ecclestone as saying: "See what people will do for a Hublot." The ad also says "Hublot condemns all forms of violence and racism."
Jean-Claude Biver, Hublot's chief executive, tells The Associated Press that Ecclestone showed "a kind of British humor" and defiance by supplying the picture for free and suggesting the ad campaign. Biver says the newspaper advertisements will run for three days.