The Birkirkara 5K Road Running Series for 2008 came to an end with the traditional 13 December race, held on the winding roads in the core of Birkirkara. ...

Over 75 employees from InterContinental Malta took part in the hotel’s annual Sports Festival held recently at the De La Salle Sports Grounds. ...

The Birkirkara FC Youth Nursery is once again organising the Christmas Football tournament between the 26th and the 30th December 2008 and 40 games will be played over the five days. ...

An anti-doping commission has begun work to review drug controls in equestrian, the sport's governing body said yesterday. ...

Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt was honoured yesterday as French sports daily L'Equipe's athlete of the year, beating out US swimmer Michael Phelps and Spanish tennis star Rafael Nadal. ...

European champions Spain have ended the year as the world’s No.1-ranked nation in the latest FIFA list published yesterday. ...

Top-ranked Rafael Nadal and Jelena Jankovic were honoured yesterday as the International Tennis Federation's world champions of 2008. ...

Alex Ferguson is banking on his old boys to lead Manchester United into the finals of the Club World Cup. Ferguson said the experienced trio of Paul Scholes, Gary Neville and Ryan Giggs ...

Claudio Bieler and Luis Bolanos scored first-half goals yesterday to lead Ecuador's Liga de Quito to a 2-0 win over Mexico's Pachuca and a place in the final of the Club World Cup....

AC Milan were held to a 2-2 draw by Wolfsburg yesterday and consequently will face a team eliminated from the Champions League in the next round of the UEFA Cup. ...