Steve McClaren’s experience as England manager may not be of much use to him when his FC Twente team takes on Arsenal when qualifying for the Champions League continues this week. ...

Former Switzerland captain Ciriaco Sforza has been fired as coach of FC Lucerne after his team fell to the bottom of the Swiss league this weekend. ...

Halfway around the world, US President George W. Bush managed to cap his Olympic experience at a place he calls home: a baseball field. Bush listens to baseball games like background music at the White House,...

The world’s two fastest men, Usain Bolt and Asafa Powell, checked into the Olympic athletes’ village yesterday after a three-hour bus ride from the Jamaican training camp, arriving four days ahead of the first heats of the 100 meters. ...

He’s 21 and terrorising defenses at the Olympic football competition, and his name isn’t Lionel Messi. ...

Rafael Nadal made a successful debut in Olympic singles yesterday, overcoming numerous missed chances by sweeping the final four games to beat Potito Starace of Italy 6-2, 3-6, 6-2. ...

Jason Lezak kept Michael Phelps on course for eight Olympic gold medals by a fingertip yesterday when he anchored the United States to the 4x100-metre relay title in record time. ...

In the first official doping case of the Beijing Olympics, Spanish cyclist Maria Isabel Moreno was kicked out of the games yesterday after testing positive for EPO. ...

Chen Yanqing easily defended her gold medal in the women’s 58-kilogram category yesterday, winning China’s third gold medal in the weightlifting competition and breaking two Olympic records. ...

Brazil, Italy and Argentina advanced to the quarterfinals in the men’s football tournament at the Olympics with victories yesterday. ...