The opening matches of the 2012 Copa Libertadores saw Argentina's Arsenal take a giant stride towards the group stage with a win over Peru's Sport Huancayo, while Ecuador's El Nacional edged Paraguayan giants Libertad.
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Paraguay's Libertad and Argentina's Arsenal eased into the group stage of the Copa Libertadores with aggregate wins against El Nacional and Sport Huancayo respectively.
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In a division that has boasted such names as Marvin Hagler, Carlos Monzon, and Sugar Ray Robinson, nobody could ever deny that the middleweights have been among boxing's historically best weight classes. Currently, there aren't an abundance of legendary figures fighting at...
Aussie tennis great Pat Cash says the crowd response to the Open handshake controversy was childish and hypocritical.
Is it adieu, Le Toux? To complement the first report out of England revealing the Whitecaps’ interest, there was also this tweet by a Vancouver-based reporter, who even indicated when Le Toux would be joining camp.
LOS ANGELES -- Greetings from Southern California, where I opted to spend some time with the U.S. women's team this week as it prepares for the Olympic qualifying tournament later this month in Vancouver. (We have MLS Draft coverage elsewhere on SI.com, so don't worry.) I decided to open up the mailbag this week for questions on Alex Morgan, Clint Dempsey, Lionel Messi, Thierry Henry and a ...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- NCAA President Mark Emmert reiterated his support for a two-round, four-team BCS championship playoff and his concern about the discord created by conference expansion.
Let’s get two things straight. One, last September I was fired from The Ring , the venerable boxing magazine, along with editor in chief Nigel Collins and most of the editorial staff. Two, I had it coming.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Heather Mitts remembers the feeling walking off the field in Cancun, having been a part of the first and only loss the U.S. women's soccer team has ever suffered in a qualifying match for the World Cup or Olympics.
Elyse Steiner realized early in her life that she wanted to be a professional tennis player.  read more »
ITAUGUA, Paraguay (AP) — Two years after he was shot in the head at close range in a Mexico City bar, former Paraguay and Club America striker Salvador Cabanas made a comeback on Friday with Paraguayan third-division club 12 de Octobre.
