Copyright © 2007 Yahoo! Singapore Pte. Ltd. (Co. Reg. No. 199700735D). All Rights Reserved. http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp-sports-news.html en-en Mon, 07 Jul 2008 06:59:00 +0800 5 http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp-sports-news.html http://sg.yimg.com/i/sg/mastheads/ma_nws_1.gif 30 140 http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080706/tsp-fbl-esp-barcelona-laporta-47c0590.html /afp/20080706/r_t_afp_sp_soc/tsp-fbl-esp-barcelona-laporta-47c0590_1 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 06:59:00 +0800 FC Barcelona president Joan Laporta survived a confidence vote held Sunday that was brought against him by a supporter who was angered by the Spanish club's second straight season without any major title, final results show. AFP http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080706/tsp-tennis-gbr-wimbledon-nadal-8f2a735.html /afp/20080706/r_t_afp_sp_tennis/tsp-tennis-gbr-wimbledon-nadal-8f2a735_1 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 06:37:00 +0800 Newly-crowned Wimbledon champion Rafael Nadal savoured his greatest ever victory but insisted that dethroned All England Club king Roger Federer was still the best player in the world. AFP http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080707/tsp-tennis-gbr-wimbledon-federer-8f2a735.html /afp/20080707/r_t_afp_sp_tennis/tsp-tennis-gbr-wimbledon-federer-8f2a735_1 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 06:02:00 +0800 Roger Federer described his Wimbledon final defeat by Rafael Nadal as the most painful loss of his career, but vowed that he is not about to give up his world number one status to his great rival. AFP http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080706/tsp-athletics-oly-2008-usa-gay-76274bf.html /afp/20080706/r_t_afp_sp_oly/tsp-athletics-oly-2008-usa-gay-76274bf_1 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 05:57:00 +0800 World champion Tyson Gay suffered a left hamstring strain in his collapse at the US Olympic Track and Field Trials and will not resume top-speed training for two weeks, his manager said Sunday. AFP http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080706/tsp-tennis-gbr-wimbledon-men-final-8f2a735.html /afp/20080706/r_t_afp_sp_tennis/tsp-tennis-gbr-wimbledon-men-final-8f2a735_2 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 05:08:00 +0800 Rafael Nadal dethroned five-time champion Roger Federer as king of Wimbledon on Sunday with an epic 6-4, 6-4, 6-7 (5/7), 6-7 (8/10), 9-7 win in one of the greatest Grand Slam finals of all time. AFP http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080707/tsp-baseball-usa-allstars-c682194.html /afp/20080707/r_t_afp_sp_other/tsp-baseball-usa-allstars-c682194_1 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 05:03:00 +0800 The Chicago Cubs and Boston Red Sox highlight the rosters for Major League Baseball's 79th all-star game which will be held July 15 at historic Yankee Stadium. AFP http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080707/tsp-tennis-gbr-wimbledon-men-final-rain-8f2a735.html /afp/20080707/r_t_afp_sp_tennis/tsp-tennis-gbr-wimbledon-men-final-rain-8f2a735_3 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 03:30:00 +0800 Play in the Wimbledon men's singles final resumed on Sunday evening after a second interruption for rain with the match between Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer delicately poised at 2-2 and 40-40 in the fifth and final set. AFP http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080707/tsp-golf-epga-gbr-bfef8b3.html /afp/20080707/r_t_afp_sp_golf/tsp-golf-epga-gbr-bfef8b3_2 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 02:42:00 +0800 Ross Fisher completed a brilliant week with a wire-to-wire victory in the European Open at the London Club on Sunday. AFP http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080706/tsp-fbl-esp-bra-por-atletico-assuncao-47c0590.html /afp/20080706/r_t_afp_sp_soc/tsp-fbl-esp-bra-por-atletico-assuncao-47c0590_1 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 02:39:00 +0800 Atletico Madrid announced Sunday the signing of Brazilian midfielder Paulo Assuncao from Portuguese first division side Porto for an undisclosed fee. AFP http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080706/tsp-auto-prix-gbr-raikkonen-5820418.html /afp/20080706/r_t_afp_sp_auto/tsp-auto-prix-gbr-raikkonen-5820418 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 01:55:00 +0800 Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen was pleased to return to the top of the world championship but disappointed to have blown a winning position in Sunday's highly eventful rain-hit British Grand Prix. AFP