Germany`s Ballack Dependency All Too Obvious The worry will remain, however, that without Ballack, Germany look a second-rate team.

LPGA To Have 31 Events In 2009 LPGA officials released a 2009 schedule that features 31 tour events, three fewer than in 2008, totaling nearly $55 million in prize money....

Rovers trial for Egypt international Egypt midfielder Ahmed Al-Muhammadi is set to undergo a trial with Barclays Premier League club Blackburn.

Galliani: 'Ancelotti going nowhere' AC Milan managing director Adriano Galliani has laughed off reports coach Carlo Ancelotti could be set to replace under-fire Real Madrid boss Bernd Schuster.

Hughes on keeper hunt Manchester City boss Mark Hughes is scouring the transfer market for a goalkeeper after being given permission by the Premier League to recruit a temporary replacement for the injured Joe Hart.

Clemson beats South Carolina 52-45 Lele Hardy had 17 points and nine rebounds to help Clemson spoil the home coaching debut of South Carolina's Dawn Staley with a 52-45 victory on Wednesday night.

NCAA awards Final Four to new Cowboys Stadium Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones envisions thousands of college students and fans filling the three-acre plazas at either end of his new stadium, having a good time and creating home-court environments for their respective teams.

In this corner, one perturbed ex-Viking Former Vikings receiver Troy Williamson remains angry at Brad Childress over events from last year, saying he wants to "duke it out" at midfield Sunday.

NFL Reinstates Jones; Dallas Cornerback Could Return In December Trouble-prone Adam "Pacman" Jones can suit up for the Dallas Cowboys in early December after he was reinstated by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, team owner Jerry Jones said Wednesday.

Indian teams score at Chess Olympiad The Indian men's and women's teams scored identical 2.5-1.5 victories over Bosnia-Herzegovina and Italy respectively, in the sixth round of the 32nd chess Olympiad now underway in Dresden, Germany. The Indian men moved to joint-third place with 10 points out of a possible 12 in the Open section and are now behind Russia and Armenia, who share the lead on 11 points each. The women took their tally to nine points and share sixth place.

Barcelona Must Capitalise On Flying Start - Messi Barca were able to extend their lead last weekend when none of their rivals in the top four won.

China`s Liang Shares Lead With Sterne In Hong Kong Montgomerie, the winner here in 2005, bogeyed his first hole but was pleased overall with his round.

England Reap Triple Capello Payoff Capello oozes a quiet self-confidence built on a career of achievement at the top level and it seems England`s players have responded.

Kaizer Chiefs a fading giant Who'd want to be a Kaizer Chiefs supporter? Gone are the heady days of the once proud giants of SA football, writes George Dearnaley.

NZ in command at the Gabba Thanks to an inspired all-round performance, New Zealand have taken command of the first Test against Australia at the Gabba.

Employees steal from Safa Four employees of the Safa have been arrested charged with pocketing funds from gate takings at the Nelson Mandela Challenge.

A poor year for the Boks SA play their last Test match of the year at Twickenham and win or lose, 2008 will go down as at best an average season for the Boks.

Canucks Fire Five Past Lundqvist To Beat Rangers The Vancouver Canucks fired five goals past the New York Rangers' Henrik Lundqvist, one of the NHL's top goaltenders, on the way to a 6-3 victory on Wednesday....

Chauncey Billups Leads In-Form Nuggets To Win Over Spurs Chauncey Billups scored a game-high 22 points to lead the Denver Nuggets to a 91-81 win over the San Antonio Spurs on Wednesday....

Star heads Betfair six Kauto Star will face five rivals in his bid to land a third consecutive running of the Betfair Chase at Haydock on Saturday.

Liang and Sterne set pace in Hong Kong China's Liang Wen-chong and South African Richard Sterne will take a one-stroke lead into the second day of the UBS Hong Kong Open after carding impressive opening rounds toda

Murphy, Flannery, Ferris in for Ireland Full back Geordan Murphy, hooker Jerry Flannery and backrow Stephen Ferris are the three changes to the Ireland team to take on Argentina in the Guinness Series 2008 from the team that was named to play New Zealand last Saturday.

England beaten in foggy Kanpur England's cricketers are in danger of a seven-match whitewash in the one-day series in India.

Bangladesh bowlers fight back South Africa lost four wickets before lunch as Bangladesh's bowlers fought back on the second day of the first Test.

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Bulgaria Coach Says Won`t Quit Despite Critics `I don`t know why they`re always talking about resignation,` he said.

Hartley ankle adds to Celtic worries Paul Hartley has added to Celtic's injury concerns after suffering an ankle injury during Scotland's 1-0 defeat by Argentina.

Flynn out for New Zealand Hooker Corey Flynn has been ruled out of New Zealand's remaining Test matches against Wales and England.

Today's Iowa State-Northern Iowa women's basketball game WHO: Iowa State (1-0) at Northern Iowa (1-0)

Buffer ready to rumble after cancer Thanks to successful cancer surgery, Michael Buffer is ready to rumb-l-l-l-l-le again.

Iowa Scene: DMACC women ranked No. 1 in NJCAA division II basketball poll Des Moines Area Community College is ranked No. 1 on the season's first National Junior College Athletic Association Division II women's basketball poll released Wednesday. The Bears are 5-0.

Drake faces UNI in volleyball today Northern Iowa will play at Drake at 7 p.m. today at the Knapp Center.

Northern Iowa men's basketball: Illinois-Chicago stops Panthers in second half Northern Iowa went nearly seven minutes without a basket in the second half and host Illinois-Chicago held off a late rally for an 84-77 men's basketball victory on Wednesday night.

UNI football: Tip led police to ex-players' residence Waterloo, Ia. — A tip from a citizen led Cedar Falls police to search the trash outside the residence of former Northern Iowa football players Johnny Gray and Victor Williams at least three times between April and mid-November.

Iowa State men's basketball: Rivals Top 100 guard Colvin signs with Cyclones Chris Colvin, a national Top 100 point guard at Whitney Young High School in Chicago, announced live on a national Chicago television station Wednesday that he had signed a letter of intent with Iowa State.

Today's Iowa men's basketball game Iowa at The Citadel.

Today's Drake women's basketball game WHO: Drake (1-0) at Wisconsin (0-1)

Women's basketball: Injured Panther women host in-state rival ISU Iowa State and Northern Iowa have separate challenges to meet in today's 7 p.m. women's basketball game at the McLeod Center in Cedar Falls.

Iowa State University: Former Cyclone softball coach Rowe testifies in termination case Ruth Crowe's controversial ending to her nine-year tenure as Iowa State's softball coach - which included objecting to a pregame prayer at Baylor and branding Texas A&M fans "dumb farmers" - is on trial.

Young hits career-high 34; Phelps nets first Drake win Mark Phelps played it cool.