The England Football Association's 91-man Council voted on Friday to adopt the Burns report in its entirety, which represents a major move, if not ostensible, to tackle a conundrum of modernising itself.

Bernd Schuster, the German manager of Spanish soccer club Getafe, said on Friday he would try out Brazilian under-21 star Da Silva for two days, with an eye to making him a full-time player for the squad.

The Doha 2006 Asian Games Torch Relay - Hong Kong leg was held at 3:00 p.m. Friday at Tsim Sha Tsui East, the Sports Federation & Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China (SF&OC) said.

We've all heard about the Superfighter Tournament of Heavyweights which is scheduled for December 1 (the American time). Lots of hypes like "high intensity", "revolutionary new concept" and "complete sports package", are hovering around this boxing event. But what is this Superfighter Tournament actually?

Real Madrid soccer club president, Ramon Calderon, told media on Thursday that English winger David Beckham will stay, denying rumors in the English press that Beckham was seeking other work.

World number one Roger Federer did not break into a sweat to make quarterfinals at the hometown Swiss Indoors as he swept out Guillermo Garcia-Lopez of Spain 6-2, 6-0 in the second round on Thursday.

U.S. Open champion Maria Sharapova from Russia reached the quarterfinals by beating Eleni Daniilidou of Greece 7-5, 6-1 at Linz WTA open, Austria on Thursday.

Third seed Mario Ancic from Croatia advanced into last eight with a 6-3, 6-4 triumph over unseeded Dutchman Raemon Sluiter at the St. Petersburg Indoors Open on Thursday.

Harry Kewell has urged the Football Federation of Australia (FFA) to sort out a high-profile coach to lead the national team.

World number four Ivan Ljubicic from Croatia and U.S. Open runner-up Andy Roddick have decided to pull out of next week's Paris Masters tournament on Thursday.