SANTOS BOSS LOSS
Former Brazil coach Carlos Alberto Parreira has walked out on Santos after only 28 days in charge of the team.
RUGBY STRIKE WAS A WASTE OF TIME SAYS WOODWARD
England rugby players stopped mauling officials over money and returned to the training field on Wednesday, bringing an end to their unprecedented strike.
BRAZIL INVESTIGATORS SEEK SOURCE OF FAKE PASSPORTS
A Congressional commission investigating Brazilian soccer spread to Portugal on Wednesday as two of its members arrived in Lisbon in their search for the so-called mafia of fake passports.
FERDINAND NOT WORTH THE MONEY, BUT I WANT HIM SAYS O’LEARY
Leeds United manager David O'Leary insists Rio Ferdinand is not worth the #18 million ($25.45 million) his club intend to pay for the England defender's services but says he is delighted to have him.
MONEY IS THE KEY TO EURO SOCCER SUCCESS SAYS COACH
Financial muscle has led to the recent European domination of soccer's annual Intercontinental Cup, according to Boca Juniors' head coach Carlos Bianchi.
GERMANY RE-EXAMINES MYSTERIOUS 1979 DEATH OF EIGENDORF
German justice authorities said on Wednesday they were investigating the death of East German soccer star Lutz Eigendorf who defected to West Germany in 1979 and was killed in a mysterious car accident four years later.
NBA FINE CUBAN – AGAIN
Outspoken Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban was fined $25,000 by the NBA on Wednesday, receiving his third fine this season for public criticism of the league's referees.
WEST HAM ACCEPT RECORD BID FOR FERDINAND
West Ham have accepted a record bid from Leeds United of #18 million ($25.5 million) for England defender Rio Ferdinand.
TIGER?S JAUNT GOES LIVE ON ESPN
ESPN International is to broadcast live coverage of all four rounds of the 2000 World Golf Championship ? EMC World Cup.
NEWSPAPER PUBLISHER SUES MAVERICKS OWNER
The Belo Corp., publisher of The Dallas Morning News, is suing NBA Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban claiming that Cuban reneged on a promise to buy the paper?s 12% stake in the team.