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 SYDNEY (AFP) - Swedish swimmer Therese Alshammar has set a new world record in the 50m butterfly, breaking her own record by 0.02 of a second.Published: 03/17/2009 at 00:49:48 GMT |
 LONDON (AFP) - Greg Gaultier and Thierry Lincou will ensure there is a French winner of the Super Series title here at the Queens's Club after they both won through to the final.Published: 03/17/2009 at 00:38:45 GMT |
 LONDON (AFP) - West Bromwich Albion were left four points adrift at the bottom of the Premier League after an uninspiring goalless draw away to West Ham at Upton Park here on Monday.Published: 03/16/2009 at 22:34:38 GMT |
 LONDON (AFP) - Squash can broaden the range of nations who could win Olympic medals if it succeeds in getting into the 2016 Games, according to one of its all-time greats, Peter Nicol.Published: 03/16/2009 at 21:02:36 GMT |
 SAN DIEGO, California (AFP) - Defending champions Japan and reigning Olympic champions South Korea will meet for the third time in the World Baseball Classic here on Tuesday with a semi-final berth awaiting the winner.Published: 03/16/2009 at 20:39:04 GMT |
 INDIAN WELLS, California (AFP) - Fourth-seeded Briton Andy Murray advanced to the fourth round of the 4.5 million-dollar Indian Wells hardcourt tennis tournament on Monday with a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Paul-Henri Mathieu.Published: 03/16/2009 at 20:10:40 GMT |
 LONDON (AFP) - Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger marked the 20th birthday of Theo Walcott by predicting there was still more to come from the Gunners forward.Published: 03/16/2009 at 19:59:39 GMT |
 SHEFFIELD, England (AFP) - Great Britain's Joanne Jackson said she'd been "blown away" to have set a new women's 400 metres freestyle world record of four minutes 00.66 seconds here on Monday.Published: 03/16/2009 at 19:57:15 GMT |
 PARIS (AFP) - Toulouse star Frederic Michalak earned his first call-up to the France squad since the 2007 World Cup when he replaced scrum-half Sebastien Tillous-Borde, who pulled out injured on Monday for their final Six Nations match with Italy.Published: 03/16/2009 at 19:24:51 GMT |
 JEREZ DE LA FRONTERA, Spain (AFP) - Spain's two-time world champion Fernando Alonso of Renault broke Formula One newboys Brawn's impressive testing form on Monday by coming out on top during during the second day of testing here.Published: 03/16/2009 at 19:03:44 GMT |