LONDON: Uruguayan striker Luis Suarez returned after a nine-match absence but failed to inspire Liverpool to victory in a cagey 0-0 draw with Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League on Monday.
NORMAN, Oklahoma: Marcus Denmon scored 25 points, Ricardo Ratliffe added 15 points and 10 rebounds and No. 4 Missouri claimed first place in the Big 12 by edging Oklahoma 71-68 on Monday night.
GLENDALE, Arizona: Mike Smith stopped 30 shots and Martin Hanzal scored twice as the Phoenix Coyotes ended a seven-game losing streak to Detroit with a 3-1 win over the Red Wings on Monday.
Kobe Bryant moved past Shaquille O’Neal to become the NBA’s fifth highest scorer on Monday but it was a bitter-sweet moment for the Los Angeles guard as the Lakers lost 95-90 to the Philadelphia 76ers.
LIVERPOOL, England: Luis Suarez’s return from a racism ban failed to inspire Liverpool in a 0-0 draw against Tottenham on Monday, a result that hurt one team’s Premier League title bid and damaged the hopes of a top-four finish for the other.
LONDON: The dominant forces in tennis and football were honored Monday, with Novak Djokovic winning the top individual prize and Barcelona capturing the team trophy at the 2012 Laureus Sports Awards.
SEVILLE, Spain: Sevilla says it is negotiating with Jose Miguel “Michel” Gonzalez to take over as coach from the fired Marcelino Garcia Toral.
WASHINGTON: Tim Thomas’ return to the nation’s capital was less political and more successful, with the goaltender making 35 saves Sunday in the Boston Bruins’ 4-1 win over the Washington Capitals.
BARCELONA: Real Madrid edged crosstown rival Getafe 1-0 as the league leaders maintained their seven-point cushion over defending champion Barcelona on a Saturday marked by near freezing temperatures across Spain.
KUALA LUMPUR: A match fixing scandal in Malaysia that led to 18 players being banned by the country's football association has been blasted as a "disgrace" by the country's sports minister.
HONG KONG: Ahmad Al Salih's spectacular last minute strike helped Syria take a huge step towards securing a second appearance at the Olympic Games after edging out Japan 2-1 on Sunday, while Korea Republic remained firmly in the hunt for London 2012 after snatching a 1-1 draw with Saudi Arabia in Dammam.
DURHAM, North Carolina: Reggie Johnson scored five of his career-high 27 points in overtime and Miami upset No. 7 Duke 78-74 on Sunday.
ROME: Fabio Borini struck twice to help AS Roma to a 4-0 home thrashing of Inter Milan and former coach Claudio Ranieri on Sunday as Serie A leaders Juventus and second-placed AC Milan could only manage goalless draws.
SCOTTSDALE, Arizona: Spencer Levin remained in control in the Phoenix Open in front of the largest crowd in tournament history, shooting a 3-under 68 on Saturday to take a six-stroke lead into the final round.
MELBOURNE: A half-century by debutant Matt Wade and some middle-order slogging by the Hussey brothers propelled Australia to a 65-run thrashing of hapless India in the rain-shortened first one-day international on Sunday.
SAN ANTONIO: Tony Parker scored 42 points and broke the Spurs’ franchise record for career assists, leading San Antonio to a 107-96 win over the NBA-best Oklahoma City Thunder on Saturday night.
INDIANAPOLIS: The best quarterbacks bring fans out of their seats. Aaron Rodgers and Peyton Manning did exactly that Saturday night when the NFL Most Valuable Player accepted the trophy from the only four-time winner of the award.
CAIRO: The president of the Egyptian Football Association and his board of directors all resigned on Saturday having already been fired by the country’s prime minister following the riot at a game that left more than 70 people dead.
INDIANAPOLIS: Two star quarterbacks, a rematch of a nail-biter from four years ago featuring many of the same key characters, plus Madonna — this Super Bowl has all the makings of another thriller.
DUBAI: Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Zaka Ashraf believes India will not resume cricket ties with its neighbor because it fears losing.
NEW DELHI: Indian all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja fetched a bid worth more than $2 million, the highest in Saturday's Indian Premier League (IPL) auction, while there was no taker for frontline England players.
NEW DELHI: India's national cricket team lost its major sponsor Sahara India after an 11-year association.
GOLD COAST, Australia: US Open champion So Yeon Ryu shot a 3-under-par 69 on Saturday to take a three-stroke lead into the final round of the Australian Ladies Masters.
SCOTTSDALE, Arizona: Spencer Levin took the Phoenix Open lead with a hard-charging approach. He figures that’s the best way to stay there, too.
LOS ANGELES: Federal prosecutors on Friday dropped an investigation centered on whether seven-time Tour De France champion Lance Armstrong and his teammates cheated the sponsor of their bike racing team with a secret doping program.
MADRID: Alberto Contador was stripped of his 2010 Tour de France title Monday and banned for two years after sport’s highest court found him guilty of doping.
SCOTTSDALE, Arizona: For the second straight week, a PGA Tour event ended with Kyle Stanley in tears. This time, they were tears of joy.
DUBAI: Saeed Ajmal and Umar Gul were the chief destroyers as Pakistan won the third and final Test by 71 runs on the fourth day on Monday, recording their first clean sweep in a series against England.
INDIANAPOLIS: The New York Giants battled back to beat the New England Patriots 21-17 and win the Super Bowl with heart-stopping fourth quarter comeback capped by a six-yard touchdown run by Ahmad Bradshaw with 57 seconds left.
BOSTON: Kevin Garnett matched his season-high with 24 points and grabbed nine rebounds to lead the Boston Celtics to their fourth straight win, 98-80 over the Memphis Grizzlies on Sunday.
LONDON: Real Madrid remained rock solid at the top of Spain's La Liga, Manchester City edged two points clear in the English Premier League and Borussia Dortmund moved two points ahead of Bayern Munich in Germany.
DUBLIN: Leigh Halfpenny’s last-minute penalty gave Wales a 23-21 win over Ireland in an enthralling Six Nations see-saw battle on Sunday.
DOHA: Former British Open champion Paul Lawrie chipped in for an eagle and a birdie on his way to winning the wind-shortened Qatar Open on Sunday, shooting a 7-under 65 to hold off the challenge of Jason Day and Peter Hanson who finished four shots back.
FRANCEVILLE, Gabon: Ghana and Mali scraped through to the African Cup of Nations semifinals on Sunday, as Tunisia and Gabon fell in agonizing fashion. Ghana beat Tunisia 2-1 in extra time after goalkeeper Aymen Mathlouthi’s blunder gifted the Black Stars a 101st-minute winner in a tense, bad tempered quarterfinal at Stade de Franceville that the Tunisians had controlled before Mathlouthi’s decisive error.
