AFP - World number one Roger Federer picked up his 58th consecutive win on grass to breeze into Sunday's final of the Halle ATP tournament by seeing off Germany's Nicolas Kiefer 6-1, 6-4 in Saturday's semi-final.
AFP - David Villa scored a dramatic injury time winner as Spain defeated Sweden 2-1 in Euro 2008 Group B here on Saturday to all but book their place in the quarter-finals.
AP - David Villa scored in injury time Saturday to give Spain a 2-1 win over Sweden that moved it to the verge of the quarterfinals of the European Championship. -- read full article
AP - French Open champion Rafael Nadal beat four-time champion Andy Roddick 7-5, 6-4 Saturday to reach the final at the Queen's Club for the first time.
AP - Two officials suspended by NASCAR are accused in a $225 million lawsuit of exposing themselves to a former co-worker, the Associated Press has learned.
AP - There was no limping into the weekend for Tiger Woods. In fact, he put on a near record-setting display at the U.S. Open that may have left the rest of the field feeling hobbled.
AFP - Rafael Nadal will swap the Wimbledon practice courts for a few days of golf with his friends back home in Spain as he tries to relax ahead of his latest bid for a first title at the All England Club.
AP - The Florida Panthers hired Peter DeBoer as their new coach Friday, giving him a multiyear deal on his 40th birthday. DeBoer a highly touted junior coach from the Ontario Hockey League's Kitchener Rangers also was courted by Ottawa and met with the Senators this week. DeBoer replaces his boss, Jacques Martin, who was stripped of his duties as head coach in April but remains with the team as general manager.
AFP - Italy coach Roberto Donadoni has hit out at Norwegian referee Tom Henning Ovrebo after a 1-1 draw with Romania left his side on the brink of elimination from Euro 2008.
Reuters - Promising prospect Joba Chamberlain
delivered a solid performance from the mound in his first major
league road start on Friday, helping the New York Yankees to a
2-1 win over the Houston Astros.
AP - LeBron James will be the only Cleveland Cavaliers player going to China this summer. The Cavaliers have declined permission for center Zydrunas Ilgauskas to play for Lithuania in the Olympics.
AP - Bills chief operating officer Russ Brandon was served with a subpoena to appear before a grand jury looking into a hit-and-run accident involving an SUV registered to running back Marshawn Lynch. -- read full article