AFP - Luiz Felipe Scolari began life as Chelsea's new manager on Tuesday with the unresolved future of Frank Lampard sitting at the top of an overflowing in-tray.
AP - The Tampa Bay Rays don't need to brawl to prove they are no longer pushovers. Avoiding a repeat of their benches-clearing skirmish June 5, the Rays and Red Sox squared off Monday night as the top two teams in the AL East. The surprising Rays held on to beat Boston 5-4 to increase their division lead to 1 1/2 games.
AP - The Charlotte Bobcats have declined to pick up a team option on the contract of forward Othella Harrington, making him an unrestricted free agent. -- read full article
AP - The Williams sisters moved closer to another Wimbledon final Tuesday, using their power tennis to cruise into the semifinals in straight sets. Defending champion and four-time winner Venus Williams beat Thailand's Tamarine Tanasugarn 6-4, 6-3, and two-time champ Serena swept 19-year-old Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland 6-4, 6-0.
AFP - Thailand rejoiced Tuesday as tennis star Tamarine Tanasugarn became the kingdom's first player to reach a Grand Slam quarter-final after an upset victory over Serbian Jelena Jankovic at Wimbledon.
AP - Indiana University's president told the NCAA infractions committee that the hiring of ousted basketball coach Kelvin Sampson was "a risk that should not have been taken." -- read full article
AFP - Hundreds of thousands of ecstatic flag-waving fans cheered Spain's Euro 2008 players as they were feted in a parade in an open-top bus through Madrid to celebrate the country's first major football trophy in 44 years.
AP - The Tampa Bay Rays don't need to brawl to prove they are no longer pushovers. Avoiding a repeat of their benches-clearing skirmish June 5, the Rays and Red Sox squared off Monday night as the top two teams in the AL East. The surprising Rays held on to beat Boston 5-4 to increase their division lead to 1 1/2 games.
