AFP - Manchester City signed Brazil striker Robinho from Real Madrid for a fee of around 42 million euros (61.6 million dollars), the English Premier League club confirmed on Tuesday.

AP - Cliff Lee remembers his only encounter with Hall of Famer Gaylord Perry being brief. The two pitchers met at this season's All-Star game in Yankee Stadium.

AP - The Louisiana Superdome, for now still scheduled to host an NFL regular-season opener Sunday between the New Orleans Saints and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, appeared to be in good condition after the worst of Hurricane Gustav had passed, the stadium's operator said.

AP - Tom Brady ran through agility drills and said he's ready to play in the New England Patriots' opener. Bill Belichick isn't ready to say that will happen. Neither is much of a surprise.

AP - The son of Roger Clemens and two other minor league teammates were arrested early Sunday morning and briefly jailed after a disturbance at a restaurant in Salem.

AP - They know what it feels like to meet at a Grand Slam tournament, what it feels like to win such a match, what it feels like to lose.

AP - Quarterback Kevin Craft sparked UCLA's offense in the second half Monday night, and Kai Forbath kicked a 42-yard field goal in overtime to lift the Bruins to a 27-24 victory over No. 18 Tennessee, making coach Rick Neuheisel's debut a winning one.

AP - Cliff Lee became Cleveland's first 20-game winner in 34 years, pitching a five-hitter for his second career shutout to lead the Indians to a 5-0 win over the Chicago White Sox on Monday night.

AFP - American Mardy Fish matched his deepest run in any Grand Slam tournament by reaching the US Open quarter-finals with a 7-5, 6-2, 6-2 victory Monday over France's Gael Monfils.

AFP - Manchester City have made an audacious bid to sign Tottenham striker Dimitar Berbatov after Thaksin Shinawatra agreed to sell the club to a United Arab Emirates-based investment group.

AP - The Milwaukee Brewers want CC Sabathia to be awarded the first retroactive no-hitter in major league history. After Sabathia tossed a 1-hitter on Sunday in which the only hit was an infield single that could have been called an error, the Brewers vowed to send a DVD of the play to Major League Baseball, asking that the call be overturned.

AP - Mardy Fish sealed this deal, reaching the quarterfinals at the U.S. Open for the first time with a 7-5, 6-2, 6-2 win over No. 32 Gael Monfils on Monday.

AP - Tom Brady is ready to play in the New England Patriots' opener but stopped short Monday of saying he would.