MADRID - Brazilian club Santos have confirmed they have accepted two offers, believed to be from Barcelona and Real Madrid, for their 21-year-old star Neymar. "In a meeting with representatives of the management committee of the club, Neymar Junior received the proposals received and he will ...

  MADRID   With a pumpkin for a drum, carrots for flutes and turnips for trumpets, musicians fromViennatransformed the fresh goods in aMadridmarket into honking, whistling instruments on Monday. Visiting members of the Vienna Vegetable Orchestra marked the centenary of the San Miguel ...

MADRID - Rafael Nadal sealed his fifth title in seven tournaments since returning from a seven-month injury layoff as he claimed a third Madrid Masters title with a 6-2, 6-4 win over Stanislas Wawrinka on Sunday.Nadal, who now holds a 9-0 career record over the Swiss, rolled through the first set ...

MADRID - Serena Williams retained her Madrid Open title on Sunday with a devastating display to beat world number two Maria Sharapova 6-1, 6-4.The title is Williams' 50th of her singles career and extends her amazing run over Sharapova whom she hasn't lost to in 12 meetings since 2004. And Williams ...

MADRID - The world's two top female players, Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova, will battle it out for the number one ranking when they meet in the Madrid Open final on Sunday after both came through Saturday's semi-finals in straight sets.Current number one Williams sealed her place in the final ...

MADRID - Real Madrid once again ensured Barcelona will have to wait a few more days before sealing the La Liga title as they beat nine-man Malaga 6-2 in a wildly open game at the Santiago Bernabeu.With any form of Madrid slip up mathematically handing Barca the title, Pepe's name was the big ...

MADRID - Rafael Nadal made a comfortable start to his quest for a third Madrid Masters title on Wednesday but Australian Open champion Victoria Azarenka slumped to a shock exit. Nadal eased past Frenchman Benoit Paire 6-3, 6-4 and will next face either compatriot Nicolas Almagro or Mikhail Youzhny ...

MADRIDMaria Sharapova survived a sticky start to move into the second round of the WTA Madrid Open on Monday with a 7-5, 6-2 win over Alexandra Dulgheru of Romania.The Russian, who won the French Open on clay last year, brought a 16-match winning streak on the surface into Madrid and was strongly ...

PARIS - Manchester United edged closer to the Champions League quarter-finals with a 1-1 draw at Real Madrid on Wednesday, a high-profile showdown watched by an estimated 200 million people worldwide.England striker Danny Welbeck gave Alex Ferguson's side the lead at the Bernabeu before former Old ...

MADRID - French youngster Raphael Varane headed in a late goal as Real Madrid salvaged a 1-1 draw against bitter rivals Barcelona in their Spanish Cup semi-final first-leg clash on Wednesday.Cesc Fabregas had given Barca the lead at the Santiago Bernabeu in a game his side looked to be running away ...

Kim Clijsters has pulled out of next week's Madrid Open because her left foot injury isn't healing fast enough. The latest scan on her foot confirmed two tears sustained during last week's Fed Cup victory over Estonia, forcing her to postpone her return to the tour and further threatening her ...

At least 11 people died Thursday when a bus plunged down a gorge in Indian Kashmir, police said. The driver lost control on a sharp bend in the southern Ramban area of the revolt-hit Himalayan region, a police official said. The victims were "mostly labourers," the official said.