LONDON - RETRIRED heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis said on Sunday he would be tempted to return to the ring only if he was offered a US$100 million (S$152.7 million) after former foe Vitali Klitschko called for a re-match.
MADRID (Spain) - RELIEVED to halt a recent slide, Real Madrid's players admitted that their latest Spanish league win wasn't enough to quiet strife at the struggling club.
Madrid's 1-0 victory over Recreativo Huelva on Saturday snapped a three-game winless streak that had led to coach Bernd Schuster spending the week fielding questions about his future.
HONG KONG - FIVE-TIME major winner Seve Ballesteros is recovering well from surgery to remove a malignant brain tumour and doctors are upbeat about his progress, his Spanish compatriot and Ryder Cup teammate Jose Maria Olazabal said on Sunday.
The 51-year-old Spanish golf great underwent a 6 1/2-hour operation on Oct 24 to remove the brain tumour and reduce swelling around the brain.
ORLANDO - DWIGHT Howard might be regarded as the best centre in the NBA by the end of this season, but Yao Ming let him know that debate still has a way to go before it's settled.
Yao, Houston's All-Star, outplayed Howard in nearly every phase in scoring 22 points and taking down 13 rebounds while carrying a tired Rockets team to a 100-95 victory over Howard and the Orlando Magic on Saturday.
