BANGKOK - SINGAPORE has shown interest in becoming host of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), which is eager to leave Malaysia after a series of disputes.
MELBOURNE - ETHOPIAN great Haile Gebrselassie burnt off his rivals for a commanding win in the Great Australian Run over 15km through the city streets here on Sunday.
Gebrselassie, 35, backed only by a few hours' sleep and troubled by jetlag, broke away from Kenyan Patrick Makau with 4km to run and accelerated to win the inaugural event in 42 minutes and 40 seconds.
MELBOURNE (Australia) - CHRIS Rawlinson, a former Commonwealth Games hurdles gold medalist for England, plans to make a comeback to compete for Australia at next year's world championships.
NEW YORK - THE New York Knicks put aside their problems with guard Stephon Marbury to score 82 points in the first half and crush the Golden State Warriors 138-125 on Saturday.
David Lee scored 37 points and pulled down 21 rebounds, both career highs, and Chris Duhon had a Knicks' record 22 assists to spark New York to victory three days after the team said Marbury had refused to play on Wednesday against the Detroit Pistons.
