LISBON - INTER Milan coach Jose Mourinho was awarded an honorary doctorate Monday from Lisbon's Technical University, where he graduated in physical education and sport more than 20 years ago.
'I'm not sure I deserve this accolade,' Dr Mourinho said.
BALTANAS (Spain) - LANCE Armstrong was taken to a hospital on Monday after falling during the first stage of the five-day Vuelta of Castilla and Leon race.
Armstrong fell in a rider pile-up about 20 kilometers from the stage's finish.
BOSTON - CURT Schilling retired from baseball Monday after a career in which he won World Series titles with the Boston Red Sox and Arizona Diamondbacks and was one of the game's most dominant pitchers and grittiest competitors.
The 42-year-old right-hander said on his blog he's leaving after 23 years with 'zero regrets.' Schilling missed all of last season with a shoulder injury after signing a one-year, US$8 million contract.
MOSCOW - DOPING tests in Russia must be modernised and tightened up in a bid to crack down on athletes using performance-enhancing drugs, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Monday.
'The main problems of doping tests in Russia have occurred because the existing methods here do not fit strict demands of up-to-date doping control in Europe,' Medvedev said after visiting a training centre in Sochi, the Russian Black Sea resort city that will host the 2014 Winter Olympics.
