A Southern California teenager has serious bragging rights: After docking back in his home state late Thursday morning, Zac Sunderland, 17, can claim to be the youngest person to sail around the world alone.
In a year at sea, Zac Sunderland, 17, has faced storms, pirates, sharks - and homework
A 16 year-old Australian schoolgirl is hoping to achieve a sailing feat that is so tough it has brought many experienced men and women to the brink of death.
Fashion designer to some of golf's big names, Tony "The Tailor" Q'aja, was hanging out with the stars at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship at St Andrews in October.
Two late goals ended West Ham's three-match losing run, as substitutes Nolberto Solano and Luis Boa Morte changed the course of the game to give the London side a 3-1 Premier League home victory over Sunderland.
Robin van Persie fired two superb goals to send Arsenal back to the top of the English Premier League with a 3-2 victory at home to 10-man Sunderland on Sunday.
Premier League leaders Arsenal maintained their superb start to the season with a hard-earned 1-0 win at West Ham to leave them two points clear of Manchester United at the top.
Emmanuel Adebayor scored a hat-trick as English Premier League leaders Arsenal gave strugglers Derby County a 5-0 trouncing at the Emirates Stadium.
Sevilla's goalkeeping hero Andres Palop has agreed a new contract which ties him contractually to the Spanish Primera side until 2011.
England manager Steve McClaren suffered a fresh blow before Saturday's Euro 2008 qualifying match against Israel, when Manchester United midfielder Owen Hargreaves aggravated a hamstring injury.
A Southern California teenager has serious bragging rights: After docking back in his home state late Thursday morning, Zac Sunderland, 17, can claim to be the youngest person to sail around the world alone.
In a year at sea, Zac Sunderland, 17, has faced storms, pirates, sharks - and homework
A 16 year-old Australian schoolgirl is hoping to achieve a sailing feat that is so tough it has brought many experienced men and women to the brink of death.
Fashion designer to some of golf's big names, Tony "The Tailor" Q'aja, was hanging out with the stars at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship at St Andrews in October.
Two late goals ended West Ham's three-match losing run, as substitutes Nolberto Solano and Luis Boa Morte changed the course of the game to give the London side a 3-1 Premier League home victory over Sunderland.
Robin van Persie fired two superb goals to send Arsenal back to the top of the English Premier League with a 3-2 victory at home to 10-man Sunderland on Sunday.
Premier League leaders Arsenal maintained their superb start to the season with a hard-earned 1-0 win at West Ham to leave them two points clear of Manchester United at the top.
Emmanuel Adebayor scored a hat-trick as English Premier League leaders Arsenal gave strugglers Derby County a 5-0 trouncing at the Emirates Stadium.
Sevilla's goalkeeping hero Andres Palop has agreed a new contract which ties him contractually to the Spanish Primera side until 2011.
England manager Steve McClaren suffered a fresh blow before Saturday's Euro 2008 qualifying match against Israel, when Manchester United midfielder Owen Hargreaves aggravated a hamstring injury.
English football clubs have gone on a massive spending spree this summer, as new owners and increased television revenue have boosted transer spending to more than £530 million ($1.068 million), according to a study by business advisory firm Deloitte.
Liverpool will be without injured captain Steven Gerrard and defender Jamie Carragher for their Champions League clash with Toulouse on Tuesday at Anfield.
Chelsea went top of the English Premier League on a fine Saturday for the leading contenders for Manchester United's crown.
Mohamed Sissoko and Andriy Voronin scored their first Premier League goals for Liverpool who won 2-0 at Sunderland to preserve their unbeaten start to the season on Saturday.
Veteran striker Andy Cole has signed a one-year deal with Sunderland, making the promoted north-east team his eighth professional club.
Having seen off Alex Ferguson last week, Sven-Goran Eriksson faces the second major test of his managerial reign at Manchester City on Saturday when his table-topping side visit Arsene Wenger's Arsenal.
Barcelona's signing of Thierry Henry from Arsenal was taken by some as a signal that the balance of power in European soccer was shifting towards the Spanish Liga and away from the English Premiership.
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Reading's Steve Coppell has been named England's manager of the year by his rivals for the second consecutive season.
Sunderland put the icing on Roy Keane's first season in charge by winning the English Championship title on Sunday.
Manchester United moved to within touching distance of clinching the English Premier League title with a 1-0 victory over Manchester City at the City of Manchester Stadium on Saturday.
Liverpool gave West Ham a lesson in finishing as brilliant goals from Dirk Kuyt and Peter Crouch gave them a 2-1 victory at Upton Park.
Ireland manager Steve Staunton has named seven uncapped players in a 24-man squad for the Euro 2008 Group D qualifier in San Marino on February 7.
Liverpool on Thursday completed the signing of Argentine defender Emiliano Insua on an 18-month loan deal.
Sunderland have signed Arsenal's teenage reserve striker Anthony Stokes in a £2 million deal, the English Championship club have confirmed.
English Premiership club Tottenham have signed French midfielder Adel Taarabt on loan from French first division Lens.
Newcastle goalkeeper Shay Given is back in the Ireland squad for next week's Euro 2008 qualifier against San Marino having recovered from an internal injury.
There has been a flurry of transfer activity in England, with clubs looking to strengthen their squads ahead of the midnight transfer window deadline.
Former Manchester United and Ireland captain Roy Keane has agreed to become manager of second division Sunderland, the club announced on Sunday.
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Premier League side Bolton Wanderers are close to signing France striker Nicolas Anelka from Fenerbahce, manager Sam Allardyce said on Monday.
Ireland will miss key players for Wednesday's friendly against the Netherlands after injured quartet Robbie Keane, Terry Dixon, Richard Dunne and Alan Lee withdrew from the squad.
Middlesbrough have signed Argentine midfielder Julio Arca from north-east rivals Sunderland for a fee of £1.75 million ($3.22 million).
Manchester City midfielder Joey Barton has signed a new four-year contract at the Premiership club, to end speculation about his future.
Former Republic of Ireland and Sunderland manager Mick McCarthy is to take charge at second-flight Wolverhampton Wanderers.
Former England defender Terry Butcher has accepted the post of coach with Sydney FC, the Australian A-League champions announced on Wednesday.
Two goals from Jose Antonio Reyes gave Arsenal a 3-1 victory at Manchester City to close the gap on Tottenham to a point in the battle for the final Champions League qualifying spot.
Thierry Henry and Arsene Wenger joined forces to criticize Sunderland as Arsenal left the Stadium of Light battered and bruised after cruising to a 3-0 Premiership victory.
Three goals in 14 first half minutes gave Arsenal a routine 3-0 Premier League victory at relegated Sunderland on Monday.
Tottenham Hotspur tightened their grip on fourth place in the Premier League with a 1-0 home victory over Bolton Wanderers.
Wigan midfielder Jimmy Bullard has agreed to join English Premiership rivals Fulham at the end of the season in a £2.5 million ($4.5 million) deal.
Tottenham maintained their grip on the precious fourth place in the English Premier League after battling to a 1-1 draw at arch-rivals and nearest challengers Arsenal on Saturday.
Alan Shearer fears his career might have ended three matches early after he came off with a knee injury during Newcastle's 4-1 win at Sunderland.
Manchester United striker David Bellion is to make his loan to French side Nice a permanent move, the Premier League club have said.
Two goals from Wayne Rooney gave Manchester United a 2-1 win at Tottenham Hotspur to deny Chelsea the chance to be crowned Premier League champions again on Monday.
Sunderland held Manchester United to a shock 0-0 draw at Old Trafford but were still relegated despite their battling display.
Manchester United's Argentina defender Gabriel Heinze, sidelined since suffering a cruciate ligament injury in September, is close to making a first team comeback.
Midfielder Michael Carrick clinched a 2-1 victory over Manchester City that tightened Tottenham's grip on a place in the Champions League qualifiers on Saturday.
France defender William Gallas smashed a superb stoppage-time winner to give English champions Chelsea a 2-1 victory over Tottenham in the London derby at Stamford Bridge.
Chelsea's Arjen Robben has been handed a four-match ban after losing his appeal to the English Football Association on Tuesday over his sending off against West Bromwich Albion.
Sunderland sacked Mick McCarthy as manager of the English Premier League's bottom club on Monday and apologised to fans for the team's poor results.
Newcastle kept their season alive, reaching the FA Cup quarterfinals with a 1-0 win over second division Sourthampton.
New Ireland coach Steve Staunton has named five uncapped players in his first squad for the friendly against Sweden in Dublin next month.
Craig Bellamy scored twice and hit the post to lead Blackburn over last-place Sunderland 2-0 and up three places to seventh in the Premier League on Wednesday.
Tottenham's European ambitions suffered a setback when a late goal from Daryl Murphy earned bottom side Sunderland a 1-1 Premier League draw.
Brazilian defender Emerson Thome has left Wigan Athletic after failing to re-establish himself at the surprisingly successful Premier League club after injuring a cheekbone in November.
A last-gasp goal by American defender Carlos Bocanegra gave Fulham a 1-0 win over London rivals Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League on Tuesday.
Frank Lampard fired in a 73rd minute equalizer to earn Premier League leaders Chelsea a home FA Cup fourth round replay against Everton, who had taken a 36th minute lead through James McFadden
Manchester police have complained to the FA and Manchester United about England defender Gary Neville's celebration of the late goal that beat Liverpool 1-0 on Sunday.
James Beattie continued Everton's recent revival with the 13th-minute goal that ensured a fourth successive victory for David Moyes's Premier League side.
Defender Alan Stubbs has returned to Everton from Sunderland and apologised for how he handled his departure from his hometown club last July.
Manchester United suffered a dispiriting 3-1 defeat at neighbors Manchester City in their 145th derby match to complete a painful week.
Manchester City defender David Sommeil was suspended for three matches by the Football Association on Tuesday.
Chelsea swept to an impressive 3-1 win over West Ham but Liverpool stumbled in their pursuit of the Premier League champions with a 2-2 draw at Bolton.
The English Premier League is to investigate the postponement of matches at Bolton and Blackburn last week, caused by the failure of undersoil heating systems.
Peter Crouch's fifth goal in five Premier League matches gave Liverpool a 1-0 home win over West Bromwich and rounded off a memorable year for the Merseyside club.
Bolton's game against Middlesbrough, Blackburn's match with Sunderland and Newcastle versus Charlton were all postponed as freezing temperatures hit the Premier League schedule.
English Premiership champions Chelsea will be without Michael Essien and Ricardo Carvalho for Wednesday's trip to Manchester City.
Captain John Terry headed the winner as champions Chelsea beat Wigan Athletic 1-0 to go 12 points clear at the top of the Premier League.
Liverpool climbed to fourth place after a straightforward 2-0 victory at bottom club Sunderland on Wednesday gave them five wins in a row in the Premier League.
Birmingham City's English Premier League game against high-flying Bolton was postponed on Monday because of heavy fog around St Andrews.
Portsmouth have fined French winger Lauren Robert an undisclosed amount for pulling out of Saturday's Premier League match at Sunderland.
Champions League holders Liverpool crashed out of the English League Cup with a 2-1 defeat away to Championship side Crystal Palace on Tuesday.
Frank Lampard saved Chelsea from their first defeat of the season with a superb second-half equalizer as the runaway English Premier League leaders were held to a 1-1 draw away to bottom club Everton.
Newcastle United's England striker Michael Owen has injured a hamstring in a practice match and is doubtful for the derby match at home to Sunderland on Sunday.
Didier Drogba and Frank Lampard scored two goals apiece in a devastating nine-minute spell as Premier League leaders Chelsea maintained their 100 percent start with a 5-1 defeat of Bolton.
Sunderland manager Mick McCarthy breathed a sigh of relief after his team finally secured a Premier League victory with a 2-0 win over local rivals Middlesbrough on Sunday.
English League Two side Grimsby Town, who shocked Premiership Tottenham Hotspur in the second round of the League Cup, will be at home to another top flight side, Newcastle United, in round three.
Chelsea made it six wins from six games after Hernan Crespo and Arjen Robben guided the Premier League champions to a 2-0 victory at Charlton.
Striker Marlon Harewood scored a hat-trick to inspire West Ham to a 4-0 home win over Aston Villa in the English Premier League.
Arsenal signed goalkeeper Mart Poom on a five-month loan from Sunderland on Wednesday and sent defender Justin Hoyte to the Premiership strugglers.
Manchester United captain Roy Keane and Tottenham striker Robbie Keane have been included in the Ireland squad for the World Cup qualifier against France.
Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard is likely to miss Tuesday's Champions League meeting with CSKA Sofia after suffering a calf injury during Saturday's 1-0 home league defeat of Sunderland.
Striker Craig Bellamy has been ruled out of Wales' World Cup qualifier with England next month due to a thigh injury he picked up in training this week.
Premier League West Ham have signed Manchester United forward David Bellion on a season-long loan deal, but the move was overshadowed by growing speculation about a takeover at the east London club.
Fulham have beaten newly promoted Wigan and Sunderland in the race to sign Watford striker Heidar Helguson on a four-year deal for £1.3 million.
Second-half goals by Ian Harte and Kevin Kilbane gave the Republic of Ireland a 2-0 victory over the Faroe Islands, sending them a point clear at the top of Group Four.
Wales midfielder Robbie Savage has announced his retirement from international football after an acrimonious row with manager John Toshack.
James Beattie scored his first goal for Everton, Alan Shearer was on target for Newcastle and Patrick Vieira netted from the penalty spot for Arsenal as the Premiership trio disposed of lower division opponents to reach the fifth round of the FA Cup.
The third round of the FA Cup produced a host of shock results, with four Premiership clubs losing to lower league opposition.
Norwich City lifted themselves off the bottom of the Premier League table with a 1-1 draw at Manchester City on Monday.
Celtic's promising young goalkeeper David Marshall has earned his first call-up to the full Scotland squad for next week's friendly against Hungary.
Kevin Muscat's dream of FA Cup glory has been shattered as a result of the knee injury he suffered helping Millwall reach the final.
Paul Scholes fired Manchester United into another FA Cup final and ended Arsenal's 18-game unbeaten run in the competition with a 32nd minute goal which gave United a 1-0 semi-final win at Villa Park.
John Carew is back in Norway's squad for the first time since a training ground bust-up with teammate John Arne Riise last September.
Millwall reached the last four of the English FA Cup for the first time in 67 years when they won 2-1 at Tranmere Rovers in a quarterfinal replay on Tuesday.
Arsenal and Manchester United will play their FA Cup semi-final at Villa Park on Saturday, April 3, the English Football Association have confirmed.
Sunderland upset Premier League Birmingham 2-1 in extra time to advance to the FA Cup quarterfinals for the first time in 12 years.
Sunderland striker Kevin Kyle has become the latest player to pull out of Scotland's squad for Wednesday's friendly against Wales.
England defender Gary Neville was sent off as Manchester United beat neighbors City 4-2 in a dramatic FA Cup fifth-round tie on Saturday.

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