Kuwait - The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) is to take legal action over claims by Asian Football Confederation (AFC) president Mohamed Bin Hamman that the organization was using its influence to remove him from his position on FIFA's executive committee.
FIFA's ethics commission is currently investigating the allegation revealed by panel member Les Murray that the OCA offered money to national associations in return for their support of Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Khalifa of Bahrain in his campaign against Bin Hamman.
Rome - Brazil's football team coach Dunga on Monday took a firm stand against the racist chants that Juventus fans aimed at Inter Milan black striker Mario Balotelli at the weekend.
Dunga spent the weekend in Italy to watch some Brazilian internationals playing in the Italian Serie A.
"Racism is a bad thing," he said, "but in football we feel it more because there are players from all over the world. People want to blow off steam, but they do it in a wrong way.
Hamburg - Russia's Dinara Safina replaced American Serena Williams at the top of the latest women's tennis rankings issued on Monday by the WTA.
Safina is at the top for the first time. Her brother Marat Safin led the men's rankings for nine weeks in 2000, making them the first brother-sister act to be number one in the singles rankings.
The 22-year-old leads the way with 8,951, followed by Williams on 8,272 points. «#»
Hamburg - Rafael Nadal extended his lead at the top of the men's tennis rankings issued on Monday by the ATP thanks to a fifth straight victory Sunday in the Monte Carlo Masters.
Spain's Nadal leads with 15,390 points, followed by former number one Roger Federer of Switzerland on 10,760 and Serbia's Novak Djokovic on 9,520 points.
Stockholm - Two-time overall World Cup champion Anja Paerson of Sweden is to retire from skiing at the end of the 2010 Olympic season.
"I intend to retire next year," the 2006 Olympic slalom gold medallist told Swedish television Sunday.
Paerson has won 40 World Cup races in her career and netted seven individual titles, becoming the first woman to win world championship gold in all five skiing disciplines.
Kuwait - The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) is to take legal action over claims by Asian Football Confederation (AFC) president Mohamed Bin Hamman that the organization was using its influence to remove him from his position on FIFA's executive committee.
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Rome - Brazil's football team coach Dunga on Monday took a firm stand against the racist chants that Juventus fans aimed at Inter Milan black striker Mario Balotelli at the weekend.
Hamburg - Russia's Dinara Safina replaced American Serena Williams at the top of the latest women's tennis rankings issued on Monday by the WTA.
Hamburg - Rafael Nadal extended his lead at the top of the men's tennis rankings issued on Monday by the ATP thanks to a fifth straight victory Sunday in the Monte Carlo Masters.
Stockholm - Two-time overall World Cup champion Anja Paerson of Sweden is to retire from skiing at the end of the 2010 Olympic season.
