LONDON (AP) West Ham striker Ricardo Vaz Te scored with three minutes remaining Saturday to take his team into the English Premier League with a 2-1 win over Blackpool in the promotion playoff final.

Reds legend insists he would not swap the club's February trophy triumph over Cardiff City despite the poor league form, and claims he is "proud" of his second spell in charge

FLORENCE, Italy (AP) Italy plans to keep coach Cesare Prandelli in place no matter how the Azzurri fare at the upcoming European Championship.

LONDON (Reuters) - When London marathon medical director Sanjay Sharma was called to attend someone who had collapsed with suspected cardiac arrest a mile from the finish line last month, he expected to find a man in his seventies. "I had to hide my horror as I saw a young, athletic woman," he says. "I had to... compose myself for a few seconds before we started resuscitation. ...

The Hoops skipper lashed out at both Sergio Aguero and Vincent Kompany on his way off the pitch after being dismissed for elbowing Carlos Tevez off the ball.

Controversial Italian had appeared to have pushed Roberto Mancini's patience beyond breaking point with his red card against Arsenal but declares that he anticipates remaining

On Tuesday Fernando Cárdenas became the first player to have a red card overturned by a newly formed independent review panel, but he likely won't be the last.