Gebrselassie wins in Berlin, misses record
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Haile Gebrselassie blew away the field   to win the Berlin marathon on Sunday but the Ethiopian missed   out on a world record as windy conditions and a lack of   assistance took their toll.
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ATHENS, Greece - Stefano Baldini of Italy took the lead two miles from the finish to win the gold medal and American Meb Keflezighi took a stunning silver Sunday in an Olympic marathon disrupted by a costumed intruder who grabbed race leader Vanderlei Lima of Brazil with about three miles to go.    Lima, whose lead had been slowly shrinking, was pushed to the curb by a man dressed in green beret, red kilt and knee-high green socks...
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Northern Ireland&#39;s Darren Clarke smashed the course record as he sealed victory in the Taiheiyo Masters. Clarke was 22 under for the tournament after a final round of 68 which left him six shots ahead of Britain&#39;s Lee Westwood and Japan&#39;s Nozomi Kawahara.
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Werner Eschauer of Austria and the qualifier Steve Darcis of Belgium advanced to the final of the Dutch Open yesterday in Amersfoort, Netherlands. Neither one has played for an ATP title before. Darcis, ranked 297th, upset the second-seeded Mikhail Youzhny, 4-6, 6-0, 7-5, and Eschauer defeated Robin Haase, 6-4, 6-4, in the semifinals.At the clay-court Palermo Open in Italy, the 18-year-old Agnes Szavay reached her first career final by beating Sara Errani, 7-6 (0), 6-1, in the semifinals. Szavay, seeded eighth, will face the second-seeded Martina MÃ¼ller in the final today. MÃ¼ller defeated Karin Knapp, 6-4, 4-6, 6-1.At the Western & Southern Financial Group Womenâs Open in Mason, Ohio, Akiko Morigami earned her second berth in a final in three years by outlasting the qualifier Akgul Amanmuradova, 6-7 (8), 6-4, 6-3. She will play the top-seeded Anna Chakvetadze in the final today. Chakvetadze advanced with a 6-2, 5-7, 6-3 win over the third-seeded Sania Mirza.
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POIPU BEACH, Hawaii - Phil Mickelson tied a PGA Tour record by shooting a 59 to win the Grand Slam of Golf on Wednesday. Mickelson, who only needed 23 putts, missed an eagle putt for 58 on the final hole.
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Here's how this week will go: Of the 120 players who earned spots into the Deutsche Bank Championship, only 115 will tee it up, as Ernie Els, Scott Verplank, Bernhard Langer, Tom Lehman, and Jose Maria Olazabal withdrew for various reasons. Since only the top 70 in the FedEx Cup standings will advance to Chicago and next week's BMW Championship, ...
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Greece's Eleni Daniilidou won the Hobart WTA International on a walkover when Russian second seed Vera Zvonareva pulled out with an ankle injury.
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Retief Goosen won the Nedbank Challenge by six strokes in his home country yesterday, closing with a 3-under-par 69 and earning $1.2 million.
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Amelie Mauresmo overcame a slow start Thursday to win her first match as the world&#39;s top ranked player, beating Patty Schnyder of Switzerland 7-5, 6-4 at the Porsche Grand Prix.
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South Africa&#39;s US Open champion Retief Goosen won his first Nedbank Golf Challenge at Sun City here on Sunday. He finished with a seven-under-par total of 281 to end up six shots clear of compatriot Ernie Els and Australian Stuart Appleby.
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Surrey, England (Sports Network) - Retief Goosen posted a record-setting win over Jeff Maggert on Thursday at the HSBC World Match Play Championship.
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Retief Goosen wins the Tour Championship in Atlanta by four strokes.
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There was big news on the World Cup ski circuit Friday afternoon in Europe: Bode Miller didn&#39;t win. He finished fourth in a Super-G at Val Gardena, Italy, behind Austrians Michael Walchhofer, Hermann Maier and Benny Raich, .69 seconds out of first place.
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Phil Mickelson looked as if he was headed for a runaway. He had to settle for another record yesterday in the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.
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Sun City, South Africa, Dec. 6 - Retief Goosen showed his awesome class to run away from challengers Lee Westwood and Ernie Els to win the Â£630,000 Nedbank Golf Challenge in Sun City on Sunday, where a closing 69 gave him victory by six clear shots.
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VAL GARDENA, Italy  - Max Rauffer became the first  German man in nearly 13 years to win an Alpine ski World Cup  race when he beat the favorites in a wind-affected downhill on  Saturday.
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Marlies Schild of Austria takes a curve on her way to setting the second fastest time during the first run of a World Cup women&#39;s Giant Slalom in Semmering, Austria, Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2004.