Austria&#39;s Eberharter Retires
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Stephan Eberharter announced his retirement on Friday after a decade and a half as a leading light of the Austrian Alpine skiing team.
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Richard Virenque, one of France's most popular and successful cyclists, has retired from the sport aged 34.
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Jacques Chirac, admired and scorned during 12 years as president of France, announced his retirement from politics yesterday.Comment
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ChryslerÂs top sales executive, Joe Eberhardt, is leaving to take a retail position at the American operation of Mercedes-Benz.
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GLASGOW, Scotland Nov 1, 2004 - Berti Vogts resigned as coach of Scotland&#39;s national soccer team Monday, citing rude fans. Vogts, a German, held the job for 2 1/2 years, going 9-16-7 and failing to qualify for this year&#39;s European Championship.
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Brazilian former world number one tennis champ Gustavo Kuerten said Tuesday he would retire this year hopefully after playing a tournament at Roland Garros, the court he had cherished most during his career.
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Former France captain Raphael Ibanez announces his retirement from international rugby.
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LOS ANGELES - Michael Eisner, who helped transform The Walt Disney Co. into a media powerhouse, but has come under increasing pressure recently to improve the company's lagging performance, will retire after more than two decades as CEO, the company said Friday...
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Two-time world rallying champion Carlos Sainz&#39;s career ended Wednesday - one race short of his scheduled retirement. The 42-year-old Spaniard had planned to call it quits after the
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Steven Monder, the president of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, will retire in June after 37 years, the orchestra announced.
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Starbucks President and Chief Executive Orin Smith, one of the triumvirate under which Starbucks came of age, will retire in the spring.
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VOORHEES, N.J. -- Philadelphia Flyers center Keith Primeau retired Thursday, ending a 15-year NHL career after failing to receive clearance to play because of lingering effects from a concussion.
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CORAL GABLES, Florida  - Blackburn Rovers  goalkeeper Brad Friedel announced his retirement from  international soccer on Monday.
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Michael D. Eisner, the chief executive who helped turn the Walt Disney Co. into the world&#39;s second-largest media conglomerate but has come under fire recently for its financial slump, announced plans yesterday to retire in two years.
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Michael Walchhofer won a men&#39;s World Cup super-G on Friday as Austrians pushed overall leader Bode Miller off the Val Gardena podium.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Sports Network) - Ohio State athletic  director Andy Geiger retired at an afternoon press conference  Wednesday.
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LISBON, Portugal  - Portuguese midfielder Luis Figo, a former FIFA World Player of the Year, announced Wednesday he is retiring from international soccer.