Peace Rules retired with leg ailment
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Peace Rules, a multiple Grade 1 winner and earner of more than $3 million, will be retired after developing filling in a leg that would force him to miss the major races this fall.
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Islamic group&#39;s armed wing, the Izz el-Deen al-Qassam Brigades. Doctors said he suffered leg wounds.
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Seve Ballesteros has retired from golf at the age of 50.
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Former world heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield could be forced into retirement after being placed on an indefinite medical suspension by the New York State Athletic Commission.
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Piergiorgio Welby is paralysed and speaks through a computer An Italian judge has rejected a request by a terminally ill man to have doctors switch off his life support machine.Comment
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Sloping off: Nathan Deakes walks with one foot off the ground after his disqualification from the men&#39;s 50km walk. Photo: AP Picture:MARK BAKER.
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Japan took a significant step away from the pacifism enshrined in its constitution yesterday when it announced new defence guidelines for the first time in nearly a decade.
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Swedish tennis player Joachim Johansson, who once reached number nine in the world, announced his retirement on Friday at the age of 25 because of a long-standing shoulder injury.
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A more gentle form of yoga is catching on in some retirement communities. The yoga mat is replaced by the chair. Sometimes two.
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Track and fieldâs governing body ruled that a sprinterâs prosthetic legs gave him an unfair advantage.
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First-base umpire Ed Montague left Sunday's game between the Seattle Mariners and Texas Rangers before the start of the fifth inning because of an elevated blood pressure.
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Former England manager Bobby Robson suffered a loss of movement in his limbs while recovering from brain tumor surgery, his spokeswoman said.
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Sitting at home in Moscow last May and resting his injured knee on a foot stool, Igor Andreev was beginning to enjoy the enforced break a little too much.
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Shortly after he had been declared the winner in his bout against Iran&#39;s Sajad Barzi last night, Rulon Gardner returned to the mat at the Ano Liossia Olympic Hall, sat down, and quietly removed his shoes.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Confined to his crumbling  headquarters, battered by internal unrest and frozen out of  Middle East diplomacy, Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat now  appears to be facing a new problem -- declining health.
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T EMPE, Ariz. - This might be enough to convince Jerry Rice that retirement is a more appealing option. Steve Largent, you can have your jersey back.
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Elderly people who have healthy lifestyles 'halve' their risk of dying, say experts.