Gravesen quits Danish squad
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Denmark midfielder Thomas Gravesen retires from international football at the age of 30.
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Norwegian Petroleum and Energy Minister  Odd Roger Enoksen has resigned, the prime minister&#39;s office  said on Friday without naming his replacement.
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Three players have been kicked off Sweden's national Tre Kronor ice hockey team and two of the players have been fired from their club following allegations they raped a woman, club officials said.
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Sweden's former French Open finalist  Magnus Norman announced his retirement Friday, citing a string  of injuries for his decision.
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Danish troops will be replaced by a small aerial surveillance unit Denmark will withdraw its troops from Iraq by August, Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen has said.Comment
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Danish footballers have suspended a week-long strike, called to protest against FIFA transfer rules, allowing next weekend&#39;s games to go ahead.
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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.
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England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson has left Emile Heskey out of his 23-man squad for the World Cup Group Six qualifiers away to Austria in Vienna next Saturday and Poland in Chorzow four days later.
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The Kansas City Chiefs terminated the contract of kicker Morten Andersen and put middle linebacker Mike Maslowski on injured reserve Sunday.
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Germany's Tommy Haas withdrew from his match Thursday at the Hopman Cup after tearing a groin muscle.
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Thierry Henry has confirmed he will be sidelined for at least three months after picking up a serious groin muscle strain in Arsenal&#39;s Champions League exit to PSV Eindhoven last week.
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Timo Hildebrand, Germany's number three goalkeeper, appears set to leave VfB Stuttgart by the end of the season after he and the club failed to agree an extension to his contract.
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Denmark's first soccer strike ended Thursday with an agreement between teams and the National Players' Association, which had walked out Aug. 17.
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Jose Pekerman quit as Aregentina coach Friday, minutes after it lost to Germany in the quarterfinals of the World Cup.
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THOMAS GRAVESEN flies out to Spain today to finalise his 2.1million dream move to Real Madrid.
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LISBON  - Luis Figo announced his retirement from international football yesterday after a 15-year career where he has won everything there is to win in football - except success on the international stage with Portugal at senior level.
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Nikolaj HÃ¼bbe will retire from the New York City Ballet to become artistic director of the Royal Danish Ballet, a position he applied for nearly 10 years ago.