By Mario Lopez Brazilian and Barcelona defender Dani Alves believes anyone who compared Cristiano Ronaldo to his fellow Barca team-mate Lionel Messi “should be ridiculed. The flashy flamboyant, yet productive styles of both players have hit the media as a Ronaldo vs Messi in recent times, but Alves dismisses the comparisons. He admits that Ronaldo is good, but Messi is from another... 

LONDON — Striker Didier Drogba is a major doubt for Chelsea’s home game with Portsmouth in the Barclay Premier League on Wednesday after he picked up a back injury in training today. The Premiership leading goalscorer, who has already scored 18 goals in just 21 appearances this year, pulled out of the session at Cobham and club manager Carlo Ancelotti said a decision on whether or not he... 

The parents and sister of one of the group’s top runners, Leila Aman, who were also the mother and father in law to 2008 Boston Marathon and Houston Marathon champion Dire Tune, were shot and killed by Aman’s brother in-law. The incident has forced some of the runners to stop training during a period of mourning. The runners are also thinking about canceling competitive plans this fall.... 

By Gary Smith, World-Track EUGENE — Former world record holder Asafa Powell and world sprint double champion Tyson Gay could face each other over 100-metres at the Sunday’s Prefontaine Classic, to be held at the Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon. Powell is already confirmed to race at the meeting and according meeting director Tom Jordan, Gay, fresh from his stunning 19.58 second at the Reebok...