Haile Gebrselassie of Ethiopia celebrates his winning run in the Rock-N-Roll Marathon in Tempe, Arizona on January 15, 2006. (Photo by Glen Andrews/SPK/Allsports) Haile Gebrselassie completed a hat-trick of Dubai Marathon victories on Friday but the Ethiopian’s hopes of setting a new world record were dashed by a bad back. The world champion crossed the finish line in a time of 2:06:09, 14 seconds... 

MANCHESTER — England boss Fabio Capello insists Michael Owen is in his World Cup plans, but warned the Manchester United striker that he must keep scoring goals to make the trip to the World Cup in South Africa next summer. The Italian also believes that Sir Alex Ferguson should play the hit-man more – noting that he was surprised not to see Owen in the starting line up against Aston... 

LONDON — Harry Redknapp believes Liverpool should have snapped up Michael Owen during the summer’s transfer window. The Tottenham Hotspur manager thinks Owen, who received and accepted a called from Sir Alex Ferguson to join Manchester United, still is a highly rated goalscorers and one of the best strikers in the game. Owen was a prolific goalscorer for Liverpool — netting over...