Inter Milan sent reigning Champions League champions Barcelona to the brink of elimination following their victory in the first leg of their semi-final at the San Siro tonight. It was the game billed as an early final, and if the eventual final in Madrid can live up to what this had to offer, then the 90,000 fans inside the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu will be in for a treat on May 22. Pedro put Barcelona... 

Never Gave Up; Cristiano Ronaldo Leads Real Madrid To Important Win Over Almeria By Victor Lopez Real Madrid kept their title hopes alive with a come-from-behind victory over Almeria on Thursday. The masterful Cristiano Ronaldo and Van der Vaart were the goalscorers for the visitors, while Albert Crusat netted for losing hosts. Against the run of play Crusat put the home side ahead in the lead... 

By Mario Lopez, World-Track Global Wayne Rooney has given Manchester United a stunning start in their first leg Champions League clash at Bayern Munich. The on-form striker broke from his marker to score the opening goal after just 64-seconds to give United a 1-0 lead inside the Allianz Arena. Nani, after being fouled on the right hand side, delivered a cross that was deflected and fell right... 

Is there a cooler guy in athletics than Bernard Lagat? The US athlete regained the title he last won six years ago with a totally dominant display and after opening up a 10m lead on this well beaten rivals had the time midway down the home stretch to raise an arm in acknowledgment to the crowd. Beautiful. It may have been one of the most competitive races in the programme, but as soon as Lagat... 

Briton Jessica Ennis finished the women’s Pentathlon competition in exactly the emphatic style in which she started, winning another gold medal with a wide margin. The 24-year-old went for it from the start of the 1000m and took the lead to go after the World record, but not surprisingly that proved to be a job too tough even for her. Ennis finished the race in 2:12.55, an indoor personal best for... 

Charles van Commenee has named a 38-strong British team for next month’s World Indoor Championships in Doha. Although no medal target has been announced, two years ago Britain won five medals – one gold and four silvers – and the head coach is expected to demand a similar haul this year, depending on whether established athletes such as the defending world indoor champion triple jumper Phillips... 

Russian Yelena Isinbayeva (Photo by Mark Lee/Allsports) Olympic pole vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva easily won the Moscow invitational meeting with a season’s best 4.85 metres on Sunday but failed to better her own indoor world record. The Russian, attempting to set her 28th world record both indoor and outdoor but the first on home soil, twice failed to clear the bar at 5.01 before missing... 

Kirani James in action in the 400m PHOTO/TrackAlerts.com Freshman Kirani James smashed the 400 meter school record en route to posting the current world’s fastest 400 meter time in his debut to lead Alabama at the Meyo Invitational at the Loftus Center on Saturday. “I knew in the back of my mind from where he [James] was in the first two meets, I knew he would challenge for the world lead,”... 

Finland’s 30-year-old Osku Torro took a surprise High Jump victory indoors in Wuppertal, Germany, setting a world season lead with a 2.32m performance which not only added 5 centimetres to his outright personal best (2.27 outdoors, 2007 / 2.26 indoors, 2006) but improved the Finnish record by one centimetre. Torro, had a clean jumping card through four heights up to and including 2.25 and then needed... 

Wayne Rooney has fired home from the penalty spot and a Nemanja Vidic header has given Manchester United a 2-0 lead in their Premier League clash with Wolves at Old Trafford Tuesday. Rooney scored his 13th goal of the campaign from the spot after defender Ronald Zubar blatantly punched the ball away from a corner kick and referee Steve Bennett was right on spot to see. The England international...