Aaron's Daily WWW Newspaper

LONDON (Reuters) - Roger Federer has not won a grand slam title for almost 30 months and is no longer the world's top-ranked player, yet when it comes to pulling power he remains the number one attraction at Wimbledon. The moment the casually-dressed 16-times grand slam champion sauntered on to the players' terrace on Saturday …

EUGENE, Oregon (Reuters) - Athletics officials should wait until Allyson Felix and Jeneba Tarmoh compete in the 200 meters trials before they make any move to break their tie for the final U.S. Olympic spot in the 100, their coach said on Sunday. Felix and Tarmoh finished in a rare dead heat for third place in the 100 at …

BELLEFONTE, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - A jury found former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky guilty on 45 of 48 child sex abuse charges on Friday, ending a trial that rocked U.S. college football and renewed attention on pedophilia in America. Sandusky, 68, faces potentially hundreds of years in prison for …

Marussia driver Timo Glock will miss Sunday's European F1 Grand Prix in Valencia after failing to recover fully from a stomach bug he picked up earlier in the week, his team announced.

Italy is restoring pride in a tarnished national game while England is shaking off past inhibitions.

PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa (Reuters) - England failed to beat South Africa in their three June tests but the tour will prove beneficial in the long term, coach Stuart Lancaster said on Sunday. England lost the first two tests of the series before claiming a credible draw in the third, while the tourists also managed two …

GNIEWINO, Poland (Reuters) - Spain's Euro 2012 semi-final against Portugal will almost certainly hinge on how effectively the holders manage to shackle a familiar foe. Portuguese captain Cristiano Ronaldo is a Real Madrid team mate of Spain players like Iker Casillas, Xabi Alonso and Sergio Ramos and a bitter La Liga rival …

DONETSK (Reuters) - Xabi Alonso marked his 100th Spain appearance by scoring both goals as the holders eased to a comfortable 2-0 win over a feeble France on Saturday and into a Euro 2012 semi-final against Portugal back in Donetsk on Wednesday. France coach Laurent Blanc's tactics of playing two right backs in a defensive …

LONDON (Reuters) - After the stellar delight of winning the French Open to complete a career grand slam, Maria Sharapova has come back down to earth at Wimbledon, scene of one of her greatest disappointments a year ago. "I was walking around for three days with the biggest smile," Sharapova told a Wimbledon news conference …

Canadian Grand Prix winner Lewis Hamilton said he was "super-motivated" to produce another strong performance this weekend as he aims to extend his lead in the world championship.

Ashton Eaton set a world record in the decathlon at the US Olympic Track and Field Trials on a wild day that also featured a dead heat for a London Olympic berth in the women's 100 meters.

England will attempt to reach the last four of a major tournament for the first time in 16 years on Sunday as they face Italy in a heavyweight Euro 2012 quarter-final collision.

Frenchman Sebastien Loeb won the Rally New Zealand to extend his lead at the top of the World Rally Championship to 38 points.

(Reuters) - The New Yankees came from behind to post a 4-3 road victory and square their three-game 'Subway Series' against cross-town rivals the New York Mets on Saturday. The Yankees, now 42-28, produced a four-run seventh inning to snatch the lead from the Mets (39-33) and held on to continue their road domination. "When …

Meter by meter, Ashton Eaton kept swallowing up real estate on a track that has always felt like home.

Two big home runs and a brilliant effort by the bullpen sent the New York Yankees to another comeback victory against their crosstown rivals.

Samir Nasri launched a foul-mouthed tirade against a French AFP journalist, after France crashed out 2-0 to holders Spain in the European championship quarter final.

Brian Davis and Roland Thatcher, who are both chasing their first victories on the USPGA Tour, were tied for the third-round lead at the $6 million Travelers Championship.

Jerry Sandusky's lawyers said Saturday they tried to quit at the start of jury selection in his child sex abuse trial because they weren't given enough time to prepare, raising an argument on the trial's speed that could become the thrust of an appeal.

EUGENE, Oregon (Reuters) - American Ashton Eaton employed the "magic" of his home stadium to set a decathlon world record at the U.S. Olympic athletics trials on Saturday. The 24-year-old's total of 9,039 points improved on Czech Roman Sebrle's 2001 mark by 13 points, an achievement made more stunning by the rainy and cold …

Spain moved a step closer to an unprecedented treble of consecutive major international honours by beating France 2-0 in Donetsk to reach the Euro 2012 semi-finals.

France coach Laurent Blanc pointed to Xabi Alonso's early goal as the key moment in his side's 2-0 loss to Spain in the Euro 2012 quarter-finals, but stood by his tactical choices.

As well as he plays at the Euros, Portugal star Cristiano Ronaldo cannot escape from the shadow of the absent Leo Messi, his rival for the title of 'best player in the world'.