Daily sport news

AP - At this rate, Lance Armstrong may someday be able to field a full cycling team of his own.

Reuters - Veteran quarterback Brett Favre, who led the Minnesota Vikings to the NFC title game last season, said on Friday he would need surgery on his left ankle to play the upcoming season and has not ruled out retirement.

Reuters - Center Nene could return from injury for the Denver Nuggets if a seventh game is needed on Sunday to decide the first-round NBA playoff series against Utah, his team said Friday.

AFP - Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has hailed Fulham?s progression to the Europa League final as "one of the best performances of all time," tipping their coach Roy Hodgson to be named manager of the year.

AFP - Lance Armstrong resigned himself to finishing safely in the Tour of the Gila peloton Thursday after a wind-hit second stage in which teammate Levi Leipheimer retained his overall lead.

Reuters - The Kevin Kolb era was rung in by the Philadelphia Eagles when the National Football League club gave their new starting quarterback an extension worth more than $12 million.

AP - Jason Richardson wanted to be the wild card in the playoffs for the Phoenix Suns.

AFP - Roy Hodgson believes Fulham's fairy tale run to the Europa League final should be acknowledged as the one of the best achievements by an English team in recent memory.

AFP - Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez said that he may need to sign up to five new players after watching his side miss out on the Europa League final.

AFP - Manu Ginobili, who played with a bandage on his broken nose, scored 26 points as San Antonio beat Dallas 97-87 in game six, handing the Mavericks another first-round NBA playoff exit.

Reuters - San Antonio's battle-hardened players settled a score by eliminating the Dallas Mavericks from the NBA playoffs in a Texas shootout on Thursday.

AP - The Spurs moved on, and Dallas is done early again.

AP - Ryan Doumit got two RBIs on a play that Matt Kemp misplayed into a triple and the Pittsburgh Pirates shut out Los Angeles 2-0 on Thursday night, the Dodgers' fifth loss in a row.

AP - Joe Pavelski got the San Jose Sharks off to a fast start in the game — and for a change, a playoff series.

AP - Matt Garza gave up one run over six sharp innings, Jason Bartlett and Reid Brignac drove in three runs apiece and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Kansas City Royals 11-1 on Thursday night.

AP - Tyreke Evans has won hundreds of trophies in his young basketball career and many of them seem to have lost an arm, a basketball or some other piece in his mother's care.

AP - A.J. Burnett pitched eight innings of three-hit ball, Robinson Cano homered twice, and the New York Yankees beat Brian Matusz and the Baltimore Orioles 4-0 Thursday night.

Reuters - In more ways than one, flamboyant showman Floyd Mayweather Jr. will hold a significant home advantage when he takes on fellow American Shane Mosley in their eagerly anticipated welterweight clash on Saturday.

AP - John Buck became the first catcher to hit three home runs in six years, Travis Snider added a solo shot and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Oakland Athletics 6-3 Thursday night.

AP - U.S. coach Bob Bradley is uncertain whether Charlie Davis will recover enough from severe injuries sustained in a car crash last fall to earn an invitation for the Americans' pre-World Cup training camp next month.