Daily sport news

AP - So, King James, would you like to get the royal treatment in your idol's old hometown and help the Windy City rekindle the joy of the Michael Jordan era?

AFP - Roger Federer crashed out of Wimbledon on Wednesday as Czech 12th seed Tomas Berdych clinched a stunning 6-4, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 victory over the defending champion in the quarter-finals.

AP - England's Lee Westwood is in the clear over blood clot fears.

AP - Get ready for Clemens vs. Clemens.

AP - Willie Huber, a former Detroit Red Wings defenseman who played for a decade in the NHL in the 1970s and 1980s, has died. He was 52.

AP - Across South America, soccer fans are feeling the joy of victory — spiked with a twist of revenge.

AP - Germany midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger accuses World Cup quarterfinals rival Argentina of showing no respect for opponents and referees, and urges his teammates not to be provoked.

AP - Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan says she agrees with Chief Justice John Roberts that justices basically act like baseball umpires in deciding complex legal issues.

AFP - Serena Williams denies that this year's Wimbledon title is hers to lose as she goes into Thursday's semi-final with Petra Kvitova.

AP - Lawmakers taking part in a closed-door hearing about France's World Cup fiasco said Wednesday that coach Raymond Domenech refused to take any responsibility for his team's misbehavior and offered no real explanation for their debacle.

AP - Jeffrey Loria walked into the Florida Marlins' dugout five minutes before gametime, an unusual time for an impromptu team meeting.

AFP - Ambitious Premier League side Manchester City have signed Spanish World Cup attacking midfielder David Silva on a four-year deal from cash-strapped Valencia.

AFP - European champions Spain reached the World Cup quarter-finals on Tuesday with a 1-0 win over Portugal, sending Cristiano Ronaldo, the world's most expensive player, heading moodily to the exit.

AFP - Venus Williams insists she has no intention of turning her back on tennis after the American's shock defeat to Tsvetana Pironkova at Wimbledon raised questions about her appetite for the sport.

AP - South Carolina closed out the final College World Series at Rosenblatt Stadium with its first baseball title and big-time bragging rights.

AP - No athlete ever held so much sway over a sport without winning it all first. Think about it: "The Summer of LeBron" hasn't even begun, yet almost everything that's happened in the NBA the last two years has been about him.

AP - Spain showed touches of the class that won the 2008 European Championship and Paraguay went the limit, needing a shootout to dispose of Japan at the World Cup.

AFP - Australian football officials agreed secret, multi-million dollar lobbyist fees and gifted jewellery and free travel in a bid to win hosting rights for an upcoming World Cup, a report said Wednesday.

AP - The Cleveland Cavaliers are closing in on a coach.

AP - The Dodgers aren't ready to speculate about whether Manny Ramirez might be headed for the disabled list after he injured his right hamstring running the bases during Tuesday night's 4-2 win over the San Francisco Giants.