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Man Utd boss Sir Alex Ferguson expects Liverpool rival Rafa Benitez to go on spending spree now he has signed a new contract.

Sweet 16 still intact on U.S. President's NCAA tourament bracket

By JEFF WILSON TUCSON, Ariz. — Friday came and went with Andruw Jones still wearing a Texas Rangers uniform and still not certain about his future with the organization.The center fielder has delayed until Monday his option to either stay with the club on a minor-league contract or become a free agent if not on the 40-man roster. He appears to have two choices: Stay put, even though he could find himself being asked to play every day at Triple A Oklahoma City, or become a free agent if a better big league opportunity arises.For now, though, the Rangers appear committed to what they had before Jones signed last month and have no plans to put him on the major league roster.'We’ve got to the 23rd to make a decision and see what’s going to happen. I don’t know yet,' said Jones, who did not travel with the team for its game in Tucson. 'I would love to be here. All these guys are great guys. They all pull together, and I think we’ve got a great team.'General m

C.J. Anderson scored 14 points and Xavier shot 54 percent from the field, beating Portland State 77-59 Friday night to reach the second round of the NCAA tournament for the third straight year.

First-round action is complete in the NCAA men's basketball tournament, where several underdogs advanced to the second round.

The Celtic Crusaders will hope to pick up their first ever Super League win on Sunday evening as the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats head to South Wales. If you?re stuck for a Mother?s Day present, perhaps bring the old girl down to the Brewery Field for some rugby league as John Dixon's men look to break their big league duck!

Go ahead, Louisville. Dance away. The NCAA tournament's top team had a few early missteps Friday, but uncoiled its full-court press in the second half and rolled to a 74-54 victory over Morehead State keeping No. 1 seeds perfect.

And so Ireland have won the Grand Slam for the first time since Val Doonigan wore shorts and his Gran knitted him his first cardigan; for the first time since Paddy McGintyâ??s goat was a kid and in a byegone age when guinness was good for you. The same 500,000 Irish men and women turned up in Cardiff that had witnessed Munster defeat the All Blacks in 1803 and the party wore on into the night.

The University of Connecticut's coach was hospitalized just before the Huskies were to play Chatanooga in the N.C.A.A. tournament first round. UConn won, 103-47.

Stanford got asked about Connecticut again Friday, another question this week about whether this NCAA women's tournament is an exercise in inevitability because the Huskies are 33-0 and no team has come close to beating them this year. The Cardinal coach,...