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Madrid - A late 1-0 win Sunday at bottom team Malaga puts solid Valencia back in fourth place in the Spanish Liga. Valencia won thanks to a goal 21 minutes from time from new captain David Navarro. ...

NEW YORK - Ranger winger Sean Avery , who has a penchant for such things, was shooting his mouth off at various Bruins during the pregame warm-ups yesterday at Madison Square Garden. The trash talk caught the keenly-tuned ear of Boston captain Zdeno Chara .

Australia captain Ricky Ponting praised the Indians after they took a well-deserved 2-1 lead in the seven-match series in Delhi on Saturday.

The Sports Xchange reports D Zdeno Chara was basically challenged by Bruins coach Claude Julien in the media for a start that has been 'good' but not Chara good. Saturday, Chara played a strong game against the Oilers. 'He played with more of an edge today, but a controlled edge,' the coach said. 'He was dominant along the boards. He outmuscled everybody. He always came up with the puck, and that's the kind of game if Z (Chara) plays for us every night, that's going to make our team that much better.' Said Chara: 'Obviously, I know that when you are one of the top players in the league 'good' is not good enough. You have to play almost perfect every game. That's the way it is, that is what comes with it when you are one of the better players in the league, as a captain you carry the team and you have to accept that, so that's normal. '

The LPGA's weekly newsletter includes a blurb today about Paula Creamer serving as American captain at The Spirit International Amateur Golf Championship this week. Sometimes it seems like Creamer has been around forever, so it might be surprising to think about the fact that she's only 23 years old. Yet, Creamer is already serving as a team captain in an international team competition. Why not get that experience in early? We can probably say with near-certainty that Creamer is a future Solheim Cup captain, after all. But the field at The Spirit is mostly comprised of golfers in their teens or early 20s. Creamer is only a year older than one of the players on the American team, a college senior (also on the team is young phenom Alexis Thompson). Typically, team captains for this and other international competitions are a bit more ... weathered? No, that's not the word: Experienced is a nicer way to put it. OK, older. In 2007 Dottie Pepper was supposed to serve as American captain at

Norwich City striker Chris Martin says top-scorer and captain Grant Holt leads by example after his brace at Stockport.

Manchester United's ex-Wales captain Ryan Giggs says managing your country is the 'ultimate job' for any coach.

Wellington captain Andrew Durante has labelled Sydney FC as the A-League's best side following a 3-1 thumping at the Sydney Football Stadium on Sunday.

Victorian captain David Hussey says his side might have experienced a brief Twenty20 hangover after temporarily letting South Australia off the hook in its Sheffield Shield clash at Adelaide Oval.

Captain Ricky Ponting's makeshift visit to the top of the batting order in the six-wicket loss to India in Delhi may yet develop into something more lasting.