Raheem Sterling became the most expensive English footballer ever on Tuesday after joining Manchester City from Premier League rival Liverpool in a drawn-out move costing 49 million pounds ($76 million).
The England winger signed a five-year deal at City after forcing his way out of Anfield following several fractious months, during which he rejected a new contract and publicly questioned the club's ambitions.
Full StoryA cat rescued from the engine of a pickup truck after a 28-mile ride from Pennsylvania to New Jersey now has a new home.
NJ.com (http://bit.ly/1TuDCtr) reports that the cat was given to Jennifer Blunts and her boyfriend, John Tegethoff, at a ceremony Sunday. They will take the cat back their Kunkletown, Pennsylvania home.
Full StoryMichael Douglas took a moment reflect on the memory of his mother, Diana, who died earlier this month at 92 after a bout with cancer.
"My mother had an incredible sense of dignity and was a class act," Douglas told The Associated Press Monday night at a special screening for his latest film, "Ant-Man."
Full StoryA man is facing charges of theft and resisting arrest after authorities say he crashed a jousting performance at the Colorado Renaissance Festival and tried to make off with a sword.
A witness says the man was chased down by two women in costume Saturday. Steve Chapman says they followed him up a hill and one of them, dressed as a wench, held him in a headlock for about five minutes until her husband, in a knight's costume, showed up and held him down until security arrived. Douglas County Sheriff's Office spokesman Sgt. Ron Hanavan confirmed that bystanders were able to stop 22-year-old Connor Ward.
Full StoryThe Russian Football Union says national team coach Fabio Capello has resigned following a dispute over back pay.
In a statement released Monday, the Russian Football Union did not disclose the financial terms of the settlement but expressed gratitude to Capello for his work.
Full StoryFour-time world champion Carl Froch retired from boxing on Tuesday after more than a year out of the ring.
The 38-year-old super middleweight twice won the WBC title, as well as taking the WBA and IBF belts. He won 33 of his 35 fights, with 24 of those coming by knockout.
Full StoryJuventus made Carlos Tevez's transfer to his hometown club Boca Juniors official on Monday, and announced it is getting options on four players in return.
Juventus sold Tevez for 6.5 million euros ($7.2 million) — although the European runner-up won't see that money.
Full StoryWhat a different NASCAR we have now.
The sport so married to a dictator-style reign, so resistant to meaningful change and so slow to take a stance on anything that might alienate its fan base has seemingly been turned upside down in a matter of days.
Full StoryThe Memphis Grizzlies have signed All-Star center Marc Gasol to a multi-year contract, fulfilling the team's top priority this offseason.
The team announced Gasol's signing Monday after scheduling a Tuesday news conference for a "major announcement." Although the Grizzlies didn't release terms of the deal, The Associated Press previously reported Gasol had agreed on a five-year maximum contract worth more than $100 million.
Full StoryU.S. prosecutors have tried to link a prominent businessman in the State of Iowa to a scheme in which four defendants are charged with using his shipping company facilities to smuggle weapons to Lebanon.
Bill Aossey Jr. had been in contact with the suspects, one of whom is a close friend, and is shown on surveillance video briefly going into one of the containers after it was packed, prosecutors in Cedar Rapids argued Monday.
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