Key witness in Clemens' trial faces more questioning

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The former trainer to Roger Clemens will undergo more key cross-examination in the baseball star's perjury trial on Thursday, with the defense expected to attack inconsistencies in the trainer's story.

Thunder strike late to beat Lakers, Celtics win

(Reuters) - The Oklahoma City Thunder scored nine unanswered points in the final two minutes to edge the Los Angeles Lakers 77-75 on Wednesday and seize a 2-0 lead in their second-round playoff series.

Darvish claiming ace status as he tosses Texas past A's

(Reuters) - Texas Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish continued his blistering start to life in Major League Baseball as the Japanese right-hander breezed through the Oakland Athletics lineup in a 4-1 win on Wednesday.

Djokovic shows best and worst to reach quarter-finals

ROME (Reuters) - World number one Novak Djokovic demonstrated how to smash a racquet and how to cope with adversity as he reached the quarter-finals of the Rome Masters on Thursday.

Cagey Campbell-Brown set for half-lap opener in Shanghai

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Jamaican sprint queen Veronica Campbell-Brown was leaving no hostages to fortune on Thursday as she looked forward to her first 200 meters race of a season she hopes will climax in a third successive Olympic gold in the event.

Super Bowl winners New York Giants get "Big Blue" rings

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Players and coaches with the New York Giants football team gathered at Tiffany & Co.'s flagship store in New York City on Wednesday evening to receive newly designed rings commemorating their Super Bowl victory earlier this year.

Adidas sues Big 5 over alleged sneaker knock-offs

(Reuters) - Adidas AG has sued to stop a U.S. sporting goods retailer and a skateboarding equipment maker from selling sneakers with three parallel diagonal stripes, a design it said looks too much like its own.

Junior Seau's San Diego restaurant closes after his death

SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - A San Diego restaurant owned by Junior Seau closed its doors for good on Wednesday, two weeks after the former football star shot himself to death at his beachfront California home, trustees for his estate announced.

UK envoy hopes Saudi woman will compete at Olympics

RIYADH (Reuters) - Britain's envoy to Saudi Arabia said he had spoken to state officials about the possibility of a Saudi woman competing in the Olympics for the first time in London this summer and hoped it would happen though Riyadh's official team will be all-male.

No pressure on Team GB to select Beckham, says Coe

ATHENS (Reuters) - David Beckham will have to earn his place in Britain's Olympic soccer squad on skill and merit like any other player and can expect no special favors, London 2012 organizers said on Thursday.