The general secretary of the United Arab Emirates Football Association says it has canceled a friendly match with Iran this week due to rising tensions over a disputed island.

Youssef Abdullah said it was "normal" to cancel Tuesday's match after Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad angered the UAE last week by visiting Abu Musa island, which both countries claim as part of their territory.

Sure, Pau Gasol and the Los Angeles Lakers are well aware a regular-season sweep means nothing compared to a playoff sweep.

The Lakers are still pleased they're controlling this rivalry with the Dallas Mavericks heading to another postseason in which they just might meet again — and they even did it without Kobe Bryant.

As the 100-day countdown to the 2012 Olympic Games begins, all eyes are on London, but America's top contenders can't afford to look beyond the US trials looming in June.

Michael Phelps owns 14 Olympic gold medals and electrified the Water Cube in Beijing by winning an unprecedented eight gold medals at one Games.

Barcelona and Real Madrid have one more hurdle to overcome if the tantalizing prospect of a first "Clasico" final in the Champions League is to become a reality.

Chelsea, under interim manager Roberto Di Matteo, stands in the way of defending champion Barcelona and a third Champions League showpiece in four years.

World number one Novak Djokovic believes he can shatter Rafael Nadal's bid for an unprecedented eighth Monte Carlo Masters title and use it as a launchpad for an assault on the French Open.

While Djokovic has already wrapped up the Australian Open and Miami titles so far in 2012, Nadal, dealing with the effects of another knee problem, has had limited recent claycourt practice.

Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp called for the swift introduction of goal-line technology after a key decision went against Spurs in their 5-1 FA Cup semi-final thrashing by Chelsea.

Redknapp graciously declined to criticize referee Martin Atkinson for his 49th-minute blunder at Wembley which gifted Chelsea a two-goal cushion and left Tottenham chasing the game.

Italy was in shock on Sunday morning as the sober realization sank in of the tragedy that befell Livorno midfielder Piermario Morosini the day before.

La Gazzetta dello Sport and Corriere dello Sport summed up the shocking incident with identical headlines: "Death on the pitch, football stops."

A powerful wave swept four crew members off a sailboat during a race near San Francisco, leaving one person dead and four others missing, the U.S. Coast Guard said early Sunday.

The eight-member crew aboard the 38-foot Low Speed Chase was participating in a yacht race from San Francisco Bay around the Farallon Islands on Saturday afternoon as their craft ran aground.

Carlos Tevez hit a hat-trick as Manchester City crushed Norwich 6-1 at Carrow Road on Saturday to pile the pressure on Premier League leaders Manchester United.

Roberto Mancini's side moved within two points of title rivals United thanks to a treble from Argentina forward Tevez, two goals from Sergio Aguero, and an Adam Johnson strike.

Nico Rosberg of Mercedes stormed to a career-first pole position for Sunday's Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai, edging out McLaren's Lewis Hamilton and the fellow Mercedes of Michael Schumacher.

His emphatic performance was Rosberg's first pole after 110 previous attempts, his lap of 1min 35.121sec well clear of Hamilton's 1:35.626. The Briton will be seventh on the grid after a penalty for changing his gearbox.