Milito: Inter aim to keep troubled Brazilian striker Adriano and will not be bidding for Genoa forward Diego Milito, club director Gabriele Oriali has said. "I don't believe we will do anything in the January transfer window," Oriali said. "We've never said that Adriano was leaving. The intention of everyone is to keep him. It depends solely on him."
Juventus: Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon is one of several first team players back to full fitness after being out for three months with a muscle tear in his right leg. "Buffon, (Cristiano) Zanetti, (Christian) Poulsen and Hasan Salihamidzic are fully recovered. Tiago is on the way to being fit while (David) Trezeguet is ahead of schedule but will return to the group only when the surgeon gives the okay," coach Claudio Ranieri told reporters.
Ramos: Real Madrid goalkeeper Iker Casillas has said the arrival of Juande Ramos as coach and the back-to-back wins over direct rivals Valencia and Villarreal have put the Primera Liga champions back on track after their poor run of form. "The main point is that the team has recovered its confidence," the Spain international said.
Papin: Former France striker Jean-Pierre Papin is resuming his playing career at 45 with French regional league side AS Facture-Biganos Boiens.The former European Footballer of the Year scored 30 goals in 54 appearances for France.
In England: FA Cup third round - Blyth Spartans 0 Blackburn Rovers 1 (Villanueva 59).
Basketball, NBA: The injury-depleted Cleveland Cavaliers suffered a 80-77 setback to the woeful Washington Wizards on Sunday but did not lose any ground in their bid to claim the best record in the Eastern Conference. A 16-foot jump shot along the baseline by Washington's Antawn Jamison with 10.5 seconds left snapped a 77-77 tie and helped the Wizards end their modest two-game losing streak.
Figure skater jailed: Bulgarian former world ice dance champion Maxim Staviski was sentenced to 30 months in prison after a drunk-driving crash that killed a man and left a young woman in coma, an appeals court decided yesterday. A year ago, Staviski, 31, was given a suspended two-and-a-half year jail sentence but prosecutors appealed saying there were no mitigating circumstances. Staviski, one of the most popular athletes in Bulgaria, and his partner Albena Denkova claimed the Balkan country's first world title in Calgary in 2006 before successfully defending the crown the following year.
Baseball: Hopes that Beijing's Olympic baseball venue would be preserved for the future development of the sport in China have been dashed as the stadium's developer revealed it would be dismantled and replaced by a shopping mall. The 15,000-seat Wukesong Sports Centre baseball field, listed by Olympic organisers as a temporary venue even before the Games were held in August, had become the first venue slated for the wrecking ball, the Beijing News said.
MFA Division III: Kirkop vs Gżira United 0-0; Gudja vs Sirens 2-1.