Sports News

The Myanmar Open, scheduled for February, was postponed Thursday because of concerns it would clash with Indonesia's main golf championship.

UCLA defender Marvell Wynne was taken by the MetroStars with the first pick of the 2006 Major League Soccer draft today.

The Phoenix Coyotes traded center Petr Nedved to the Philadelphia Flyers for defenseman Dennis Seidenberg.

The Chicago Blackhawks traded defenseman Anton Babchuk to the Carolina Hurricanes for defenseman Danny Richmond.

Utah coach Ray Giacoletti suspended leading scorer Bryant Markson for one game today for undisclosed disciplinary reasons.

Florida State wide receiver Fred Rouse and offensive lineman Cornelius Lewis were kicked off the team today by coach Bobby Bowden.

Marcus Gronholm of Finland took the lead at the Monte Carlo Rally today after two-time defending champion Sebastien Loeb crashed in the final stage.

Police used a stun gun on former heavyweight champion Oliver McCall after he tried running away from officers trying to arrest him for trespassing in a public housing development, authorities said.

NASCAR will begin using unleaded fuel in its cars and trucks beginning in 2008, The New York Times reported today.

Cuba will play in the World Baseball Clasic.

Jack Beckley, a longtime Indy car mechanic and former U.S. Auto Club technical chairman, has died, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway said Friday. He was 87. Beckley died at his home in Glendale, Ariz., on Thursday.

Ozzie Guillen along with his wife Ibis and their son Oney became U.S. citizen's today.