Feburary 27 2010
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FIFA has confirmed the training bases for all 32 World Cup finalists in South Africa. The list published Wednesday confirmed that England will use Royal Bafokeng Sports Campus as its training base despite the ongoing building work at the Rustenburg complex which came under scrutiny this week. European champion Spain will also be based in the northwest province at Potchefstroom, while defending World Cup winner Italy will be at the Leriba Lodge in Pretoria. FIFA says the list could change.

Chris Gayle, the West Indies captain, has been rested from the 13-man squad for the only Twenty20 international against Zimbabwe in Trinidad on Sunday February 28. Denesh Ramdin has been named captain for the match and a West Indies board media release said that Gayle was "expected to be available" for the five-match one-day series that follows.

Former NBA star Jayson Williams was sentenced to five years in prison Tuesday for fatally shooting a hired limo driver in 2002, ending an eight-year legal odyssey by tearfully apologizing to the victim's family. He will be eligible for parole in 18 months. Williams, avoiding a retrial on a reckless manslaughter count that deadlocked the jury at his 2004 trial, pleaded guilty last month to aggravated assault in the death of Costas Christofi on Feb. 14, 2002. At the same 2004 trial, he was acquitted of aggravated manslaughter but convicted on four counts of covering up the shooting.

Tiger Woods has offered another apology, this time to parents of children at the preschool that his 2-year-old daughter attends, an Orlando television station reported Tuesday. WFTV reported on its Web site that it has obtained a letter that Woods and his wife, Elin, wrote to parents of children attending Premier Academy to apologize for increased media scrutiny around the school. "We hope that the paparazzi will find something better to do with their time in the near future," the letter said.

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