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(AP Photo/Jon Super, file)LONDON (AP) Liverpool fired manager Kenny Dalglish on Wednesday after a disappointing Premier League campaign that overshadowed the team's first trophy in six years.
The club legend's second spell in charge of the team lasted less than 500 days and saw the team finish eighth in the Premier League. That failed to impress the club's American owners, even though the team won the League Cup trophy in February and reached the FA Cup final this month.
"Results in the Premier League have been disappointing and we believe to build on the progress that has already been made, we need to make a change," Liverpool chairman Tom Werner said.
ROME (AP) Fresh off a title in Madrid and back up to No. 2 in the rankings, Roger Federer showed off his strong form with a routine 6-3, 6-4 win over Carlos Berlocq of Argentina in his opening match at the Italian Open on Wednesday.
Seeking to win one of only three Masters 1000 events he's never claimed, Federer dealt well with the swirling wind inside the 10,500-seat stadium at the Foro Italico, coming to the net often to finish off points early. (MORE)
WEMBLEY, England (AP) Former captain John Terry was included in England's European Championshipr roster on Wednesday despite facing trial immediately after the tournament for racially abusing an opponent.
The Football Association's decision to strip Terry of the England captaincy in February over the alleged racial abuse of Queens Park Rangers defender Anton Ferdinand led to coach Fabio Capello quitting. (MORE)
LONDON (AP) Queens Park Rangers says it will investigate captain Joey Barton's conduct once the Football Association has completed its own hearing on the midfielder's sending off on the final day of the Premier League season.
The midfielder was sent off for elbowing Manchester City's Carlos Tevez, and then kicked Sergio Aguero and tried to head-butt Vincent Kompany before being escorted off the pitch by his teammates. (MORE)
MONTECATINI TERME, Italy (AP) Roberto Ferrari sprinted to his first Grand Tour stage victory in the 11th and longest leg of the Giro d'Italia Wednesday, while Joaquin Rodriguez retained the overall lead.
There was another crash on the final corner, 400 meters from the finish line, but it did not distract Ferrari as a burst of speed saw the Androni rider win the 255-kilometer (158-mile) leg from Assisi to Montecatini Terme in 6 hours, 49 minutes, 5 seconds. (MORE)
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