Chula Vista, Calif., first baseman Luke Ramirez, right, celebrates with pitcher Kiko Garcia after winning the Little League World Series

Little League champs

Chula Vista, Calif., first baseman Luke Ramirez, right, celebrates with pitcher Kiko Garcia after the last out in Chula Vista's 6-3 win over Chinese Taipei in the...

Little League World Series tops ESPN.com searches in August

ESPN.com ranks the top searches for August 2009

Chula Vista, Calif., first baseman Luke Ramirez, right, celebrates with pitcher Kiko Garcia after the last out in Chula Vista's 6-3 win over Taoyuan, Taiwan, in the...

California rallies from 3 down for crown

California came up big late to win the Little League World Series.

13-year-old girl powers Canada

Katie Reyes' two-run single in the top of the sixth helped Vancouver, British Columbia, rally for a wild 14-13 victory Tuesday over Ramstein Air Force Base, Germany.

California prevails with 12 runs in 6th

Iowarallied from an early deficit Sunday to defeat Washington 5-3 at the Little League World Series.

Georgia wins again; Jones also homers

Oscar Noguera scored from third on a throwing error, and Reynosa, Mexico, beat Vancouver, British Columbia, 2-1 in seven innings Saturday at the Little League World Series.

Eckstein leads the Cardinals' wild win over the Tigers

With some help from a big hit by little David Eckstein, the St. Louis Cardinals took control of the World Series with a wild comeback win.

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Dunne steals show in Dublin shootout

While Vitali Klitschko and Roy Jones were walking through their opponents, Bernard Dunne was giving Ireland one for the ages in a thrilling slugfest with Ricardo Cordoba.

Espanyol 1-2 Recreativo Huelva

...Sinama-Pongolle found himself one on one with Kiko Casilla, but saw his shot rebound off the...Espanyol should have equalised, but the unmarked Luis Garcia was badly off-target with his header from...