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| NBA-Pacers' Granger out 'indefinitely' with sore knee Tuesday, Oct 30, 2012 12:25 PM PDT Oct 30 (Reuters) - The Indiana Pacers will launch their regular season on Wednesday without their top scorer, former All-Star forward Danny Granger, who has been sidelined "indefinitely" because of a sore left knee. Granger, who averaged a team-high 18.7 points per game last season, was consulting with doctors on Tuesday to get a second opinion, the National Basketball Association team said. The 29-year-old injured a tendon in his left knee during the 2011-12 Eastern Conference semi-finals against the Miami Heat and then aggravated the injury during his off-season workouts. ... Full Story | Top |
| Soccer-Sion name sixth coach in two years Tuesday, Oct 30, 2012 12:20 PM PDT ZURICH, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Swiss club Sion have fired Michel Decastel after only two months in charge because volatile president Christian Constantin felt there was disharmony between the coach and his team. "Christian Constantin has recently met the professional squad and could detect differences and tensions within the team vis-a-vis coach Michel Decastel," the club said on their website (www.fc-sion.ch) on Tuesday. "FC Sion absolutely have to improve their performances. ... Full Story | Top |
| Soccer-Sermanni to take charge of U.S. Olympic women's champions Tuesday, Oct 30, 2012 12:17 PM PDT Oct 30 (Reuters) - Former Australia women's soccer team coach Tom Sermanni was named on Tuesday to take charge of the top-ranked United States from Jan. 1 next year. The 58-year-old Scot replaces Pia Sundhage, who quit after the U.S. women's team won their third successive Olympic gold medal at Wembley in August to return to her native Sweden. Sermanni was twice Australia's coach and steered them to the World Cup finals three times, reaching the quarter-finals in 2007 and 2011. ... Full Story | Top |
| Basketball-Blatt quits as Russia coach Tuesday, Oct 30, 2012 12:16 PM PDT MOSCOW, Oct 30 (Reuters) - David Blatt, an American-born Israeli, has quit as coach of the Russian men's basketball team after guiding them to the Olympic bronze medal in London, the country's basketball federation (RBF) said on Tuesday. Blatt, 53, who holds dual U.S. and Israeli citizenship, has coached Russia for the past seven years, leading the team to the 2007 European title - the country's first major championship since 1985. He also helped them to the Eurobasket bronze medal last year. "I am leaving Russia with mixed feelings," he was quoted as saying by the RBF website (www.basket.ru). ... Full Story | Top |
| UPDATE 6-Tennis-Paris Masters men's singles results Tuesday, Oct 30, 2012 12:14 PM PDT Oct 30 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Paris Masters Men's Singles matches on Tuesday Round 216-Stanislas Wawrinka (Switzerland) beat Carlos Berlocq (Argentina) 6-3 6-2 15-Kei Nishikori (Japan) beat Benoit Paire (France) 7-6(2) 6-2 Jerzy Janowicz (Poland) beat 13-Marin Cilic (Croatia) 7-6(6) 6-2 Round 1Sam Querrey (U.S. ... Full Story | Top |
| Soccer-Chelsea and Man Utd shuffle packs for second instalment Tuesday, Oct 30, 2012 12:13 PM PDT LONDON, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Chelsea and Manchester United will ring the changes on Wednesday when they clash at Stamford Bridge for the second time in three days, in the last 16 of the League Cup. The Londoners, beaten 3-2 by United in a stormy Premier League game on Sunday, are severely depleted by injury and suspension. Captain John Terry serves the third game of his four-match ban for racially insulting Queens Park Rangers defender Anton Ferdinand while midfielder Frank Lampard (calf injury) and left back Ashley Cole (ankle) are also missing. ... Full Story | Top |
| UPDATE 1-Tennis-Tournament of Champions women's singles round robin results Tuesday, Oct 30, 2012 12:10 PM PDT Oct 30 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Tournament of Champions Women's Singles Round Robin matches on Tuesday RESULTS Group Sredets8-Tsvetana Pironkova(Bulgaria)beat 6-Zheng Jie(China)2-6 6-4 7-6(4) Group Serdika4-Roberta Vinci(Italy)beat 7-Daniela Hantuchova(Slovakia)6-1 6-2 STANDINGS P W L F A Pts Group Serdika1. Roberta Vinci 1 1 0 2 0 2 2. Hsieh Su-Wei 0 0 0 0 0 0 2=. Caroline Wozniacki 0 0 0 0 0 0 4. Daniela Hantuchova 1 0 1 0 2 0 Group Sredets1. Tsvetana Pironkova 1 1 0 2 1 2 2. Nadia Petrova 0 0 0 0 0 0 2=. Maria Kirilenko 0 0 0 0 0 0 4. Zheng Jie 1 0 1 1 2 0 Full Story | Top |
| Afghan pugilist triumphs in country's first pro boxing bout Tuesday, Oct 30, 2012 12:09 PM PDT KABUL, Oct 30 (Reuters) - A joyous Kabul crowd invaded the ring to celebrate a local victory in Afghanistan's first professional men's boxing match, after Hamid Rahimi beat Tanzanian Said Mbelwa in seven rounds. Afghan fighter Rahimi overcame Mbelwa on Tuesday evening to take the World Boxing Organization Intercontinental middleweight belt in the "Fight 4 Peace" in a city better known for gunfire and insurgent attacks than uppercuts and jabs. ... Full Story | Top |
| Winning Wimbledon priority for 2013, Sharapova says Tuesday, Oct 30, 2012 11:31 AM PDT  MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Maria Sharapova will focus on trying to win Wimbledon next year rather than attempting to regain the world number one ranking. "Wimbledon will be my priority next season," Sharapova, who finished the year as world number two behind Belarussian Victoria Azarenka, told Reuters on Tuesday after signing a sponsorship deal with electronics manufacturer Samsung in Moscow. "This year it was different because of the Olympics but if you ask me about my main goal for 2013, it definitely will be Wimbledon. ... Full Story | Top |
| Tennis-Winning Wimbledon priority for 2013, Sharapova says Tuesday, Oct 30, 2012 11:19 AM PDT MOSCOW, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Russian Maria Sharapova will focus on trying to win Wimbledon next year rather than attempting to regain the world number one ranking. "Wimbledon will be my priority next season," Sharapova, who finished the year as world number two behind Belarussian Victoria Azarenka, told Reuters on Tuesday after signing a sponsorship deal with electronics manufacturer Samsung in Moscow. "This year it was different because of the Olympics but if you ask me about my main goal for 2013, it definitely will be Wimbledon. ... Full Story | Top |
| North Korean bootmakers want to score with Messi Tuesday, Oct 30, 2012 11:12 AM PDT  DANDONG, China (Reuters) - Top soccer-boot maker Adidas probably shouldn't be worrying just yet but a rare venture that marries South Korean money with North Korean labour in the Chinese city of Dandong aims to make its mark on the world soccer scene. At a temporary factory in a village on the edge of a bustling city that serves as a bridge between China and impoverished, isolated North Korea, 20 North Koreans hand sew soccer boots and dream of taking on the world. ... Full Story | Top |
| Reuters U.S. Sports Schedule at 2 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, Oct. 30 Tuesday, Oct 30, 2012 11:00 AM PDT Oct. 30 (Reuters) - Reuters U.S. sports schedule at 2 p.m. EDT on Tuesday: - - - - The duty editor is Steve Ginsburg, 202-898-8427 - - - - National Basketball Association MIAMI - The ring is the thing for the Miami Heat. The reigning champions collect their title hardware for hosting the reconstructed Boston Celtics, who'll see Ray Allen on the opposing bench. (BKN-HEAT-CELTICS-WRITETHRU, by Walter Villa, The Sports Xchange, 700 words, expect first copy by 9:45 p.m. ... Full Story | Top |
| Cricket-Rain ruins Sri Lanka-New Zealand Twenty20 Tuesday, Oct 30, 2012 11:00 AM PDT Oct 30 (Reuters) - The opening match of New Zealand's five-week tour of Sri Lanka was ruined by bad weather on Tuesday when the one-off Twenty20 international in Pallekele was abandoned as a no-result. The game began 45 minutes late due to rain and the visitors, having been put in to bat on a green wicket offering plenty of movement for the seamers, slumped to 24 for five in the ninth over. Bad weather then intervened again, causing the officials to reduce the match to 14 overs per side. ... Full Story | Top |
| Cricket-Sri Lanka v New Zealand Twenty20 scoreboard Tuesday, Oct 30, 2012 10:43 AM PDT Oct. 30 (Reuters) - Scoreboard from the only Twenty20international between Sri Lanka and New Zealand played atPallekele on Tuesday. Match ended in a no result due to rain New Zealand R Nicol lbw b Eranga 1 T Latham b Kulasekara 4 B McCullum c Perera b Kulasekara 1 R Taylor c Sangakkara b Perera 4 J Franklin c Sangakkara b Perera 2 B Watling c Chandimal b Dananjaya 8 A Ellis c Thirimanne b Dananjaya 16 J Oram not out 10 T Southee not out 21 Extras: (lb-3, w-4) 7 Total: (seven wickets, 14 overs) 74 Fall of wickets: 1-4 2-10 3-15 4-18 5-24 6-28 7-51 Did not bat: R Hira, K Mills. ... Full Story | Top |
| Soccer-Swedish court sentences 15 following riot Tuesday, Oct 30, 2012 10:42 AM PDT STOCKHOLM, Oct 30 (Reuters) - A Swedish court has sentenced 15 soccer hooligans for up to four months in prison for their part in a violent riot before a match in Gothenburg in August, 2011. The riot took place before a league game between IFK Gothenburg and their bitter Stockholm rivals AIK, which IFK won 3-1. More clashes occurred after the game and all those sentenced were fans of the Gothenburg club. "The district court has considered the charges against 15 people and finds all of them guilty of participating in the violent riot," said a statement released by the court on Tuesday. ... Full Story | Top |
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