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| UPDATE 4-Soccer-Van Persie shines again as United march on Tuesday, Jan 01, 2013 11:26 AM PST * Van Persie and Hernandez at the double in 4-0 win at Wigan * Man City beat Stoke 3-0 while Spurs triumph and Villa draw (Adds Arsenal draw) LONDON, Jan 1 (Reuters) - Manchester United striker Robin van Persie bagged a contrasting double in a 4-0 win at Wigan Athletic on Tuesday to hand Roberto Mancini another painful reminder of why he looks the difference in the title race. ... Full Story | Top |
| Alpine skiing-Neureuther, Velez Zuzulova stun favourites in Munich Tuesday, Jan 01, 2013 11:22 AM PST MUNICH, Germany, Jan 1 (Reuters) - Felix Neureuther and Veronika Velez Zuzulova upset the World Cup favourites when they won the men's and women's city events respectively on Tuesday. German Neureuther, a specialist of sorts after finishing second in a similar event in Moscow a year ago, used the support of 15,000 fans in Munich's Olympic Park to upstage Austrian World Cup holder Marcel Hirscher in the final of the parallel slalom competition. ... Full Story | Top |
| UPDATE 2-Soccer-English premier league results and standings Tuesday, Jan 01, 2013 11:20 AM PST Jan 1 (Infostrada Sports) - Results and standings from the English premier league matches on Tuesday Tuesday, January 1 Manchester City 3 Stoke City 0 Southampton 1 Arsenal 1 Swansea City 2 Aston Villa 2 Tottenham Hotspur 3 Reading 1 West Bromwich Albion 1 Fulham 2 West Ham United 2 Norwich City 1 Wigan Athletic 0 Manchester United 4 Standings P W D L F A Pts 1 Manchester United 21 17 1 3 54 28 52 2 Manchester City 21 13 6 2 41 19 45 3 Tottenham Hotspur 21 12 3 6 39 27 39 -------------------------4 Chelsea 19 11 5 3 39 18 38 -------------------------5 Arsenal 20 9 7 4 40 22 34 ... Full Story | Top |
| UPDATE 2-Soccer-English premier league top scorers Tuesday, Jan 01, 2013 11:20 AM PST Jan 1 (Infostrada Sports) - Top scorers of the English premier league on Tuesday 16 Robin van Persie (Manchester United) 13 Luis Suarez (Liverpool) Demba Ba (Newcastle United) Michu (Swansea City) 10 Jermain Defoe (Tottenham Hotspur) 9 Edin Dzeko (Manchester City) Gareth Bale (Tottenham Hotspur) 8 Theo Walcott (Arsenal) Marouane Fellaini (Everton) Sergio Aguero (Manchester City) Javier Hernandez (Manchester United) Rickie Lambert (Southampton) Steven Fletcher (Sunderland) 7 Santi Cazorla (Arsenal) Juan Mata (Chelsea) Fernando Torres (Chelsea) Carlos Tevez (Manchester City) Wayne Rooney ... Full Story | Top |
| UPDATE 2-Soccer-English premier league summaries Tuesday, Jan 01, 2013 11:20 AM PST Jan 1 (Infostrada Sports) - Summaries from the English premier league matches on Tuesday Southampton 1 Gaston Ramirez 35 Arsenal 1 Guilherme Do Prado 41og Halftime: 1-1; Attendance: 31,743- - -Manchester City 3 Pablo Zabaleta 43, Edin Dzeko 56, Sergio Aguero 74pen Stoke City 0 Halftime: 1-0; Attendance: 47,192- - -Swansea City 2 Wayne Routledge 9, Danny Graham 90+4 Aston Villa 2 Andreas Weimann 44, Christian Benteke 84pen Halftime: 1-1; Attendance: 20,406- - -Tottenham Hotspur 3 Michael Dawson 10, Emmanuel Adebayor 51, Clint Dempsey 79 Reading 1 Pavel Pogrebnyak 4 Halftime: 1-1; Attendance: ... Full Story | Top |
| Alpine skiing-Neureuther and Zuzulova win Munich city event Tuesday, Jan 01, 2013 10:56 AM PST MUNICH, Jan 1 (Reuters) - Germany's Felix Neureuther won the men's World Cup parallel slalom competition in Munich on Tuesday while Slovakia's Veronika Velez Zuzulova won the women's equivalent. The two knockout events featured the 12 best slalom skiers together with the top four all-rounders. (Writing by Patrick Lang; editing by Tony Jimenez) Full Story | Top |
| Soccer-Villa stop rot in fluctuating Swansea encounter Tuesday, Jan 01, 2013 10:42 AM PST LONDON, Jan 1 (Reuters) - Beleaguered Aston Villa could have been 4-0 down in the early stages of Tuesday's 2-2 Premier League draw at Swansea City but in the end were kicking themselves for not taking three points. Villa had conceded 15 and scored none in their last three matches with defeats by Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur and modest Wigan Athletic putting manager Paul Lambert and his youthful side under major pressure. ... Full Story | Top |
| Soccer-Ambitious Lucas wants to become world's best with PSG Tuesday, Jan 01, 2013 10:36 AM PST PARIS, Jan 1 (Reuters) - Lucas wants one day to be regarded as the best player in the world, the young Brazil midfielder said after linking up with his Paris St Germain team mates for the first time on Tuesday. According to media reports Qatari-backed PSG paid a fee of 45 million euros ($59.3 million) for the exciting prospect in August, with an agreement that he would arrive in January. The five-year deal was completed on Tuesday after Lucas, who helped his former club Sao Paulo to clinch the Copa Sudamericana last month, joined the Ligue 1 leaders at their training camp in Qatar. ... Full Story | Top |
| Soccer-Goal difference could be decisive again, says Mancini Tuesday, Jan 01, 2013 10:18 AM PST Jan 1 (Reuters) - Goal difference could again be the deciding factor in the Premier League title race and Manchester City therefore need to score as many as possible in every game, manager Roberto Mancini said on Tuesday. Manchester United maintained their seven-point lead over champions City, with 17 games remaining, after the two rivals beat Wigan Athletic and Stoke City 4-0 and 3-0 respectively. Mancini's team took United's title last term when a last-gasp 3-2 win over Queens Park Rangers on the final day put them level on points but with a better goal difference of 64 against 56. ... Full Story | Top |
| UPDATE 2-Soccer-Van Persie shines again as United march on Tuesday, Jan 01, 2013 09:42 AM PST (Adds details, quotes, byline) * Van Persie and Hernandez at the double in 4-0 win at Wigan * Man City beat Stoke 3-0 while Spurs triumph and Villa draw LONDON, Jan 1 (Reuters) - Manchester United striker Robin van Persie bagged a contrasting double in a 4-0 win at Wigan Athletic on Tuesday to hand Roberto Mancini another painful reminder of why he looks the difference in the title race. ... Full Story | Top |
| Soccer-South Korea's Ji joins Augsburg on loan Tuesday, Jan 01, 2013 09:34 AM PST LONDON, Jan 1 (Reuters) - Sunderland's South Korean forward Ji Dong-won has joined Bundesliga side Augsburg on loan until the end of the season, the Premier League club said in a statement on Tuesday. The 21 year-old made 21 appearances for Sunderland last term, scoring two goals, but has been little used by Martin O'Neill so far this season. Augsburg are second bottom in the German top flight. (Writing by Mark Meadows, Editing by Tom Pilcher) Full Story | Top |
| UPDATE 7-Tennis-Qatar Open men's singles round 1 results Tuesday, Jan 01, 2013 09:24 AM PST Jan 1 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Qatar Open Men's Singles Round 1 matches on Tuesday Tobias Kamke (Germany) beat Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo (Spain) 6-1 6-2 2-Richard Gasquet (France) beat Jan Hernych (Czech Republic) 6-3 6-4 Gael Monfils (France) beat Mousa Shanan Zayed (Qatar) 6-0 6-3 Daniel Brands (Germany) beat 5-Jeremy Chardy (France) 6-4 6-4 Mohamed Safwat (Egypt) beat Jabor Al Mutawa (Qatar) 6-0 6-0 4-Mikhail Youzhny (Russia) beat Benjamin Becker (Germany) 4-6 7-6(3) 6-1 Lukas Lacko (Slovakia) beat Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (Spain) 6-1 2-6 6-4 Lukas Rosol (Czech Republic) beat ... Full Story | Top |
| UPDATE 7-Tennis-Chennai Open men's singles round 1 results Tuesday, Jan 01, 2013 09:23 AM PST Jan 1 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Chennai Open Men's Singles Round 1 matches on Tuesday Sergiy Stakhovsky (Ukraine) beat Ruben Bemelmans (Belgium) 7-6(7) 7-6(5) Dudi Sela (Israel) beat Rajeev Ram (U.S. ... Full Story | Top |
| Soccer-Fulham start year with win at West Brom Tuesday, Jan 01, 2013 06:40 AM PST LONDON, Jan 1 (Reuters) - Fulham winger Alex Kacaniklic sealed a 2-1 Premier League win at high-flying West Bromwich Albion on Tuesday to end a sorry run of results for the Londoners. Martin Jol's side had won only one of their last 12 games but began 2013 with a bang against the club he graced as a player with Dimitar Berbatov giving the dominant visitors a 39th-minute lead when his shot evaded goalkeeper Ben Foster. ... Full Story | Top |
| Serena aims to overtake Evert as oldest number one Tuesday, Jan 01, 2013 06:18 AM PST  BRISBANE (Reuters) - Serena Williams credited a more subdued lifestyle on Tuesday for the current form which has put her on track to succeed fellow-American Chris Evert as the oldest world number one in women's tennis. Williams, who recorded a serve of 200 kms an hour during a second-round 6-2 6-2 win over France's Alize Cornet at the Brisbane International, is currently ranked third in the world. However, the 31-year-old is regarded as the pre-eminent woman player at the moment after winning the Wimbledon, U.S. and Olympic titles last year. ... Full Story | Top |
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