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| Tennis-Brasil Cup women's singles quarterfinal results Thursday, Feb 28, 2013 11:34 AM PST Feb 28 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Brasil Cup Women's Singles Quarterfinal matches on Thursday 7-Kristina Mladenovic (France) beat Melinda Czink (Hungary) 6-4 6-3 Full Story | Top |
| Soccer-Sevilla's Medel, Kondogbia hit with bans for Cup red cards Thursday, Feb 28, 2013 11:28 AM PST MADRID, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Sevilla midfielders Gary Medel and Geoffrey Kondogbia were handed three and four-match bans respectively on Thursday for red cards in their King's Cup semi-final second leg defeat to Atletico Madrid. Sevilla finished with nine men at the Sanchez Pizjuan on Wednesday after drawing 2-2, to go out 4-3 on aggregate. Chile international Medel picked up two yellow cards in the same incident after fouling Atletico striker Diego Costa 14 minutes from time. He received a one-match ban for the red card, and a further two for what happened after the decision. ... Full Story | Top |
| UPDATE 3-Tennis-Delray Beach International men's singles round 2 results Thursday, Feb 28, 2013 11:24 AM PST Feb 28 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Delray Beach International Men's Singles Round 2 matches on Thursday 2-Tommy Haas (Germany) beat Denis Istomin (Uzbekistan) 6-4 6-1 Ricardas Berankis (Lithuania) beat Jack Sock (U.S.) 3-6 6-4 6-1 Daniel Munoz (Spain) beat 8-Xavier Malisse (Belgium) 7-6(3) 3-6 6-3 Edouard Roger-Vasselin (France) beat Ivo Karlovic (Croatia) 6-4 7-5 Full Story | Top |
| Reuters U.S. Sports Schedule at 2 PM EST on Thursday, Feb. 28 Thursday, Feb 28, 2013 11:04 AM PST Feb. 28 (Reuters) - Reuters U.S. sports schedule at 2 PM ET on Thursday: - - - - The duty editor is Steve Ginsburg, 202-898-8427 - - - - National Football League Eagles' defensive overhaul continues It began with defensive tackles Cullen Jenkins and Mike Patterson. The secondary, starting with cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha, is next in the Eagles' defensive overhaul. ... Full Story | Top |
| Soccer-Spanish police hold Serbian convicted of killing French fan Thursday, Feb 28, 2013 10:44 AM PST MADRID, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Spanish police have detained a Serbian soccer fan wanted on an international arrest warrant for the killing of a Toulouse supporter before a Europa League match in 2009, they said in a statement on Thursday. "Agents of the national police have arrested Djordje Prelic in Barcelona," the police said. "He was detained at an ordinary control showing a Czech Republic passport with a false identity." A police spokesman said the case would pass to the Spanish courts to decide on a possible extradition. ... Full Story | Top |
| Rugby-Injured Ferris unlikely to return in time for Lions' tour Thursday, Feb 28, 2013 10:43 AM PST DUBLIN, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Ireland flanker Stephen Ferris is likely to miss this year's British and Irish Lions' tour of Australia starting in June after his club Ulster said on Thursday he would be out of action for another three months with the ankle injury that has wrecked his season. Ferris, 27, who has played only four times for Ulster this season and last started for Ireland in last year's Six Nations, underwent surgery on Wednesday and will take no part in the rest of Ulster's Heineken Cup campaign. ... Full Story | Top |
| Woods gets feet wet, four shots back of early Honda lead Thursday, Feb 28, 2013 10:35 AM PST  PALM BEACH GARDENS, Florida (Reuters) - Tiger Woods had his bare feet in water to save par en route to an even-par 70 in the opening round of the Honda Classic on Thursday that left him four shots back of the clubhouse leaders. The 14-times major winner, who started on the back nine at PGA National, got off to a rough start with bogeys on his first and fourth holes but recovered with two birdies on the back nine in unusually chilly and overcast conditions for Florida. Boo Weekley, Sean O'Hair, Dustin Johnson and shared the early clubhouse league with four-under rounds of 66. ... Full Story | Top |
| Soccer-Benfica secure English Premier League rights in Portugal Thursday, Feb 28, 2013 10:23 AM PST LISBON, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Benfica have reached a deal with the English Premier League for exclusive screening rights in Portugal of the competition over the next three seasons, the Lisbon club said on Thursday. Benfica, who have the largest fan base in Portugal, said in a statement that matches will be screened by the club's tv channel, Benfica TV, but gave no details on how much it was paying for the deal. "This is something that fills me with pride," Benfica president Luis Filipe Vieira said in the statement, to announce the move that celebrated Benfica's 109th anniversary on Thursday. ... Full Story | Top |
| Golf-Woods gets feet wet, four shots back of early Honda lead Thursday, Feb 28, 2013 10:18 AM PST PALM BEACH GARDENS, Florida, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Tiger Woods had his bare feet in water to save par en route to an even-par 70 in the opening round of the Honda Classic on Thursday that left him four shots back of the clubhouse leaders. The 14-times major winner, who started on the back nine at PGA National, got off to a rough start with bogeys on his first and fourth holes but recovered with two birdies on the back nine in unusually chilly and overcast conditions for Florida. Boo Weekley, Sean O'Hair, Dustin Johnson and shared the early clubhouse league with four-under rounds of 66. ... Full Story | Top |
| Djokovic swats aside Seppi to set up Del Potro showdown Thursday, Feb 28, 2013 09:53 AM PST  DUBAI (Reuters) - Novak Djokovic extended his winning streak to 16 matches after routing Andreas Seppi 6-0 6-3 on Thursday to set up a semi-final duel with former U.S. Open champion Juan Martin Del Potro at the Dubai Championships. The Serb will go into Friday's encounter with a 7-2 winning record against Del Potro and has been victorious in their last three matches, but the Argentine did beat Djokovic to claim an Olympic bronze in London last year. "Del Potro is a fantastic player, he's very powerful and has a great serve," Djokovic said in a courtside interview. ... Full Story | Top |
| Soccer-AEK defender Arkoudas gets one-year doping ban Thursday, Feb 28, 2013 09:41 AM PST ATHENS, Feb 28 (Reuters) - AEK Athens defender Christos Arkoudas has been banned from playing for one year after testing positive for the banned stimulant oxilofrine, the Greek Super League said on Thursday. Greece's anti-doping control body (ESKAN) revealed earlier this month that the 22-year-old had failed a routine test following the match against OFI Crete on Jan. 26. Arkoudas exercised his right to appeal against the decision and be retested but the Super League confirmed the one-year suspension. ... Full Story | Top |
| UPDATE 3-Tennis-Dubai Championships men's singles quarterfinal results Thursday, Feb 28, 2013 09:35 AM PST Feb 28 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Dubai Championships Men's Singles Quarterfinal matches on Thursday 2-Roger Federer (Switzerland) beat Nikolay Davydenko (Russia) 6-2 6-2 1-Novak Djokovic (Serbia) beat 7-Andreas Seppi (Italy) 6-0 6-3 3-Tomas Berdych (Czech Republic) beat Dmitry Tursunov (Russia) 6-3 6-2 4-Juan Martin Del Potro (Argentina) beat Daniel Brands (Germany) 6-4 6-2 Full Story | Top |
| UPDATE 1-Soccer-Rangers fined 250,000 pounds but keep titles Thursday, Feb 28, 2013 09:26 AM PST * SPL fine has no impact on new company - club * Highly unlikely that fine will be paid (Adds Rangers statement) Feb 28 (Reuters) - Former champions Rangers will not be stripped of any of their titles after being investigated for undisclosed payments to players and staff from 2000-11, the Scottish Premier League (SPL) said on Thursday. However, the company (Oldco) that formerly ran the Glasgow club and went into liquidation last year has been fined 250,000 pounds ($378,400). ... Full Story | Top |
| Soccer-Setubal honours 'Special One' with street Jose Mourinho Thursday, Feb 28, 2013 09:21 AM PST LISBON, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho is to get a street in Setubal named after him in honour of his sporting achievements, the town hall of his home city said on Thursday. Mourinho, the 50-year-old self-styled 'Special One', is arguably the most successful ever Portuguese coach. He has won league titles in four different countries with Porto, Chelsea, Inter Milan and Real Madrid, and has led teams to two Champions League trophies. The Setubal town hall said in a statement it had made the decision because of Mourinho's "extraordinary role in international sport". ... Full Story | Top |
| UPDATE 1-Tennis-Djojovic swats aside Seppi to set up Del Potro showdown Thursday, Feb 28, 2013 09:10 AM PST (recasts with Djokovic win) DUBAI, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Novak Djokovic extended his winning streak to 16 matches after routing Andreas Seppi 6-0 6-3 on Thursday to set up a semi-final duel with former U.S. Open champion Juan Martin Del Potro at the Dubai Championships. The Serb will go into Friday's encounter with a 7-2 winning record against Del Potro and has been victorious in their last three matches, but the Argentine did beat Djokovic to claim an Olympic bronze in London last year. ... Full Story | Top |
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