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| CA-SPORTS Summary Tuesday, Apr 30, 2013 12:09 PM PDT Collins finds reaction to coming out "incredible" (Reuters) - NBA player Jason Collins, who became the first gay man to come out while playing in one of America's major professional leagues, said he has been startled by the positive reaction. "Its incredible, you just try to live an honest genuine life and the next thing you know, you've got the president calling you," he told ABC's Good Morning America on Tuesday. ... Full Story | Top |
| Tennis: Karlovic in hospital with viral meningitis Tuesday, Apr 30, 2013 12:09 PM PDT  (Reuters) - Croatia's Ivo Karlovic, well-known for his thundering serves, is recovering in hospital in Miami after being admitted with viral meningitis, his wife Alsi said. In a statement on the official ATP website (www.atpworldtour.com) she dismissed reports that the 34-year-old had suffered a stroke. "Ivo did not have a stroke, as some outlets have stated; rather, he has viral meningitis," she said. "We ask for privacy during his recovery process. We thank everyone for their support and well wishes. ... Full Story | Top |
| Tennis-Oeiras Open women's singles round 1 results Tuesday, Apr 30, 2013 11:55 AM PDT April 30 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Oeiras Open Women's Singles Round 1 matches on Tuesday Urszula Radwanska (Poland) beat 2-Dominika Cibulkova (Slovakia) 2-6 6-4 6-4 Monica Puig (Puerto Rico) beat 8-Julia Goerges (Germany) 7-6(3) 6-2 Francesca Schiavone (Italy) beat Lourdes Dominguez Lino (Spain) 6-2 4-6 6-3 Estrella Cabeza Candela (Spain) beat Aravane Rezai (France) 5-7 6-1 6-3 Kaia Kanepi (Estonia) beat Kristina Mladenovic (France) 6-4 6-3 3-Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Russia) beat Shahar Peer (Israel) 6-4 6-4 Romina Oprandi (Switzerland) beat Kiki Bertens (Netherlands) 6-3 6-3 ... Full Story | Top |
| Tennis-Croatia's Karlovic in hospital with viral meningitis Tuesday, Apr 30, 2013 11:47 AM PDT April 30 (Reuters) - Croatia's Ivo Karlovic, well-known for his thundering serves, is recovering in hospital in Miami after being admitted with viral meningitis, his wife Alsi said. In a statement on the official ATP website (www.atpworldtour.com) she dismissed reports that the 34-year-old had suffered a stroke. "Ivo did not have a stroke, as some outlets have stated; rather, he has viral meningitis," she said. "We ask for privacy during his recovery process. We thank everyone for their support and well wishes. ... Full Story | Top |
| Soccer-Busquets, Abidal sidelined for Bayern clash Tuesday, Apr 30, 2013 11:41 AM PDT * Busquets absence a huge blow for Barcelona * Bayern leading 4-0 from semi-final first leg (Updates with Barca statement) By Iain Rogers BARCELONA, April 30 (Reuters) - Barcelona were dealt a blow as they prepare for Wednesday's Champions League semi-final second leg at home to Bayern Munich when midfielder Sergio Busquets and defender Eric Abidal were ruled out through injury. "Sergio Busquets and Eric Abidal will not feature in tomorrow's match," Barca said in a statement on their website (www.fcbarcelona.es) on Tuesday. ... Full Story | Top |
| Tennis-Oeiras Open men's singles round 1 results Tuesday, Apr 30, 2013 11:39 AM PDT April 30 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Oeiras Open Men's Singles Round 1 matches on Tuesday Gastao Elias (Portugal) beat 7-Horacio Zeballos (Argentina) 6-3 6-4 8-Tommy Robredo (Spain) beat Daniel Gimeno-Traver (Spain) 2-6 7-5 6-3 Robin Haase (Netherlands) beat Pablo Andujar (Spain) 4-6 6-2 6-3 Paolo Lorenzi (Italy) beat Niels Desein (Belgium) 6-3 4-6 6-2 Victor Hanescu (Romania) beat Rui Machado (Portugal) 6-4 6-4 Albert Ramos (Spain) beat Carlos Berlocq (Argentina) 7-6(4) 2-6 6-3 Alejandro Falla (Colombia) beat Andrey Kuznetsov (Russia) 7-5 6-4 Pablo Carreno (Spain) beat 5-Julien ... Full Story | Top |
| Soccer-Inter's Zanetti out for six months after Achilles surgery Tuesday, Apr 30, 2013 11:38 AM PDT April 30 (Reuters) - Inter Milan captain Javier Zanetti had a successful operation for his ruptured Achilles tendon on Tuesday and will be out of action for about six months, his doctor said. The 39-year-old, who has played more than 840 games for Inter and has a record 145 caps for Argentina, remained unflappable throughout, surgeon Franco Benazzo told the Inter website (www.inter.it). "The operation was a complete success, it lasted around an hour," said Benazzo. ... Full Story | Top |
| Pope accepts invite to Israel, urges peace talks Tuesday, Apr 30, 2013 11:38 AM PDT  By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis urged Israelis and Palestinians to resume talks and make "courageous decisions" to bring peace after his first meeting with Israel's President Shimon Peres on Tuesday and accepted an invitation to visit the Holy Land. The two discussed the civil war in Syria, tensions in Iran and the scourge of anti-Semitism during half an hour of private talks in the Vatican's Apostolic Palace. ... Full Story | Top |
| Puerto doctor gets jail term, evidence to be destroyed Tuesday, Apr 30, 2013 11:28 AM PDT  By Mark Elkington MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish doctor Eufemiano Fuentes, the central figure in the Operation Puerto probe into a doping ring in cycling, got a one-year prison term on Tuesday as the judge ordered all evidence from the case to be destroyed. Fuentes - who is unlikely to be jailed because sentences under two years in Spain are usually suspended - was convicted for crimes against public health, barred from practicing sports medicine for four years and fined. ... Full Story | Top |
| Soccer-Real Madrid v Borussia Dortmund - teams Tuesday, Apr 30, 2013 10:54 AM PDT MADRID, April 30 (Reuters) - Teams for Tuesday's Champions League semi-final second leg between Real Madrid and Borussia Dortmund at the Bernabeu: Real Madrid: 41-Diego Lopez; 15-Michael Essien, 4-Sergio Ramos, 2-Raphael Varane, 5-Fabio Coentrao; 19-Luka Modric, 14-Xabi Alonso; 22-Angel Di Maria, 10-Mesut Ozil, 7-Cristiano Ronaldo; 20-Gonzalo Higuain Borussia Dortmund: 1-Roman Weidenfeller; 26-Lukasz Piszczek, 4-Neven Subotic, 15-Mats Hummels, 29-Marcel Schmelzer; 8-Ilkay Guendogan, 6-Sven Bender; 16-Jakub Blaszczykowski, 10-Mario Goetze, 11-Marco Reus; 9-Robert Lewandowski Referee: Howard ... Full Story | Top |
| Soccer-Hungarian championship results and standings Tuesday, Apr 30, 2013 10:51 AM PDT April 30 (Infostrada Sports) - Results and standings from the Hungarian championship matches on Tuesday Tuesday, April 30Ujpest 1 MTK Hungaria 1 Standings P W D L F A Pts 1 Gyor ETO 25 15 7 3 50 28 52 -------------------------2 Fehervar 25 13 6 6 41 18 45 3 MTK Hungaria 25 13 6 6 39 24 45 -------------------------4 Debrecen 25 12 3 10 37 25 39 -------------------------5 Honved 25 11 6 8 38 33 39 6 Ferencvaros 25 10 9 6 41 30 39 7 Kecskemeti TE 25 10 7 8 35 33 37 8 Ujpest 25 9 8 8 34 34 35 9 Paks 25 8 11 6 38 30 35 10 Szombathelyi Haladas 25 8 9 8 29 24 33 11 Kaposvar 25 9 5 11 29 31 32 12 ... Full Story | Top |
| Soccer-Bulgarian keeper apologises for hitting team mate Tuesday, Apr 30, 2013 10:47 AM PDT SOFIA, April 30 (Reuters) - Pirin Gotse Delchev's goalkeeper Abdi Abdikov has apologised after being handed a four-match ban by the Bulgarian FA (BFU) for hitting a team mate during a league match. The 29-year-old stopper was sent off for hitting defender Atanas Fidanin midway through the first half of a 5-1 loss at Cherno More Varna on Sunday, the incident apparently sparked by a row over who was to blame for conceding a goal. "I accept the punishment," Abdikov, who was also fined 1,000 levs ($670) by a disciplinary commission, told local media. ... Full Story | Top |
| Tennis-Munich Open men's singles round 1 results Tuesday, Apr 30, 2013 10:33 AM PDT April 30 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Munich Open Men's Singles Round 1 matches on Tuesday Gael Monfils (France) beat 8-Jurgen Melzer (Austria) 6-3 6-3 Evgeny Korolev (Russia) beat Marcos Baghdatis (Cyprus) 7-5 7-6(3) 6-Florian Mayer (Germany) beat Lukasz Kubot (Poland) 7-6(2) 4-6 7-5 5-Alexandr Dolgopolov (Ukraine) beat Sergiy Stakhovsky (Ukraine) 6-4 6-2 Viktor Troicki (Serbia) beat Matthias Bachinger (Germany) 6-3 6-2 Radek Stepanek (Czech Republic) beat 7-Mikhail Youzhny (Russia) 6-4 5-7 6-4 Grega Zemlja (Slovenia) beat John Millman (Australia) 6-2 6-2 Ernests Gulbis (Latvia) ... Full Story | Top |
| Turkey hires Phelps's coach in search of medals Tuesday, Apr 30, 2013 09:18 AM PDT  ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey has recruited Michael Phelps's coach Bob Bowman to raise the level of swimming in the country which is bidding to host the 2020 Olympic Games. Bowman, who helped record-breaking American Phelps to 18 Olympic gold medals, will work as a consultant to the Turkish program leading up to the Rio de Janeiro Games in 2016. "It's exciting for me to take part in this project," Bowman told a news conference on Tuesday at which mobile phone company Turkcell announced an $8 million funding package for improved coaching in swimming and athletics. ... Full Story | Top |
| Swimming-Turkey hires Phelps's coach in search of medals Tuesday, Apr 30, 2013 09:15 AM PDT ISTANBUL, April 30 (Reuters) - Turkey has recruited Michael Phelps's coach Bob Bowman to raise the level of swimming in the country which is bidding to host the 2020 Olympic Games. Bowman, who helped record-breaking American Phelps to 18 Olympic gold medals, will work as a consultant to the Turkish programme leading up to the Rio de Janeiro Games in 2016. "It's exciting for me to take part in this project," Bowman told a news conference on Tuesday at which mobile phone company Turkcell announced an $8 million funding package for improved coaching in swimming and athletics. ... Full Story | Top |
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