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| UPDATE 1-Cycling-Road-Vuelta al Pais Vasco classification after stage 5 Friday, Apr 05, 2013 12:16 PM PDT April 5 (Infostrada Sports) - Classification from Vuelta al Pais Vasco after Stage 5 on Friday 1. Sergio Henao (Colombia / Team Sky) 21:04:07" 2. Nairo Quintana (Colombia / Movistar) +6" 3. Richie Porte (Australia / Team Sky) 4. Alberto Contador (Spain / Saxo - Tinkoff) +10" 5. Simon Spilak (Slovenia / Katusha) 6. Pieter Weening (Netherlands / Orica) +35" 7. Carlos Betancur (Colombia / AG2R) +37" 8. Samuel Sanchez (Spain / Euskaltel) +47" 9. Giampaolo Caruso (Italy / Katusha) +51" 10. Diego Ulissi (Italy / Lampre) +1:03" 11. John Gadret (France / AG2R) +1:07" 12. ... Full Story | Top |
| INTERVIEW-Soccer-Brazil hoping to phase out policing in stadiums Friday, Apr 05, 2013 12:16 PM PDT By Iain Rogers MADRID, April 5 (Reuters) - Brazil is hoping next year's World Cup will help the country move away from its standard practice of using riot police to keep order inside stadiums, the head of the local organising committee said on Friday. As host, Brazil is obliged by FIFA rules to use stewards to keep fans under control, with police on standby in case of serious trouble, and committee CEO Ricardo Trade said the South American nation was pushing to make this a permanent change. ... Full Story | Top |
| UPDATE 1-Cycling-Road-Vuelta al Pais Vasco stage 5 results Friday, Apr 05, 2013 12:15 PM PDT April 5 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from Vuelta al Pais Vasco (Eibar - Beasain, 166.1 km) on Friday 1. Richie Porte (Australia / Team Sky) 4:40:43" 2. Samuel Sanchez (Spain / Euskaltel) +4" 3. Sergio Henao (Colombia / Team Sky) 4. Nairo Quintana (Colombia / Movistar) 5. Pieter Weening (Netherlands / Orica) 6. John Gadret (France / AG2R) 7. Alberto Contador (Spain / Saxo - Tinkoff) 8. Simon Spilak (Slovenia / Katusha) 9. Diego Ulissi (Italy / Lampre) +20" 10. Giampaolo Caruso (Italy / Katusha) 11. Carlos Betancur (Colombia / AG2R) 12. Wout Poels (Netherlands / Vacansoleil) +27" 13. ... Full Story | Top |
| UPDATE 1-Tennis-Family Circle Cup women's singles results Friday, Apr 05, 2013 12:12 PM PDT April 5 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Family Circle Cup Women's Singles matches on Friday Round 31-Serena Williams (U.S.) beat Mallory Burdette (U.S.) 6-4 6-2 Madison Keys (U.S.) beat Bethanie Mattek-Sands (U.S.) 7-6(4) 6-4 5-Venus Williams (U.S.) beat 12-Varvara Lepchenko (U.S.) 6-2 4-6 6-2 Full Story | Top |
| Soccer-Gold Cup playoff to decide CONCACAF Confederations berth Friday, Apr 05, 2013 12:08 PM PDT April 5 (Reuters) - CONCACAF's representatives at the 2017 Confederations Cup will be determined by a playoff between the winners of the next two editions of the biennial Gold Cup, the continental soccer governing body said on Friday. A playoff between the winners of the 12-team tournament ensures both editions of the Gold Cup in each four-year cycle have the same competitive importance, the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) added. ... Full Story | Top |
| Rugby-Sharks 21 Canterbury Crusaders 17 - Super Rugby result Friday, Apr 05, 2013 12:07 PM PDT DURBAN, April 5 (Reuters) - Sharks (South Africa) beat Canterbury Crusaders (New Zealand) 21-17 (halftime 9-11) in a Super Rugby match at King's Park on Friday. Scorers: Sharks - Penalties: Patrick Lambie (7) Crusaders - Try: Andy Ellis; Penalties: Tyler Bleyendaal (4) (Compiled by Mark Gleeson, editing by Tony Jimenez) Full Story | Top |
| CA-SPORTS Summary Friday, Apr 05, 2013 12:06 PM PDT U.S. senators back Tyson pardon bid for boxing champ Johnson (Reuters) - Two senior U.S. senators welcomed a petition launched by former boxer Mike Tyson to have heavyweight champ Jack Johnson posthumously pardoned by President Barack Obama for race crimes a century ago. Democratic leader Harry Reid and Republican John McCain, longtime Johnson supporters, joined fellow boxing champions Lennox Lewis and Laila Ali, the daughter of retired boxing legend Muhammad Ali, in backing Tyson's petition on grassroots campaign website Change.org. ... Full Story | Top |
| NJ's Rutgers sports director resigns over coach abuse scandal Friday, Apr 05, 2013 12:06 PM PDT By David Jones NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey (Reuters) - Rutgers University Athletic Director Tim Pernetti became the latest official to leave the New Jersey school in the wake of revelations its now-ousted basketball coach Mike Rice had verbally and physically abused players, school officials said. University President Robert Barchi announced Pernetti's resignation at a news conference Friday, three days after a video showing the abuse was made public, triggering outrage among Rutgers' fans, students and faculty. ... Full Story | Top |
| UPDATE 4-NJ's Rutgers sports director resigns over coach abuse scandal Friday, Apr 05, 2013 12:06 PM PDT (Adds quotes from Gov. Christie, Pernetti, background) By David Jones NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J., April 5 (Reuters) - Rutgers University Athletic Director Tim Pernetti became the latest official to leave the New Jersey school in the wake of revelations its now-ousted basketball coach Mike Rice had verbally and physically abused players, school officials said. University President Robert Barchi announced Pernetti's resignation at a news conference Friday, three days after a video showing the abuse was made public, triggering outrage among Rutgers' fans, students and faculty. ... Full Story | Top |
| U.S. senators back Tyson pardon bid for boxing champ Johnson Friday, Apr 05, 2013 12:00 PM PDT  (Reuters) - Two senior U.S. senators welcomed a petition launched by former boxer Mike Tyson to have heavyweight champ Jack Johnson posthumously pardoned by President Barack Obama for race crimes a century ago. Democratic leader Harry Reid and Republican John McCain, longtime Johnson supporters, joined fellow boxing champions Lennox Lewis and Laila Ali, the daughter of retired boxing legend Muhammad Ali, in backing Tyson's petition on grassroots campaign website Change.org. The petition says Johnson, the first black heavyweight boxing champion of the world "is long overdue a pardon. ... Full Story | Top |
| UPDATE 1-Soccer-Hungarian championship results and standings Friday, Apr 05, 2013 11:57 AM PDT April 5 (Infostrada Sports) - Results and standings from the Hungarian championship matches on Friday Friday, April 5Pecs 0 Gyor ETO 2 Ujpest 1 Kaposvar 0 Standings P W D L F A Pts 1 Gyor ETO 21 15 5 1 43 17 50 -------------------------2 MTK Hungaria 20 11 5 4 32 20 38 3 Fehervar 20 10 5 5 35 15 35 -------------------------4 Ferencvaros 20 9 7 4 35 24 34 -------------------------5 Debrecen 20 10 2 8 28 20 32 6 Honved 20 8 4 8 30 30 28 7 Ujpest 21 7 7 7 28 30 28 8 Diosgyor 20 7 7 6 19 22 28 9 Paks 20 6 9 5 30 22 27 10 Kaposvar 21 7 5 9 23 26 26 11 Szombathelyi Haladas 20 6 8 6 25 20 26 12 Pecs ... Full Story | Top |
| Soccer-Swedish championship results and standings Friday, Apr 05, 2013 11:54 AM PDT April 5 (Infostrada Sports) - Results and standings from the Swedish championship matches on Friday Friday, April 5Atvidabergs FF 1 Malmo 3 Standings P W D L F A Pts 1 Malmo 2 1 1 0 4 2 4 -------------------------2 Helsingborg 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 2 IFK Gothenburg 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 2 Kalmar 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 -------------------------5 IFK Norrkoping 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 6 Gefle 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 7 AIK Stockholm 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 7 Brommapojkarna 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 7 Elfsborg Boras 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 7 OEsters IF 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 11 Halmstad 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 12 Mjallby AIF 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 13 Atvidabergs FF 2 0 0 2 1 4 0 ... Full Story | Top |
| Soccer-Turkish championship results and standings Friday, Apr 05, 2013 11:53 AM PDT April 5 (Infostrada Sports) - Results and standings from the Turkish championship matches on Friday Friday, April 5Antalyaspor 3 Kasimpasa 2 Standings P W D L F A Pts 1 Galatasaray 27 15 8 4 51 29 53 -------------------------2 Fenerbahce 27 14 7 6 47 30 49 -------------------------3 Besiktas 27 12 10 5 54 39 46 4 Kasimpasa 28 12 7 9 42 31 43 5 Bursaspor 27 10 10 7 40 36 40 -------------------------6 Antalyaspor 28 12 4 12 43 43 40 -------------------------7 Genclerbirligi 27 9 11 7 39 37 38 8 Eskisehirspor 27 8 12 7 40 33 36 9 Kayserispor 27 10 6 11 35 39 36 10 Sivasspor 27 10 5 12 31 36 35 11 ... Full Story | Top |
| Soccer-Norwegian championship results and standings Friday, Apr 05, 2013 11:52 AM PDT April 5 (Infostrada Sports) - Results and standings from the Norwegian championship matches on Friday Friday, April 5Odd Grenland 2 Valerenga Oslo 0 Standings P W D L F A Pts 1 Rosenborg Trondheim 2 2 0 0 5 0 6 -------------------------2 Aalesund 2 2 0 0 4 0 6 3 Sarpsborg 08 2 1 1 0 4 3 4 -------------------------4 Lillestrom 2 1 1 0 4 3 4 -------------------------5 Tromso 2 1 1 0 4 3 4 6 Honefoss BK 2 1 0 1 4 3 3 7 IK Start 1 1 0 0 3 2 3 8 Odd Grenland 3 1 0 2 3 3 3 8 Viking Stavanger 2 1 0 1 3 3 3 10 Stromsgodset IF 2 1 0 1 2 2 3 11 Brann Bergen 2 1 0 1 3 5 3 12 Valerenga Oslo 3 1 0 2 2 5 3 ... Full Story | Top |
| Tiger is a mix of artist and engineer - Azinger Friday, Apr 05, 2013 11:38 AM PDT  By Tony Jimenez (Reuters) - Tiger Woods has regained his golfing mojo because his artistic talents are combining with his technical prowess to produce the complete player, according to former U.S. Ryder Cup captain Paul Azinger. Fourteen-times major winner Woods has gone through four swing changes in his career, the most recent under coach Sean Foley, prompting widespread criticism after the American slid from the top to 52nd in the rankings in 2011. ... Full Story | Top |
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