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| Tennis-Wimbledon order of play for Tuesday Monday, Jul 01, 2013 12:36 PM PDT LONDON, July 1 (Reuters) - Singles order of play on the mainshowcourts at Wimbledon on Tuesday (prefix number denotesseeding): Centre Court (1200 GMT) 4-Agnieszka Radwanska (Poland) v 6-Li Na (China) 8-Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic) v 20-Kirsten Flipkens(Belgium) Court One (1200 GMT) 23-Sabine Lisicki (Germany) v Kaia Kanepi (Estonia) 17-Sloane Stephens (U.S.) v 15-Marion Bartoli (France) (Compiled by Pritha Sarkar; editing by Ed Osmond) Full Story | Top |
| FIA changes rules and allows tire tests at Silverstone Monday, Jul 01, 2013 12:28 PM PDT  By Alan Baldwin LONDON (Reuters) - Formula One's governing body responded to a spate of British Grand Prix blowouts by deciding on Monday to change the rules and allow race drivers to test tires with their current cars at Silverstone this month. "Our priority is to ensure safety for all in Formula One and we believe the incidents at Silverstone represent a genuine safety concern for the drivers," International Automobile Federation (FIA) president Jean Todt said in a statement. ... Full Story | Top |
| Motor racing-FIA changes rules and allows tyre tests at Silverstone Monday, Jul 01, 2013 12:26 PM PDT By Alan Baldwin LONDON, July 1 (Reuters) - Formula One's governing body responded to a spate of British Grand Prix blowouts by deciding on Monday to change the rules and allow race drivers to test tyres with their current cars at Silverstone this month. "Our priority is to ensure safety for all in Formula One and we believe the incidents at Silverstone represent a genuine safety concern for the drivers," International Automobile Federation (FIA) president Jean Todt said in a statement. ... Full Story | Top |
| Gerrans restores team's reputation with win Monday, Jul 01, 2013 12:20 PM PDT  By Julien Pretot CALVI, France (Reuters) - Two days after getting embarrassing exposure at the Tour de France when their bus caused mayhem, Australian team Orica-GreenEdge were in the limelight for a good reason when Simon Gerrans won the third stage with a well-timed sprint on Monday. Australian Gerrans beat pre-stage favorite Peter Sagan of Slovakia and Spain's Jose Joaquin Rojas at the end of a 145.5-km, hilly trek from Ajaccio through impressive scenery along the Corsican west coast. ... Full Story | Top |
| Soccer-Celta Vigo sign forward Nolito from Benfica Monday, Jul 01, 2013 12:06 PM PDT MADRID, July 1 (Reuters) - Celta Vigo have signed forward Nolito from Portuguese side Benfica and the 26-year-old has agreed a four-year contract, the La Liga club said on Monday. Nolito, who spent three seasons at Barcelona coinciding with new Celta coach Luis Enrique's time there as coach of the B team, has been at Benfica since 2011 and spent the second half of last season on loan at Celta's league rivals Granada. "The goal for the club is to maintain top-flight status and I am not setting myself a target for goals," Nolito said at his presentation at the Galician club's Balaidos stadium. ... Full Story | Top |
| Battered Del Potro prepares for endurance test Monday, Jul 01, 2013 12:06 PM PDT  By Toby Davis LONDON (Reuters) - Juan Martin Del Potro's battered body muscled into the Wimbledon quarter-finals on Monday, but the Argentine has only two days to recover from troublesome injuries before facing the endurance man of tennis in David Ferrer. The eighth-seed powerfully dispatched Italy's Andreas Seppi 6-4 7-6(2) 6-3, but his knee was heavily strapped following a nasty fall in his third-round match. His movement looked tentative and at times slightly cumbersome, but his big hitting ensured he had few problems against the 28th-ranked Seppi. ... Full Story | Top |
| Tennis-Battered Del Potro prepares for endurance test Monday, Jul 01, 2013 12:02 PM PDT (Writes through, adds quotes, details) By Toby Davis LONDON, July 1 (Reuters) - Juan Martin Del Potro's battered body muscled into the Wimbledon quarter-finals on Monday, but the Argentine has only two days to recover from troublesome injuries before facing the endurance man of tennis in David Ferrer. The eighth-seed powerfully dispatched Italy's Andreas Seppi 6-4 7-6(2) 6-3, but his knee was heavily strapped following a nasty fall in his third-round match. ... Full Story | Top |
| Soccer-Swedish championship results and standings Monday, Jul 01, 2013 11:53 AM PDT July 1 (Infostrada Sports) - Results and standings from the Swedish championship matches on Monday Monday, July 1 AIK Stockholm 0 Mjallby AIF 0 Atvidabergs FF 4 Brommapojkarna 1 Sunday, June 30Djurgarden 2 Osters IF 0 Elfsborg Boras 5 Syrianska FC 1 Standings P W D L F A Pts 1 IFK Gothenburg 14 8 4 2 21 11 28 -------------------------2 Helsingborg 13 8 3 2 30 10 27 3 Elfsborg Boras 14 7 5 2 27 12 26 -------------------------4 Malmo 14 7 5 2 24 17 26 -------------------------5 AIK Stockholm 14 6 5 3 22 15 23 6 Atvidabergs FF 14 7 2 5 20 13 23 7 Kalmar 14 5 6 3 17 12 21 8 Mjallby AIF 14 6 2 6 25 ... Full Story | Top |
| Lisicki unfazed at being new Wimbledon favorite Monday, Jul 01, 2013 11:49 AM PDT By Justin Palmer LONDON (Reuters) - Installed by bookmakers as the favorite to win Wimbledon and a first grand slam title after stunning holder Serena Williams in the last 16 on Monday, Sabine Lisicki flashed a winning smile that belied any feelings of pressure. "No, not at all," the relaxed German told a news conference when asked if she was fazed by the prospect of being the woman to beat after contributing to the exodus of top seeds at this year's tournament with a 6-2 1-6 6-4 upset of the five-times champion on Monday. ... Full Story | Top |
| Tennis-Lisicki unfazed at being new Wimbledon favourite Monday, Jul 01, 2013 11:41 AM PDT By Justin Palmer LONDON, July 1 (Reuters) - Installed by bookmakers as the favourite to win Wimbledon and a first grand slam title after stunning holder Serena Williams in the last 16 on Monday, Sabine Lisicki flashed a winning smile that belied any feelings of pressure. "No, not at all," the relaxed German told a news conference when asked if she was fazed by the prospect of being the woman to beat after contributing to the exodus of top seeds at this year's tournament with a 6-2 1-6 6-4 upset of the five-times champion on Monday. ... Full Story | Top |
| Robson seen as gold dust for UK women's tennis Monday, Jul 01, 2013 11:30 AM PDT By Belinda Goldsmith LONDON (Reuters) - With One Direction star Harry Styles and Prime Minister David Cameron among her growing army of fans, teenager Laura Robson is seen as "gold dust" for women's tennis in Britain. Robson, 19, became the most successful British woman at Wimbledon in 15 years after powering through to the second week of the prestigious tennis tournament but she lost her fourth-round match on Monday to Estonia's Kaia Kanepi. ... Full Story | Top |
| Tardy Ferrer outlasts Dodig Monday, Jul 01, 2013 11:23 AM PDT  By Toby Davis LONDON (Reuters) - He turned up 10 minutes late on court and took an age to find his rhythm, but metronomic Spaniard David Ferrer showed there are few tougher opponents as he ground down Ivan Dodig in four sets to reach the Wimbledon quarter-finals on Monday. Fourth seed Ferrer was five minutes away from defaulting when he finally emerged on to the sun-baked Court Two, wandering to his chair without a nod of apology to the Croat he had kept waiting. ... Full Story | Top |
| Vezina winner Bobrovsky signs deal to stay with Blue Jackets Monday, Jul 01, 2013 11:21 AM PDT  (Reuters) - The Columbus Blue Jackets and Vezina Trophy winning netminder Sergei Bobrovsky reached an agreement on a two-year contract extension, the National Hockey League team said on Monday. Bobrovsky, who will be a top candidate for the starting assignment in the Russian net at next year's Sochi Olympics, was set to become a restricted free agent on July 5 but will remain in Columbus after signing a deal worth $11.25 million according to local media reports. "I'm very happy to be a Columbus Blue Jacket," Bobrovsky said on the team's website. ... Full Story | Top |
| Radwanska fights back to make a stand for the seedings Monday, Jul 01, 2013 11:18 AM PDT  By Clare Lovell LONDON (Reuters) - Agnieszka Radwanska kept the bookmakers happy by justifying her seeding to beat Tsvetana Pironkova 4-6 6-3 6-3 on Monday and reach the Wimbledon quarter-finals. The Polish fourth seed proved too strong for her 76th-ranked Bulgarian opponent and last year's runner-up is the highest ranked woman in the last eight. But she made hard work of it. Shortly after top seed Serena Williams tumbled out to Sabine Lisicki on Center Court, Radwanska conceded the first set to a fired-up Pironkova and everything pointed to another seed exiting early. ... Full Story | Top |
| Tennis-Robson seen as gold dust for UK women's tennis Monday, Jul 01, 2013 11:18 AM PDT By Belinda Goldsmith LONDON, July 1 (Reuters) - With One Direction star Harry Styles and Prime Minister David Cameron among her growing army of fans, teenager Laura Robson is seen as "gold dust" for women's tennis in Britain. Robson, 19, became the most successful British woman at Wimbledon in 15 years after powering through to the second week of the prestigious tennis tournament but she lost her fourth-round match on Monday to Estonia's Kaia Kanepi. ... Full Story | Top |
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