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| Soccer-Friendly chat leads Real to Bournemouth Tuesday, Jul 02, 2013 12:53 PM PDT (Adds details, quotes) MADRID, July 2 (Reuters) - A chance meeting and a chat between friends has led to star-studded Real Madrid agreeing to play a friendly at English Championship side Bournemouth later this month. Bournemouth chairman Eddie Mitchell told Sky Sports on Tuesday that the match, on July 21, was "down to fate". "My son was talking to a friend who knows people at Real Madrid and got chatting about a possible exhibition match," said Mitchell. "We've worked hard over the last three or four weeks to finalise things. ... Full Story | Top |
| Soccer-UEFA Europa League qualification round 1 results Tuesday, Jul 02, 2013 12:52 PM PDT July 2 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the UEFA Europa League Qualification Round 1 first leg matches on Tuesday Qualification Round 1Tuesday, July 2, first legBala Town (Wales) - FC Levadia Tallinn (Estonia) 1-0 (halftime: 1-0) Trans Narva (Estonia) - Gefle (Sweden) 0-3 (halftime: 0-1) Metalurg Skopje (Macedonia FYR) - Garabagh Agdam (Azerbaijan) 0-1 (halftime: 0-0) Sliema Wanderers (Malta) - Khazar Lenkoran (Azerbaijan) 1-1 (halftime: 0-1) Next Fixtures (GMT): Wednesday, July 3 IF (Faroe Islands) v Linfield (Northern Ireland) (1845) Thursday, July 4 Astana (Kazakhstan) v Botev Plovdiv ... Full Story | Top |
| Tennis-Wimbledon order of play for Wednesday Tuesday, Jul 02, 2013 12:50 PM PDT LONDON, July 2 (Reuters) - Men's singles quarter-finalsorder of play on Wimbledon showcourts on Wednesday. CENTRE COURT (1200 GMT) 4-David Ferrer (Spain) v 8-Juan Martin del Potro (Argentina) Fernando Verdasco (Spain) v 2-Andy Murray (Britain) NUMBER ONE COURT (1200 GMT) 1-Novak Djokovic (Serbia) v 7-Tomas Berdych (Czech Republic) Lukasz Kubot (Poland) v 24-Jerzy Janowicz (Poland) (Editing by Ed Osmond) Full Story | Top |
| Tennis-Wimbledon men's doubles results Tuesday, Jul 02, 2013 12:45 PM PDT July 2 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Wimbledon Men's Doubles matches on Tuesday Quarterfinal1-Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan (U.S.) beat 8-Mahesh Bhupathi/Julian Knowle (India/Austria) 7-6(5) 7-6(3) 7-6(4) 4-Leander Paes/Radek Stepanek (India/Czech Republic) beat 11-Julien Benneteau/Nenad Zimonjic (France/Serbia) 4-6 6-4 6-3 6-4 14-Rohan Bopanna/Edouard Roger-Vasselin (India/France) beat 6-Robert Lindstedt/Daniel Nestor (Sweden/Canada) 7-5 7-6(3) 6-7(4) 6-7(3) 6-2 Full Story | Top |
| Flipper Flipkens enjoys second lease of life Tuesday, Jul 02, 2013 12:41 PM PDT  By Pritha Sarkar LONDON (Reuters) - Kirsten Flipkens, a Belgian outsider whose tennis career almost flatlined a year ago after four blood clots were found in her calf, enjoyed a second lease of life as she stormed into her first Wimbledon semi-final on Tuesday. The bespectacled Belgian threw her name into the hat of Wimbledon's giant-slayers by beating 2011 champion Petra Kvitova 4-6 6-3 6-4 on a floodlit Center Court. ... Full Story | Top |
| Tennis-Flipper Flipkens enjoys second lease of life Tuesday, Jul 02, 2013 12:39 PM PDT (Adds quotes) By Pritha Sarkar LONDON, July 2 (Reuters) - Kirsten Flipkens, a Belgian outsider whose tennis career almost flatlined a year ago after four blood clots were found in her calf, enjoyed a second lease of life as she stormed into her first Wimbledon semi-final on Tuesday. The bespectacled Belgian threw her name into the hat of Wimbledon's giant-slayers by beating 2011 champion Petra Kvitova 4-6 6-3 6-4 on a floodlit Centre Court. ... Full Story | Top |
| Soccer-Stoke sign Muniesa from Barca on free transfer Tuesday, Jul 02, 2013 12:38 PM PDT July 2 (Reuters) - Stoke City have signed Spain under-21 defender Marc Muniesa from Barcelona on a free transfer, the Premier League club said on Tuesday. Muniesa has agreed a four-year contract with the English club who finished 13th last season before appointing Mark Hughes as their manager in May to replace Tony Pulis. "I'm very excited about moving to England to play for Stoke City and will do everything I can to help the club," the 21-year-old said on his new club's website (www.stokecityfc.com). ... Full Story | Top |
| I'm on target after confidence-boosting trials: Bolt Tuesday, Jul 02, 2013 12:34 PM PDT  PARIS (Reuters) - Olympic champion Usain Bolt believes he is getting back to his best after the Jamaican trials gave him a confidence-boost in the build-up to next month's world championships in Moscow. The world record holder won the 100 meters at last month's trials to secure his place at the worlds, having been given a wildcard entry into the 200 by Jamaica as defending champion. "The trials helped me to get a lot of runs, to define where I should be," Bolt told a news conference ahead of Saturday's Paris Diamond League event, where he will run the 200 meters. ... Full Story | Top |
| Athletics-I'm on target after confidence-boosting trials - Bolt Tuesday, Jul 02, 2013 12:25 PM PDT PARIS, July 2 (Reuters) - Olympic champion Usain Bolt believes he is getting back to his best after the Jamaican trials gave him a confidence-boost in the build-up to next month's world championships in Moscow. The world record holder won the 100 metres at last month's trials to secure his place at the worlds, having been given a wildcard entry into the 200 by Jamaica as defending champion. "The trials helped me to get a lot of runs, to define where I should be," Bolt told a news conference ahead of Saturday's Paris Diamond League event, where he will run the 200 metres. ... Full Story | Top |
| Soccer-Champions League qualifying round 1 results Tuesday, Jul 02, 2013 12:22 PM PDT July 2 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Champions League Qualifying Round 1 first leg matches on Tuesday Qualifying Round 1Tuesday, July 2, first legFC Lusitans (Andorra) - EB/Streymur (Faroe Islands) 2-2 (halftime: 2-0) Shirak Gyumri (Armenia) - Tre Penne (San Marino) 3-0 (halftime: 1-0) Full Story | Top |
| Pirelli says teams contributed to blowouts Tuesday, Jul 02, 2013 12:17 PM PDT By Alan Baldwin LONDON (Reuters) - Formula One teams contributed to the dramatic blowouts at Sunday's British Grand Prix by mounting rear tires the wrong way around and running them with low pressures, supplier Pirelli said on Tuesday. Rejecting any suggestion that its product was dangerous, the Italian company said in a statement it would bring stronger rear tires to this weekend's race in Germany to allay any safety fears and introduce a new range in Hungary at the end of the month. ... Full Story | Top |
| Motor racing-Pirelli says teams contributed to blowouts Tuesday, Jul 02, 2013 12:14 PM PDT * Pirelli to bring stronger tyres to Germany * Supplier says teams contributed to British GP blowouts * Silverstone kerbs also contributed (Adds background) By Alan Baldwin LONDON, July 2 (Reuters) - Formula One teams contributed to the dramatic blowouts at Sunday's British Grand Prix by mounting rear tyres the wrong way around and running them with low pressures, supplier Pirelli said on Tuesday. ... Full Story | Top |
| Boston victim claim in name of long-dead aunt thwarted -prosecutor Tuesday, Jul 02, 2013 12:01 PM PDT BOSTON (Reuters) - Police arrested a man on Tuesday over allegations he used the name of an aunt who had been dead for more than a decade to try and claim about $2.2 million from the Boston Marathon bomb victims fund, prosecutors said. The Massachusetts Attorney General's office said Boston man Branden Mattier, 22, told the fund's administrators that his aunt lost both of her legs in the attack on April 15 when two improvised pressure cooker bombs exploded at the finish line, killing three people and injuring 264 others. ... Full Story | Top |
| Bartoli outbreaks Stephens to reach semis Tuesday, Jul 02, 2013 11:51 AM PDT  By Mitch Phillips LONDON (Reuters) - Marion Bartoli beat Sloane Stephens 6-4 7-5 in a bizarre rain-interrupted quarter-final that featured eight successive breaks of serve on Tuesday to leave the French 15th seed one match away from a surprise second Wimbledon final. Bartoli, beaten by Venus Williams in the 2007 final, snaffled the first set by winning the first two points played after a two and a half hour rain break. ... Full Story | Top |
| Tennis-Bartoli outbreaks Stephens to reach semis Tuesday, Jul 02, 2013 11:48 AM PDT * Frenchwoman eyes second final after another straight-sets win * Takes second set featuring eight successive service breaks (Adds detail, quotes) By Mitch Phillips LONDON, July 2 (Reuters) - Marion Bartoli beat Sloane Stephens 6-4 7-5 in a bizarre rain-interrupted quarter-final that featured eight successive breaks of serve on Tuesday to leave the French 15th seed one match away from a surprise second Wimbledon final. Bartoli, beaten by Venus Williams in the 2007 final, snaffled the first set by winning the first two points played after a two and a half hour rain break. ... Full Story | Top |
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