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| Australian O'Grady admits to using EPO in 1998 Wednesday, Jul 24, 2013 12:35 PM PDT  (Reuters) - Australian Tour de France stage winner Stuart O'Grady has admitted using the banned blood-booster EPO before the notorious 1998 race. O'Grady, who announced his retirement this week after helping his GreenEdge team to a team time trial victory in this year's Tour, became in 1998 only the second Australian to wear the race leader's famous yellow jersey. "Leading into the Tour I made a decision," the 39-year-old told the Adelaide newspaper The Advertiser in an interview. "I sourced it (EPO) myself, there was no one else involved, it didn't involve the team in any way. ... Full Story | Top |
| Soccer-Coach Guardiola experiments as Bayern beat Barca Wednesday, Jul 24, 2013 12:34 PM PDT (Updates with quotes, details) MUNICH, July 24 (Reuters) - New coach Pep Guardiola shuffled the cards at Bayern Munich as the treble winners beat his former club Barcelona 2-0 in a friendly on Wednesday. The Spaniard, who won 14 of 19 possible titles in four years at Barcelona, made sweeping role changes as he works his way into the new job after the Bavarians won the Champions League and domestic league and Cup double last season under Jupp Heynckes. "It was a special game for me," Guardiola told reporters. "I was a Barcelona player and coach my entire life. ... Full Story | Top |
| Tennis-Croatian International men's singles round 2 results Wednesday, Jul 24, 2013 12:31 PM PDT July 24 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Croatian International Men's Singles Round 2 matches on Wednesday Albert Montanes (Spain) beat 1-Richard Gasquet (France) 6-4 6-4 Gael Monfils (France) beat Blaz Kavcic (Slovenia) 6-3 6-1 6-Martin Klizan (Slovakia) beat Leonardo Mayer (Argentina) 3-6 6-1 7-6(3) 3-Fabio Fognini (Italy) beat Thiemo de Bakker (Netherlands) 7-5 6-3 Full Story | Top |
| Cycling-Australian O'Grady admits to using EPO in 1998 Wednesday, Jul 24, 2013 12:29 PM PDT July 24 (Reuters) - Australian Tour de France stage winner Stuart O'Grady has admitted using the banned blood-booster EPO before the notorious 1998 race. O'Grady, who announced his retirement this week after helping his GreenEdge team to a team time trial victory in this year's Tour, became in 1998 only the second Australian to wear the race leader's famous yellow jersey. "Leading into the Tour I made a decision," the 39-year-old told the Adelaide newspaper The Advertiser in an interview. "I sourced it (EPO) myself, there was no one else involved, it didn't involve the team in any way. ... Full Story | Top |
| Soccer-Champions League qualifying round 2 results Wednesday, Jul 24, 2013 12:25 PM PDT July 24 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Champions League Qualifying Round 2 second leg matches on Wednesday Qualifying Round 2Wednesday, July 24, second legLudogorets (Bulgaria) - Slovan Bratislava (Slovakia) 3-0 (halftime: 2-0) First leg: Slovan Bratislava - Ludogorets 2-1. Ludogorets win 4-2 on aggregate.Tuesday, July 23, second leg FH (Iceland) - Ekranas Panevezys (Lithuania) 2-1 (halftime: 1-1) First leg: Ekranas Panevezys - FH 0-1. FH win 3-1 on aggregate. ... Full Story | Top |
| World champion Greene out of London Diamond League Wednesday, Jul 24, 2013 11:33 AM PDT LONDON (Reuters) - World champion Dai Greene has pulled out of the 400 meters hurdles at this weekend's Diamond League meeting in London in a bid to get fit to defend his title in Moscow next month. The 27-year-old Briton, who has struggled with injury and illness all season, withdrew from last week's Monaco Diamond League meeting with an Achilles problem. "World Champion @DaiGreene will not compete in London after failing to recover from a slight niggle in his leg. Main focus is now the Worlds!," his management company tweeted on Wednesday. ... Full Story | Top |
| Soccer-Italian federation probes alleged racism at Milan game Wednesday, Jul 24, 2013 11:32 AM PDT (Adds AC Milan, Sassuolo statements) MILAN, July 24 (Reuters) - Italy's football federation (FIGC) has opened an investigation into alleged racist chanting after AC Milan midfielder Kevin Constant fired a ball into the stands and walked off the pitch in protest during a match on Tuesday. The walkout by the French-born Guinean player, during a pre-season tournament match against Sassuolo in the northern city of Reggio Emilia, comes just months after a similar incident involving AC Milan midfielder Kevin-Prince Boateng. ... Full Story | Top |
| Athletics-World champion Greene out of London Diamond League Wednesday, Jul 24, 2013 11:28 AM PDT LONDON, July 24 (Reuters) - World champion Dai Greene has pulled out of the 400 metres hurdles at this weekend's Diamond League meeting in London in a bid to get fit to defend his title in Moscow next month. The 27-year-old Briton, who has struggled with injury and illness all season, withdrew from last week's Monaco Diamond League meeting with an Achilles problem. "World Champion @DaiGreene will not compete in London after failing to recover from a slight niggle in his leg. Main focus is now the Worlds!," his management company tweeted on Wednesday. ... Full Story | Top |
| Soccer-Swedish championship results and standings Wednesday, Jul 24, 2013 11:22 AM PDT July 24 (Infostrada Sports) - Results and standings from the Swedish championship matches on Wednesday Wednesday, July 24Halmstad 0 Helsingborg 1 Standings P W D L F A Pts 1 Helsingborg 16 10 4 2 35 11 34 -------------------------2 Malmo 16 9 5 2 31 18 32 3 AIK Stockholm 17 9 5 3 29 18 32 -------------------------4 IFK Gothenburg 16 8 5 3 23 14 29 -------------------------5 Elfsborg Boras 16 7 6 3 29 15 27 6 Kalmar 16 7 6 3 19 12 27 7 Atvidabergs FF 16 8 2 6 21 17 26 8 Mjallby AIF 16 7 3 6 28 23 24 9 IFK Norrkoping 16 6 4 6 24 25 22 10 Haecken 17 6 2 9 21 26 20 11 Djurgarden 16 4 4 8 12 27 16 ... Full Story | Top |
| Reuters U.S. Sports Schedule at 2 PM EDT on Wednesday, July 24 Wednesday, Jul 24, 2013 11:13 AM PDT July 24 (Reuters) - Reuters U.S. sports schedule at 2 PM ET on Wednesday: - - - - The duty editor is Steve Ginsburg, 202-898-8427 - - - - National Football League ATTLEBORO, Massachusetts - Former New England Patriots football star Aaron Hernandez due to appear for a preliminary court hearing on murder charges that could reveal new details in the latest National Football League scandal. ... Full Story | Top |
| Soccer-Ben Haim joins Standard Liege on free transfer Wednesday, Jul 24, 2013 11:09 AM PDT July 24 (Reuters) - Israel international Tal Ben Haim, who spent almost a decade in English soccer, has joined Belgium's Standard Liege on a two-year deal, the club said on its website (www.standard.be) on Wednesday. The 31-year-old moves on a free transfer after a short-term contract at Queens Park Rangers, who were relegated from the Premier League last season, ended last month. Ben Haim went to England in 2004 to join Bolton Wanderers from Maccabi Tel Aviv and played then at Chelsea, Manchester City, Sunderland, Portsmouth, West Ham United and QPR. ... Full Story | Top |
| Chicago City Council approves $500 million Wrigley Field revamp Wednesday, Jul 24, 2013 10:37 AM PDT  CHICAGO (Reuters) - The Chicago City Council on Wednesday approved a $500 million proposed renovation of Wrigley Field, the historic home of the Chicago Cubs Major League Baseball team. The privately financed proposal for the 99-year-old ball park includes a $300 million renovation of the park itself and $200 million for improvements outside the park, including a hotel. (Reporting by Mary Wisniewski; Editing by Greg McCune and Gerald E. McCormick) Full Story | Top |
| Soccer-Djemba Djemba joins Partizan Belgrade Wednesday, Jul 24, 2013 10:22 AM PDT BELGRADE, July 24 (Reuters) - Former Manchester United and Cameroon midfielder Eric Djemba Djemba has joined Partizan Belgrade on a two-year contract, the Serbian champions said on Wednesday. The announcement came hours before Partizan host Armenians FC Shirak in the return leg of their Champions League second qualifying round, with the first leg having ended in a 1-1 draw. ... Full Story | Top |
| Soccer-Ahli, Zamalek draw in Champions League as fans defy ban Wednesday, Jul 24, 2013 10:11 AM PDT July 24 (Reuters) - Holders Al Ahli needed a second-half penalty to draw 1-1 with arch-rivals Zamalek in the African Champions League on Wednesday when supporters defied a stadium ban to watch the game in the Red Sea resort of El Gouna. Egyptian media reported that an agreement was reached before kick-off with fan groups from the two Cairo-based clubs to allow in spectators despite a ban imposed by security officials who feared the game could spark violence. ... Full Story | Top |
| Brazil's twice World Cup winner Djalma Santos dies at 84 Wednesday, Jul 24, 2013 09:55 AM PDT By Andrew Downie SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Djalma Santos, a trusty right back who won two World Cups with Brazil and was widely considered one of the country's greatest defenders, has died after a battle with pneumonia. He was 84. "Brazilian football has lost one of its idols," said Jose Marin, president of the Brazilian Football Confederation. "Djalma Santos was an admirable player who was loved by fans of all teams not just for the quality of his football but for his discipline and loyalty. ... Full Story | Top |
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