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| Soccer-Benfica beat Olhanense to clinch Portuguese title Sunday, Apr 20, 2014 12:14 PM PDT * Benfica win first title since 2010 * Lima scores both goals in 2-0 win (Adds detail, dateline) LISBON, April 20 (Reuters) - Benfica clinched their first Portuguese league title since 2010 when the hosts beat bottom-of-the-table Olhanense 2-0 with a double from forward Lima on Sunday. The 30-year-old Brazilian, a little-known journeyman until he joined Benfica two years ago, broke the deadlock in the 57th minute and added a second goal three minutes later helped by a blunder from goalkeeper Vid Belec. Benfica's 11th successive league win gave them an unassailable seven-point lead over second-placed Sporting with two games to play. Although Benfica are Portugal's most successful club with a record 33 league titles, it was only their third in 20 seasons after falling into the shadows of arch-rivals Porto. Full Story | Top |
| Boston Marathon looks to emerge from shadow of 2013 bombing Sunday, Apr 20, 2014 12:13 PM PDT  By Scott Malone BOSTON (Reuters) - Runners from the world's elite racers to first-timers will step to the Boston Marathon starting line on Monday for the first time the race has been held since last year's deadly bombing attack. Some 36,000 people, the second-largest field in the race's 118-year history, will set out from Hopkinton, a town west of Boston, for the 26.2-mile race that finishes on Boston's Boylston Street, where two homemade pressure-cooker bombs last year killed three people and injured 264. The fans, hundreds of thousands of whom are expected to line the course, will also be rooting for top U.S. entrants including Ryan Hall of California and Desiree Linden of Michigan. Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick on Sunday told CBS's "Face the Nation" that added security measures, including a higher than usual police presence, would assure a "very safe" atmosphere at the race. Full Story | Top |
| Soccer-Czech championship results and standings Sunday, Apr 20, 2014 11:51 AM PDT April 20 (Infostrada Sports) - Results and standings from the Czech championship matches on Sunday Sunday, April 20 FK Dukla Praha 1 Sparta Prague 3 Teplice 0 Brno 1 Sigma Olomouc 0 Marila Pribram 0 Saturday, April 191. ... Full Story | Top |
| Soccer-La Liga results and standings Sunday, Apr 20, 2014 11:49 AM PDT April 20 (Infostrada Sports) - Results and standings from the La Liga matches on Sunday Sunday, April 20Rayo Vallecano 3 Real Betis 1 Sevilla 4 Granada CF 0 Almeria 2 Celta Vigo 4 Saturday, April 19Levante 0 Getafe 0 Osasuna 1 Valencia 1 Real Sociedad 2 Espanyol 1 Friday, April 18Atletico Madrid 2 Elche 0 Standings P W D L F A Pts 1 Atletico Madrid 34 27 4 3 74 22 85 2 Real Madrid 33 25 4 4 94 32 79 3 Barcelona 33 25 3 5 92 27 78 -------------------------4 Athletic Club 33 18 8 7 58 35 62 -------------------------5 Sevilla 34 17 8 9 65 47 59 6 Real Sociedad 34 15 9 10 58 51 54 7 Villarreal 33 ... Full Story | Top |
| Soccer-La Liga top scorers Sunday, Apr 20, 2014 11:48 AM PDT April 20 (Infostrada Sports) - Top scorers of the La Liga on Sunday 28 Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) 27 Diego Costa (Atletico Madrid) 25 Lionel Messi (Barcelona) 17 Alexis Sanchez (Barcelona) Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) 16 Antoine Griezmann (Real Sociedad) 15 Aduriz (Athletic Club) 14 Pedro (Barcelona) Gareth Bale (Real Madrid) Carlos Bacca (Sevilla) Kevin Gameiro (Sevilla) 13 David Villa (Atletico Madrid) Carlos Vela (Real Sociedad) Javi Guerra (Real Valladolid) 12 Youssef El Arabi (Granada CF) Oriol Riera (Osasuna) Sergio Garcia (Espanyol) Ivan Rakitic (Sevilla) Ikechukwu Uche (Villarreal) ... Full Story | Top |
| Soccer-La Liga summaries Sunday, Apr 20, 2014 11:47 AM PDT April 20 (Infostrada Sports) - Summaries from the La Liga matches on Sunday Sunday, April 20Sevilla 4 Diego Mainz 14og, Kevin Gameiro 51, Stephane M'Bia 58, Vitolo 68 Granada CF 0 Halftime: 1-0; Attendance: 31,000- - -Rayo Vallecano 3 Ruben Rochina 14, Paulao 27og, Joaquin Larrivey 51 Real Betis 1 Chica 80 Halftime: 2-0; Attendance: 11,944- - -Almeria 2 Rodri 40, Oscar Diaz 88 Celta Vigo 4 Nolito 19,71, Charles 52, Fabian Orellana 76 Halftime: 1-1; Attendance: 11,829- - -Saturday, April 19Real Sociedad 2 Manu Lanzarote 32og, Carlos Vela 90+1 Espanyol 1 Jhon Cordoba 23 Halftime: 1-1; ... Full Story | Top |
| Soccer-Slovak championship results and standings Sunday, Apr 20, 2014 11:43 AM PDT April 20 (Infostrada Sports) - Results and standings from the Slovak championship matches on Sunday Sunday, April 20 Ruzomberok 0 Spartak Trnava 2 ViOn Zlate Moravce 1 Dukla Banska Bystrica 3 Saturday, April 19 Laugaricio Trencin 3 DAC Dunajska Streda 0 MFK Kosice 0 Slovan Bratislava 2 Zilina 3 Nitra 0 Spartak Myjava 2 FK Senica 0 Standings P W D L F A Pts 1 Slovan Bratislava 27 20 3 4 54 25 63 -------------------------2 Laugaricio Trencin 27 15 4 8 60 30 49 3 Spartak Trnava 27 13 5 9 37 34 44 -------------------------4 FK Senica 27 12 5 10 39 36 41 -------------------------5 Spartak Myjava 27 ... Full Story | Top |
| Liverpool go five clear, Arsenal and Everton win Sunday, Apr 20, 2014 11:41 AM PDT  By Josh Reich LONDON (Reuters) - Liverpool's dream of a first title in 24 years moved closer to reality after a 3-2 win at lowly Norwich City on Sunday opened up a five-point lead over second-placed Chelsea with three matches remaining. Arsenal beat Hull City 3-0 in a dress-rehearsal for next month's FA Cup final to stay one point ahead of Everton, who beat Manchester United 2-0 on David Moyes's return to Goodison Park, in the race for fourth spot. Two Raheem Sterling goals and Luis Suarez's 30th league strike of the season helped Liverpool to their 11th consecutive Premier League victory and confirmed their place in the Champions League next season. Full Story | Top |
| Wawrinka fights back to beat Federer in Monte Carlo final Sunday, Apr 20, 2014 11:39 AM PDT  Stanislas Wawrinka signaled his French Open ambitions by beating Roger Federer 4-6 7-6 (5) 6-2 in an all-Swiss Monte Carlo Masters final on Sunday. Third seed and Australian Open champion Wawrinka recovered from the loss of the opening set to claim his maiden Masters title on the Monte Carlo clay just six weeks before the May 25-June 8 grand slam tournament in Paris. "I can see that when mentally I'm there and I'm fighting, I can play tennis, I can beat all the players," Wawrinka told reporters. It's always easy." Federer, whose only defeat in 14 previous matches against Wawrinka was in Monte Carlo in 2009, said: "I had a great week. Full Story | Top |
| Soccer-Hungarian championship results and standings Sunday, Apr 20, 2014 11:31 AM PDT April 20 (Infostrada Sports) - Results and standings from the Hungarian championship matches on Sunday Sunday, April 20 Honved 0 Ferencvaros 2 Mezokovesd-Zsory SE 0 Diosgyor 1 Saturday, April 19 Kaposvar 2 Szombathelyi Haladas 0 Kecskemeti TE 3 MTK Hungaria 0 Papa 1 Gyor ETO 2 Paks 0 Debrecen 0 Ujpest 1 Fehervar 2 Friday, April 18 Puskas Akademia FC 1 Pecs 1 Standings P W D L F A Pts 1 Debrecen 25 14 8 3 52 29 50 -------------------------2 Gyor ETO 25 13 8 4 42 30 47 3 Fehervar 25 12 6 7 44 28 42 -------------------------4 Ferencvaros 25 12 6 7 40 32 42 -------------------------5 Diosgyor 25 ... Full Story | Top |
| Soccer-Ukrainian championship results and standings Sunday, Apr 20, 2014 11:26 AM PDT April 20 (Infostrada Sports) - Results and standings from the Ukrainian championship matches on Sunday Sunday, April 20 Dynamo Kiev 2 Vorskla Poltava 1 Chernomorets Odessa 1 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 0 Metalurg Zaporizhya 0 Metalist Kharkiv 3 Tavria Simferopol 0 Karpaty Lviv 1 Volyn Lutsk 0 Zarja Lugansk 2 Saturday, April 19 Zakarpattya Uzhgorod 1 Illichevets Mariupol 2 Sevastopol Arsenal Kiev Postponed Shakhtar Donetsk 2 Metalurg Donetsk 1 Standings P W D L F A Pts 1 Shakhtar Donetsk 24 17 2 5 52 20 53 -------------------------2 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 23 15 5 3 45 20 50 -------------------------3 ... Full Story | Top |
| Soccer-Bundesliga top scorers Sunday, Apr 20, 2014 11:25 AM PDT April 20 (Infostrada Sports) - Top scorers of the Bundesliga on Sunday 18 Mario Mandzukic (Bayern Munich) Robert Lewandowski (Borussia Dortmund) 16 Josip Drmic (Nuremberg) Adrian Ramos (Hertha Berlin) 15 Stefan Kiessling (Bayer Leverkusen) Marco Reus (Borussia Dortmund) Raffael (Borussia Moenchengladbach) 14 Roberto Firmino (Hoffenheim) 13 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Borussia Dortmund) Shinji Okazaki (Mainz) Ivica Olic (VfL Wolfsburg) 12 Thomas Mueller (Bayern Munich) Pierre-Michel Lasogga (Hamburg SV) Anthony Modeste (Hoffenheim) 11 Max Kruse (Borussia Moenchengladbach) Sejad Salihovic ... Full Story | Top |
| Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter, U.S. boxer famous in folk song, dies at 76 Sunday, Apr 20, 2014 11:24 AM PDT  By Cameron French and Emily Flitter TORONTO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former U.S. professional boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, who spent 19 years in prison for murder and then was released after it was determined he did not get a fair trial, died on Sunday at the age of 76, according to his friend and caretaker John Artis. Carter, considered a folk hero by many and immortalized in film and song, had been battling prostate cancer for nearly three years, Artis said. He died at home in Toronto, where he had been living since he was released from prison in 1985. That arrest, his imprisonment, and the ultimately successful battle to free him are immortalized in the 1975 Bob Dylan song "Hurricane" and the 1999 film of the same name, which starred Denzel Washington as Carter. Full Story | Top |
| Motor racing-Happy Hamilton hails incredible Mercedes Sunday, Apr 20, 2014 11:20 AM PDT After holding on to win what he called a "racer's race" a fortnight ago in Bahrain, Lewis Hamilton revelled in having the track to himself as he cruised to a hat-trick of victories in the Chinese Grand Prix on Sunday. Hamilton, who claimed his 25th career win to draw level with British great Jim Clark and his Mercedes team boss Niki Lauda, led every single lap of the shortened 54-lap race, at times pulling away from his rivals by over a second a lap. I had such a great race, I really enjoyed it, particularly the last few laps," Hamilton said. "(I was) Really trying to keep temperature in the tyres, pushing a little bit more, just to keep temperature up and the car was great." Delighting in the formidable speed of his Mercedes, Hamilton, who crossed the line 18 seconds ahead of team mate Nico Rosberg, only lifted off briefly when the chequered flag was accidentally waved one lap early. Full Story | Top |
| Soccer-Dutch Cup final summary Sunday, Apr 20, 2014 11:16 AM PDT April 20 (Infostrada Sports) - Summary from the Dutch Cup Final match on Sunday PEC Zwolle 5 Ryan Thomas 7,11, Guyon Fernandez 20,33, Bram van Polen 50 Ajax Amsterdam 1 Ricardo van Rhijn 3 Halftime: 4-1; Attendance: 42,500- - - Full Story | Top |
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