Woods gets Pavin’s seal of approval for Ryder Cup ( September 8th, 2010 )
NEW YORK (AFP)
World number one Tiger Woods’ traumatic year received a welcome boost on Tuesday when he was chosen by captain Corey Pavin as one of the four wildcard picks to round out the 12-man American Ryder Cup team.
Woods - whose form has dipped after being embroiled in a sex scandal that resulted in a [...]
Rodriguez grabs Tour of Spain lead ( September 8th, 2010 )
VILANOVA I LA GELTRU, Spain (AFP)
Spanish rider Joaquin Rodriguez seized the overall lead of the Tour of Spain after Tuesday’s 10th stage, won by his compatriot Imanol Erviti.
The Katusha rider replaced another Spaniard, Igor Anton, in top spot in the overall standings after he picked up two bonus seconds in an intermediary sprint in the [...]
England cruise to T20 win after Pakistan collapse ( September 8th, 2010 )
CARDIFF (AFP)
England wrapped up a 2-0 Twenty20 series victory over Pakistan after the tourists suffered the embarrassment of being dismissed for 89 to add to their off-field problems here on Tuesday.
World Twenty20 champions England finished on 90 for four to complete a six-wicket win with 36 balls to spare, having won by five wickets here [...]
Lithuania, Argentina complete quarter-final basketball list ( September 8th, 2010 )
ISTANBUL (AFP)
Lithuania and Argentina grabbed the final two quarter-final spots at the world basketball championships here on Tuesday, defeating China and Brazil respectively.
As expected Lithuania got up over China 78-67, while in a game too close to call Argentina were pushed hard for their 93-89 victory over Brazil.
Lithuania had to overcome another slow start, finding [...]
Prolific Klose’s double sinks Azerbaijan ( September 8th, 2010 )
COLOGNE, Germany (AFP)
Germany striker Miroslav Klose took his tally to 55 international goals with a double in the 6-1 rout of Azerbaijan to fire his side to the top of their Euro 2012 qualification group.
Before the game, Klose received a special presentation for winning his 100th cap during the World Cup and he capped his [...]
Aussie swimmer makes weepy apology for gay slur ( September 8th, 2010 )
SYDNEY (AFP)
Australia’s triple Olympic gold medallist Stephanie Rice made a tearful public apology Wednesday for making a homophobic comment on Twitter, saying her words were thoughtless but not meant to offend.
The Beijing Olympics star refused to speak about swimming or the recent shoulder surgery which has taken her out of next month’s Commonwealth Games, but [...]
Germany into women’s F.Hockey World Cup semis ( September 8th, 2010 )
NEW YORK (AFP)
Germany beat Australia 1-0 to win through to the semi-finals in the last Pool A match of the women’s field hockey World Cup in Rosario, Argentina.
Germany meets Argentina and Netherlands play England in Thursday’s semi finals. Australia will play South Korea in the 5-6 classification match Friday.
Australia coach Frank Murray said Australia was [...]
Argentina stun World Champions Spain in friendly ( September 8th, 2010 )
BUENOS AIRES (AFP)
A Lionel Messi-inspired Argentina rebounded from their World Cup flop to defeat world champions Spain 4-1 in a friendly in Buenos Aires.
The Barcelona star opened the scoring after just nine minutes and further goals from Gonzalo Higuain three minutes later and Carlos Tevez after 34 minutes gave the South Americans a stunning 3-0 [...]
Nadal rolls on at US Open, as Clijsters, Venus through to semis ( September 8th, 2010 )
NEW YORK (AFP)
Rafael Nadal kept his perfect record intact at the US Open as he powered past Spanish compatriot Feliciano Lopez into the quarter-finals while Kim Clijsters and Venus Williams booked a semi-final showdown with hard-fought victories.
The top seed won 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 on Tuesday and in four outings to date he has yet to [...]
Rooney, France relieved in Euro 2012 qualifiers ( September 8th, 2010 )
PARIS (AFP)
England striker Wayne Rooney and the French national side gained much needed boosts on the pitch in Tuesday’s latest round of Euro 2012 qualifiers.
Rooney, whose private life has been thrown into turmoil over allegations of him sleeping with a prostitute, scored the first goal in England’s impressive 3-1 away win over Switzerland to make [...]