Feed: Sport Yahoo UKPosted on: Sunday, April 28, 2013 04:38Author: Sport Yahoo UKSubject: Win puts Ajax on verge of Dutch title hat-trick By Theo RuizenaarROTTERDAM (Reuters) - Ajax Amsterdam stayed firmly on course for a third straight Dutch championship title after winning 2-0 at NAC Breda on Saturday.The leaders have 70 points with two matches remaining and can secure the crown next week with a victory at home to bottom club Willem II Tilburg.Breda, five points above the relegation playoffs, played well in the first half and went close to scoring when a header from Eric Botteghin ...
Saturday, April 27, 2013
FW: Number one Selby knocked out of world championship
Feed: Sport Yahoo UKPosted on: Sunday, April 28, 2013 03:37Author: Sport Yahoo UKSubject: Number one Selby knocked out of world championship (Reuters) - The world's top-ranked player Mark Selby was knocked out of the world snooker championship 13-10 after a stunning comeback by Barry Hawkins at the Crucible in Sheffield, England on Saturday.Selby was attempting to add the world title to his UK and masters crowns but, having led the last-16 match 9-7 overnight, saw his opponent dominate the rest of the encounter."I struggled all the way through the match," Selby was quoted as saying ...
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Funerals commence regarding subjects regarding Boston ma race bombing
Feed: Sport Yahoo UKPosted on: Tuesday, April 23, 2013 08:54Author: Sport Yahoo UKSubject: Funerals begin for victims of Boston marathon bombing A day of remembrance in Massachusetts reached around the world.Hundreds of mourners crowded outside a suburban Boston church on Monday for the first of a series of funerals for the victims of the Boston Marathon bombing. It was followed by an evening university service for another young life cut short, this time a student from China.The morning funeral was for Krystle Campbell, 29, a restaurant manager, and the evening's for graduate student Lingzi ...
Sunday, April 14, 2013
Today: Scott wins Masters in playoff
AUGUSTA, Georgia (Reuters) - Former champion Angel Cabrera of Argentina stayed on track for a third major title by moving two strokes clear of the field midway through Sunday's final round at the Masters.The 43-year-old from Cordoba, who clinched his first green jacket in a three-way playoff for the 2009 Masters, birdied the second and seventh to reach the turn in two-under 34, nine under for the tournament.His American playing partner, Brandt Snedeker, was alone in second at seven under with Australians Jason Day and Adam Scott a further stroke back in a tie for third.Day had completed 10 holes ...
Friday, April 12, 2013
England's banner lures higher in the Experts
AUGUSTA, Georgia (Reuters) - Justin Rose, Lee Westwood and David Lynn kept their country's flag flying high at the Masters on Friday as they stayed on track to earn England a first victory at Augusta National in nearly two decades.It has been 17 years since compatriot Nick Faldo surged past Greg Norman to claim his third green jacket in the season's opening major and the English trio were well placed to follow suit after ending the second round three strokes off the lead.World number three Rose and 13th-ranked Westwood each carded 71s while Lynn returned a 73 on a tricky day for scoring in the ...
Bertrand and Ba should be back for Chelsea's Wembley trip
LONDON (Reuters) - Holders Chelsea should have striker Demba Ba and defender Ryan Bertrand available for Sunday's FA Cup semi-final against Manchester City at Wembley.Senegal international Ba, who was ineligible for Thursday's Europa League quarter-final at Rubin Kazan, suffered an ankle problem in last weekend's 2-1 Premier League victory over Sunderland and had to go off at halftime.England fullback Bertrand, who has been deputising in the absence ...
Thursday, April 11, 2013
The Premier League sought to put an end to contentious goalline decisions by approving the introduction of technology and adopting the British Hawk-Eye system on Thursday
Feed: Sport Yahoo UK Posted on: Thursday, April 11, 2013 21:12 Author: Sport Yahoo UK Subject: English Premier League chooses Hawk-Eye system All 20 top-flight clubs voted to approve the technology at a meeting of Premier League chairman. The decision comes a week after world soccer's governing body FIFA approved the appointment of German-based GoalControl for the Confederations Cup in Brazil this year and the World Cup in 2014. "The Premier League is pleased to announce that it has awarded Hawk-Eye, the world's leading provider ...
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
The united kingdomt are unable to triumph World Cup as a consequence of unfamiliar development tutorial Charlton
MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - England are unlikely to become world champions again because the country's Premier League is now flooded with foreign players, 1966 World Cup winner Bobby Charlton said on Wednesday. "I worry a bit. Every year I feel when one of the newspapers wants me to give an opinion on whether there is a chance to win the World Cup or whatever, I feel obliged to say 'yes they have got a chance' but I think it's a fool's errand," Charlton told delegates at the Soccerex Business Forum. "I feel that we need good players and if all of ...
Monday, April 8, 2013
Derby succeed requests Town to begin conspiring with regard to following time of year
Manchester City's 2-1 win over Premier League leaders Manchester United on Monday was too little too late for manager Roberto Mancini who is already focusing his attention on next season's title race. Sergio Aguero's outstanding 78th-minute winner allowed champions City to close the gap on their neighbours to 12 points but it was more of a 'nice-to-have' result than a fate-changing victory for this campaign. "We know we can win the title next year," Mancini told a news conference after his team's second successive league win at Old Trafford, following ...
Branson will take off within pull in order to complete F1 wager
(Reuters) - Richard Branson will take to the skies as an airline stewardess on a charity flight next month to finally fulfil a bet with aviation rival Tony Fernandes over the fortunes of their teams in the 2010 Formula One season. AirAsia chief Fernandes, who once worked for Branson's music business, bet the British entrepreneur that his Lotus Racing team would do better in their debut season than Virgin Racing team with the loser dressing up as an female flight attendant. Lotus F1 finished 10th in the constructors' championship to Virgin's 12th and so ...
Friday, April 5, 2013
Much more Rutgers teachers look for firings within trainer situation
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) — The call from faculty members and politicians to oust top Rutgers University administrators grew louder, a day after men's basketball coach Mike Rice was fired for mistreating players, shoving them and berating them with gay slurs. More than 50 faculty members signed a letter Thursday calling for the dismissal of Athletic Director Tim Pernetti and an explanation from President Robert Barchi for why he didn't fire Rice last year when he learned of a video showing Rice's behavior during practices. State Senate President ...
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Lance Armstrong searching for to create a sprinkle having a go back to competitors.
Lance Armstrong searching for to create a sprinkle having a go back to competitors. The disgraced cyclist is signed up to swim three events this weekend at the Masters South Central Zone Swimming Championships at the University of Texas. Armstrong spokesman Mark Higgins said Wednesday that Armstrong, 41, will compete in the 40-44 age group in the 500-, 1,000- and the 1,650-yard freestyle. Rob Butcher, executive director of U.S. Masters Swimming, said the organization is not covered under the same anti-doping rules as the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, which ...
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
Matsuyama in order to debut as pro in Nagoya this month
Top Japanese amateur Hideki Matsuyama will make his professional debut at this month's Token Homemate Cup, the 21-year-old golfer said on Tuesday. "I had many top-10 finishes last year in professional competitions, and this gave me the confidence that I can make it," the 2010 and 2011 Asian amateur champion said in a statement. "I want to become a player who can win around the world," added the golfer, whose 2011 Taiheiyo Masters ...
Monday, April 1, 2013
Cal rallies to beat Georgia 65-62 in overtime
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Layshia Clarendon was the first to get her hands on the regional championship trophy. Rightfully so, after getting California somewhere they've never gone before: the Final Four. Clarendon scored 17 of her 25 points in the second half and overtime, and California rallied from down 10 with less than 7 minutes left to beat Georgia 65-62 in the Spokane Regional final and advance to the national semifinals for the first time in school history. Clarendon and the second-seeded Golden Bears became the first team from the western U.S. ...
Athletes, stars join Obama for Easter Egg Roll
The Easter Bunny, dozens of professional athletes and thousands of children were hippity-hopping across the White House's South Lawn Monday as President Barack Obama and his family were leading the annual Easter Egg Roll. The theme of this year's event is "Be Healthy, Be Active, Be You!" — fitting with first lady Michelle Obama's campaign to lower childhood obesity rates by encouraging physical activity. The ...
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