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| NBA results Thursday, Feb 21, 2013 07:43 PM PST Feb 22 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the NBA games on Thursday (home team in CAPS) Miami 86 CHICAGO 67 Full Story | Top |
| Sabres open post-Ruff era with loss to Maple Leafs Thursday, Feb 21, 2013 07:41 PM PST  TORONTO (Reuters) - Playing under a new head coach for the first time in 16 years, the struggling Buffalo Sabres fell 3-1 to the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday. A day after firing Lindy Ruff, who had been the National Hockey League's (NHL) longest-tenured coach, the Sabres were mostly flat in interim coach Ron Rolston's debut and slumped to their third straight loss. "He came in, has new ideas, new things that he wants to bring to us but he hasn't really had time to even work on most of the things," Sabres captain Jason Pominville told reporters. ... Full Story | Top |
| UPDATE 1-NHL-Sabres open post-Ruff era with loss to Maple Leafs Thursday, Feb 21, 2013 07:40 PM PST * Toronto's van Riemsdyk scores twice * Sabres go 0-for-3 on powerplay (Adds quotes and details) TORONTO, Feb 21 (Reuters) - Playing under a new head coach for the first time in 16 years, the struggling Buffalo Sabres fell 3-1 to the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday. A day after firing Lindy Ruff, who had been the National Hockey League's (NHL) longest-tenured coach, the Sabres were mostly flat in interim coach Ron Rolston's debut and slumped to their third straight loss. ... Full Story | Top |
| Irishman Lowry stuns McIlroy at Match Play Thursday, Feb 21, 2013 07:34 PM PST  MARANA, Arizona (Reuters) - Ireland's Shane Lowry knew "deep down" that he could beat Rory McIlroy and drew on that self-belief to pull off a stunning upset over the world number one in the snow-delayed first round of the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship on Thursday. Ranked 68th in the world, Lowry chipped in twice for birdie after the turn to take control against his good friend before getting up and down from a greenside bunker to par the 18th and seal victory in fading light at Dove Mountain. "I'm very happy to be honest," Lowry told reporters. ... Full Story | Top |
| UPDATE 3-NHL results Thursday, Feb 21, 2013 07:34 PM PST Feb 22 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the NHL games on Thursday (home team in CAPS) TORONTO 3 Buffalo 1 Florida 5 PHILADELPHIA 2 New Jersey 3 WASHINGTON 2 Winnipeg 4 CAROLINA 3 NY Islanders 4 MONTREAL 3 (OT) OTTAWA 3 NY Rangers 2 (SO) Boston 4 TAMPA BAY 2 Columbus 3 DETROIT 2 Full Story | Top |
| UPDATE 2-Golf-Irishman Lowry stuns McIlroy at Match Play Thursday, Feb 21, 2013 07:28 PM PST * Lowry chips in twice for birdie to take control * Beats good friend McIlroy to reach second round (Adds McIlroy quotes, paras seven-eight) MARANA, Arizona, Feb 21 (Reuters) - Ireland's Shane Lowry knew "deep down" that he could beat Rory McIlroy and drew on that self-belief to pull off a stunning upset over the world number one in the snow-delayed first round of the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship on Thursday. ... Full Story | Top |
| Aussie swimmers admit using sedative Thursday, Feb 21, 2013 07:18 PM PST  SYDNEY (Reuters) - James Magnussen and his team mates from the Australian men's 4x100m freestyle relay squad have admitted using a sedative banned by their national Olympic committee in a bonding session before the London Games. The prescription drug Stilnox was banned by the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) just before the 2012 Games and the athletes now face sanctions from the governing body for breaching their Olympic team membership agreement. ... Full Story | Top |
| Woods exits first round of Match Play Thursday, Feb 21, 2013 07:16 PM PST  MARANA, Arizona (Reuters) - Three-times winner Tiger Woods, despite playing well, was stunningly eliminated in the snow-delayed first round of the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship on Thursday, losing 2&1 to Charles Howell III. Woods never led in a flawless encounter where not one bogey was recorded but he got back to all square with four holes to play before fellow American and good friend Howell birdied the 15th and 16th to regain control. ... Full Story | Top |
| UPDATE 1-Olympics-Aussie swimmers admit using sedative Thursday, Feb 21, 2013 07:10 PM PST (Adds detail, more quotes) SYDNEY, Feb 22 (Reuters) - James Magnussen and his team mates from the Australian men's 4x100m freestyle relay squad have admitted using a sedative banned by their national Olympic committee in a bonding session before the London Games. The prescription drug Stilnox was banned by the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) just before the 2012 Games and the athletes now face sanctions from the governing body for breaching their Olympic team membership agreement. ... Full Story | Top |
| UPDATE 1-Golf-Woods exits first round of Match Play Thursday, Feb 21, 2013 07:05 PM PST * Woods beaten by good friend Howell * Loses in opening round for a third time (Adds quotes, detail) MARANA, Arizona, Feb 21 (Reuters) - Three-times winner Tiger Woods, despite playing well, was stunningly eliminated in the snow-delayed first round of the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship on Thursday, losing 2&1 to Charles Howell III. Woods never led in a flawless encounter where not one bogey was recorded but he got back to all square with four holes to play before fellow American and good friend Howell birdied the 15th and 16th to regain control. ... Full Story | Top |
| World sports diary February 23 - February 30 Thursday, Feb 21, 2013 06:59 PM PST Feb 22 (Reuters) - World sports diary from Feb. 23 - Feb. 30 (all times GMT): - - - - SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23 SOCCER Premier League (1500 unless stated) Fulham v Stoke City (1245) Arsenal v Aston Villa Norwich City v Everton Queens Park Rangers v Manchester United Reading v Wigan Athletic West Bromwich Albion v Sunderland La Liga Real Zaragoza v Valencia (1700) Real Mallorca v Getafe (1500) Barcelona v Sevilla (2100) Deportivo Coruna v Real Madrid (1900) Serie A Palermo v Genoa (1945) Ligue 1 (1900 unless stated) Stade Rennes v Sochaux (1600) Ajaccio v Lille Evian Thonon Gaillard FC v ... Full Story | Top |
| FEATURE-Soccer-Chinese players chase their dreams to Portugal Thursday, Feb 21, 2013 06:59 PM PST SINTRA, Portugal, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Dreams of emulating Cristiano Ronaldo have prompted nearly 40 Chinese youngsters to leave home and travel halfway round the world to improve their soccer skills in Portugal. The move is already paying off, says Portuguese coach Carlos Gomes who brought the group to Europe last year. "If only you had seen how tactically poor they were when they arrived. It's like night and day. They have improved so much," Gomes told Reuters at a training session in Massama near Sintra. ... Full Story | Top |
| Olympics-Aussie swimmers admit using sedative in bonding sessions Thursday, Feb 21, 2013 06:47 PM PST SYDNEY, Feb 22 (Reuters) - James Magnussen and his team mates from the men's 4x100m freestyle relay squad have admitted using sedative Stilnox in a bonding session before the London Olympics. "We stand here today to admit that we took Stilnox following a day of bonding for the relay team at the training camp in Manchester," the Olympic silver medallist and his team mates Matt Targett, Eamon Sullivan, James Roberts, Cameron McEvoy and Tommaso D'Orsogna said in a statement read out at a news conference in Sydney on Friday. ... Full Story | Top |
| Q&A-Tennis-Federer's heart is in South Africa Thursday, Feb 21, 2013 06:46 PM PST  GOVHU, South Africa (Reuters) - Roger Federer was back in South Africa for the first time in eight years and it was not long before he was surrounded by a swarm of three-year-old toddlers tugging at his shirt and hankering to play a game of tennis. Unlike many of the fans the 17-times grand slam champion usually encounters, these children hold a special place in the Swiss champion's heart as his charitable foundation is helping to educate them. ... Full Story | Top |
| McIlroy and Woods go out on day of upsets Thursday, Feb 21, 2013 06:44 PM PST  MARANA, Arizona (Reuters) - World number one Rory McIlroy and three-times winner Tiger Woods were both sent packing in stunning fashion in the snow-delayed first round of the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship on Thursday. Northern Irishman McIlroy, a losing finalist last year, was ousted 1-up by his good friend Shane Lowry of Ireland while Woods was eliminated 2&1 by fellow American Charles Howell in fading light at Dove Mountain. ... Full Story | Top |
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