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| CORRECTION 3-NBA results Wednesday, Feb 27, 2013 08:03 PM PST Feb 28 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the NBA games on Wednesday (home team in CAPS) Detroit 96 WASHINGTON 95 Sacramento 125 ORLANDO 101 CLEVELAND 103 Toronto 92 NY KNICKS 109 Golden State 105 MEMPHIS 90 Dallas 84 Milwaukee 110 HOUSTON 107 OKLAHOMA CITY 119 New Orleans 74 Full Story | Top |
| NBA-Thunder roll on with massive win over Hornets Wednesday, Feb 27, 2013 07:56 PM PST Feb 27 (Reuters) - Kevin Durant landed a triple double as the Oklahoma City Thunder recorded a 119-74 blowout victory over the outclassed New Orleans Hornets on Wednesday. The Thunder improved to 42-15 with the win, keeping their hold on the second best record in the National Basketball Association's (NBA) Western Conference as they try to chase down the leading San Antonio Spurs, who were 45-13 ahead of their game against Phoenix. Russell Westbrook was the main destroyer for the Thunder with 29 points while Durant contributed 18 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists. ... Full Story | Top |
| UPDATE 1-Soccer-Libertadores Cup summaries Wednesday, Feb 27, 2013 07:44 PM PST (Updates with later results) Feb 27 (Reuters) - South American Libertadores Cup groupphase summaries on Wednesday: - - Group One At the Monumental, Guayaquil Barcelona (Ecuador) 1 - Michael Arroyo 90+2pen Boca Juniors (Argentina) 2 - Juan Manuel Martinez 59, ClaudioPerez 63 Halftime: 0-0 - - Group Four At the Tierra de Campeones, Iquique Deportes Iquique (Chile) 2 - Sebastian Ereros 15, ManuelVillalobos 22 Emelec (Ecuador) 0 Missed penalty: Marcos Mondaini 1 Red card: Gabriel Achilier 78 Halftime: 2-0 - - Group Five At the Pacaembu, Sao Paulo Corinthians (Brazil) 2 - Pablo Guerrero 10, ... Full Story | Top |
| Soccer-Corinthians win 2-0 in empty stadium Wednesday, Feb 27, 2013 07:42 PM PST SAO PAULO, Feb 27 (Reuters) - Champions Corinthians beat Colombian side Millonarios 2-0 in a Copa Libertadores match on Wednesday that was overshadowed by a ban on the home team's fans that left the 38,000-seat Pacaembu stadium empty and eerily quiet. South American soccer's governing body Conmebol had banned the Brazilian club's fans after they let off a flare that killed a 14-year Bolivian supporter during last week's game against San Jose in Bolivia. Conmebol ordered Corinthians to play their Libertadores games behind closed doors for the next 60 days or until a full appeal can be heard. ... Full Story | Top |
| UPDATE 4-Tennis-Acapulco International women's singles round 2 results Wednesday, Feb 27, 2013 07:41 PM PST Feb 28 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Acapulco International Women's Singles Round 2 matches on Wednesday Karin Knapp (Italy) beat 8-Romina Oprandi (Switzerland) 6-4 7-6(2) 2-Carla Suarez Navarro (Spain) beat Stephanie Foretz Gacon (France) 6-1 6-2 7-Lourdes Dominguez Lino (Spain) beat Maria Teresa Torro (Spain) 6-4 3-0 (Torro retired) 5-Kiki Bertens (Netherlands) beat Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez (Spain) 6-1 6-2 1-Sara Errani (Italy) beat Eugenie Bouchard (Canada) 7-6(4) 6-2 6-Francesca Schiavone (Italy) beat Sesil Karatantcheva (Kazakhstan) 6-3 6-4 Silvia Soler Espinosa (Spain) beat ... Full Story | Top |
| NHL results Wednesday, Feb 27, 2013 07:21 PM PST Feb 28 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the NHL games on Wednesday (home team in CAPS) Montreal 5 TORONTO 2 PHILADELPHIA 4 Washington 1 Full Story | Top |
| Injured NASCAR fan calls crash "scene from a horror movie" Wednesday, Feb 27, 2013 07:13 PM PST  ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - The last thing NASCAR fan Whitney Turner saw before she turned and ran was the undercarriage of Kyle Larson's race car flying toward her Saturday in the grandstands at the Daytona International Speedway. "It was a scene from a horror movie," said Turner, 33, whose fibula bone on her right leg was shattered by flying debris. Turner of Tell City, Indiana, was one of more than 30 fans injured in a multi-car accident on the last lap of the Nationwide Series race a day before Sunday's prestigious Daytona 500. ... Full Story | Top |
| UPDATE 5-Tennis-Acapulco International men's singles round 2 results Wednesday, Feb 27, 2013 07:12 PM PST Feb 28 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Acapulco International Men's Singles Round 2 matches on Wednesday Paolo Lorenzi (Italy) beat Pablo Andujar (Spain) 6-4 6-3 Fabio Fognini (Italy) beat Aljaz Bedene (Slovenia) 2-6 6-4 7-6(4) 1-David Ferrer (Spain) beat Wayne Odesnik (U.S.) 6-2 6-1 Leonardo Mayer (Argentina) beat Andrey Kuznetsov (Russia) 6-2 6-2 8-Horacio Zeballos (Argentina) beat Daniel Gimeno-Traver (Spain) 6-2 6-3 Santiago Giraldo (Colombia) beat Joao Sousa (Portugal) 7-6(8) 7-5 Full Story | Top |
| Soccer-Libertadores Cup group 8 results and standings Wednesday, Feb 27, 2013 07:08 PM PST Feb 28 (Infostrada Sports) - Results and standings from the Libertadores Cup Group 8 match on Wednesday Wednesday, February 27Huachipato (Chile) 1 Fluminense (Brazil) 2 Standings P W D L F A Pts 1 Fluminense 3 2 0 1 3 4 6 2 Gremio 2 1 0 1 4 2 3 3 Caracas FC 2 1 0 1 3 2 3 4 Huachipato 3 1 0 2 4 6 3 Full Story | Top |
| Soccer-Libertadores Cup group 5 results and standings Wednesday, Feb 27, 2013 07:00 PM PST Feb 28 (Infostrada Sports) - Results and standings from the Libertadores Cup Group 5 matches on Wednesday Wednesday, February 27Corinthians (Brazil) 2 Millonarios (Colombia) 0 Tuesday, February 26 Club Tijuana (Mexico) 4 San Jose (Bolivia) 0 Standings P W D L F A Pts 1 Club Tijuana 2 2 0 0 5 0 6 2 Corinthians 2 1 1 0 3 1 4 3 San Jose 2 0 1 1 1 5 1 4 Millonarios 2 0 0 2 0 3 0 Full Story | Top |
| Soccer-MLS outlines ambitious plans to join world's elite leagues Wednesday, Feb 27, 2013 06:54 PM PST NEW YORK, Feb 27 (Reuters) - David Beckham may have left but the goal for Major League Soccer (MLS) remains the same, to be recognised as one of the world's top leagues within a decade. "By 2022," MLS Commissioner Don Garber said on Wednesday at his annual state of the league address of his ideal for the league to be amongst the world's elite. "That's our goal. "I'm not saying we'll be the biggest league in the world but we believe we will be one of the top leagues. ... Full Story | Top |
| PREVIEW-Soccer-Sombre Sporting seek respite against Porto Wednesday, Feb 27, 2013 06:00 PM PST LISBON, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Troubled Portuguese Premier League club Sporting are banking on youngsters as they desperately seek some respite from one of their worst campaigns when they host leaders Porto on Saturday (1945 GMT). The Lisbon club have lost three of their last four matches and are down in 11th place in the championship, 30 points adrift of Porto. "We knew since the start of the season that it would not be realistic to be champions, because Porto and Benfica are much above us," Sporting's 19-year-old Moroccan playmaker Zakaria Labyad told Dutch Voetbalzone magazine. ... Full Story | Top |
| PREVIEW-Soccer-Tottenham banking on Bale for derby clash Wednesday, Feb 27, 2013 06:00 PM PST LONDON, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Unbeaten in 11 Premier League matches and with man-of-the-moment Gareth Bale scoring at will, Tottenham Hotspur start as favourites against Arsenal on Sunday in a north London derby crucial to both sides' hopes of Champions League qualification. Victory for third-placed Tottenham would send them seven points clear of the fifth-placed Gunners and keep them above Chelsea in what is becoming a London-based tussle for third and fourth spots behind the Manchester clubs. ... Full Story | Top |
| Tennis-Rain washes out play at Delray Beach Wednesday, Feb 27, 2013 05:40 PM PST Feb 27 (Reuters) - Rain has prevented completion of any second round matches at the Delray Beach International tennis championships in Florida on Wednesday. The only singles match to make it on court was eighth seeded Belgian Xavier Malisse against Spanish qualifier Daniel Munoz, but persistent showers forced them off at 2-2. Second round matches now scheduled for Thursday include top seed American John Isner against Japan's Go Soeda and champion South African Kevin Anderson against Taiwan's Lu Yen-Hsun. (Reporting by Ben Everill in Los Angeles; Editing by Greg Stutchbury) Full Story | Top |
| Soccer-Boca boost flagging confidence with 2-1 win in Ecuador Wednesday, Feb 27, 2013 05:32 PM PST Feb 27 (Reuters) - Boca Juniors put their Libertadores Cup campaign back on the rails with a 2-0 away win over Ecuador's Barcelona in Guayaquil on Wednesday. The six times South American champions, who scored two goals in the space of four minutes in the second half, have struggled this year and suffered a 2-1 defeat at home to Mexico's Toluca in their first Group One match two weeks ago. The four teams have each played two matches in the group with Nacional of Uruguay leading with four points, one more than Boca and Toluca with Barcelona on one. ... Full Story | Top |
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