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| Cricket-Relieved England head home after wake-up call for Ashes Tuesday, Mar 26, 2013 09:06 PM PDT By Greg Stutchbury AUCKLAND, March 27 (Reuters) - Alastair Cook's team return to England under no illusions they pulled off a great escape against New Zealand and can ill afford any further lapses in intensity ahead of back-to-back Ashes series later this year. The world's second-ranked test side were expected to win comfortably over a New Zealand team skittled for 45 runs by South Africa in January and rocked by the clumsy demotion of former captain Ross Taylor. ... Full Story | Top |
| UPDATE 1-Tennis-Miami men's singles round 4 results Tuesday, Mar 26, 2013 08:21 PM PDT March 27 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Miami Men's Singles Round 4 matches on Tuesday 15-Tommy Haas (Germany) beat 1-Novak Djokovic (Serbia) 6-2 6-4 11-Gilles Simon (France) beat 7-Janko Tipsarevic (Serbia) 5-7 6-2 6-2 9-Marin Cilic (Croatia) beat 6-Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (France) 7-5 7-6(4) 4-Tomas Berdych (Czech Republic) beat 17-Sam Querrey (U.S. ... Full Story | Top |
| NHL-Highlights of Tuesday's National Hockey League games Tuesday, Mar 26, 2013 08:19 PM PDT March 26 (The Sports Xchange) - Penguins 1, Canadiens 0 Marc-Andre Fleury and Tomas Vokoun combined for the shutout and Sidney Crosby scored the game's lone goal as the Pittsburgh Penguins edged the Montreal Canadiens 1-0 on Tuesday night to extend their winning streak to 13 games. The streak is the longest in the NHL this season and the second-longest in Penguins' history. They won 17 games in a row from March 9 through April 10, 2003. Eastern Conference-leading Pittsburgh (26-8-0) also extended its lead to seven points over the second-place Canadiens (20-7-5). ... Full Story | Top |
| UPDATE 5-NHL results Tuesday, Mar 26, 2013 08:04 PM PDT March 27 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the NHL games on Tuesday (home team in CAPS) TORONTO 3 Florida 2 PITTSBURGH 1 Montreal 0 NY Islanders 3 WASHINGTON 2 Winnipeg 4 CAROLINA 1 NY Rangers 5 PHILADELPHIA 2 TAMPA BAY 2 Buffalo 1 Edmonton 3 ST. LOUIS 0 CHICAGO 2 Calgary 0 Full Story | Top |
| World sports diary March 27 - April 23 Tuesday, Mar 26, 2013 07:59 PM PDT Mar 27 (Reuters) - World sports diary from Mar 27 - Apr 23. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27 TENNIS ATP/WTA: Sony Ericsson Open, Miami, U.S. ... Full Story | Top |
| Cricket-Pride but no redemption for gallant New Zealand Tuesday, Mar 26, 2013 07:59 PM PDT By Greg Stutchbury AUCKLAND, March 27 (Reuters) - Redemption was not a word New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum would bother to countenance after his side were denied a test series victory against England after the final match on Tuesday. McCullum's team had come into the series ranked eighth in the world after a humiliating series loss in South Africa marked by a first innings dismissal for 45 runs in the opening test. ... Full Story | Top |
| Soccer-South American World Cup qualifying results/standings Tuesday, Mar 26, 2013 07:59 PM PDT March 26 (Reuters) - South American 2014 World Cup qualifying results and standings after Tuesday's matches: Bolivia 1 Argentina 1 La Paz Ecuador 4 Paraguay 1 Quito Venezuela 1 Colombia 0 Puerto Ordaz Chile 2 Uruguay 0 Santiago Peru bye Standings: P W D L F A Pts Argentina 11 7 3 1 24 8 24 Ecuador 10 6 2 2 16 10 20 Colombia 10 6 1 3 19 7 19 Chile 11 5 0 6 16 19 15 * - - - - - - - Venezuela 11 4 3 4 9 12 15 * - - - - - - - Uruguay 11 3 4 4 17 21 13 Peru 10 3 2 5 11 15 11 Bolivia 11 2 3 6 13 20 9 Paraguay 11 2 2 7 8 21 8 - - - - Note: The top four teams will advance to the 2014 finals in Brazil ... Full Story | Top |
| Soccer-Venezuela dream on after 1-0 victory over Colombia Tuesday, Mar 26, 2013 07:47 PM PDT PUERTO ORDAZ, Venezuela, March 26 (Reuters) - Venezuela edged closer to their dream of reaching the World Cup finals for the first time after beating fancied neighbours Colombia 1-0 in a South American qualifier on Tuesday. Jose Salomon Rondon struck in the 14th minute to lift the Burgundy-clad 'Vinotinto' ('red wine') into fifth place in the nine-nation South American group with 15 points from 11 matches. The top four teams qualify automatically while the team in fifth goes through to a playoff with an Asian side for another berth at the 2014 finals in Brazil. ... Full Story | Top |
| NBA-Highlights of Tuesday's National Basketball Association games Tuesday, Mar 26, 2013 07:45 PM PDT March 26 (The Sports Xchange) - Knicks 100, Celtics 85 J.R. Smith, Carmelo Anthony and the undermanned New York Knicks were just too much for the more-undermanned Boston Celtics Tuesday night. Smith and Anthony combined for 61 points and the Knicks, playing without Tyson Chandler and Amar'e Stoudemire, cruised to their fifth straight win, a 100-85 handling of the Celtics, who were missing Kevin Garnett, Rajon Rondo, Courtney Lee and others. ... Full Story | Top |
| Soccer-Late arrival Paredes spurs Chile to victory over Uruguay Tuesday, Mar 26, 2013 07:22 PM PDT By Javier Leira SANTIAGO, March 26 (Reuters) - Striker Esteban Paredes, handed a late call-up at the weekend, inspired Chile to a rousing 2-0 victory against Uruguay in Santiago on Tuesday that ended a run of four defeats in their World Cup qualifying. Paredes, who plays for Mexico's Atlante, was called into coach Jorge Sampaoli's squad after Alexis Sanchez's suspension on Friday and with Humberto Suazo having made himself unavailable due to poor form. ... Full Story | Top |
| Soccer-Venezuela 1 Colombia 0 - World Cup qualifying result Tuesday, Mar 26, 2013 07:11 PM PDT March 26 (Reuters) - Venezuela 1 Colombia 0 - South American, World Cup qualifying result on Tuesday At the Cachamay, Puerto Ordaz Scorer: Jose Salomon Rondon 14 Halftime: 1-0 Teams: Venezuela: 12-Dani Hernandez; 21-Alexander Gonzalez, 4-Oswaldo Vizcarrondo, 3-Andres Tunez (16-Angel Flores 60), 6-Gabriel Cichero (2-Rolf Feltscher 83); 11-Cesar Gonzalez, 8-Tomas Rincon, 14-Franklin Lucena, 18-Juan Arango; 9-Fernando Aristeguieta (7-Nicolas Fedor 66), 23-Jose Salomon Rondon Colombia: 1-David Ospina; 18-Camilo Zuniga, 14-Amaranto Perea (5-Aldo Ramirez 82), 3-Carlos Valdes, 7-Pablo Armero; ... Full Story | Top |
| Soccer-Jordan upset deepens Australia's World Cup gloom Tuesday, Mar 26, 2013 06:56 PM PDT By Nick Mulvenney SYDNEY, March 27 (Reuters) - Holger Osieck's already filthy mood after Australia were held 2-2 at home by Oman on Tuesday night can only have worsened when he heard the news from Amman that his team's path to the 2014 World Cup finals had just become that little bit harder. The German coach was fuming after the Socceroos needed a late Brett Holman equaliser to come back from two goals down and claim a draw at Sydney's Olympic stadium in a match he had declared a "must-win". ... Full Story | Top |
| UPDATE 1-NBA results Tuesday, Mar 26, 2013 06:44 PM PDT March 27 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the NBA games on Tuesday (home team in CAPS) NY Knicks 100 BOSTON 85 Minnesota 105 DETROIT 82 Full Story | Top |
| Tennis-Miami women's singles quarterfinal results Tuesday, Mar 26, 2013 06:44 PM PDT March 27 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Miami Women's Singles Quarterfinal matches on Tuesday 4-Agnieszka Radwanska (Poland) beat 30-Kirsten Flipkens (Belgium) 4-6 6-4 6-2 1-Serena Williams (U.S.) beat 5-Li Na (China) 6-3 7-6(5) Full Story | Top |
| Soccer-Chile 2 Uruguay 0 - World Cup qualifying result Tuesday, Mar 26, 2013 06:43 PM PDT March 26 (Reuters) - Chile 2 Uruguay 0 - South American, World Cup qualifying result on Tuesday At the Estadio Nacional, Santiago Scorers: Esteban Paredes 11, Eduardo Vargas 78 Halftime: 1-0 Teams: Chile: 1-Claudio Bravo; 17-Gary Medel, 18-Gonzalo Jara, 13-Jose Rojas; 4-Mauricio Isla (3-Marcos Gonzalez 85), 20-Charles Aranguiz (14-Matias Fernandez 59), 21-Marcelo Diaz, 2-Eugenio Mena; 11-Eduardo Vargas, 22-Esteban Paredes, 15-Jean Beausejour (6-Carlos Carmona 70) Uruguay: 1-Fernando Muslera; 13-Matias Aguirregaray (6-Alejandro Silva 45), 2-Diego Lugano, 3-Diego Godin, 11-Alvaro Pereira; ... Full Story | Top |
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