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| NHL-Blackhawks thrash Red Wings, stave off elimination Saturday, May 25, 2013 08:29 PM PDT (Adds dateline, no change to text) May 25 (Reuters) - Jonathan Toews broke his playoff goal drought as the Chicago Blackhawks staved off elimination with a 4-1 win over the Detroit Red Wings in Game Five of the National Hockey League Western Conference semi-finals on Saturday. The top-seeded Blackhawks reduced the series deficit to 3-2 against the seventh-seeded Red Wings with Andrew Shaw scoring twice and captain Toews grabbing a crucial goal. ... Full Story | Top |
| CA-SPORTS Summary Saturday, May 25, 2013 08:15 PM PDT Boston to meet Pittsburgh in East Finals (Reuters) - The Boston Bruins booked a place in the National Hockey League Eastern Conference Finals against the Pittsburgh Penguins after clinching their series against the New York Rangers with a 3-1 win in Game Five on Saturday. The fourth seed Bruins closed out the series 4-1 against the sixth seeded Rangers to set up the showdown with the top-seeded Penguins for a place in the Stanley Cup Finals. ... Full Story | Top |
| Soccer-Brazil's Neymar to sign with Barcelona on Monday Saturday, May 25, 2013 08:03 PM PDT * Brazil striker chooses Spanish champions over Real Madrid * Will link with Argentina's Messi at Nou Camp * One final game for Santos on Sunday (Adds further quotes and detail) By Pedro Fonseca RIO DE JANEIRO, May 25 (Reuters) - Brazil's gifted World Cup hope Neymar is moving to Spanish champions Barcelona, the striker said on Saturday, and will sign a five-year contract on Monday. Neymar chose Barcelona over their Spanish arch-rivals Real Madrid after Santos ended three years of resisting offers for the 21-year-old forward and let him go before next year's tournament in Brazil. ... Full Story | Top |
| NHL play-offs semifinal results Saturday, May 25, 2013 07:57 PM PDT May 26 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the NHL Play-offs Semifinal games on Saturday (home team in CAPS) 1 2 3 T BOSTON 0 2 1 3 NY Rangers 1 0 0 1 (Boston win the best-of-seven series by 4-1) 1 2 3 T Detroit 0 1 0 1 CHICAGO 1 2 1 4 (Detroit lead the best-of-seven series by 3-2) Full Story | Top |
| Baseball results Saturday, May 25, 2013 07:51 PM PDT May 26 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the MLB games on Saturday (home team in CAPS) Baltimore 6 TORONTO 5 BOSTON 7 Cleveland 4 LA Angels 7 KANSAS CITY 0 SAN FRANCISCO 6 Colorado 5 (10 innings) Minnesota 3 DETROIT 2 Pittsburgh 5 MILWAUKEE 2 CINCINNATI 5 Chicago Cubs 2 NY Yankees 4 TAMPA BAY 3 (11 innings) Atlanta 7 NY METS 5 (10 innings) CHICAGO WHITE SOX 2 Miami 1 LA DODGERS 5 St. Louis 3 Philadelphia 5 WASHINGTON 3 Atlanta 6 NY METS 0 Oakland 11 HOUSTON 5 Full Story | Top |
| Soccer-Brazilian championship results and standings Saturday, May 25, 2013 07:00 PM PDT May 26 (Infostrada Sports) - Results and standings from the Brazilian championship matches on Sunday Saturday, May 25Corinthians 1 Botafogo 1 Vasco da Gama 1 Portuguesa 0 Vitoria 2 Internacional 2 Standings P W D L F A Pts 1 Vasco da Gama 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 Internacional 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 2 Vitoria 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 4 Botafogo 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4 Corinthians 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 ------------------------- Atletico Mineiro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Atletico Paranaense 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Coritiba 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Criciuma 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cruzeiro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Esporte Clube Bahia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Flamengo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Fluminense 0 0 0 0 0 0 ... Full Story | Top |
| Soccer-Brazil's Neymar to move to Barcelona Saturday, May 25, 2013 06:27 PM PDT RIO DE JANIERO, May 25 (Reuters) - Brazil's gifted World Cup hope Neymar is moving to Spanish champions Barcelona the striker said on Saturday and will sign a contract on Monday. Neymar chose Barcelona over their Spanish arch-rivals real Madrid after Santos ended three years of resisting offers for the 21-year-old forward on Friday and let him choose one of two mega offers to go before next year's tournament in Brazil. (Reporting by Rex Gowar in Buenos Aires; Editing by Greg Stutchbury) Full Story | Top |
| Girl power no longer a novelty at Indy 500 Saturday, May 25, 2013 06:05 PM PDT  By Steve Keating INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - While Formula One flirts with the idea of a female driver, girl power is already as much a part of the Indianapolis 500 as turbo-charged engines and the winner chugging cold milk in Victory Lane. Swiss Simona de Silvestro, Brazilian Ana Beatriz and Britons Pippa Mann and Katherine Legge represent the four women who will take the command to start their engines alongside 29 men at the famed Brickyard for Sunday's race. ... Full Story | Top |
| Froch beats Kessler to retain IBF super middleweight title Saturday, May 25, 2013 05:50 PM PDT  LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Carl Froch got his revenge with victory over Denmark's Mikkel Kessler in a unanimous points decision to retain the IBF super middleweight title in a thrilling clash at a packed 02 Arena on Saturday. The 35-year-old Froch, who lost to Kessler in Denmark three years ago, put on a typically gutsy performance to win with a scorecard that read 115-113, 116-112 and 118-110 in favor of the Nottingham fighter to the delight of the 20,000 crowd. ... Full Story | Top |
| Boston to meet Pittsburgh in East Finals Saturday, May 25, 2013 05:48 PM PDT  (Reuters) - The Boston Bruins booked a place in the National Hockey League Eastern Conference Finals against the Pittsburgh Penguins after clinching their series against the New York Rangers with a 3-1 win in Game Five on Saturday. The fourth seed Bruins closed out the series 4-1 against the sixth seeded Rangers to set up the showdown with the top-seeded Penguins for a place in the Stanley Cup Finals. It is their first trip back to the Eastern Finals since the 2010-11 season where they went on to win the Stanley Cup. ... Full Story | Top |
| Kenny Perry stalks Senior PGA Championship title Saturday, May 25, 2013 05:46 PM PDT  (Reuters) - American Kenny Perry is one round away from claiming his first major championship after taking a two-shot lead after the third round of the Senior PGA Championship in St. Louis on Saturday. Perry fired a three-under 68 at Bellerive Golf Club to move to 10-under 203 for the tournament, two clear of fellow American Jay Haas (67) who is in second at eight-under. Russ Cochran (71) holds outright third at seven-under with Canadian Rod Spittle (67) fourth at six-under. Australian Peter Senior (69) and Japan's Kohki Idoki (68) remain in the mix in a tie for fifth at five-under. ... Full Story | Top |
| Boxing-Froch beats Kessler to retain IBF super middleweight title Saturday, May 25, 2013 05:39 PM PDT LONDON, May 26 (Reuters) - Britain's Carl Froch got his revenge with victory over Denmark's Mikkel Kessler in a unanimous points decision to retain the IBF super middleweight title in a thrilling clash at a packed 02 Arena on Saturday. The 35-year-old Froch, who lost to Kessler in Denmark three years ago, put on a typically gutsy performance to win with a scorecard that read 115-113, 116-112 and 118-110 in favour of the Nottingham fighter to the delight of the 20,000 crowd. ... Full Story | Top |
| NHL-Boston to meet Pittsburgh in East Finals Saturday, May 25, 2013 05:35 PM PDT May 25 (Reuters) - The Boston Bruins booked a place in the National Hockey League Eastern Conference Finals against the Pittsburgh Penguins after clinching their series against the New York Rangers with a 3-1 win in Game Five on Saturday. The fourth seed Bruins closed out the series 4-1 against the sixth seeded Rangers to set up the showdown with the top-seeded Penguins for a place in the Stanley Cup Finals. It is their first trip back to the Eastern Finals since the 2010-11 season where they went on to win the Stanley Cup. ... Full Story | Top |
| Golf-Kenny Perry stalks Senior PGA Championship title Saturday, May 25, 2013 05:26 PM PDT May 25 (Reuters) - American Kenny Perry is one round away from claiming his first major championship after taking a two-shot lead after the third round of the Senior PGA Championship in St. Louis on Saturday. Perry fired a three-under 68 at Bellerive Golf Club to move to 10-under 203 for the tournament, two clear of fellow American Jay Haas (67) who is in second at eight-under. Russ Cochran (71) holds outright third at seven-under with Canadian Rod Spittle (67) fourth at six-under. Australian Peter Senior (69) and Japan's Kohki Idoki (68) remain in the mix in a tie for fifth at five-under. ... Full Story | Top |
| Reuters Sports Schedule at 0001 GMT on Sunday, May 26 Saturday, May 25, 2013 05:05 PM PDT Reuters sports schedule at 0001 GMT on Sunday: - - - - SOCCER Champions League final, Wembley Bayern win Champions League with last-gasp Robben goal LONDON - A brilliant Franco-Dutch move involving Franck Ribery and Arjen Robben in the final minutes settled a memorable all-German Champions League final as Bayern Munich beat Borussia Dortmund 2-1 at Wembley. ... Full Story | Top |
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