Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Daily News: Reuters Sports News Headlines - NHL-Blackhawks into Western finals with Detroit win

Wednesday, May 29, 2013 08:44 PM PDT

NHL-Blackhawks into Western finals with Detroit win 
Wednesday, May 29, 2013 08:44 PM PDT
May 29 (Reuters) - Brent Seabrook scored the game-winning goal in overtime to give the Chicago Blackhawks a 2-1 win over the Detroit Red Wings on Wednesday and complete an amazing series comeback that advanced them to the NHL's Western Conference finals. Chicago had trailed 3-1 in the best-of-seven series but delivered three successive wins to stun the Red Wings and set up a conference finals meeting with the Stanley Cup champion Los Angeles Kings. Playing in front of their anxious home crowd, the Blackhawks grabbed the early advantage on Patrick Sharp's goal in the second period. ...
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Soccer-Libertadores Cup summaries 
Wednesday, May 29, 2013 08:23 PM PDT
(Updates with later score) May 29 (Reuters) - South American Libertadores Cupquarter-final, second leg summaries on Wednesday: - - At the Marcelo Bielsa, Rosario Newell's Old Boys (Argentina) 0 Boca Juniors (Argentina) 0 Red card: Clemente Rodriguez 56 Aggregate 0-0 Newell's win 10-9 on penalties - - At the Defensores del Chaco, Asuncion Olimpia (Paraguay) 2 - Juan Manuel Salgueiro 34, 40pen Fluminense (Brazil) 1 - Rhayner 9 Halftime: 2-1 Olimpia go through 2-1 on aggregate (Compiled by Rex Gowar; Editing by Greg Stutchbury)
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NHL play-offs semifinal result 
Wednesday, May 29, 2013 08:14 PM PDT
May 30 (Infostrada Sports) - Result from the NHL Play-offs Semifinal match between Chicago and Detroit on Wednesday (home team in CAPS) 1 2 3 OT T CHICAGO 0 1 0 1 2 Detroit 0 0 1 0 1 (Chicago win the best-of-seven series by 4-3)
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Baseball results 
Wednesday, May 29, 2013 08:13 PM PDT
May 30 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the MLB games on Wednesday (home team in CAPS) CHICAGO CUBS 9 Chicago White Sox 3 BALTIMORE 9 Washington 6 CLEVELAND 5 Cincinnati 2 NY Mets 9 NY YANKEES 4 PHILADELPHIA 4 Boston 3 PITTSBURGH 5 Detroit 3 Toronto 3 ATLANTA 0 Tampa Bay 3 MIAMI 1 MINNESOTA 4 Milwaukee 1 ST. LOUIS 5 Kansas City 3
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Tennis-Rafa facing a test of the champions 
Wednesday, May 29, 2013 08:00 PM PDT
PARIS, May 30 (Reuters) - When Rafael Nadal was claiming the French Open title in 2006, Martin Klizan was also triumphing at Roland Garros - albeit winning the junior crown. On Thursday the unseeded 23-year-old Slovakian will get the chance to see how far he has come in seven years when the two meet in the second round on Court Suzanne Lenglen. Spanish third seed Nadal is looking to add to his record seven titles while Klizan, the world number 35, will be hoping to win only his fourth match on clay this season. ...
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Soccer-Libertadores Cup quarter-final results 
Wednesday, May 29, 2013 07:56 PM PDT
May 30 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Libertadores Cup Quarter-final second leg matches on Wednesday Quarter-finalThursday, May 30, second legOlimpia (Paraguay) - Fluminense (Brazil) 2-1 (halftime: 2-1) First leg: Fluminense - Olimpia 0-0. Olimpia win 2-1 on aggregate.Newell's Old Boys (Argentina) - Boca Juniors (Argentina) 0-0 (halftime: 0-0, 90 mins: 0-0, penalty shootout: 10-9) First leg: Boca Juniors - Newell's Old Boys 0-0. Newell's Old Boys win 10-9 on penalties after 0-0 on aggregate. ...
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Soccer-Brazilian championship results and standings 
Wednesday, May 29, 2013 07:56 PM PDT
May 30 (Infostrada Sports) - Results and standings from the Brazilian championship matches on Wednesday Wednesday, May 29 Botafogo 2 Santos 1 Esporte Clube Bahia 0 Coritiba 0 Flamengo 0 Ponte Preta 2 Goias 1 Corinthians 1 Nautico 0 Vitoria 3 Sao Paulo 5 Vasco da Gama 1 Atletico Paranaense 2 Cruzeiro 2 Standings P W D L F A Pts 1 Sao Paulo 2 2 0 0 7 1 6 2 Cruzeiro 2 1 1 0 7 2 4 3 Vitoria 2 1 1 0 5 2 4 4 Botafogo 2 1 1 0 3 2 4 -------------------------5 Coritiba 2 1 1 0 2 1 4 6 Criciuma 1 1 0 0 3 1 3 7 Gremio 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 8 Fluminense 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 9 Ponte Preta 2 1 0 1 2 2 3 10 Vasco da Gama 2 ...
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Soccer-Benteke strikes twice as Belgium outclass U.S 
Wednesday, May 29, 2013 07:37 PM PDT
May 29 (Reuters) - Substitute Christian Benteke scored twice as the United States were beaten 4-2 by an impressive Belgium side in a friendly international in Cleveland on Wednesday. The game was a warm-up for both sides ahead of vital World Cup qualifiers, with Belgium facing Serbia in Brussels on June 7 while Juergen Klinsmann's U.S. side have three qualifiers next month for the 2014 finals in Brazil. Belgium grabbed the lead in the sixth minute when U.S. ...
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Soccer-Previous Brazil v England matches at the Maracana 
Wednesday, May 29, 2013 07:00 PM PDT
May 30 (Reuters) - Brazil and England have played 24 times since their first meeting at Wembley Stadium in 1956. Eleven of their games have been at Wembley and they have also played in Gothenburg, Vina Del Mar, Guadalajara, Los Angeles, Washington, Paris, Shizuoka and Doha. ...
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Soccer-Five memorable matches at Brazil's Maracana 
Wednesday, May 29, 2013 07:00 PM PDT
May 30 (Reuters) - Rio de Janeiro's iconic Maracana stadium will host its first official match, on June 2 against England, since undergoing a controversial overhaul to prepare it for the 2014 World Cup. Here are five memorable matches played at the stadium: July 16 1950: Brazil 1 Uruguay 2 One of the first games at Maracana was supposed to be the most triumphant. Instead, the loss to Uruguay in the 1950 World Cup final became, for Brazilians, a national tragedy. ...
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Soccer-Revamped Maracana finally returns to world stage 
Wednesday, May 29, 2013 07:00 PM PDT
By Andrew Downie SAO PAULO, May 30 (Reuters) - Rio de Janeiro's new-look Maracana stadium finally gets to stage its first proper match on Sunday after a rebuilding programme plagued by delays, burgeoning costs and concern that ordinary fans will be priced out of the shiny plastic seats. England's first visit to Brazil for 29 years will mark the end of a long drawn-out, $500-million programme to modernise the arena which will host seven matches at the 2014 World Cup, including the final. ...
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Soccer-Newell's beat Boca in Libertadores Cup shootout 
Wednesday, May 29, 2013 06:28 PM PDT
By Rex Gowar BUENOS AIRES, May 29 (Reuters) - Newell's Old Boys beat six times champions Boca Juniors 10-9 in a marathon penalty shootout to win a tight all-Argentine Libertadores Cup quarter-final tie in Rosario on Wednesday. With the aggregate score over two legs 0-0 and no extra time in the competition, the rivals went straight to the shootout which began with Boca playmaker Juan Roman Riquelme missing the opening spot kick. ...
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Soccer-Difficult to say no to Real, says Suarez 
Wednesday, May 29, 2013 06:03 PM PDT
May 30 (Reuters) - Liverpool striker Luis Suarez has hinted that he would consider a move away from the Merseyside club to Real Madrid, if the Spanish giants were be keen to take him. Suarez received a 10-match domestic ban for biting Chelsea's Branislav Ivanovic last month and suggested the pressure from the British media was one reason why he would consider a move. "There is nothing concrete but it will always be difficult to say no to Real Madrid," the forward, who is in Montevideo with the Uruguay squad, told local radio station Radio Sport 890. ...
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WWE and 'The Flintstones' tag-team to throw down some bedrock 
Wednesday, May 29, 2013 05:39 PM PDT
Wrestler Cena poses for photographers during 'Arthur Ashe Kid's Day' at the U.S. Open in FlushingBy Tony Maglio LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Have you ever been watching a "Flintstones" cartoon and thought, "This would be much better with professional wrestlers?" Us neither. But we're getting it anyway. WWE Studios has tag-teamed with Warner Bros. to co-produce a "Flintstones" direct-to-home-video animated movie, to be released on Blu-ray, DVD, VOD and digital download in early 2015, WWE Studios said on Wednesday. WWE talent John Cena, CM Punk and others will join owner Vince McMahon to provide voices for the movie, which will see Fred, Barney and the gang attending a WWE match. ...
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Soccer-Malaga's Pellegrini has verbal agreement with City 
Wednesday, May 29, 2013 05:02 PM PDT
(Adds background) By Mark Elkington MADRID, May 30 (Reuters) - Departing Malaga coach Manuel Pellegrini hopes a verbal agreement with Manchester City will turn into a firm offer, he said in an interview with Spanish radio station Onda Cero on Wednesday. "I have a commitment to make Manchester City my priority. I have a verbal agreement with them and I hope it is carried out," the Chilean said. Last week, the 59-year-old former Villarreal and Real Madrid boss said he was leaving the Costa del Sol club at the end of the season after two and a half years at the helm. ...
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