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| Baseball-Rodriguez homers in rehab game, vows to fight on Friday, Aug 02, 2013 09:03 PM PDT (Updates after rehab game, adds quotes) By Julian Linden NEW YORK, Aug 2 (Reuters) - For a few moments on Friday, it was just like old times for Alex Rodriguez. He was standing at the plate, with a fastball coming toward him, and he swung his bat with all his might, smashing the ball 350 feet over the wall. As the crowd rose to their feet, he jogged around the bases for a two-run homer. Reality then set in. ... Full Story | Top |
| Baseball-Highlights from Friday's Major League Baseball games Friday, Aug 02, 2013 08:52 PM PDT Aug 2 (Reuters) - Highlights from Friday's Major League baseball games. Giants 4 Rays 1 Brandon Crawford slammed a two-run homer to key a three-run seventh inning as the San Francisco Giants defeated the Tampa Bay Rays 4-1. With two out in the seventh the Giants broke open a tight contest when Hunter Pence singled and then scored on a Brandon Belt triple to deep center. Crawford followed with his seventh home run of the season. Belt also opened the scoring for the Giants connecting on a solo homer in fifth. ... Full Story | Top |
| Baseball results Friday, Aug 02, 2013 08:47 PM PDT Aug 3 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the MLB games on Friday (home team in CAPS) LA Dodgers 6 CHICAGO CUBS 2 BALTIMORE 11 Seattle 8 Atlanta 6 PHILADELPHIA 4 Colorado 4 PITTSBURGH 2 DETROIT 2 Chicago White Sox 1 Arizona 7 BOSTON 6 St. Louis 13 CINCINNATI 3 NY METS 4 Kansas City 2 (11 innings) MIAMI 10 Cleveland 0 San Francisco 4 TAMPA BAY 1 Washington 4 MILWAUKEE 1 Full Story | Top |
| Tennis-Washington Open men's singles quarterfinal results Friday, Aug 02, 2013 08:26 PM PDT Aug 3 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Washington Open Men's Singles Quarterfinal matches on Friday 1-Juan Martin Del Potro (Argentina) beat 7-Kevin Anderson (South Africa) 7-6(0) 6-3 3-Tommy Haas (Germany) beat 11-Grigor Dimitrov (Bulgaria) 7-6(5) 7-6(3) 8-John Isner (U.S.) beat 16-Marcos Baghdatis (Cyprus) 6-7(5) 6-4 6-4 Dmitry Tursunov (Russia) beat Marinko Matosevic (Australia) 6-3 4-6 7-6(4) Full Story | Top |
| Franklin takes second shot at record-matching 5th gold Friday, Aug 02, 2013 08:08 PM PDT  BARCELONA (Reuters) - American teenager Missy Franklin has another shot at a record-equaling fifth gold when she starts as the hot favorite in the 200 meters backstroke at the world championships on Saturday. The 18-year-old has two relay titles and golds in 200 freestyle and 100 backstroke already this week and if she manages a fifth triumph she would match a feat achieved only by American Tracy Caulkins and Australian Libby Trickett. ... Full Story | Top |
| Golf-U.S. PGA Tour Reno-Tahoe Open scores Friday, Aug 02, 2013 08:05 PM PDT Aug 3 (Infostrada Sports) - Scores from the U.S. PGA Tour Reno-Tahoe Open on Friday in Reno, Nevada. The cut was set at 6. 22 Andres Romero (Argentina) 8 14 21 Gary Woodland (U.S.) 14 7 19 Stuart Appleby (Australia) 12 7 Charlie Wi (South Korea) 4 15 Rod Pampling (Australia) 2 17 18 Brian Harman (U.S.) 5 13 Colt Knost (U.S.) 12 6 Greg Chalmers (Australia) 13 5 17 David Mathis (U.S.) 10 7 Robert Streb (U.S.) 7 10 David Toms (U.S.) 2 15 Bud Cauley (U.S.) 10 7 16 Tom Gillis (U.S.) 6 10 James Driscoll (U.S.) 14 2 Brandt Jobe (U.S.) 8 8 15 Josh Teater (U.S. ... Full Story | Top |
| Swimming-Franklin takes second shot at record-matching 5th gold Friday, Aug 02, 2013 08:00 PM PDT BARCELONA, Aug 3 (Reuters) - American teenager Missy Franklin has another shot at a record-equalling fifth gold when she starts as the hot favourite in the 200 metres backstroke at the world championships on Saturday. The 18-year-old has two relay titles and golds in 200 freestyle and 100 backstroke already this week and if she manages a fifth triumph she would match a feat achieved only by American Tracy Caulkins and Australian Libby Trickett. ... Full Story | Top |
| Rugby-Blues turn on charm offensive to secure Marshall Friday, Aug 02, 2013 07:59 PM PDT Aug 3 (Reuters) - Super Rugby's Auckland Blues have turned on the charm to secure Benji Marshall and should have a two-year deal with the former rugby league world player of the year by next week, according to local media. Marshall, who will be released by Sydney-based National Rugby League club Wests Tigers at season's end, had a third face-to-face meeting with Blues management on Friday and checked out local property with his wife Zoe, Fairfax NZ said on Saturday. ... Full Story | Top |
| Tennis-Carlsbad Open women's singles quarterfinal results Friday, Aug 02, 2013 07:35 PM PDT Aug 3 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Carlsbad Open Women's Singles Quarterfinal matches on Friday 5-Samantha Stosur (Australia) beat 2-Agnieszka Radwanska (Poland) 7-5 2-6 6-3 7-Ana Ivanovic (Serbia) beat 4-Roberta Vinci (Italy) 6-1 6-7(1) 6-2 Virginie Razzano (France) beat 3-Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic) 6-7(6) 7-5 7-6(8) Full Story | Top |
| Golf-Argentine Romero leads Reno-Tahoe Open Friday, Aug 02, 2013 07:28 PM PDT Aug 2 (Reuters) - Argentine Andres Romero fired a six-under 66 to take a wafer-thin one point lead over American Gary Woodland after two rounds of the Reno-Tahoe Open on Friday, in the PGA Tour's only event using the Stableford scoring system. Romero, without a PGA Tour win in five years, mixed nine birdies with a single bogey and a double-bogey on Reno's Montreux Golf and Country Club layout for midway total of 22 points. Under the modified Stableford scoring system, points are awarded on each hole for being under-par, with birdies earning a player two points and eagles five. ... Full Story | Top |
| No jumping the gun for Bolt in Moscow Friday, Aug 02, 2013 07:13 PM PDT  By Alison Wildey LONDON (Reuters) - That infamous false start is no longer of concern to Usain Bolt as the six-times Olympic gold medalist heads to the world championships in Moscow ready to regain the 100 meters title he lost so ignominiously in 2011. On that fateful day in Daegu, a stunned stadium watched as the distressed champion pulled off his running vest and looked up to the sky in disbelief after clearly leaving his blocks before the gun sounded to mark the start of the 100 final. The world record holder's young training partner Yohan Blake went on to win the sport's blue riband event. ... Full Story | Top |
| Farah at the peak of his powers for double repeat Friday, Aug 02, 2013 07:11 PM PDT  By Justin Palmer LONDON (Reuters) - As double Olympic champion Mo Farah knows he is there to be shot at. But such is his self-belief that it will take someone and something special to scupper the Briton's bid to repeat the feat at the world championships in Moscow. His London triumphs last year when the Somali-born runner stormed to 5,000 and 10,000 meters glory put Farah firmly among the sport's superstars - his 'Mobot' now as recognizable as Usain Bolt's 'archer' celebration. ... Full Story | Top |
| Bolt on board for worlds hit by withdrawals Friday, Aug 02, 2013 07:08 PM PDT  By Mitch Phillips LONDON (Reuters) - A year after athletics was at the heart of London 2012 the sport's biennial world championships is in danger of losing its luster after a series of doping and injury withdrawals have robbed the Moscow event of much of its stardust. True, Usain Bolt is still on board flying the flag and will ensure massive interest but after Tyson Gay and Asafa Powell were ruled out through doping violations and reigning 100m champion Yohan Blake pulled out injured, it seems only a repeat of his false start in Daegu two years ago can prevent the Jamaican taking the title. ... Full Story | Top |
| Athletics-No jumping the gun for Bolt in Moscow Friday, Aug 02, 2013 07:00 PM PDT By Alison Wildey LONDON, Aug 3 (Reuters) - That infamous false start is no longer of concern to Usain Bolt as the six-times Olympic gold medallist heads to the world championships in Moscow ready to regain the 100 metres title he lost so ignominiously in 2011. On that fateful day in Daegu, a stunned stadium watched as the distressed champion pulled off his running vest and looked up to the sky in disbelief after clearly leaving his blocks before the gun sounded to mark the start of the 100 final. ... Full Story | Top |
| Athletics-World championships finals Friday, Aug 02, 2013 07:00 PM PDT Aug 3 (Reuters) - List of finals at the world athletics championships in Moscow which run from Aug. 10-18. Saturday Aug. 10: Women's marathon - 1000 GMT/6AM ET Men's 10,000 metres - 1455 GMT/10:55AM ET Sunday Aug. 11: Men's 20km walk - 1300 GMT/9AM ET Women's long jump - 1500 GMT /11AM ET Women's discus - 1615 GMT /12:15PM ET Men's decathlon 1,500 metres - 1635 GMT/12:35PM ET Women's 10,000 metres - 1705 GMT/1:05PM ET Men's 100 metres - 1750 GMT/1:50PM ET Monday Aug. ... Full Story | Top |
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