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| Monday night viewing: close encounter with enormous asteroid Monday, Feb 17, 2014 07:50 PM PST (Reuters) - An asteroid estimated to be the size of three football fields is set for its close-up on a live webcast as it whizzes by Earth on Monday, roughly a year after one exploded over Russia and injured 1,200 people. Slooh Space Camera plans to track the close approach of Asteroid 2000 EM26 as it races past the planet at approximately 27,000 miles per hour (43,000 km/h), starting at 9 p.m. EST (2 a.m. GMT, February 18), the robotic telescope service said in a statement on Slooh.com. The 295-yard (270-meter) asteroid was expected to streak by Earth little more than a year after another asteroid exploded on February 15, 2013 over Chelyabinsk, Russia, injuring 1,200 people following a massive shock wave that shattered windows and damaged buildings. However, the International Olympic Committee at the last minute said it could be done only after the games and separately. Full Story | Top |
| Earth marks close encounter with enormous asteroid Monday, Feb 17, 2014 07:49 PM PST (Webcast held, asteroid unsighted) Feb 17 (Reuters) - An asteroid estimated to be the size of three football fields whizzed close to Earth on Monday, roughly a year after one exploded over Russia and injured 1,200 people. Slooh Space Camera tracked the approach of the asteroid as it raced past the planet at about 27,000 mph (43,000 kmph), starting at 9 p.m. EST (2 a.m. GMT, Feb. 18), the robotic telescope service said in a statement on Slooh.com. The Dubai Astronomy Group provided Slooh photos of the part of the sky where the rock was expected to be seen, but its motion could not be picked out immediately in a live webcast against the backdrop of night-time stars. The 295-yard (270-m) asteroid was streaking past Earth at a distance of about 2.1 million miles (3.4 million km) little more than a year after another asteroid exploded on Feb. 15, 2013, over Chelyabinsk, Russia. Full Story | Top |
| Tennis-Delray Beach International men's singles round 1 results Monday, Feb 17, 2014 07:19 PM PST Feb 18 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Delray Beach International Men's Singles Round 1 matches on Monday 6-Feliciano Lopez (Spain) beat Sam Querrey (U.S.) 4-6 6-2 6-3 Adrian Mannarino (France) beat Jack Sock (U.S.) 6-4 6-2 Full Story | Top |
| Tennis-Rio de Janeiro Open men's singles round 1 results Monday, Feb 17, 2014 06:57 PM PST Feb 18 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Rio de Janeiro Open Men's Singles Round 1 matches on Monday Thomaz Bellucci (Brazil) beat Santiago Giraldo (Colombia) 3-6 6-4 6-3 Federico Delbonis (Argentina) beat Guilherme Clezar (Brazil) 6-1 6-1 Facundo Bagnis (Argentina) beat Joao Souza (Brazil) 7-5 2-6 6-2 Dusan Lajovic (Serbia) beat Filippo Volandri (Italy) 6-7(7) 6-3 4-0 (Volandri retired) Martin Klizan (Slovakia) beat Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (Spain) 6-4 4-6 7-6(4) Full Story | Top |
| Cricket-New Zealand v India, second test - scoreboard Monday, Feb 17, 2014 06:52 PM PST WELLINGTON, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Scoreboard at tea on thefifth day of the second test between New Zealand and India atWellington's Basin Reserve on Tuesday. - - India won the toss and chose to bowl - - New Zealand first innings 192 India first innings 438 New Zealand second innings (overnight 571-6) P. Fulton lbw b Khan 1 H. Rutherford c Dhoni b Khan 35 K. Williamson c Dhoni b Khan 7 T. Latham c Dhoni b Shami 29 B. McCullum c Dhoni b Khan 302 C. Anderson c & b Jadeja 2 BJ Watling lbw b Shami 124 J. Neesham not out 137 T. Southee c Pujara b Khan 11 N. ... Full Story | Top |
| Cricket-India battle to save test after McCullum triple-ton Monday, Feb 17, 2014 06:51 PM PST * NZ on brink of series victory after McCullum triple ton * India reach 90-3, all pretence of victory gone (Updates at tea) By Greg Stutchbury WELLINGTON, Feb 18 (Reuters) - India were battling to save the second test against New Zealand at tea on the fifth day after Brendon McCullum became the first New Zealand batsman to score a test triple-century on Tuesday at Wellington's Basin Reserve. Captain McCullum's 302, which set up a mammoth second innings declaration of 680-8 before lunch, all but ensured his team will win the two-match series, having won the first game by 40 runs at Eden Park. India were in trouble at 90 for three at tea, with Tim Southee taking two wickets after lunch. Full Story | Top |
| Cricket-India 90-3 (&438) v New Zealand (192 & 680-8dec)- tea Monday, Feb 17, 2014 06:45 PM PST WELLINGTON, Feb 18 (Reuters) - India were 90 for three wickets, chasing a victory target of 435 runs, at tea on the fifth day of the second test against New Zealand at Wellington's Basin Reserve on Tuesday. Scores: New Zealand 192 (I. Sharma 6-51, M. Shami 4-70) & 680-8 declared (B. McCullum 302, J. Neesham 137 not out, BJ Watling 124; Zaheer Khan 5-170) v India 438 (A. Rahane 118, S. Dhawan 98, MS Dhoni 68) & 90-3. (Compiled by Greg Stutchbury; Editing by Ian Ransom) Full Story | Top |
| Soccer-Decorated debutant Seedorf looking to lift Milan Monday, Feb 17, 2014 06:00 PM PST By Iain Rogers MADRID, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Clarence Seedorf will need to tap into all the experience he gained as the only player to win the Champions League with three different clubs if his AC Milan side are to get past Atletico Madrid into the quarter-finals. Milan host the Spanish club, who are riding high in La Liga, for their last 16, first leg on Wednesday, when Seedorf will make his coaching debut in Europe's elite club competition after taking over last month from Massimiliano Allegri. The 37-year-old former Netherlands midfielder won the Champions League once with Ajax Amsterdam and once with Real Madrid before a decade playing at Milan yielded two more continental titles. Full Story | Top |
| Soccer-Arsenal need perfection against Bayern Monday, Feb 17, 2014 06:00 PM PST By Josh Reich LONDON, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Arsenal will be out to show they have learnt the lessons of last season's painful home defeat by Bayern Munich when the sides meet again in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie in London on Wednesday. Holders Bayern were utterly dominant in 3-1 victory at the Emirates Stadium, and although Arsenal went on to salvage pride with a 2-0 win in Munich in the return leg, it was not enough to prevent the Gunners going out of the competition in the round of 16 for the third consecutive season. They face a daunting task to avoid making it four years in a row, however, with the Bayern juggernaut showing little sign of slowing under Pep Guardiola, who led Barcelona to victory over Arsenal at this stage in the 2010-11 season. Full Story | Top |
| Olympics-Medals to be won in Sochi on Tuesday Feb. 18 Monday, Feb 17, 2014 05:00 PM PST SOCHI, Russia, Feb 18 (Reuters) - The women's Alpine skiing giant slalom is one of seven gold medals to be won at the Winter Olympics on Tuesday. Event Estimated end (local/GMT/ET) Snowboard, men's cross 1200/0800/0300 Alpine skiing, women's giant slalom 1440/1040/0540 Short track, women's 3,000 metres relay 1530/1130/0630 Biathlon, men's 15km 1550/1150/0650 Nordic combined, large hill 1645/1245/0745 Speed skating, men's 10,000 metres 2000/1600/1100 Freestyle skiing, men's halfpipe 2230/1830/1330 (Editing by Peter Rutherford) Full Story | Top |
| Olympics-Slalomers lead way as Sochi makes up for lost time Monday, Feb 17, 2014 05:00 PM PST SOCHI, Russia, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Germany's Viktoria Rebensburg goes for a second Olympic gold in giant slalom on Tuesday in one of seven medal events after fog and drizzle caused organisers to reschedule two from Monday. A surprise winner in 2010, Rebensburg has suffered with illness this season and will have to fend off American Julia Mancuso, the gold medallist in 2006. Slovenian all-rounder Tina Maze, who shared gold in the tied donwhill race, is another contender. Germany's Maria Hoefl-Riesch won the super-combined but is running out of time to equal Janica Kostelic's Alpine ski record of four Olympic golds. Full Story | Top |
| Tennis-Rio de Janeiro Open women's singles round 1 results Monday, Feb 17, 2014 04:44 PM PST Feb 18 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Rio de Janeiro Open Women's Singles Round 1 matches on Monday 3-Paula Ormaechea (Argentina) beat Nicole Gibbs (U.S.) 6-2 6-1 Katarzyna Piter (Poland) beat Beatriz Haddad Maia (Brazil) 6-3 6-3 Kiki Bertens (Netherlands) beat Danka Kovinic (Montenegro) 7-5 6-0 Nastassja Burnett (Italy) beat 6-Maria Teresa Torro (Spain) 7-5 6-4 Alison Van Uytvanck (Belgium) beat Johanna Larsson (Sweden) 6-4 6-3 Silvia Soler Espinosa (Spain) beat Laura Pigossi (Brazil) 6-0 6-1 Full Story | Top |
| Two skiers killed in Colorado avalanche identified Monday, Feb 17, 2014 04:30 PM PST By Keith Coffman DENVER (Reuters) - Two men from Wisconsin were identified as having died in a weekend avalanche that buried a skiing party atop an 11,000-foot mountain pass in Colorado, authorities said on Monday. The bodies of Jarrard Law, 34, of Portage, and Justin Lentz, 32, of Sun Prairie, have been retrieved from the mountainside, the Lake County Office of Emergency Management said in a statement. The pair were skiing with five other people - two from Wisconsin and three from Colorado - on the east side of Independence Pass near the town of Twin Lakes on Saturday when the group triggered the snow slide, the Colorado Avalanche Information Center said in its report on the incident. The two men killed were equipped with avalanche beacons, which helped recovery teams locate their bodies, Lake County spokeswoman Susan Matthews said. Full Story | Top |
| NFL-National Football League roundup Monday, Feb 17, 2014 04:26 PM PST Feb 17 (The Sports Xchange) - An ESPN poll indicated that 86 percent of NFL players surveyed would accept having an openly gay teammate. ESPN surveyed 51 players (nearly the equivalent of an NFL roster) and asked four true-false questions. Also, only 25 of the 51 players (49 percent) indicated that an openly gay player would be comfortable in an NFL locker room. - - - Baltimore Ravens linebacker Terrell Suggs signed a multiyear contract extension. Full Story | Top |
| Cricket-McCullum scores triple-century as NZ post record score Monday, Feb 17, 2014 04:25 PM PST By Greg Stutchbury WELLINGTON, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Brendon McCullum became the first New Zealand batsman to score a test triple-century as the hosts declared their second innings on 680-8 before lunch on the fifth day of the second test against India on Tuesday. Captain McCullum's 302 virtually ensured his team will win the two-match series, having won the first game by 40 runs at Eden Park, while giving them a chance of bowling India out in the two remaining sessions at Wellington's Basin Reserve to clinch a second victory. The tourists began their second innings needing 435 runs in 67 overs to win the test and went to the lunch break on 10 for none with Murali Vijay on seven and Shikhar Dhawan on two. Debutant all-rounder Jimmy Neesham, who had resumed on 67 on Tuesday, quickly raced through to his first test century and was 137 not out when McCullum called an end to the innings about 25 minutes before the break. Full Story | Top |
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