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| Canada stuns U.S. with golden comeback Thursday, Feb 20, 2014 07:48 PM PST  By Frank Pingue SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) - Canada fought back from the brink of defeat to stun their fiercest rivals the United States and capture a fourth consecutive Olympic women's ice hockey gold medal with a wild 3-2 overtime win at the Sochi Games on Thursday. Trailing by two goals with under four minutes to play in regulation, Canada scored twice, including one with 55 seconds to play, before going on to win on Marie-Philip Poulin's goal eight minutes into the sudden-death overtime period. "We've worked so hard all year, we've been together for a really long time, we never gave up and I think it showed," said Canadian forward Meghan Agosta. "We never gave up, we kept battling and knew it was still possible and it just showed tonight." The triumph capped an undefeated run in Sochi for a Canada team that have won four of the five gold medals awarded since women's ice hockey made its debut at the 1998 Nagano Games. Full Story | Top |
| Tennis-Rio de Janeiro Open men's singles round 2 results Thursday, Feb 20, 2014 07:14 PM PST Feb 21 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Rio de Janeiro Open Men's Singles Round 2 matches on Thursday Joao Sousa (Portugal) beat Albert Ramos (Spain) 7-6(6) 2-6 6-3 1-Rafa Nadal (Spain) beat Albert Montanes (Spain) 6-1 6-2 3-Fabio Fognini (Italy) beat Pablo Cuevas (Uruguay) 7-6(1) 4-6 6-3 Alexandr Dolgopolov (Ukraine) beat Facundo Bagnis (Argentina) 6-7(4) 6-2 7-6(4) Full Story | Top |
| Ex-NFL star Darren Sharper pleads not guilty to rape Thursday, Feb 20, 2014 07:01 PM PST  By Dana Feldman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Former football star Darren Sharper pleaded not guilty on Thursday to charges that he drugged and raped two women in a Los Angeles hotel as investigations continue into similar sex crimes in four other U.S. states, according to police and court documents. The hearing occurred on the same day police in his home of Miami Beach, Florida, released details on one of the probes against him. Sharper, who played 14 years in the National Football League and won a Super Bowl title in 2010 with the New Orleans Saints, is accused by prosecutors of giving the prescription sleep medication zolpidem to the women in Los Angeles, causing them to pass out. In October, he met two women at a West Hollywood night club and brought them back to a Los Angeles hotel room, where he gave a drug-spiked drink to both of them and raped one, prosecutors said in court papers. Full Story | Top |
| Soccer-Argentine championship final results and standings Thursday, Feb 20, 2014 06:16 PM PST Feb 21 (Infostrada Sports) - Results and standings from the Argentine championship Final matches on Thursday Thursday, February 20Atletico Rafaela 1 Boca Juniors 0 Atletico Belgrano 1 Newell's Old Boys 1 Rosario Central 3 Gimnasia-La Plata 1 Wednesday, February 19River Plate 1 Godoy Cruz 2 Argentinos Juniors 0 San Lorenzo 2 Estudiantes 2 Lanus 1 Quilmes 0 Colon (Santa Fe) 2 Tuesday, February 18Racing Club 0 Tigre 1 Olimpo 0 Arsenal 2 Velez Sarsfield 3 All Boys 0 Standings P W D L F A Pts 1 Estudiantes 3 3 0 0 4 1 9 -------------------------2 Velez Sarsfield 3 2 1 0 6 1 7 3 Atletico Rafaela 3 2 ... Full Story | Top |
| Tennis-Delray Beach International men's singles round 2 results Thursday, Feb 20, 2014 05:41 PM PST Feb 21 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Delray Beach International Men's Singles Round 2 matches on Thursday 2-John Isner (U.S.) beat Dudi Sela (Israel) 3-6 6-1 7-6(5) Teymuraz Gabashvili (Russia) beat 3-Kei Nishikori (Japan) 4-2 (Nishikori retired) 7-Marin Cilic (Croatia) beat Ryan Harrison (U.S.) 6-3 6-4 Full Story | Top |
| McDowell relief after another Houdini escape at Match Play Thursday, Feb 20, 2014 05:26 PM PST  (Reuters) - Northern Ireland's Graeme McDowell felt emotionally drained but extremely fortunate after pulling off a Houdini-like escape for a second successive day at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship on Thursday. McDowell had delivered the biggest surprise in Wednesday's opening round when he rallied from four down after seven holes, and three down after 15, to beat American Gary Woodland one up after 19 holes. Twenty-four hours later, he battled past Japan's Hideki Matsuyama one up, having rallied from two down after 14 holes in a match where he never led until his clinching par at the 18th. "Why do it the easy way when the hard way will do?" McDowell smiled as he spoke to reporters after booking his place in the third round at Dove Mountain in Marana, Arizona. Full Story | Top |
| Golf-McDowell relief after another Houdini escape at Match Play Thursday, Feb 20, 2014 05:23 PM PST Northern Ireland's Graeme McDowell felt emotionally drained but extremely fortunate after pulling off a Houdini-like escape for a second successive day at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship on Thursday. McDowell had delivered the biggest surprise in Wednesday's opening round when he rallied from four down after seven holes, and three down after 15, to beat American Gary Woodland one up after 19 holes. Twenty-four hours later, he battled past Japan's Hideki Matsuyama one up, having rallied from two down after 14 holes in a match where he never led until his clinching par at the 18th. "Why do it the easy way when the hard way will do?" McDowell smiled as he spoke to reporters after booking his place in the third round at Dove Mountain in Marana, Arizona. Full Story | Top |
| Olympics-Medal events in Sochi on Friday, Feb. 21 Thursday, Feb 20, 2014 05:00 PM PST SOCHI, Russia, Feb 21 (Reuters) - The women's Alpine skiing slalom is one of seven gold medals to be won at the Winter Olympics on Friday. Event Estimated end (local/GMT/ET) Freestyle skiing, women's skicross 1500/1100/0600 Biathlon, women's relay 2030/1630/1130 Curling, men's final 2055/1655/1155 Alpine skiing, women's slalom 2125/1725/1225 Short track, men's 500m 2150/1750/1250 Short track, women's 1000m 2200/1800/1300 Short track, men's 5,000m relay 2230/1830/1330 (Compiled by Keith Weir; Editing by Peter Rutherford) Full Story | Top |
| Poulin good as gold for Canada in Sochi Thursday, Feb 20, 2014 04:54 PM PST  By Frank Pingue SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) - Marie-Philip Poulin is considered a clutch performer on the big stage and she was at it again on Thursday, leading Canada to a thrilling come-from-behind win in the women's ice hockey gold medal game at the Sochi Olympics. Four years after scoring both goals in a 2-0 title triumph over the United States at the Vancouver Games, Poulin netted the tying goal and overtime winner in a 3-2 win over the same opponents for Canada's fourth straight Olympic gold. "She doesn't speak a lot but there's something in her eyes that spells 'big game player' and obviously she showed that in Vancouver and I think she put a major stamp on that today," Canadian coach Kevin Dineen told reporters. The 22-year-old forward struck again eight minutes into the sudden-death overtime when she swatted the puck into the U.S. net while Canada was enjoying a four-on-three powerplay. Full Story | Top |
| Soccer-Libertadores Cup group 4 results and standings Thursday, Feb 20, 2014 04:53 PM PST Feb 21 (Infostrada Sports) - Results and standings from the Libertadores Cup Group 4 match on Thursday Thursday, February 20 Nacional A. (Paraguay) 1 Zamora FC (Venezuela) 0 Standings P W D L F A Pts 1 Santa Fe 1 1 0 0 3 1 3 2 Atletico Mineiro 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 3 Nacional A. 2 1 0 1 2 3 3 4 Zamora FC 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 Full Story | Top |
| Olympics-Ice hockey-Poulin good as gold for Canada in Sochi Thursday, Feb 20, 2014 04:48 PM PST By Frank Pingue SOCHI, Russia, Feb 20 (Reuters) - Marie-Philip Poulin is considered a clutch performer on the big stage and she was at it again on Thursday, leading Canada to a thrilling come-from-behind win in the women's ice hockey gold medal game at the Sochi Olympics. Four years after scoring both goals in a 2-0 title triumph over the United States at the Vancouver Games, Poulin netted the tying goal and overtime winner in a 3-2 win over the same opponents for Canada's fourth straight Olympic gold. "She doesn't speak a lot but there's something in her eyes that spells 'big game player' and obviously she showed that in Vancouver and I think she put a major stamp on that today," Canadian coach Kevin Dineen told reporters. The 22-year-old forward struck again eight minutes into the sudden-death overtime when she swatted the puck into the U.S. net while Canada was enjoying a four-on-three powerplay. Full Story | Top |
| Match Play exits for Stenson, Rose and McIlroy Thursday, Feb 20, 2014 04:45 PM PST  (Reuters) - The sheer lottery of the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship was again front and center on Thursday as top seeds Henrik Stenson, Rory McIlroy and Justin Rose were all eliminated in the second round. Swede Stenson, seeded one this week, never led before going down 4&3 to South African Louis Oosthuizen while fourth-seeded Northern Irishman McIlroy lost a see-sawing encounter with American Harris English after 19 holes. In the final match of the day at Dove Mountain in Marana, Arizona, U.S. Open champion and second seed Rose was pipped by Els after 20 closely contested holes, the big South African sealing victory with a magical birdie at the par-five second. McIlroy, beaten by American Hunter Mahan in the 2012 final, had clawed his way back from two down after 13 holes to edge one up after 16 on another breezy day of dazzling sunshine in Arizona's high desert. Full Story | Top |
| Olympics-Figure skating-Sotnikova win raises judging questions Thursday, Feb 20, 2014 04:40 PM PST By Pritha Sarkar SOCHI, Russia, Feb 20 (Reuters) - There had been rumblings for days that Russian figure skaters were being marked rather generously at the Sochi Olympics, judges seemingly awarding scores with their hearts rather than their heads after being carried on a wave of national euphoria. Just how much the heart ruled the head became clear on Thursday when, amid deafening roars and frenzied cheers, Adelina Sotnikova became the first Russian to win the women's title with a surprising free skate score of 149.95. The fact that her victory margin in the long programme was judged to be 5.76 points more than overwhelming favourite Kim Yuna and 7.34 points ahead of bronze medallist Carolina Kostner - who had both produced stirring performances - left even the experts and former champions bewildered. She (Sotnikova) skated well, I don't know if she was eight points ahead of Carolina Kostner," three-times former U.S. national champion Johnny Weir said while commentating on NBC. Full Story | Top |
| UPDATE 1-Golf-WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship round 2 scores Thursday, Feb 20, 2014 04:37 PM PST Feb 21 (Infostrada Sports) - Scores from the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship Round 2 on Thursday in Marana, Arizona Louis Oosthuizen (South Africa) beat Henrik Stenson (Sweden) 4 and 3 Webb Simpson (U.S.) beat Brandt Snedeker (U.S.) 4 and 3 Jason Day (Australia) beat Billy Horschel (U.S.) at hole 22 George Coetzee (South Africa) beat Patrick Reed (U.S.) at hole 21 Harris English (U.S.) beat Rory McIlroy (Britain) at hole 19 Jim Furyk (U.S.) beat Charl Schwartzel (South Africa) 3 and 2 Sergio Garcia (Spain) beat Bill Haas (U.S.) 3 and 1 Rickie Fowler (U.S.) beat Jimmy Walker (U.S. ... Full Story | Top |
| Golf-Match Play exits for Stenson, Rose and McIlroy Thursday, Feb 20, 2014 04:23 PM PST * Stenson loses 4&3 to Oosthuizen * McIlroy pipped at 19th hole by English * Rose beaten by Els after 20 holes (Updates at end of day) Feb 20 (Reuters) - The sheer lottery of the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship was again front and centre on Thursday as top seeds Henrik Stenson, Rory McIlroy and Justin Rose were all eliminated in the second round. Swede Stenson, seeded one this week, never led before going down 4&3 to South African Louis Oosthuizen while fourth-seeded Northern Irishman McIlroy lost a see-sawing encounter with American Harris English after 19 holes. Full Story | Top |
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