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| Olympics-What do you do with a mountain resort with Games gone? Sunday, Feb 23, 2014 08:00 PM PST (repeats with no changes to text) By David Ljunggren and Olga Petrova ROSA KHUTOR, Russia, Feb 23 (Reuters) - Stanislav Kuznetsov has a headache like no other: it measures 780,000 square metres and covers a large expanse of Russian mountainside. The Gorky Gorod resort in the snowy Caucasus peaks above Sochi was packed during the Winter Olympics. Now the Games are ending, Kuznetsov's job is to keep filling the nine hotels. "We are seriously thinking about the future," said Kuznetsov, deputy chairman of the board at Russian state lender Sberbank, which owns 92 percent of Gorky Gorod. Full Story | Top |
| Hard work finally pays off for Day with second PGA Tour win Sunday, Feb 23, 2014 07:06 PM PST  (Reuters) - Jason Day had heard all the criticism, that a player of his undoubted talent should have won a lot more than just one PGA Tour title even though he is just 26. It felt like a long time coming but finally, on Sunday at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship, the Australian secured his second victory on the U.S. circuit by beating Frenchman Victor Dubuisson after 23 holes. "I've worked very hard on my physical fitness and mental fitness and it certainly paid off this week at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship. I've heard things in the media saying he's only got one win." Day's maiden PGA Tour victory came at the 2010 Byron Nelson Championship, and he had come very close to adding a second before this week and made a habit of performing at his best when the pressure was at its most intense. Full Story | Top |
| Losing finalist Dubuisson makes big PGA Tour splash Sunday, Feb 23, 2014 06:56 PM PST  (Reuters) - Three months after bursting into the limelight with his maiden victory on the European Tour, Victor Dubuisson elevated his profile on the PGA Tour in spectacular fashion Sunday at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship. Though bitterly disappointed after losing one down to Australian Jason Day in a marathon title match that lasted 23 holes at Dove Mountain, Dubuisson had much to be proud of after making only his fifth start on the U.S. circuit. I know what I have to do now to improve." Dubuisson, who in November won the inaugural Turkish Airlines Open where Tiger Woods and U.S. Open champion Justin Rose were also in the field, conjured two spectacular recovery shots on Sunday that fans watching will never forget. "I just play my shot 100 percent, like it was a playable shot, like I have nothing to lose," Dubuisson said of his strategy. Full Story | Top |
| Cilic continues hot run of form in Delray Beach Sunday, Feb 23, 2014 06:54 PM PST (Reuters) - Marin Cilic's run of red-hot form continued on Sunday as he beat Kevin Anderson 7-6 6-7 6-4 to win the Delray Beach Open title. Cilic was playing in his third consecutive final, having lost in Rotterdam last week after winning the title in Zagreb two weeks ago. The 25-year-old Croat had entered the final having had little time to recover from his semi-final with American John Isner that was not completed until early on Sunday after being delayed for three hours due to rain. Full Story | Top |
| Golf-Losing finalist Dubuisson makes big PGA Tour splash Sunday, Feb 23, 2014 06:27 PM PST Three months after bursting into the limelight with his maiden victory on the European Tour, Victor Dubuisson elevated his profile on the PGA Tour in spectacular fashion Sunday at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship. Though bitterly disappointed after losing one down to Australian Jason Day in a marathon title match that lasted 23 holes at Dove Mountain, Dubuisson had much to be proud of after making only his fifth start on the U.S. circuit. I know what I have to do now to improve." Dubuisson, who in November won the inaugural Turkish Airlines Open where Tiger Woods and U.S. Open champion Justin Rose were also in the field, conjured two spectacular recovery shots on Sunday that fans watching will never forget. "I just play my shot 100 percent, like it was a playable shot, like I have nothing to lose," Dubuisson said of his strategy. Full Story | Top |
| Daytona 500 resumes after six-hour delay Sunday, Feb 23, 2014 06:02 PM PST  The rain-hit Daytona 500, NASCAR's season opener and its biggest race, resumed after a delay of over six hours due to heavy storms at the Daytona International Speedway on Sunday. The race, scheduled for 200 laps of the 2.5-mile oval, was interrupted on lap 38 with Kyle Busch in the lead in a Toyota followed by Kasey Kahne in his Chevrolet. Denny Hamlin was third in another Toyota going into the restart. Full Story | Top |
| Soccer-Problems for Zenit and pies for Dortmund in last 16 Sunday, Feb 23, 2014 06:00 PM PST Borussia Dortmund fans will be offered tea and pies at Zenit St Petersburg on Tuesday but there will be no such generosity on the pitch with the Russians intent on reaching their first Champions League quarter-final. Zenit would appear to be rank outsiders against last season's runners-up after scraping through the group stage with a measly six points, the lowest-ever total with which a team has reached the round of 16. They mustered only one win in six group games and finished their campaign by losing 4-1 at Austria Vienna. They will also be rusty after a two-month winter break and will have to close part of the Petrovsky stadium as a punishment for racist behaviour by their fans in the Austria Vienna match. Full Story | Top |
| Soccer-Olympiakos seek to end losing habit against United Sunday, Feb 23, 2014 06:00 PM PST By Graham Wood ATHENS, Feb 24 (Reuters) - Olympiakos Piraeus may never have a better chance to overcome their Manchester United hoodoo than in Tuesday's first leg of their last-16 Champions League tie. Yet a rejuvenated United served the runaway Greek league leaders a warning of improving form in their 2-0 win at Crystal Palace in the Premier League on Saturday. The Greek champions, who have reached this stage of the competition for the first time in four years, will have to make a piece of history if they are to overcome United after losing their four previous meetings. Olympiakos head into the match on the back of a 4-0 win over OFI Crete on Saturday in which recent Serbian signing Marko Scepovic scored the first hat-trick of his career. Full Story | Top |
| Motor racing-Daytona 500 resumes after six-hour delay Sunday, Feb 23, 2014 05:48 PM PST (Updates with resumption of race) DAYTONA BEACH, Florida, Feb 23 (Reuters) - The rain-hit Daytona 500, NASCAR's season opener and its biggest race, resumed after a delay of over six hours due to heavy storms at the Daytona International Speedway on Sunday. The race, scheduled for 200 laps of the 2.5-mile oval, was interrupted on lap 38 with Kyle Busch in the lead in a Toyota followed by Kasey Kahne in his Chevrolet. Denny Hamlin was third in another Toyota going into the restart. Full Story | Top |
| Day outlasts Dubuisson, wins thrilling Match Play Sunday, Feb 23, 2014 05:34 PM PST  (Reuters) - Jason Day fended off a stunning fightback by Frenchman Victor Dubuisson to clinch the biggest title of his career with a one-up victory after 23 holes in the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship final in Marana, Arizona on Sunday. A commanding three up lead after 12 holes on an afternoon of light breezes at Dove Mountain, Australian Day was caught by the Frenchman, who recorded clutch birdies at the 13th and 17th, followed by an amazing par from a greenside bunker at the 18th. Dubuisson then conjured two miraculous up-and-downs from desert scrub at the 19th and 20th holes to keep the match alive before Day sealed the win by sinking a four-footer for birdie at the 23rd, the driveable par-four 15th. Full Story | Top |
| Golf-Day outlasts Dubuisson, wins thrilling Match Play Sunday, Feb 23, 2014 05:30 PM PST * Day ends marathon final with birdie on fifth extra hole * Clinches his second title on PGA Tour * Dubuisson comes from three down before losing (Adds detail, quotes) Feb 23 (Reuters) - Jason Day fended off a stunning fightback by Frenchman Victor Dubuisson to clinch the biggest title of his career with a one-up victory after 23 holes in the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship final in Marana, Arizona on Sunday. A commanding three up lead after 12 holes on an afternoon of light breezes at Dove Mountain, Australian Day was caught by the Frenchman, who recorded clutch birdies at the 13th and 17th, followed by an amazing par from a greenside bunker at the 18th. Dubuisson then conjured two miraculous up-and-downs from desert scrub at the 19th and 20th holes to keep the match alive before Day sealed the win by sinking a four-footer for birdie at the 23rd, the driveable par-four 15th. Full Story | Top |
| Tennis - WTA Tour singles standings Sunday, Feb 23, 2014 05:21 PM PST Feb 24 (Infostrada Sports) - Standings from the WTA Tour singles Points 1 (1) Serena Williams(U.S.) 12660 2 (2) Li Na(China) 6795 3 (3) Agnieszka Radwanska(Poland) 5705 4 (4) Victoria Azarenka(Belarus) 5681 5 (5) Maria Sharapova(Russia) 5206 6 (8) Angelique Kerber(Germany) 4490 7 (9) Simona Halep(Romania) 4435 8 (7) Jelena Jankovic(Serbia) 4380 9 (6) Petra Kvitova(Czech Republic) 4365 10 (10) Sara Errani(Italy) 4195 11 (11) Caroline Wozniacki(Denmark) 3185 12 (12) Ana Ivanovic(Serbia) 3155 13 (13) Dominika Cibulkova(Slovakia) 3056 14 (14) Roberta Vinci(Italy) 2940 15 (16) Carla Suarez ... Full Story | Top |
| Whiting has big shot put; Cain dominates 1,500m Sunday, Feb 23, 2014 05:12 PM PST (Reuters) - Reigning world indoor champion Ryan Whiting delivered a massive shot put and teenager Mary Cain ran away with the women's 1,500 meters at the U.S. world championship trials on Sunday. World indoor pole vault record holder Jenn Suhr also made the U.S. team for the March 7-9 world championships in Sopot, Poland, but was beaten into second place by Mary Saxer at Albuquerque, New Mexico. Whiting showed he was ready for another go at gold with his big throw of 22.23 meters (72 feet, 11 1/4 inches), a mark only five men have topped indoors. "Mentally, I'm a lot more ready," Whiting said of his chances of a world title repeat. Full Story | Top |
| Tennis-Delray Beach International men's singles final result Sunday, Feb 23, 2014 04:26 PM PST Feb 24 (Infostrada Sports) - Result from the Delray Beach International Men's Singles Final on Sunday 7-Marin Cilic (Croatia) beat 4-Kevin Anderson (South Africa) 7-6(6) 6-7(7) 6-4 Full Story | Top |
| Reuters Sports Schedule at 0001 GMT on Monday, Feb 24 Sunday, Feb 23, 2014 04:01 PM PST Reuters sports schedule at 0001 GMT on Monday: - - - - WINTER OLYMPICS Russia top medals table as Games end amid doping scandals SOCHI, Russia - The Winter Olympics ended on Sunday with host nation Russia on top of the medals table and Canada winning the men's ice hockey final but news that two more athletes tested positive for banned substances dimmed the golden glow. ... Full Story | Top |
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