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| Tennis-Monterrey Open women's singles quarterfinals results Friday, Apr 04, 2014 08:18 PM PDT April 5 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Monterrey Open Women's Singles Quarterfinals matches on Friday Jovana Jaksic (Serbia) beat Julia Boserup (U.S.) 6-3 6-0 3-Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark) beat Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic) 6-7(3) 6-3 6-3 Kimiko Date-Krumm (Japan) beat 8-Monica Puig (Puerto Rico) 6-4 6-7(2) 6-4 Full Story | Top |
| Skydivers fail to break world record following fatal accident in Arizona Friday, Apr 04, 2014 07:37 PM PDT  By David Schwartz PHOENIX (Reuters) - A team of 221 skydivers failed with their final attempt to break a world record in a daring jump above the southern Arizona desert on Friday, one day after a colleague died in a previous attempt, organizers said. Skydivers from 28 countries attempted the feat at about 19,500 feet in the air above the town of Eloy before deploying their parachutes, Gulcin Gilbert, spokeswoman for the World Team group organizing the attempt, said in an email. The team was trying to break the world record for most skydivers changing from one kaleidoscope-like formation to another in a one jump. The record is currently held by 110 skydivers in Florida. Full Story | Top |
| Seeds Jankovic and Errani exit in Charleston Friday, Apr 04, 2014 06:59 PM PDT (Reuters) - Second-seeded Serbian Jelena Jankovic and third seed Sara Errani of Italy were both bundled out of the Family Circle Cup in Charleston on Friday in gripping quarter-final upsets. Rising Canadian star Eugenie Bouchard, a semi-finalist at the Australian Open in January, continued her rousing run at the tournament as she ousted Jankovic 6-3 4-6 6-3 after a match lasting just over two hours. Bouchard, who beat former world number one Venus Williams in the previous round, won five of the last six games to book her place in the final four, where she will meet Andrea Petkovic, the 14th seed. "I knew in the second set my game wasn't where I wanted it to be," Bouchard told reporters. Full Story | Top |
| Tennis-Family Circle Cup women's singles quarterfinals results Friday, Apr 04, 2014 06:28 PM PDT April 5 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Family Circle Cup Women's Singles Quarterfinals matches on Friday Jana Cepelova (Slovakia) beat 12-Daniela Hantuchova (Slovakia) 6-2 6-1 Belinda Bencic (Switzerland) beat 3-Sara Errani (Italy) 4-6 6-2 6-1 14-Andrea Petkovic (Germany) beat 9-Lucie Safarova (Czech Republic) 6-3 1-6 6-1 6-Eugenie Bouchard (Canada) beat 2-Jelena Jankovic (Serbia) 6-3 4-6 6-3 Full Story | Top |
| Teenager Thompson, veteran Pak lead Wie by one Friday, Apr 04, 2014 06:23 PM PDT  (Reuters) - American teenager Lexi Thompson compiled a brilliant eight-under-par 64 to tie South Korean Pak Se Ri for the halfway lead at the $2 million Kraft Nabisco Championship on Friday. Thompson, unhappy with her putting on Thursday, found her touch on the greens to plunder eight birdies in her final 13 holes and join Pak at seven-under 137 in perfect morning conditions at Mission Hills in Rancho Mirage, California. They lead the first LPGA major of the year by one stroke from American Michelle Wie, who missed a golden birdie chance at her final hole, and are two in front of American Cristie Kerr and first round leader Shanshan Feng, of China. Full Story | Top |
| Garcia shoots 65 to set pace in Houston Friday, Apr 04, 2014 06:19 PM PDT (Reuters) - Sergio Garcia served up another reminder that he is back in top form heading into next week's Masters when he took the second round lead at the $6.4 million Houston Open on Friday. Garcia recorded a 12-under 132 halfway total, one stroke ahead of American Matt Kuchar and four in front of the rest of the field. "I was a little fortunate a couple of holes, was able to make a couple of really nice pars and kept my round going." Nearly 15 years have passed since a teenage Garcia catapulted into the spotlight in an enthralling battle with Tiger Woods at the 1999 PGA Championship at Medinah outside Chicago. Full Story | Top |
| Golf-Garcia shoots 65 to set pace in Houston Friday, Apr 04, 2014 06:18 PM PDT * Sizzling 65 puts Garcia one stroke clear * Kuchar alone in second after a 67 (Updates at end of round) April 4 (Reuters) - Sergio Garcia served up another reminder that he is back in top form heading into next week's Masters when he took the second round lead at the $6.4 million Houston Open on Friday. Garcia recorded a 12-under 132 halfway total, one stroke ahead of American Matt Kuchar and four in front of the rest of the field. "I was able for most part of the day to drive the ball fairly well and my iron play was quite good and short game worked nicely again, so I'm very happy with that," Garcia, 34, told Golf Channel after sinking a six-footer to save par on his final hole. "I was a little fortunate a couple of holes, was able to make a couple of really nice pars and kept my round going." Nearly 15 years have passed since a teenage Garcia catapulted into the spotlight in an enthralling battle with Tiger Woods at the 1999 PGA Championship at Medinah outside Chicago. Full Story | Top |
| Reuters Sports Schedule at 0001 GMT on Saturday, April 5 Friday, Apr 04, 2014 05:01 PM PDT Reuters sports schedule at 0001 GMT on Saturday: - - - - BASEBALL Cubs set to kickoff Wrigley Field's anniversary season The celebration for Wrigley Field's 100th gets underway when the Chicago Cubs host the Philadelphia Phillies in one of 15 games on the Major League Baseball schedule. ... Full Story | Top |
| Soccer-Rooney out with toe injury, doubt for Bayern return Friday, Apr 04, 2014 04:27 PM PDT (Adds more Moyes quotes) April 4 (Reuters) - Manchester United's Wayne Rooney will miss Saturday's Premier League game at Newcastle United with a bruised toe and is doubtful for next week's Champions League quarter-final second leg at Bayern Munich, manager David Moyes said. United face the German champions in the return on Wednesday. We'll get him treatment all over the weekend and see if we can speed it up." United, seventh in the league, are already missing first-choice striker Robin Van Persie for up to another four weeks with a sprained knee he picked up after scoring a hat-trick against Olympiakos Piraeus in the Champions League last month. Full Story | Top |
| F1 must accent positives of new era, says Symonds Friday, Apr 04, 2014 04:24 PM PDT By Alan Baldwin MANAMA (Reuters) - Formula One needs to focus on the positives of its new turbo era rather than talking itself down, Williams technical head Pat Symonds said on Friday. Speaking ahead of Sunday's Bahrain Grand Prix, Symonds warned that criticism of the rule changes from within the sport risked a backlash similar to that faced by British jeweler Gerald Ratner in 1991. Symonds said Formula One should not follow that path. We've done something good and we should tell the world about it." Formula One ditched the old 2.4 liter V8 engines at the end of last season and replaced them with a new 1.6 liter V6 turbo power unit with systems harnessing exhaust gases and kinetic energy from the brakes. Full Story | Top |
| Motor racing-F1 must accent positives of new era, says Symonds Friday, Apr 04, 2014 04:21 PM PDT By Alan Baldwin MANAMA, April 4 (Reuters) - Formula One needs to focus on the positives of its new turbo era rather than talking itself down, Williams technical head Pat Symonds said on Friday. Speaking ahead of Sunday's Bahrain Grand Prix, Symonds warned that criticism of the rule changes from within the sport risked a backlash similar to that faced by British jeweller Gerald Ratner in 1991. Symonds said Formula One should not follow that path. We've done something good and we should tell the world about it." Formula One ditched the old 2.4 litre V8 engines at the end of last season and replaced them with a new 1.6 litre V6 turbo power unit with systems harnessing exhaust gases and kinetic energy from the brakes. Full Story | Top |
| Rehabilitating Woods could miss U.S. Open, say surgeons Friday, Apr 04, 2014 03:59 PM PDT  By Mark Lamport-Stokes (Reuters) - Tiger Woods could be sidelined from competitive golf for at least three months after undergoing back surgery, casting doubt over his participation in the June 12-15 U.S. Open, say several leading sports surgeons. The world number one, whose back pain surfaced last year and intensified this season, will miss the Masters next week for the first time in his career after being advised by his doctors on Monday to have a microdiscectomy in Park City, Utah. Woods, whose back problems forced him to retire from last month's Honda Classic before he skipped the Arnold Palmer Invitational, his traditional Masters warm-up event, has been told by his doctors that he will miss "several upcoming tournaments" during his rehabilitation. "In general, it takes six weeks for the soft tissues to heal, even from the microdiscectomy surgery," Michael Leighton, a surgeon at the Palm Beach Orthopaedic Institute in Florida, told Reuters by telephone on Friday. Full Story | Top |
| Golf-Teenager Thompson, veteran Pak lead Wie by one Friday, Apr 04, 2014 02:59 PM PDT American teenager Lexi Thompson compiled a brilliant eight-under-par 64 to tie for the clubhouse lead during the second round at the $2 million Kraft Nabisco Championship on Friday. Thompson, unhappy with her putting on Thursday, found her stroke to plunder eight birdies in her final 13 holes and join South Korean Pak Se Ri at seven-under 137 in perfect morning conditions at Mission Hills in Rancho Mirage, California. They led the first LPGA major of the year by one stroke from Michelle Wie, who missed a golden birdie chance at her final hole. Thompson in 2011 at age 16 became what was then the youngest ever LPGA winner, and she added two more victories last year. Full Story | Top |
| Soccer-La Liga summaries Friday, Apr 04, 2014 02:41 PM PDT April 4 (Infostrada Sports) - Summaries from the La Liga matches on Friday Almeria 1 Fernando Soriano 73 Red Card: Rafita 90+4Osasuna 2 Oriol Riera 19, Alejandro Arribas 33 Halftime: 0-2; Attendance: 15,000- - -Next Fixtures (GMT): Saturday, April 5 Atletico Madrid v Villarreal (1400) Barcelona v Real Betis (1600) Real Sociedad v Real Madrid (1800) Rayo Vallecano v Celta Vigo (2000) Sunday, April 6 Malaga v Granada CF (1000) Elche v Getafe (1500) Sevilla v Espanyol (1700) Real Valladolid v Valencia (1900) Monday, April 7 Levante v Athletic Club (2000) Full Story | Top |
| ESPN looks to score with cricket stateside Friday, Apr 04, 2014 02:40 PM PDT  ESPN is hoping that a U.S. audience will warm up to another sport that uses a bat and a ball to score runs in innings but that isn't baseball: cricket. The No. 1 sports cable network, which is controlled by Walt Disney Co, has decided to air live cricket for the first time on one of its fully-distributed cable networks, ESPN2, which reaches a U.S. audience of 96 million homes. ESPN is experimenting to see if the sport can gain traction in the United States, where professional and college football are king while cricket, with its loyal but small fan base, is viewed as being on the fringe. ESPN, which is the main earnings driver of Disney, faces increased U.S. competition bidding for sports rights and for viewers with new entrants such as Fox Sports 1, so it is casting a wider eye on other sports. Full Story | Top |
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