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Cibulkova eases past Bartoli in California final
Sun,22 Jul 2012 06:18 PM PDT
Reuters - CARLSBAD, California (Reuters) - Dominika Cibulkova claimed her second career title when she romped to a routine 6-1 7-5 victory over top seed Marion Bartoli to win the Carlsbad Open on Sunday. In an impressive display from behind the baseline, the second seeded Slovakian was quicker around the court than her French opponent, rallying from a 4-1 deficit in the second set to record a morale-boosting victory ahead of the Olympics. ... Full Story | Top |
U.S. learn from narrow win over Argentina
Sun,22 Jul 2012 05:37 PM PDT
Reuters -  BARCELONA, Spain (Reuters) - It was the narrowest winning margin yet for the U.S. basketball team in the run-up to defending their Olympic title, but coach Mike Krzyzewski said the 86-80 victory over Argentina provided a valuable lesson for his squad. "We learned a lot," he said, pointing to the way the travelling rule is called by international referees, the proud way Argentina battled back and the atmosphere of playing in Barcelona, where the Dream Team roared to gold in 1992. ...
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Dodgers sweep Mets with late power surge
Sun,22 Jul 2012 04:25 PM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - The Los Angeles Dodgers had to work overtime to earn a sweep of the New York Mets on Sunday, exploding in emphatic style after a mammoth contest to outlast the Mets 8-3 in 12 innings. The Dodgers unleashed a five-run 12th to break out of a 3-3 tie and completed their dominant three-game series with a victory that took nearly five hours to complete. Juan Rivera homered in the fourth inning and visiting Los Angeles took a 3-1 lead in the sixth, but the Mets (47-48) battled back with a Daniel Murphy RBI in the seventh and a game-tying score in the ninth against reliever Javy Guerra. ... Full Story | Top |
Stallings seals second tour win in True South
Sun,22 Jul 2012 03:55 PM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - Scott Stallings claimed his second career PGA Tour win with a two-stroke victory in the True South Classic in Madison, Mississippi on Sunday. Stallings, 27, from Worcester, Massachusetts, shot a four-under par 68 in his fourth round to finish 24-under for the tournament, two strokes clear of Jason Bohn. Birdies on the 16th and 17th were crucial to Stallings' victory which comes almost a year after his maiden win at the Greenbrier Classic and after he missed six weeks of his sophomore season with a torn rib cartilage. ... Full Story | Top |
Golf-Stallings seals second tour win in True South
Sun,22 Jul 2012 03:52 PM PDT
Reuters - July 22 (Reuters) - Scott Stallings claimed his secondcareer PGA Tour win with a two-stroke victory in the True SouthClassic in Madison, Mississippi on Sunday. Stallings, 27, from Worcester, Massachusetts, shot afour-under par 68 in his fourth round to finish 24-under for thetournament, two strokes clear of Jason Bohn. Birdies on the 16th and 17th were crucial to Stallings'victory which comes almost a year after his maiden win at theGreenbrier Classic and after he missed six weeks of hissophomore season with a torn rib cartilage. ... Full Story | Top |
Penn State facing severe NCAA sanctions, removes Paterno statue
Sun,22 Jul 2012 03:29 PM PDT
Reuters -  STATE COLLEGE, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - Penn State University braced for potentially crippling sanctions against its football program for covering up former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky's sexual abuse of children, hours after it took down its statue of coach Joe Paterno for his role in the scandal. The National Collegiate Athletic Association said on Sunday it would announce punitive measures against the school on Monday, and could levy the so-called death penalty that would eliminate an entire season or more for the scandal-scarred football program. ...
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UPDATE 2-Golf-U.S. PGA Tour True South Classic scores
Sun,22 Jul 2012 02:59 PM PDT
Reuters - July 22 (Infostrada Sports) - Scores from the U.S. PGA Tour True South Classic at the par-72 course on Sunday in Madison, Mississippi 264 Scott Stallings (U.S.) 68 64 64 68 266 Jason Bohn (U.S.) 64 67 68 67 268 Billy Horschel (U.S.) 68 63 66 71 269 Bud Cauley (U.S.) 67 66 70 66 270 Scott Brown (U.S.) 72 66 67 65 Will Claxton (U.S.) 67 67 68 68 William McGirt (U.S.) 70 69 64 67 271 J.J. Killeen (U.S.) 66 68 69 68 272 Josh Teater (U.S.) 73 64 71 64 273 Hunter Hamrick (U.S.) 68 68 69 68 Chris Kirk (U.S.) 67 68 69 69 Ryuji Imada (Japan) 66 71 67 69 274 Jerry Kelly (U.S.) 69 69 68 68 Chris Couch ... Full Story | Top |
Mind games of the victorious
Sun,22 Jul 2012 02:02 PM PDT
Reuters -  NEW YORK (Reuters) - For decades after the first sports psychology lab was established in 1920 in Germany, mental coaches have been the water boys of sports science, viewed by their colleagues as not quite good enough to make the first-string team. That has changed. Virtually every top professional team and elite athlete has a psychologist on speed dial for help conquering the yips - when stress makes crucial muscles jerk and ruins, say, an archery shot - marshal the power of visualization, or just muster the confidence that can mean the difference between medaling or just muddling through. ...
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Colorado mourns dead in cinema massacre as Obama heads to scene
Sun,22 Jul 2012 01:45 PM PDT
Reuters -  AURORA, Co. (Reuters) - Residents of a Denver suburb mourned their dead on Sunday from a shooting rampage by a "demonic" gunman who killed 12 people and wounded 58 after opening fire at a cinema showing the new Batman movie. President Barack Obama headed to Aurora, Colorado, on Sunday to meet families grieving their losses Friday's mass shooting that has stunned the nation and rekindled debate about guns and violence in America. ...
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Champion Els inspired by South African cricketers
Sun,22 Jul 2012 01:38 PM PDT
Reuters - LYTHAM ST ANNES, England (Reuters) - British Open champion Ernie Els said he was inspired by watching South Africa's cricketers turn the screw on England in the first test before going out to win his fourth major title on Sunday. South Africa batsman Hashim Amla made a record 311 not out to lift his side to 637 for two declared before the bowlers reduced England to 102 for four to put the touring side on course for victory at the Oval in London on Monday. "Yeah, I was watching a bit," Els told reporters. "I watched a bit last night and then obviously this morning a little bit. ... Full Story | Top |
Golf-Champion Els inspired by South African cricketers
Sun,22 Jul 2012 01:35 PM PDT
Reuters - LYTHAM ST ANNES, England, July 22 (Reuters) - British Openchampion Ernie Els said he was inspired by watching SouthAfrica's cricketers turn the screw on England in the first testbefore going out to win his fourth major title on Sunday. South Africa batsman Hashim Amla made a record 311 not outto lift his side to 637 for two declared before the bowlersreduced England to 102 for four to put the touring side oncourse for victory at the Oval in London on Monday. "Yeah, I was watching a bit," Els told reporters. "I watcheda bit last night and then obviously this morning a little bit. ... Full Story | Top |
Athletics: Injured Kluft out of London Games
Sun,22 Jul 2012 01:20 PM PDT
Reuters -  HELSINKI (Reuters) - Former Olympic heptathlon champion Carolina Kluft will miss the London Games after suffering a hamstring injury on Sunday, her coach said. The 29-year-old Kluft, who switched to the long jump after a glittering career in heptathlon, suffered the injury while competing in Kuortane, Finland. "There will be no Olympics for 'Carro,'" Oscar Gidewall told Radio Sweden. "It's not her shin that put a stop to it today, even if she feels it a little, she has a problem with a tender hamstring that she hasn't felt for several years. ...
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Golf-McDowell rues 15-handicapper shot as Open charge wilts
Sun,22 Jul 2012 01:05 PM PDT
Reuters - LYTHAM ST ANNES, England, July 22 (Reuters) - At the U.S.Open two years ago it was Graeme McDowell who kept calm wheneveryone around him wilted on a nervy final day but he could notrepeat the act in a similarly frantic British Open climax. McDowell, partnering Adam Scott in the final group of theday as the Australian's heartbreaking collapse handed Ernie Elsa fourth major title, moved within three shots of the lead witha birdie at the eighth and had the galleries firmly on his side. ... Full Story | Top |
Facts about British Open champion Ernie Els
Sun,22 Jul 2012 01:00 PM PDT
Reuters - LYTHAM ST ANNES, England (Reuters) - Facts and figures after South African Ernie Els, 42, won the British Open on Sunday: * Rises from 40th to 15th in world rankings * Fourth major championship win in 79th appearance * Follows victories in 2002 British Open, 1997 U.S. Open and 1994 U.S. Open * Second British Open win in 22nd appearance in event * Second consecutive top-10 finish in a major following his tie for ninth at last month's U.S. ... Full Story | Top |
Factbox: British Open champion Ernie Els
Sun,22 Jul 2012 12:54 PM PDT
Reuters - LYTHAM ST ANNES, England (Reuters) - Factbox on South African Ernie Els, who won the 141st British Open at Royal Lytham & St Annes in Lancashire, England on Sunday. * Born October 17, 1969 in Johannesburg, South Africa. * An accomplished junior tennis player, Els started playing golf aged nine and began taking it seriously five years later. * Crowned South African amateur champion aged 16 and turned professional in 1989. * Joined the European Tour in 1992 and two years later joined the PGA Tour when he announced his arrival by winning the U.S. Open in an 18-hole three-way playoff. ... Full Story | Top |
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