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Saturday, August 4, 2012 8:30 PM PDT

Today's Reuters Sports News Headlines - Yahoo! News: Golf: Henry moves clear at Reno-Tahoe Open Golf-U.S. PGA Tour Reno-Tahoe Open scores Sailing: Ainslie needs perfect finish for record Volleyball: Upset defeats for U.S. and Bulgaria Day of reckoning arrives for Bolt and Blake Mayor salutes Britain's "glutinous desire for gold" Women boxing's day finally comes Cool Ennis lives up to poster girl status Athletics: Farah hails fans after golden run Furyk holds slim lead at Firestone Limelight? All I hear is Bolt, says Fraser-Pryce Scorching Hernandez shut outs Yankees Golden day for hosts; Jamaican Fraser wins 100 Phelps quits the pool with unchallenged record Swimming: Franklin caps golden Games with fourth title Golf: Henry moves clear at Reno-Tahoe Open Sat,4 Aug 2012 06:46 PM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - American J.J. Henry opened up a three-point lead over Brazilian Alexandre Rocha after the third round of the Reno-Tahoe Open, being played under Modified Stableford scoring, in Nevada. Henry, looking for his second career win on the PGA Tour, shot himself into contention for Sunday's showdown with five birdies and an eagle on the par-four 14th. The only blemish on his scorecard was a bogey at the par three 16th at the Montreux Golf and Country Club. ... Full Story Top Golf-U.S. PGA Tour Reno-Tahoe Open scores Sat,4 Aug 2012 06:34 PM PDT Reuters - Aug 5 (Infostrada Sports) - Scores from the U.S. PGA Tour Reno-Tahoe Open on Saturday in Reno, Nevada 36 J.J. Henry (U.S.) 10 12 14 33 Alexandre Rocha (Brazil) 8 16 9 32 John Mallinger (U.S.) 11 11 10 31 Andres Romero (Argentina) 14 7 10 28 Bill Lunde (U.S.) 4 10 14 Gary Christian (Britain) 5 11 12 John Daly (U.S.) 10 9 9 26 Justin Leonard (U.S.) 5 10 11 25 Noh Seung-Yul (South Korea) 13 3 9 24 Tom Pernice Jr. (U.S.) 7 6 11 Kevin Stadler (U.S.) 5 8 11 Joe Durant (U.S.) 8 9 7 John Merrick (U.S.) 6 11 7 23 Padraig Harrington (Ireland) 7 7 9 Todd Hamilton (U.S.) 9 6 8 Brendan Steele (U.S. ... Full Story Top Sailing: Ainslie needs perfect finish for record Sat,4 Aug 2012 06:09 PM PDT Reuters - WEYMOUTH, England (Reuters) - Britain's Ben Ainslie will take to the water with his faithful Finn dinghy "Rita" on Sunday, aiming to become the most successful Olympic sailor ever. With the winds forecast to favor the relatively light Ainslie - he weighs in at just over 90 kg while several of his rivals are around 100 - a home crowd will be willing the 35-year-old Briton on for every second of the medal race. Ainslie has more than his 2008 Olympic crown to defend in the waters immediately off the historic Nothe fort, where spectators will have a bird's eye view. ... Full Story Top Volleyball: Upset defeats for U.S. and Bulgaria Sat,4 Aug 2012 06:07 PM PDT Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - Argentina overcame Bulgaria and Russia rallied to defeat the U.S. holders in Saturday's Olympic men's volleyball as the two group frontrunners were beaten for the first time. Brazil, who are also tipped for a medal, narrowly avoided defeat against Serbia who pushed them all the way in a Group B five-setter that lasted well beyond midnight. The Brazilian support roared just as loud even as the stands emptied. ... Full Story Top Day of reckoning arrives for Bolt and Blake Sat,4 Aug 2012 06:03 PM PDT Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - Four years on from storming to Olympic gold in a seemingly effortless world record time, either Usain Bolt will again be hailed a great champion or a new 100 meters sprint king will be crowned in London on Sunday. The Jamaican triple gold medalist from Beijing has had his sprint authority challenged with the emergence of younger compatriot Yohan Blake, who took his friend and training partner's world title in Daegu, South Korea last year when Bolt false started, and set the world's leading mark this year. ... Full Story Top Mayor salutes Britain's "glutinous desire for gold" Sat,4 Aug 2012 05:34 PM PDT Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - London mayor Boris Johnson summed up the euphoric mood around Britain when he saluted the host country's "extraordinary" haul of six gold medals on 'Super Saturday' at the Olympics. Two golds in rowing and one at the cycling velodrome were followed in the evening by a hat-trick of victories in athletics from Jessica Ennis (heptathlon), Greg Rutherford (long jump) and Mo Farah. ... Full Story Top Women boxing's day finally comes Sat,4 Aug 2012 05:09 PM PDT Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - After judging controversies marred the first week of fights at the London's Games, boxing's governing body will play its trump card on Sunday when they allow women to compete on an Olympic stage for the first time. The inclusion of women's boxing, rejected in the past because of a limited global appeal that saw them only sanctioned to fight in the 2012 host country 15 years ago, brings to an end the last all-male sport at the summer games. ... Full Story Top Cool Ennis lives up to poster girl status Sat,4 Aug 2012 04:59 PM PDT Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - It was only as she crossed the line in the final event of the heptathlon to a thunderous cheer that Olympic gold medallist Jessica Ennis let her emotions show. Gone was the heartache of watching the Beijing Olympics on television four years ago as she recovered from an ankle injury. Ennis had put in the performance of her life over two days and seven events in London, and with a massive 6,955 points she was now the champion. ... Full Story Top Athletics: Farah hails fans after golden run Sat,4 Aug 2012 04:53 PM PDT Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - Mo Farah said he had 80,000 'thank yous' to make after a rapturous home crowd helped blast the Briton around the final lap of the 10,000 meters final and into the record books as his country's first long-distance Olympic champion. "It was unbelievable support today," Farah told a packed news conference on Saturday. "If it wasn't for the crowd and their support, people shouting out my name, cheering and putting that Union Jack up I don't think it would have happened. ... Full Story Top Furyk holds slim lead at Firestone Sat,4 Aug 2012 04:41 PM PDT Reuters - AKRON, Ohio (Reuters) - American Jim Furyk, seeking his first PGA Tour victory in two years, survived a testing back nine with several ice-cool par saves to cling on to the lead in Saturday's third round of the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational. Two shots ahead overnight, Furyk briefly led by five before ending a muggy and increasingly breezy day at the fast-running Firestone Country Club one stroke clear of the chasing pack. ... Full Story Top Limelight? All I hear is Bolt, says Fraser-Pryce Sat,4 Aug 2012 04:40 PM PDT Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - Shelly-Anne Fraser-Pryce became only the third woman to win back-to-back Olympic 100 meters titles on Saturday but when she next goes shopping back home in Jamaica she will only be asked about one sprinter. Usain Bolt. "I'm not one who loves the limelight, but sometimes I go to the supermarket they ask me questions about Usain," Fraser-Pryce told a news conference after following up her Beijing triumph in 2008. "Everywhere I go they ask, do you train with Usain?. I don't. It's Jamaica...Usain has done a lot, He has broken world records at championships. ... Full Story Top Scorching Hernandez shut outs Yankees Sat,4 Aug 2012 04:38 PM PDT Reuters - MIAMI (Reuters) - Felix Hernandez threw a two-hit shutout as the Seattle Mariners earned a 1-0 victory over the New York Yankees in Major League Baseball on Saturday. The Mariners are bottom of the American League West but they have hit some rich form of late with eight wins from their last nine games improving their record to 51-58. Venezuelan Hernandez's third shutout in his last eight starts came with two walks and six strikeouts from 101 pitches as he made great use of his breaking balls and fastballs. ... Full Story Top Golden day for hosts; Jamaican Fraser wins 100 Sat,4 Aug 2012 04:34 PM PDT Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - Three athletics golds crowned host nation Britain's best Olympic day for over a century after the greatest swimmer of all time bowed out on a high by winning Saturday's last pool race of the Games. Jessica Ennis, poster girl of the London Games, collapsed in tears of relief after a capacity 80,000 crowd roared her around the athletics track to victory in the heptathlon. More golds followed for Britain in the men's long jump and 10,000 meters. ... Full Story Top Phelps quits the pool with unchallenged record Sat,4 Aug 2012 04:32 PM PDT Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - Flashing a lop-sided smile of satisfaction and relief, Michael Phelps left the Olympic arena for the final time on Saturday after finishing his competitive career with a scarcely credible 18 gold medals. The boy from Baltimore, who had set out to redefine the boundaries of his sport, had succeeded beyond anybody's expectations with twice as many Olympic titles as any other athlete in the modern Games. At the age of 27 he will move on, secure in the knowledge that he could not have done any more in the sport that became his life. ... Full Story Top Swimming: Franklin caps golden Games with fourth title Sat,4 Aug 2012 04:30 PM PDT Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - Missy Franklin capped her first Olympics with a fourth gold and a second world record in 24 hours on Saturday with a performance that crowned the 17-year-old's arrival as America's new swimming queen. It could also launch the bubbly teenager on the trail of becoming the greatest female Olympian of all-time with Soviet gymnast Larisa Latynina, winner of nine golds, a reachable target should she forge ahead to another couple of Olympics. ... Full Story Top

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