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| World sports diary November 28 - December 25 Tuesday, Nov 27, 2012 07:39 PM PST Nov 28 (Reuters) - World sports diary from Nov. 28 - Dec.25. - - - - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28 SOCCER Premier League, Ligue 1, Bundesliga, Spanish King's Cup last16, Italian Cup fourth round, French League Cup quarter-finals,Europa League group stage - - - - CRICKET Sri Lanka v New Zealand, second test, Khulna, (to 29) - - - - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29 SOCCER French League Cup quarter-finals, Spanish King's Cup last 16 NFL Week 13 GOLF PGA Tour World Challenge, California (to Dec 2) - - - - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30 SOCCER La Liga, Ligue 1, Bundesliga, Dutch championship CRICKET Australia v South Africa, ... Full Story | Top |
| Soccer-McDermott wants siege mentality as Reading rocked again Tuesday, Nov 27, 2012 07:35 PM PST LONDON, Nov 28 (Reuters) - Reading's beleaguered players and fans must stick together like never before as Brian McDermott attempts to steer them out of the Premier League relegation zone, the manager said on Tuesday after witnessing his side's sixth defeat of the season. With only winless Queen's Park Rangers below them, Reading have much work to do to preserve their top-flight status having been promoted as champions last season. Manchester United visit next, so the Royals must really show their mettle. ... Full Story | Top |
| UPDATE 2-NBA results Tuesday, Nov 27, 2012 07:16 PM PST Nov 28 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the NBA games on Tuesday (home team in CAPS) PHILADELPHIA 100 Dallas 98 Phoenix 91 CLEVELAND 78 HOUSTON 117 Toronto 101 Full Story | Top |
| Soccer-Belgian Benteke justifies selection with Villa winner Tuesday, Nov 27, 2012 07:16 PM PST LONDON, Nov 28 (Reuters) - Aston Villa manager Paul Lambert's decision to leave out big-money striker Darren Bent for their basement battle with Reading on Tuesday raised more than a few eyebrows, but selecting Christian Benteke as his replacement proved a masterstroke. The bustling Belgian climbed highest in the Reading box to nod the ball home in the 80th minute, giving his struggling side a 1-0 win at Villa Park and lifting them clear of the Premier League relegation zone. ... Full Story | Top |
| Soccer-Zico quits as Iraq coach in middle of qualifying campaign Tuesday, Nov 27, 2012 06:55 PM PST RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov 27 (Reuters) - Zico quit as coach of the Iraqi national team on Tuesday after little more than a year in the post, saying the country's soccer association had failed to fulfill the terms of his contract. The former Brazil captain's resignation comes with Iraq still battling for a place at the 2014 World Cup finals. "I would like to inform via this website that I have sent a communication to FIFA ... and to the Iraq Football Association declaring that I consider my contract to be void due to the IFA's failure to abide by its terms," he said on his website ... Full Story | Top |
| Soccer-World football paying price of Brazil's 1982 defeat: Zico Tuesday, Nov 27, 2012 06:22 PM PST RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov 27 (Reuters) - - Brazil's stunning 3-2 defeat to Italy at the 1982 World Cup was one of the sport's most memorable matches but former midfielder Zico believes it had a negative impact on world soccer that is still being felt today. Brazil had delighted the world with their adventurous, flowing football until the fateful day at Barcelona's Sarria stadium when a Paolo Rossi hat-trick, scored with the aid of a blunder-prone Brazil defence, knocked them out before the knockout stage. ... Full Story | Top |
| PREVIEW-Golf-Playing at Sherwood signals a worthy year Tuesday, Nov 27, 2012 06:19 PM PST THOUSAND OAKS, California, Nov 27 (Reuters) - Merely qualifying for the elite field of 18 at this week's $5 million World Challenge is an achievement in itself for the players, an early Christmas present to signal a successful year. Though the four-round event hosted by five-times champion Tiger Woods is not a PGA Tour event, it offers official world ranking points and every player competing at Sherwood Country Club this week is ranked in the world's top 35. "It's an honour just to be here," U.S. ... Full Story | Top |
| UPDATE 1-Soccer-Shakhtar's Luiz Adriano banned, club apologise Tuesday, Nov 27, 2012 05:13 PM PST (Adds club reaction, detail) * Striker guilty of unsporting behaviour * Club accept decision and apologise Nov 27 (Reuters) - Shakhtar Donetsk striker Luiz Adriano has been banned for one game for unsporting behaviour during a Champions League match against Nordsjaelland last week, UEFA said on Tuesday. Brazilian Luiz Adriano scored a goal as his team tried to play the ball back to the Danish side's goalkeeper following an injury to a Nordsjaelland player. "The UEFA Control and Disciplinary Body today decided to suspend Luiz Adriano for one match," UEFA said in a statement on its website (www. ... Full Story | Top |
| Likely anchoring ban a belly ache for some players Tuesday, Nov 27, 2012 05:12 PM PST  THOUSAND OAKS, California (Reuters) - With a widely expected ban on anchoring long putters likely to be announced by the game's ruling bodies on Wednesday, players have expressed sharply contrasting views ahead of this week's World Challenge. While 14-times major winner Tiger Woods and putting supremo Steve Stricker are both in favor of such putters being outlawed, 2011 PGA Championship winner Keegan Bradley says he is "not happy" about the likely rule change. ... Full Story | Top |
| Golf-Likely anchoring ban a belly ache for some players Tuesday, Nov 27, 2012 05:09 PM PST THOUSAND OAKS, California, Nov 27 (Reuters) - With a widely expected ban on anchoring long putters likely to be announced by the game's ruling bodies on Wednesday, players have expressed sharply contrasting views ahead of this week's World Challenge. While 14-times major winner Tiger Woods and putting supremo Steve Stricker are both in favour of such putters being outlawed, 2011 PGA Championship winner Keegan Bradley says he is "not happy" about the likely rule change. ... Full Story | Top |
| Giants sign Torain, Lumpkin as back-up running backs Tuesday, Nov 27, 2012 04:41 PM PST (Reuters) - The New York Giants bolstered their depleted running back position by signing Ryan Torain and Kregg Lumpkin on Tuesday after Andre Brown broke his leg in Sunday's win over Green Bay. Brown fractured the fibula in his left leg during a 38-10 thrashing of the Packers, leaving Ahmad Bradshaw and rookie David Wilson as New York's only backs with a primetime game against the NFC East rival Washington Redskins on Monday. Torain, who played one season with Denver and two with the Redskins, has career totals of 238 rushing attempts for 1,011 yards (4.2-yard average) and six touchdowns. ... Full Story | Top |
| NFL-Giants sign Torain, Lumpkin as back-up running backs Tuesday, Nov 27, 2012 04:38 PM PST Nov 27 (Reuters) - The New York Giants bolstered their depleted running back position by signing Ryan Torain and Kregg Lumpkin on Tuesday after Andre Brown broke his leg in Sunday's win over Green Bay. Brown fractured the fibula in his left leg during a 38-10 thrashing of the Packers, leaving Ahmad Bradshaw and rookie David Wilson as New York's only backs with a primetime game against the NFC East rival Washington Redskins on Monday. Torain, who played one season with Denver and two with the Redskins, has career totals of 238 rushing attempts for 1,011 yards (4. ... Full Story | Top |
| Boris Johnson mocks French government over Mittal Tuesday, Nov 27, 2012 04:28 PM PST  LONDON (Reuters) - The Mayor of London Boris Johnson on Tuesday described France's Socialist government as left-wing revolutionaries that were driving investors away in a dispute with steelmaker ArcelorMittal. The Conservative mayor mocked the French government as 'sans-culottes,' a radical left-wing class during the French Revolution of 1789, while adding that British capital would welcome business fleeing from France. ... Full Story | Top |
| Hobbit faithful occupy New Zealand city ahead of premiere Tuesday, Nov 27, 2012 04:23 PM PST  WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand's capital city was taken over by pointy-eared, costumed Hobbit fans on Wednesday, many of whom camped overnight to grab the best spots for the red carpet world premiere of the film later in the day. Wellington, where director Peter Jackson and much of the post production is based, has renamed itself "the Middle of Middle Earth", and fans with prominent Hobbit ears, medieval style costumes, grey beards, wigs, and wizard hats claimed spaces along the 500 meter (550 yards) red carpet. ... Full Story | Top |
| Reuters Sports Schedule at 0001 GMT on Wednesday Nov 27 Tuesday, Nov 27, 2012 04:00 PM PST Reuters sports schedule at 0001 on Wednesday: - - - - GOLF Golf-Woods and Watson in the mix at World Challenge THOUSAND OAKS, California - We preview the World Challenge, an elite $5 million event which brings together 18 of the game's leading players. Holder Tiger Woods, Masters champion Bubba Watson and U.S. Open winner Webb Simpson are among those taking part. ... Full Story | Top |
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