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| UPDATE 2-NHL results Friday, Feb 22, 2013 08:12 PM PST Feb 23 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the NHL games on Friday (home team in CAPS) PITTSBURGH 3 Florida 1 Vancouver 1 NASHVILLE 0 CHICAGO 2 San Jose 1 Full Story | Top |
| Farma shows NBA class in Efes win Friday, Feb 22, 2013 08:08 PM PST BELGRADE (Reuters) - Former Los Angeles Lakers guard Jordan Farmar showed the benefits of his extensive NBA experience by giving Anadolu Efes Istanbul a thrilling 63-60 Euroleague win over the competition's six-time winners CSKA Moscow on Friday. The result kept Efes joint top of their eight-team pool in the second group stage with a 7-1 record alongside Real Madrid, after the winners of eight titles in Europe's premier club competition ground out a 77-72 home victory against Alba Berlin. ... Full Story | Top |
| Tsonga saves five match points, Simon ousts Del Potro Friday, Feb 22, 2013 08:05 PM PST PARIS (Reuters) - World number eight Jo-Wilfried Tsonga saved five match points in a breathtaking third set tiebreak to edge out Australian Bernard Tomic on Friday and qualify for the Marseille Open semi-finals. The third-seeded Frenchman, who lost the first set, eventually grabbed the tie-break 12-10 to seal a 4-6 6-3 7-6 victory after two hours five minutes. Tsonga, who had won his only previous encounter with the 46th-ranked Tomic, made the most of his opportunities to beat the 21-year-old Australian, one of the most exciting youngsters in tennis. ... Full Story | Top |
| Australia coach under fire amid scathing Olympic review Friday, Feb 22, 2013 07:57 PM PST  MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Olympic gold medalist Melanie Schlanger has called for Australia's head swimming coach Leigh Nugent to be sacked, saying he had not been frank about behavioral problems among his London Games swimmers. Nugent is under fire in the wake of an explosive review into Australia's worst performance in the Olympic pool in 20 years which has sparked an investigation into allegations of drunkenness, abuse of prescription drugs and bullying. ... Full Story | Top |
| UPDATE 1-NBA results Friday, Feb 22, 2013 07:43 PM PST Feb 23 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the NBA games on Friday (home team in CAPS) TORONTO 100 NY Knicks 98 WASHINGTON 118 Denver 113 Chicago 105 CHARLOTTE 75 INDIANA 114 Detroit 82 Houston 106 BROOKLYN 96 ATLANTA 122 Sacramento 108 MEMPHIS 88 Orlando 82 Dallas 104 NEW ORLEANS 100 OKLAHOMA CITY 127 Minnesota 111 Full Story | Top |
| Judge clears legal hurdle to Seattle basketball stadium Friday, Feb 22, 2013 07:37 PM PST SEATTLE (Reuters) - A Seattle judge dismissed a lawsuit on Friday that sought to block plans to build a $490 million stadium south of downtown, clearing a major hurdle for an investor group aiming to bring back the city's sorely missed basketball franchise. The proposed stadium is key to a plan by a prominent Seattle investor to buy the Sacramento Kings and move them to Seattle renamed the SuperSonics to replace a team of that name which the city lost to Oklahoma in 2008. ... Full Story | Top |
| Tennis-Memphis International men's singles quarterfinal results Friday, Feb 22, 2013 06:39 PM PST Feb 23 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Memphis International Men's Singles Quarterfinal matches on Friday Feliciano Lopez (Spain) beat Jack Sock (U.S.) 6-4 6-3 Marinko Matosevic (Australia) beat 7-Alexandr Dolgopolov (Ukraine) 6-7(6) 6-2 6-4 5-Kei Nishikori (Japan) beat 1-Marin Cilic (Croatia) 6-4 6-2 Full Story | Top |
| UPDATE 1-Soccer-Argentine championship results and standings Friday, Feb 22, 2013 06:20 PM PST Feb 23 (Infostrada Sports) - Results and standings from the Argentine championship matches on Friday Friday, February 22Estudiantes 1 San Lorenzo 1 Argentinos Juniors 1 Arsenal 2 Standings P W D L F A Pts 1 Lanus 2 2 0 0 7 0 6 2 River Plate 2 2 0 0 3 1 6 3 Arsenal 3 1 2 0 3 2 5 4 Atletico Rafaela 2 1 1 0 3 0 4 5 Tigre 2 1 1 0 3 1 4 6 Boca Juniors 2 1 1 0 3 2 4 6 Godoy Cruz 2 1 1 0 3 2 4 8 Quilmes 2 1 0 1 4 4 3 9 San Lorenzo 3 0 3 0 1 1 3 9 Velez Sarsfield 2 1 0 1 1 1 3 11 Newell's Old Boys 2 1 0 1 3 4 3 12 Independiente 2 1 0 1 2 3 3 12 Racing Club 2 1 0 1 2 3 3 14 San Martin (San Juan) 2 0 2 ... Full Story | Top |
| Colsaerts thrives on tour with roadie days behind him Friday, Feb 22, 2013 06:11 PM PST  MARANA, Arizona (Reuters) - With his reckless nightclubbing days while living "like a roadie" now well behind him, Belgian Nicolas Colsaerts has relished his golfing success over the last two years. The power hitter from Brussels has triumphed twice on the European Tour during that time, made a stunning debut at last year's Ryder Cup and has flourished in the opening rounds of the elite WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship this week. ... Full Story | Top |
| UPDATE 1-Tennis-Buenos Aires Open men's singles quarterfinal results Friday, Feb 22, 2013 06:04 PM PST Feb 23 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Buenos Aires Open Men's Singles Quarterfinal matches on Friday 2-Nicolas Almagro (Spain) beat Federico Delbonis (Argentina) 6-1 7-6(3) 3-Stanislas Wawrinka (Switzerland) beat 8-Albert Ramos (Spain) 7-6(4) 6-4 1-David Ferrer (Spain) beat 6-Fabio Fognini (Italy) 6-2 6-1 Tommy Robredo (Spain) beat Julian Reister (Germany) 6-3 6-2 Full Story | Top |
| Golf-Colsaerts thrives on tour with roadie days behind him Friday, Feb 22, 2013 05:46 PM PST MARANA, Arizona, Feb 22 (Reuters) - With his reckless nightclubbing days while living "like a roadie" now well behind him, Belgian Nicolas Colsaerts has relished his golfing success over the last two years. The power hitter from Brussels has triumphed twice on the European Tour during that time, made a stunning debut at last year's Ryder Cup and has flourished in the opening rounds of the elite WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship this week. ... Full Story | Top |
| Time off gives Poulter a Match Play boost Friday, Feb 22, 2013 05:14 PM PST  MARANA, Arizona (Reuters) - A bold decision to take six weeks off since he tied for ninth at the PGA Tour's season-opening Hyundai Tournament of Champions in Hawaii has, so far, proved to be immensely beneficial for Ian Poulter. The fashion conscious Englishman spent much of that time making a few equipment changes and working on his swing, a strategy that has helped him stay unbeaten after the first two rounds of this week's WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship. ... Full Story | Top |
| Oilers' Hall suspended two games for kneeing Friday, Feb 22, 2013 05:13 PM PST  (Reuters) - Edmonton Oilers forward Taylor Hall has been suspended for two games for kneeing Minnesota Wild forward Cal Clutterbuck, the National Hockey League said on Friday. The incident occurred late in the third period of Edmonton's 3-1 loss on Thursday when Hall rammed into Clutterbuck, sending him out of the game. Hall, who is tied for the Oilers' lead in scoring with 16 points, was assessed a major penalty for kneeing and a game misconduct. (Reporting by Steve Keating in Toronto, Editing by Gene Cherry) Full Story | Top |
| Donald exits, Mahan and Poulter advance Friday, Feb 22, 2013 05:12 PM PST  MARANA, Arizona (Reuters) - Former champion Luke Donald was the biggest name to fall in the second round of the snow-delayed WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship after being pummeled 7&6 by American Scott Piercy on Friday. The British world number three was totally outplayed by Piercy, who was effectively seven-under par on his ball after being conceded a four-foot birdie putt at the short 12th to seal the win. ... Full Story | Top |
| Piercy hits another jackpot to stun Donald Friday, Feb 22, 2013 05:11 PM PST  MARANA, Arizona (Reuters) - Six years after he overcame the odds to earn a $2 million cheque, Scott Piercy landed a different jackpot with a stunning 7&6 victory over Luke Donald at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship on Friday. Though he had not competed in matchplay golf during that long span until he arrived at Dove Mountain this week, Piercy produced imperious form to eliminate the British world number three in the second round of an event Donald had won in 2011. ... Full Story | Top |
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