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| Baseball standings Sunday, Jul 28, 2013 08:43 PM PDT July 29 (Infostrada Sports) - Standings from the MLB on Sunday AMERICAN LEAGUEEASTERN DIVISION W L PCT GB 1. Boston 63 43 .594 - 2. Tampa Bay 62 43 .590 0 1/2 3. Baltimore 58 48 .547 5 4. NY Yankees 55 50 .524 7 1/2 5. Toronto 48 56 .462 14 CENTRAL DIVISION W L PCT GB 1. Detroit 59 45 .567 - 2. Cleveland 56 48 .538 3 3. Kansas City 51 51 .500 7 4. Minnesota 45 57 .441 13 5. Chicago White Sox 40 62 .392 18 WESTERN DIVISION W L PCT GB 1. Oakland 62 43 .590 - 2. Texas 56 49 .533 6 3. Seattle 50 55 .476 12 4. LA Angels 48 55 .466 13 5. Houston 35 69 . ... Full Story | Top |
| Baseball results Sunday, Jul 28, 2013 08:26 PM PDT July 29 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the MLB games on Sunday (home team in CAPS) CLEVELAND 6 Texas 0 NY YANKEES 6 Tampa Bay 5 TORONTO 2 Houston 1 DETROIT 12 Philadelphia 4 MIAMI 3 Pittsburgh 2 WASHINGTON 14 NY Mets 1 Boston 5 BALTIMORE 0 Kansas City 4 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 2 (12 innings) Chicago Cubs 2 SAN FRANCISCO 1 OAKLAND 10 LA Angels 6 SEATTLE 6 Minnesota 4 LA DODGERS 1 Cincinnati 0 (11 innings) COLORADO 6 Milwaukee 5 San Diego 1 ARIZONA 0 ATLANTA 5 St. Louis 2 Full Story | Top |
| Swimming-Cielo, Ye chasing second consecutive titles Sunday, Jul 28, 2013 08:00 PM PDT BARCELONA, July 29 (Reuters) - Cesar Cielo of Brazil can become only the second swimmer to win more than one men's 50 metres butterfly title and China's Ye Shiwen can pull off a similar feat in the women's 200m medley on day two of racing at the world championships on Monday. Cielo's task has possibly been made easier after both South African Roland Schoeman, champion in 2005 and 2007, and world record holder Rafael Munoz of Spain failed to make it through to the final. ... Full Story | Top |
| Cibulkova takes revenge on Radwanska to win Stanford title Sunday, Jul 28, 2013 07:53 PM PDT By Matt and Cronin STANFORD, California (Reuters) - Dominika Cibulkova avenged an embarrassing defeat to Agnieszka Radwanska by overhauling the top-seeded Pole 3-6 6-4 6-4 to win the Bank of the West Classic on Sunday. Earlier this year in the Sydney final, Radwanska handed the Slovakian a humiliating 6-0 6-0 loss which Cibulkova said affected her for weeks. But in Sunday's final, the 24-year-old Cibulkova immediately shook off her nerves by winning the first game and fought tooth and nail to seal the win in two-and-a-half hours. ... Full Story | Top |
| Rugby-Crusaders coach re-appointed despite semi-final loss Sunday, Jul 28, 2013 07:53 PM PDT WELLINGTON, July 29 (Reuters) - Canterbury Crusaders have kept faith with coach Todd Blackadder and given the former All Blacks captain a new contract despite being knocked out of the Super Rugby semi-finals. The Crusaders were pipped 20-19 by defending champion Waikato Chiefs in the last four on Saturday, prolonging their wait for an eighth title for at least another year. Blackadder had reportedly been under pressure to deliver the title in 2013 after a series of near misses. ... Full Story | Top |
| Tennis-Cibulkova takes revenge on Radwanska to win Stanford title Sunday, Jul 28, 2013 07:27 PM PDT By Matt and Cronin STANFORD, California, July 28 (Reuters) - Dominika Cibulkova avenged an embarrassing defeat to Agnieszka Radwanska by overhauling the top-seeded Pole 3-6 6-4 6-4 to win the Bank of the West Classic on Sunday. Earlier this year in the Sydney final, Radwanska handed the Slovakian a humiliating 6-0 6-0 loss which Cibulkova said affected her for weeks. But in Sunday's final, the 24-year-old Cibulkova immediately shook off her nerves by winning the first game and fought tooth and nail to seal the win in two-and-a-half hours. ... Full Story | Top |
| Sailing-New Zealand to go straight to Louis Vuitton Cup finals Sunday, Jul 28, 2013 07:09 PM PDT WELLINGTON, July 29 (Reuters) - Team New Zealand's hopes of securing the America's Cup took a massive step forward on Sunday with their ninth successive victory in the Louis Vuitton Cup challenger series and decision to proceed straight to the finals. Dean Barker's crew clinched the round-robin series last week, but decided after they beat Italy's Luna Rossa on Sunday they would skip the semi-finals to fine tune their preparations for the finals series beginning on Aug. 17. ... Full Story | Top |
| Soccer-U.S. beat Panama to win CONCACAF Gold Cup Sunday, Jul 28, 2013 07:05 PM PDT July 28 (Reuters) - The United States capped off a dominant tournament with a 1-0 victory over Panama to capture the CONCACAF Gold Cup on Sunday. Brek Shea broke through with the only goal of the game in the second half to give the United States their first Gold Cup title since 2007 and make up for back-to-back defeats to Mexico in the last two finals. While they were thrilled with the result, the Americans hope it is also a springboard to the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. "Hopefully this is just the beginning for a lot of us," Landon Donovan told reporters. ... Full Story | Top |
| Soccer-Cruzeiro go top with crushing derby win over Atletico Sunday, Jul 28, 2013 06:30 PM PDT By Pedro Fonseca RIO DE JANEIRO, July 28 (Reuters) - Newly-crowned South American club champions Atletico Mineiro were thrashed 4-1 on Sunday after fielding a reserve side against city rivals Cruzeiro in the Belo Horizonte derby. Cruzeiro's victory put them top of the Brazilian championship on goal difference with 18 points from nine matches thanks to Internacional's 3-0 shock loss at lowly Nautico and Botafogo's 1-1 draw with Flamengo in their Rio derby. ... Full Story | Top |
| Detroit again leans on Tigers, other teams to lift city's spirits Sunday, Jul 28, 2013 06:15 PM PDT  By Joseph Lichterman DETROIT (Reuters) - For five days in July 1967 riots tore apart Detroit, exacerbating racial tensions, and forcing the National Guard to quell the violence. The Tigers, Detroit's Major League Baseball team, felt immense pressure to win the next season to help bring the city together. "They pretty much understood to a man that if they had a successful season and won the pennant ... it would help hold the city together," said Tim Wendel, author of "Summer of '68: The Season That Changed Baseball, and America, Forever." That October, the Tigers won baseball's World Series. ... Full Story | Top |
| Mahan baby present on way after Snedeker's Canadian win Sunday, Jul 28, 2013 06:00 PM PDT  By Steve Keating OAKVILLE, Ontario (Reuters) - Brandt Snedeker will use some of the $1 million purse from his Canadian Open win on Sunday to buy Hunter Mahan's new baby daughter Zoe a gift after his rival surrendered a shot at a big payday to return home for her birth. "Zoe will be getting a very nice baby gift from me," said Snedeker after his three-shot victory at Glen Abbey Golf Club. "I can't thank Kandi (Mahan) enough for going into labor early, otherwise I don't know if I'd be sitting here if she hadn't. "But that is a way more important thing than a golf tournament. ... Full Story | Top |
| Diving: Qiu makes it nine out of 10 for dominant Chinese Sunday, Jul 28, 2013 05:58 PM PDT  By Iain Rogers BARCELONA (Reuters) - Qiu Bo recovered from a shaky start to secure a second straight 10-metre platform gold at the world championships in Barcelona on Sunday as dominant China ended the diving competition with nine titles out of 10 contested. Lying equal fifth after a fluffed first attempt at the spectacular hilltop Montjuic pool, Qiu produced a pair of stunning efforts on the third and fourth of his six dives to amass a whopping 581.00 points, comfortably beating Olympic champion David Boudia of United States into second on 517.40. ... Full Story | Top |
| Isner edges Anderson in Atlanta Open final Sunday, Jul 28, 2013 05:57 PM PDT (Reuters) - American John Isner saved two match points before beating South Africa's Kevin Anderson 6-7(3) 7-6(2) 7-6(2) in the final of the Atlanta Open on Sunday to claim his seventh ATP career title. The towering Isner, who stands six-foot-10 (2.08m), fired down 24 aces in a match dominated by big serving from two of the tallest players in tennis. Neither player was able to break their opponent's serve in the slugfest, which lasted almost three hours, with each set decided by tiebreakers. ... Full Story | Top |
| Golf-Mahan baby present on way after Snedeker's Canadian win Sunday, Jul 28, 2013 05:51 PM PDT By Steve Keating OAKVILLE, Ontario, July 28 (Reuters) - Brandt Snedeker will use some of the $1 million purse from his Canadian Open win on Sunday to buy Hunter Mahan's new baby daughter Zoe a gift after his rival surrendered a shot at a big payday to return home for her birth. "Zoe will be getting a very nice baby gift from me," said Snedeker after his three-shot victory at Glen Abbey Golf Club. "I can't thank Kandi (Mahan) enough for going into labor early, otherwise I don't know if I'd be sitting here if she hadn't. "But that is a way more important thing than a golf tournament. ... Full Story | Top |
| Tennis-Isner edges Anderson in Atlanta Open final Sunday, Jul 28, 2013 05:40 PM PDT (Adds quotes) July 28 (Reuters) - American John Isner saved two match points before beating South Africa's Kevin Anderson 6-7(3) 7-6(2) 7-6(2) in the final of the Atlanta Open on Sunday to claim his seventh ATP career title. The towering Isner, who stands six-foot-10 (2.08m), fired down 24 aces in a match dominated by big serving from two of the tallest players in tennis. Neither player was able to break their opponent's serve in the slugfest, which lasted almost three hours, with each set decided by tiebreakers. ... Full Story | Top |
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