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| Cricket-Quake struck Christchurch gets World Cup matches, for now Monday, Jul 29, 2013 09:24 PM PDT By Greg Stutchbury WELLINGTON, July 30 (Reuters) - Former New Zealand captain Lee Germon got his wish as his hometown of Christchurch was selected to host the opening match of the 2015 cricket World Cup, though he is acutely aware it could be taken away again in a little over a week. New Zealand's second-largest city was on Tuesday provisionally awarded three of the pool matches for the tournament that is being co-hosted with Australia, pending the approval of ground development plans. Christchurch's Lancaster Park was wrecked by the Feb. ... Full Story | Top |
| Tennis-Carlsbad Open women's singles round 1 results Monday, Jul 29, 2013 09:16 PM PDT July 30 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Carlsbad Open Women's Singles Round 1 matches on Monday 6-Jelena Jankovic (Serbia) beat Mallory Burdette (U.S.) 4-6 6-1 6-4 Virginie Razzano (France) beat Svetlana Kuznetsova (Russia) 6-2 6-4 Francesca Schiavone (Italy) beat Flavia Pennetta (Italy) 7-6(4) 6-7(6) 6-4 5-Samantha Stosur (Australia) beat Varvara Lepchenko (U.S.) 7-5 6-1 Full Story | Top |
| Baseball-Highlights of Monday's Major Leagues Baseball games Monday, Jul 29, 2013 08:59 PM PDT July 29 (Sports Xchange) - Highlights of Monday's games in Major Leagues Baseball. - - - Pirates 9, Cardinals 2 Pedro Alvarez hit a three-run home run off Cardinals right-hander Jake Westbrook to cap a four-run first inning and propel the Pirates to victory in the opener of a five-game series between the National League's top two teams. Pittsburgh (62-42) moved within a half game of St. Louis (62-41) in the NL Central and the Cardinals lost their fourth straight game. ... Full Story | Top |
| Cricket-2015 World Cup fixtures Monday, Jul 29, 2013 08:57 PM PDT WELLINGTON, July 30 (Reuters) - Fixtures for the cricketWorld Cup that will be jointly held by Australia and New Zealandfrom Feb. ... Full Story | Top |
| Tennis-Washington Open women's singles round 1 results Monday, Jul 29, 2013 08:50 PM PDT July 30 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Washington Open Women's Singles Round 1 matches on Monday Melanie Oudin (U.S.) beat Anastasia Rodionova (Australia) 7-5 6-3 Olga Puchkova (Russia) beat 2-Sloane Stephens (U.S.) 7-5 6-3 Andrea Petkovic (Germany) beat Jessica Pegula (U.S.) 6-2 7-5 Jana Cepelova (Slovakia) beat Kiki Bertens (Netherlands) 6-4 0-6 6-3 Paula Ormaechea (Argentina) beat Beatrice Capra (U.S.) 6-1 6-1 7-Magdalena Rybarikova (Slovakia) beat Christina Mchale (U.S.) 2-6 6-4 6-2 Full Story | Top |
| Baseball results Monday, Jul 29, 2013 08:18 PM PDT July 30 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the MLB games on Monday (home team in CAPS) Tampa Bay 2 BOSTON 1 CLEVELAND 3 Chicago White Sox 2 PITTSBURGH 9 St. Louis 2 TEXAS 4 LA Angels 3 ATLANTA 9 Colorado 8 (10 innings) NY Mets 6 MIAMI 5 Milwaukee 5 CHICAGO CUBS 0 Full Story | Top |
| Golf-New dad Mahan withdraws from Bridgestone Monday, Jul 29, 2013 08:04 PM PDT July 29 (Reuters) - Hunter Mahan has withdrawn from this week's World Golf Championship Bridgestone Invitational to spend more time with his newborn daughter Zoe, the golfer said in a statement on Monday. Mahan was the 36-hole leader at last week's Canadian Open but withdrew from the tournament when his wife Kandi went into labor. Brandt Snedeker went on to win the event. Mahan, 31, has two WGC victories among his five PGA Tour titles. He is expected to return at the year's final major, the PGA Championship from Aug. 8-11. (Writing by Jahmal Corner in Los Angeles; Editing by Peter Rutherford) Full Story | Top |
| Cricket-England and Swann bid to retain Ashes in style Monday, Jul 29, 2013 08:00 PM PDT By Mark Meadows LONDON, July 30 (Reuters) - England will look to leave Australia in a spin and retain the Ashes by taking a 3-0 series lead at Old Trafford from Thursday with team selection seen as key on the famously dusty track. The wicket in Manchester may have been moved by 90 degrees since Australia last played there in the nerve-jangling drawn 2005 test but it is still expected to turn and there is an outside chance both sides will play two spinners. ... Full Story | Top |
| Bolt, Fraser-Pryce to lead Jamaican team for worlds Monday, Jul 29, 2013 07:49 PM PDT  By Kayon Raynor KINGSTON (Reuters) - Olympic champions Usain Bolt and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce headline a Jamaican world athletics championships squad that will come under intense scrutiny in Moscow following several positive doping tests by some of the country's athletes. Five athletes, including Olympic gold medalists Asafa Powell and Sherone Simpson, tested positive for banned substances at the Caribbean island's national championships in June and face disciplinary hearings. All five have denied knowingly taking banned substances. ... Full Story | Top |
| Tennis-Washington Open men's singles round 1 results Monday, Jul 29, 2013 07:40 PM PDT July 30 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Washington Open Men's Singles Round 1 matches on Monday Tobias Kamke (Germany) beat Ricardas Berankis (Lithuania) 3-6 6-3 6-2 Marinko Matosevic (Australia) beat James Blake (U.S.) 6-2 7-6(6) Lukas Lacko (Slovakia) beat Alejandro Falla (Colombia) 1-6 6-4 6-4 Xavier Malisse (Belgium) beat Rajeev Ram (U.S.) 4-6 6-3 6-2 Mardy Fish (U.S.) beat Matthew Ebden (Australia) 2-6 6-1 6-3 David Goffin (Belgium) beat Lu Yen-Hsun (Taiwan) 6-4 6-4 Samuel Groth (Australia) beat Denis Kudla (U.S. ... Full Story | Top |
| Under-fire Mexico coach De la Torre keeps job Monday, Jul 29, 2013 07:39 PM PDT  MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico coach Jose Manuel de la Torre, under fire after a run of poor results, clung on to his job on Monday and was charged with seeing his misfiring team through to next year's World Cup finals in Brazil. De la Torre, whose team failed to defend the CONCACAF Gold Cup in the United States, would have his position reviewed again after the qualifiers, Justino Compean, president of the Mexican Football Federation, told a news conference. ... Full Story | Top |
| Azarenka continues to raise bar for herself Monday, Jul 29, 2013 07:38 PM PDT  By Matt Cronin CARLSBAD, California (Reuters) - After a rough past couple of months that included a tight loss to Maria Sharapova at the French Open and an injury-enforced withdrawal from Wimbledon, world number three Victoria Azarenka enters the Southern California Open as hungry as ever. Australian Open champion Azarenka has not played since she was forced out of Wimbledon prior to her second round match against Flavia Pennetta after falling in the first round where she injured her knee and hip. ... Full Story | Top |
| Ledecky's coach coy before 1,500 meters final Monday, Jul 29, 2013 07:36 PM PDT  BARCELONA (Reuters) - American teenager Katie Ledecky will be bidding for a second gold of the week and possibly a world record when she lines up in the 1,500 meters freestyle at the world championships in Barcelona on Tuesday. Champion over 800 meters at last year's London Olympics in the first major outing of her career, the 16-year-old became only the second woman after Italian world record holder Federica Pellegrini to break four minutes when she claimed the 400 meters freestyle title on Sunday. ... Full Story | Top |
| Athletics-Bolt, Fraser-Pryce to lead Jamaican team for worlds Monday, Jul 29, 2013 07:26 PM PDT By Kayon Raynor KINGSTON, July 29 (Reuters) - Olympic champions Usain Bolt and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce headline a Jamaican world athletics championships squad that will come under intense scrutiny in Moscow following several positive doping tests by some of the country's athletes. Five athletes, including Olympic gold medallists Asafa Powell and Sherone Simpson, tested positive for banned substances at the Caribbean island's national championships in June and face disciplinary hearings. All five have denied knowingly taking banned substances. ... Full Story | Top |
| Soccer-Under-fire Mexico coach De la Torre keeps job Monday, Jul 29, 2013 07:02 PM PDT MEXICO CITY, July 29 (Reuters) - Mexico coach Jose Manuel de la Torre, under fire after a run of poor results, clung on to his job on Monday and was charged with seeing his misfiring team through to next year's World Cup finals in Brazil. De la Torre, whose team failed to defend the CONCACAF Gold Cup in the United States, would have his position reviewed again after the qualifiers, Justino Compean, president of the Mexican Football Federation, told a news conference. ... Full Story | Top |
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