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| UPDATE 1-Baseball play-offs wild card play-offs result Tuesday, Oct 01, 2013 08:45 PM PDT Oct 2 (Infostrada Sports) - Result from the MLB Play-offs Wild Card Play-offs match between Pittsburgh and Cincinnati on Tuesday (home team in CAPS) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R PITTSBURGH 0 2 1 2 0 0 1 0 x 6 Cincinnati 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 Full Story | Top |
| Tennis-Japan Open men's singles results Tuesday, Oct 01, 2013 08:39 PM PDT Oct 2 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Japan Open Men's Singles matches on Wednesday Round 13-Milos Raonic (Canada) beat Go Soeda (Japan) 6-4 7-6(0) Full Story | Top |
| Pirates beat Reds to advance to Division Series Tuesday, Oct 01, 2013 08:38 PM PDT  (Reuters) - The Pittsburgh Pirates celebrated their long-awaited return to postseason play by beating the Cincinnati Reds 6-2 in their do-or-die National League wild card playoff game on Tuesday. Left-hander Francisco Liriano held the Reds to one run on four hits over seven innings and was backed by two home runs from catcher Russell Martin as a standing-room only crowd of more than 40,000 waved black hankies and roared their support at Pittsburgh's first playoff game in 21 years. ... Full Story | Top |
| Australian Open prizemoney upped to A$33 million Tuesday, Oct 01, 2013 08:36 PM PDT MELBOURNE (Reuters) - The Australian Open will hike total prizemoney 10 percent in 2014 to A$33 million ($30.97 million), organisers said on Wednesday, offsetting a depreciation in the local currency. Last year's total prize pool of A$30 million was worth about $31.2 million when men's champion Novak Djokovic and women's winner Victoria Azarenka sealed their winner's cheques of A$2.43 million. But the Australian dollar has since retreated by about 10 percent in U.S. dollar terms and was trading at just under 94 cents early on Wednesday. ... Full Story | Top |
| Baseball-Pirates beat Reds to advance to Division Series Tuesday, Oct 01, 2013 08:35 PM PDT Oct 1 (Reuters) - The Pittsburgh Pirates celebrated their long-awaited return to postseason play by beating the Cincinnati Reds 6-2 in their do-or-die National League wild card playoff game on Tuesday. Left-hander Francisco Liriano held the Reds to one run on four hits over seven innings and was backed by two home runs from catcher Russell Martin as a standing-room only crowd of more than 40,000 waved black hankies and roared their support at Pittsburgh's first playoff game in 21 years. ... Full Story | Top |
| Tennis-Australian Open prizemoney upped to A$33 million Tuesday, Oct 01, 2013 08:24 PM PDT MELBOURNE, Oct 2 (Reuters) - The Australian Open will hike total prizemoney 10 percent in 2014 to A$33 million ($30.97 million), organisers said on Wednesday, offsetting a depreciation in the local currency. Last year's total prize pool of A$30 million was worth about $31.2 million when men's champion Novak Djokovic and women's winner Victoria Azarenka sealed their winner's cheques of A$2.43 million. But the Australian dollar has since retreated by about 10 percent in U.S. dollar terms and was trading at just under 94 cents early on Wednesday. ... Full Story | Top |
| NHL results Tuesday, Oct 01, 2013 08:09 PM PDT Oct 2 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the NHL games on Tuesday (home team in CAPS) Toronto 4 MONTREAL 3 CHICAGO 6 Washington 4 Full Story | Top |
| World sports diary October 2 - October 29 Tuesday, Oct 01, 2013 08:00 PM PDT Oct 2 (Reuters) - World sports diary from October 2 -October 29. - - - - WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2 SOCCER Champions league group stage fixtures Dutch Championship GYMNASTICS World Championships, Antwerp (to Oct. ... Full Story | Top |
| America's Cup 'vultures' already circling Team NZ: Dalton Tuesday, Oct 01, 2013 07:25 PM PDT WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Team New Zealand's design and sailing team are under siege from rival challengers keen to snap up their expertise before the next America's Cup, syndicate head Grant Dalton has said. Team New Zealand (TNZ) were beaten by defenders Oracle Team USA, backed by software billionaire Larry Ellison, in a winner-takes-all final race on San Francisco Bay last week and the future of the syndicate has come under scrutiny. TNZ's campaign, put in excess of NZ$120 million ($99. ... Full Story | Top |
| Sailing-America's Cup 'vultures' already circling Team NZ - Dalton Tuesday, Oct 01, 2013 07:17 PM PDT WELLINGTON, Oct 2 (Reuters) - Team New Zealand's design and sailing team are under siege from rival challengers keen to snap up their expertise before the next America's Cup, syndicate head Grant Dalton has said. Team New Zealand (TNZ) were beaten by defenders Oracle Team USA, backed by software billionaire Larry Ellison, in a winner-takes-all final race on San Francisco Bay last week and the future of the syndicate has come under scrutiny. TNZ's campaign, put in excess of NZ$120 million ($99. ... Full Story | Top |
| Soccer-Brazilian championship results and standings Tuesday, Oct 01, 2013 05:24 PM PDT Oct 2 (Infostrada Sports) - Results and standings from the Brazilian championship matches on Tuesday Tuesday, October 1Ponte Preta 1 Nautico 2 Standings P W D L F A Pts 1 Cruzeiro 24 16 5 3 50 20 53 2 Gremio 24 12 6 6 30 21 42 3 Botafogo 24 12 6 6 36 28 42 4 Atletico Paranaense 24 11 8 5 43 33 41 -------------------------5 Atletico Mineiro 24 9 8 7 28 26 35 6 Vitoria 24 9 7 8 34 34 34 7 Internacional 24 8 10 6 36 34 34 8 Fluminense 24 9 6 9 30 31 33 9 Santos 24 8 9 7 29 25 33 10 Goias 24 8 9 7 26 29 33 11 Esporte Clube Bahia 24 8 8 8 26 29 32 12 Portuguesa 24 8 7 9 37 34 31 ... Full Story | Top |
| NFL-National Football League roundup Tuesday, Oct 01, 2013 05:11 PM PDT Oct 1 (The Sports Xchange) - The Tampa Bay Buccaneers face scrutiny from the NFL Players Association on two fronts. DeMaurice Smith, executive director of the NFLPA, said the union plans to join with the NFL in an investigation of the leak that led to the public learning about Buccaneers quarterback Josh Freeman's inclusion in the NFL's substance-abuse program. The union also filed a grievance Tuesday against the Buccaneers relating to kicker Lawrence Tynes, who was sidelined for the season after a staph infection in August. ... Full Story | Top |
| Reuters Sports Schedule at 0001 GMT on Wednesday, October 2 Tuesday, Oct 01, 2013 05:00 PM PDT Reuters sports schedule at 0001 GMT on Wednesday: - - - - SOCCER Champions League Amazing Ozil lifts Arsenal, Barca edge Celtic LONDON - Mesut Ozil showed his playmaking pedigree to orchestrate Arsenal's 2-0 victory over Napoli while a late Cesc Fabregas header gave Barcelona a hard-fought 1-0 win at 10-man Celtic in the Champions League. ... Full Story | Top |
| USOC backs gay rights but won't lead charge for change Tuesday, Oct 01, 2013 04:58 PM PDT  By Steve Keating PARK CITY, Utah (Reuters) - U.S. Olympic officials said on Tuesday they support amending the Olympic Charter to boost support for gay athletes but cautioned that its main role is as a sports body and not a human rights organization. A Russian law that forbids the dissemination of information on homosexuality to minors has been the hot topic at this week's United States Olympic Committee media summit with nearly all the 113 athletes in attendance asked for their thoughts. ... Full Story | Top |
| Baseball-Major League Baseball roundup Tuesday, Oct 01, 2013 04:53 PM PDT Oct 1 (The Sports Xchange) - The managerial news Tuesday all swung in favor of incumbents. The Kansas City Royals signed manager Ned Yost to a two-year contract extension through the 2015 season. The New York Yankees announced that they want to retain manager Joe Girardi, and a report indicated the Texas Rangers will bring back manager Ron Washington. - - Speedy outfielder Billy Hamilton was added to the Cincinnati Reds' roster for Tuesday night's National League wild-card game against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Hamilton was included on the Reds' 25-man roster that was set Tuesday morning. ... Full Story | Top |
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