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| Baseball-Rays win wild card playoff, advance to Division Series Wednesday, Oct 02, 2013 09:03 PM PDT Oct 2 (Reuters) - The visiting Tampa Bay Rays shut out the Cleveland Indians 4-0 in their wild card one-game playoff on Wednesday to advance to the American League Division Series against the top-seeded Boston Red Sox. Rays starting pitcher Alex Cobb, 11-3 during the season, masterfully mixed a big curveball with his precision fastball and was supported by a home run from designated hitter Delmon Young and a two-run double by center-fielder Desmond Jennings. ... Full Story | Top |
| Baseball play-offs wild card play-offs result Wednesday, Oct 02, 2013 08:59 PM PDT Oct 3 (Infostrada Sports) - Result from the MLB Play-offs Wild Card Play-offs match between Cleveland and Tampa Bay on Wednesday (home team in CAPS) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R CLEVELAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tampa Bay 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 4 Full Story | Top |
| Tennis-Japan Open men's singles round 2 results Wednesday, Oct 02, 2013 08:46 PM PDT Oct 3 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Japan Open Men's Singles Round 2 matches on Thursday Lukas Lacko (Slovakia) beat Edouard Roger-Vasselin (France) 7-5 6-4 Full Story | Top |
| Rugby-O'Connor's career in limbo after contract release Wednesday, Oct 02, 2013 08:17 PM PDT * Talented player released by ARU * Former team tell him to consider playing future (Recasts, adds details, quotes) Oct 3 (Reuters) - James O'Connor's playing future was left in tatters on Thursday after the controversial utility back was released from his Australian Rugby Union (ARU) contract with immediate effect and then told by the Western Force to take a break from the sport. ... Full Story | Top |
| NHL-Highlights from Wednesday's NHL games Wednesday, Oct 02, 2013 08:06 PM PDT Oct 2 (The Sports Xchange) - Highlights from Wednesday's NHL games - - Red Wings 2, Sabres 1 Mikael Samuelsson and Pavel Datsyuk scored, Jimmy Howard made 19 saves and the Detroit Red Wings held off the Buffalo Sabres in their Eastern Conference debut against one of their Atlantic Division rivals. Red Wings' free agent acquisitions, Daniel Alfredsson and Stephen Weiss also played their first regular-season game with their new team. ... Full Story | Top |
| Jamaica's Campbell-Brown escapes ban for positive dope test Wednesday, Oct 02, 2013 07:54 PM PDT  By Kayon Raynor KINGSTON (Reuters) - Jamaica's twice 200 metres Olympic champion Veronica Campbell-Brown has escaped with a public warning by the Jamaica Athletics Administration Association for her use of a banned substance. Campbell-Brown was provisionally suspended in June after she failed a test for a banned diuretic at an athletics meeting in May and faced a three-member disciplinary panel last month. The JAAA announced their decision on Wednesday. "The disciplinary committee has issued a ruling that Veronica Campbell-Brown has committed an anti-doping violation, contrary to IAAF Rule 32. ... Full Story | Top |
| Soccer-Brazilian championship results and standings Wednesday, Oct 02, 2013 07:48 PM PDT Oct 3 (Infostrada Sports) - Results and standings from the Brazilian championship matches on Wednesday Wednesday, October 2Corinthians 2 Esporte Clube Bahia 0 Coritiba 0 Flamengo 2 Cruzeiro 4 Portuguesa 0 Fluminense 1 Botafogo 1 Gremio 1 Atletico Paranaense 0 Santos 3 Sao Paulo 0 Vitoria 2 Goias 1 Tuesday, October 1Ponte Preta 1 Nautico 2 Standings P W D L F A Pts 1 Cruzeiro 25 17 5 3 54 20 56 2 Gremio 25 13 6 6 31 21 45 3 Botafogo 25 12 7 6 37 29 43 4 Atletico Paranaense 25 11 8 6 43 34 41 -------------------------5 Vitoria 25 10 7 8 36 35 37 6 Santos 25 9 9 7 32 25 36 7 Atletico Mineiro 24 9 ... Full Story | Top |
| NHL results Wednesday, Oct 02, 2013 07:38 PM PDT Oct 3 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the NHL games on Wednesday (home team in CAPS) Toronto 3 PHILADELPHIA 1 DETROIT 2 Buffalo 1 Full Story | Top |
| Athletics-Jamaica's Campbell-Brown escapes ban for positive dope test Wednesday, Oct 02, 2013 07:36 PM PDT By Kayon Raynor KINGSTON, Oct 2 (Reuters) - Jamaica's twice 200 metres Olympic champion Veronica Campbell-Brown has escaped with a public warning by the Jamaica Athletics Administration Association for her use of a banned substance. Campbell-Brown was provisionally suspended in June after she failed a test for a banned diuretic at an athletics meeting in May and faced a three-member disciplinary panel last month. The JAAA announced their decision on Wednesday. ... Full Story | Top |
| Soccer-No panic for Moyes at Manchester United Wednesday, Oct 02, 2013 07:00 PM PDT LONDON, Oct 3 (Reuters) - Two wins in six Premier League games have left anxious Manchester United fans wondering if manager David Moyes is up to the job although the man himself is refusing to push the panic button. The English champions have endured their worst start to the season since 1989 and are in the bottom half of the table in 12th with seven points after back-to-back league defeats against Manchester City and, more surprisingly, West Bromwich Albion. "I have been in situations very similar to this at my old clubs Everton and also at Preston. ... Full Story | Top |
| Navy-Air Force game to go ahead, despite shutdown -official says Wednesday, Oct 02, 2013 06:58 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Navy-Air Force football game will go ahead this Saturday despite the government shutdown, since the military academy game will be paid for without using any funds appropriated by Congress, a Pentagon spokesman said on Wednesday. The same goes for an Army football game this weekend against Boston College, the spokesman said. Future games will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis. ... Full Story | Top |
| Motor racing-Bianchi to stay with Marussia in 2014 Wednesday, Oct 02, 2013 06:50 PM PDT YEONGAM, South Korea, Oct 3 (Reuters) - French driver Jules Bianchi will remain with Marussia next season, the Russian-licensed Formula One team said on Thursday. The highly-regarded 23-year-old, who is part of the Ferrari young driver academy, is currently in his rookie season with Marussia. Marussia will have Ferrari engines next year, when the rules go through major changes and a new V6 turbocharged unit is introduced. ... Full Story | Top |
| Rugby--Australia release wayward O'Connor from contract Wednesday, Oct 02, 2013 05:40 PM PDT Oct 3 (Reuters) - Controversial utility back James O'Connor has been released from his Australian Rugby Union (ARU) contract with immediate effect, the national governing body said on Thursday. O'Connor, who had been stood down by Wallabies coach Ewen McKenzie for the final two matches of the southern hemisphere's Rugby Championship after another investigation into off-field behavioural issues, had agreed to the decision, the ARU said. ... Full Story | Top |
| Reuters Sports Schedule at 0001 GMT on Thursday, October 3 Wednesday, Oct 02, 2013 05:01 PM PDT Reuters sports schedule at 0001 GMT on Thursday: - - - - BASEBALL Indians host Rays in do-or-die playoff The Cleveland Indians host the Tampa Bay Rays in a do-or-die wildcard playoff to determine who advances to the best-of-five American League Division Series against the Boston Red Sox. (BASEBALL-WILDCARD/ (PIX), expect by 0345 GMT/11:45 PM ET, 400 words) - - - - NHL Sabres open season on road against Red Wings Highlights of Wednesday's regular season National Hockey League games. ... Full Story | Top |
| Cricket-Pakistan spinner Ajmal forced to apologise to coach Wednesday, Oct 02, 2013 04:38 PM PDT LAHORE, Oct 3 (Reuters) - Pakistan spinner Saeed Ajmal has had to apologise to the national team's coach Dav Whatmore over seemingly innocuous remarks the player made in a television interview about having a foreign-born coach. "There is no difference, just that we are paying more to him, otherwise there is no difference," Ajmal told Pakistan's Geo Super channel when asked about the influence of having a foreign coach. ... Full Story | Top |
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