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| Tennis-Li, Pennetta and Dolgopolov make Indian Wells semis Thursday, Mar 13, 2014 06:45 PM PDT (Updates with Pennetta winning, adds quotes) March 13 (Reuters) - China's Li Na won her rematch with Slovakia's Dominika Cibulkova in the quarter-finals of the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells on Thursday. In her first meeting with Cibulkova since the Australian Open final in January, Li once again proved too strong for her younger opponent, winning 6-3 4-6 6-3 in a little over two and a half hours. Li next meets Flavia Pennetta in Friday's semi-finals after the Italian beat American Sloane Stephens 6-4 5-7 6-4 in a seesawing match. Ukrainian giantkiller Alexandr Dolgopolov continued his fairytale run in the Californian desert, blunting the booming serve of Canadian Milos Raonic to book his place in the last four of the men's event. Full Story | Top |
| Injured Azarenka withdraws from Miami Thursday, Mar 13, 2014 06:27 PM PDT  (Reuters) - Victoria Azarenka announced on Thursday she is withdrawing from next week's Sony Open in Miami because of a foot injury. She won the title in 2009, beating Serena Williams in the final, then again in 2011 when she defeated Maria Sharapova. Full Story | Top |
| UPDATE 1-Tennis-Indian Wells women's singles quarterfinals results Thursday, Mar 13, 2014 06:23 PM PDT March 14 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Indian Wells Women's Singles Quarterfinals matches on Thursday 20-Flavia Pennetta (Italy) beat 17-Sloane Stephens (U.S.) 6-4 5-7 6-4 1-Li Na (China) beat 12-Dominika Cibulkova (Slovakia) 6-3 4-6 6-3 Full Story | Top |
| New Zealander Lee in four-way tie for Tampa lead Thursday, Mar 13, 2014 05:44 PM PDT (Reuters) - New Zealander Danny Lee continued his recent resurgence to claim a share of a four-way tie for the lead after the first round of a windswept $5.7 million Tampa Bay Championship on Thursday. Lee, fresh off a runner-up finish in Puerto Rico last Sunday that earned him a spot in the event this week, picked up where he left off in the Caribbean to join Americans Matt Avery and Pat Perez, and Australian Greg Chalmers, on three-under-par 68 on the Copperhead course at Innisbrook in Palm Harbor. Full Story | Top |
| Golf-New Zealander Lee in four-way tie for Tampa lead Thursday, Mar 13, 2014 05:42 PM PDT New Zealander Danny Lee continued his recent resurgence to claim a share of a four-way tie for the lead after the first round of a windswept $5.7 million Tampa Bay Championship on Thursday. Lee, fresh off a runner-up finish in Puerto Rico last Sunday that earned him a spot in the event this week, picked up where he left off in the Caribbean to join Americans Matt Avery and Pat Perez, and Australian Greg Chalmers, on three-under-par 68 on the Copperhead course at Innisbrook in Palm Harbor. Full Story | Top |
| Ex-Fiesta Bowl chief gets eight months for illegal U.S. campaign donations Thursday, Mar 13, 2014 05:36 PM PDT By David Schwartz PHOENIX (Reuters) - The former chief of U.S. college football's Fiesta Bowl was sentenced to eight months in prison on Thursday for leading a scheme to illegally funnel roughly $50,000 from bowl employees to political campaigns. John Junker, 58, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge David Campbell following a guilty plea two years ago to a felony conspiracy charge stemming from the scheme in which employees contributed to the campaigns and were later reimbursed. Junker was the public face of the bowl game for two decades before being fired three years ago following a scandal that rocked the state and threatened the bowl's place in college football. Junker was ordered to report to federal prison on June 13. Full Story | Top |
| Lakers' Nash shut down for season: report Thursday, Mar 13, 2014 05:21 PM PDT  (Reuters) - Los Angeles Lakers point guard Steve Nash has been officially ruled out for the rest of the season, according to a report on the National Basketball Association's website on Thursday. The two-time NBA Most Valuable Player played in 10 of the struggling Lakers' 64 games this season because of a nerve problem in his back. Lakers coach Mike D'Antoni closed the door on any chance of the 40-year-old Canadian returning for the last 18 games of what has been a disappointing season for the storied franchise. "He's not going to play," said D'Antoni, whose Lakers are in second-last place in the 15-team Western Conference with a 22-42 record. Full Story | Top |
| Golf-U.S. PGA Tour Tampa Bay Championship scores Thursday, Mar 13, 2014 05:14 PM PDT March 14 (Infostrada Sports) - Scores from the U.S. PGA Tour Tampa Bay Championship at the par-71 course on Thursday in Palm Harbor, Florida 68 Matt Every (U.S.) 68 Pat Perez (U.S.) 68 Greg Chalmers (Australia) 68 Danny Lee (New Zealand) 68 69 Matteo Manassero (Italy) 69 James Hahn (U.S.) 69 Nicolas Colsaerts (Belgium) 69 Bill Haas (U.S.) 69 Tommy Gainey (U.S.) 69 Michael Putnam (U.S.) 69 Robert Garrigus (U.S.) 69 70 Russell Knox (Britain) 70 Ben Crane (U.S.) 70 Kevin Na (U.S.) 70 Rory Sabbatini (South Africa) 70 Charley Hoffman (U.S.) 70 Brendon Todd (U.S.) 70 Ricky Barnes (U.S. ... Full Story | Top |
| Li and Dolgopolov through to semis at Indian Wells Thursday, Mar 13, 2014 04:14 PM PDT  (Reuters) - China's Li Na won her rematch with Slovakia's Dominika Cibulkova in the quarter-finals of the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells, California on Thursday. Ukrainian giantkiller Alexandr Dolgopolov also continued his fairytale run in the desert, blunting the booming serve of Canadian Milos Raonic to book his place in the last four of the men's event. Li next meets American Sloane Stephens or Flavia Pennetta of Italy. The Chinese, the top seed in the absence of world number one Serena Williams, has struggled with her serve all week and committed eight double faults against Cilbukova, four in the opening set and four more in the third when the pressure was on. Full Story | Top |
| Tennis-Li and Dolgopolov through to semis at Indian Wells Thursday, Mar 13, 2014 04:12 PM PDT (Adds Dolgopolov win) March 13 (Reuters) - China's Li Na won her rematch with Slovakia's Dominika Cibulkova in the quarter-finals of the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells, California on Thursday. Ukrainian giantkiller Alexandr Dolgopolov also continued his fairytale run in the desert, blunting the booming serve of Canadian Milos Raonic to book his place in the last four of the men's event. In a tournament that has been packed with surprises and high-profile casualties, the 32-year-old Li has been a model of consistency, ferociously battling through each round. Li next meets American Sloane Stephens or Flavia Pennetta of Italy. Full Story | Top |
| Soccer-UEFA Europa League last 16 summaries Thursday, Mar 13, 2014 04:04 PM PDT March 13 (Infostrada Sports) - Summaries from the UEFA Europa League Last 16 first leg matches on Thursday AZ Alkmaar 1 Aron Johannsson 29pen Anzhi Makhachkala 0 Halftime: 1-0; Attendance: 9,653- - -Olympique Lyon 4 Gueida Fofana 12,70, Alexandre Lacazette 53, Arnold Mvuemba 61 Viktoria Plzen 1 Tomas Horava 2 Halftime: 1-1; Attendance: 28,248- - -Sevilla 0 Real Betis 2 Leo Baptistao 15, Salva Sevilla 77 Halftime: 0-1; Attendance: 45,000- - -Tottenham Hotspur 1 Christian Eriksen 64 Benfica 3 Rodrigo 29, Luisao 58,83 Halftime: 0-1; Attendance: 34,283- - -Juventus 1 Arturo Vidal 3 Fiorentina 1 ... Full Story | Top |
| Soccer-Fiorentina hold Juve while Benfica sink Spurs Thursday, Mar 13, 2014 04:01 PM PDT * Juventus and Fiorentina draw 1-1 in Europa League * Benfica beat Tottenham Hotspur 3-1 (Adds details, quotes) By Toby Davis LONDON, March 13 (Reuters) - Mario Gomez dusted off his shooting boots to put Fiorentina in the driving seat with a 1-1 Europa League draw at Juventus while Benfica were too good for Tottenham Hotspur, winning their last-16 first leg 3-1 away on Thursday. Germany striker Gomez had not scored since returning in February after five months out with a knee injury but tilted the tie in his team's favour with a 79th-minute strike while Real Betis tore up the form book to win 2-0 at local rivals Sevilla. Full Story | Top |
| Comcast deal may offer media companies leverage on fees Thursday, Mar 13, 2014 03:54 PM PDT  By Ronald Grover and Liana B. Baker LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Media companies plan to press Comcast Corp for higher fees in the coming year, seeing an opportunity to squeeze better terms from the U.S. cable company as regulators review its planned takeover of Time Warner Cable Inc. Comcast and Time Warner Cable paid nearly $14 billion to content companies last year for rights to distribute their films, television shows and sporting events. Broadcasters and cable television networks have "assignment clauses" in their contracts with Time Warner Cable that require the networks to sign off before Comcast can merge the two cable operators' agreements, according to people who have negotiated agreements in the past. Media executives say most programmers will push for higher rates in return for expanding their deals to cover digital distribution of their content. "Media companies selling programming can be expected to leverage the policy and politics surrounding the proposed Comcast-Time Warner Cable merger to extract sizeable and unusual concessions," said Jimmy Schaeffler, chairman of pay TV consultant firm The Carmel Group. Full Story | Top |
| Temporary facilities pose World Cup headache for FIFA Thursday, Mar 13, 2014 03:34 PM PDT  An unpaved area of 140,000 square meters around the Porto Alegre stadium is among FIFA's biggest headaches with three months to go until the World Cup in Brazil, secretary general Jerome Valcke said on Thursday. "The biggest challenge is to have all these temporary facilities, which are subject to a lot of discussion in Brazil, in place," Valcke said in a FIFA video. "Outside the stadium of Porto Alegre there is no pavement (paving) and we cannot put in place the television compound and all the different zones without any pavement." "We are not talking about just the pavement you walk on. Brazil's preparations have been plagued by delays and controversies and five of the 12 arenas missed the December 31 completion deadline originally set by FIFA. Full Story | Top |
| Tennis-Indian Wells men's singles quarterfinals results Thursday, Mar 13, 2014 03:28 PM PDT March 13 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Indian Wells Men's Singles Quarterfinals matches on Thursday 28-Alexandr Dolgopolov (Ukraine) beat 10-Milos Raonic (Canada) 6-3 6-4 Full Story | Top |
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