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| Asian Games organizers ask IOC to help bring North Korea to Incheon Monday, Mar 31, 2014 09:10 PM PDT South Korean organizers of this year's Asian Games in Incheon have asked the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for help in getting North Korea to take part in the multi-sports event. The news comes amid heightened tension on the Korean peninsula after the North fired more than 100 artillery rounds into South Korean waters as part of a drill on Monday, prompting the South to fire back. Asian Games organizers said in a statement that Kim Young-soo, president of the organizing committee, had made the request to IOC President Thomas Bach at a meeting in Kuwait on Monday. He also said he would attend the September 19 to October 4 Asian Games. Full Story | Top |
| Marlins' Opening Day bash gives fans reason to return Monday, Mar 31, 2014 08:58 PM PDT  By Steve Keating MIAMI (Reuters) - Miami finished with the worst record and lowest attendance in the National League last year but young ace Jose Fernandez gave jaded fans reason to return to the ball park on Monday, leading the Marlins to a 10-1 Opening Day rout of the Colorado Rockies. While the Major League Baseball season officially began last week in far away Australia, for Americans from New York to San Diego it was Monday that marked the true Opening Day and for the Marlins, the promise of another clean slate. "We got it all tonight," said an elated Marlins coach Mike Redmond. Full Story | Top |
| Tennis-Monterrey Open women's singles round 1 results Monday, Mar 31, 2014 08:31 PM PDT April 1 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Monterrey Open Women's Singles Round 1 matches on Monday Ayumi Morita (Japan) beat Monica Niculescu (Romania) 6-4 3-6 7-6(1) Kimiko Date-Krumm (Japan) beat 1-Flavia Pennetta (Italy) 7-5 6-2 Timea Babos (Hungary) beat Ximena Hermoso (Mexico) 6-1 6-2 Allie Kiick (U.S.) beat Tadeja Majeric (Slovenia) 6-4 6-3 Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic) beat Shahar Peer (Israel) 6-3 6-3 Kristina Mladenovic (France) beat Johanna Konta (Britain) 6-4 6-2 Jovana Jaksic (Serbia) beat 7-Karin Knapp (Italy) 6-3 6-4 Nicole Gibbs (U.S. ... Full Story | Top |
| PSG must go up to another level vs. Chelsea: Blanc Monday, Mar 31, 2014 08:13 PM PDT  By Julien Pretot PARIS (Reuters) - Paris St Germain must be ruthless in front of goal when they take on 2012 winners Chelsea in a Champions League quarter-final first leg on Wednesday, according to coach Laurent Blanc. The Ligue 1 champions-elect are on an eight-game winning streak in all competitions but the former France center back knows Chelsea, under Jose Mourinho, have the experience and defensive know-how to strangle any opposition. "We will have to be more efficient," said Blanc. "We know we need to be at another level," he added of the Parc des Princes clash. Full Story | Top |
| Real path to 'decima' blocked by Dortmund again Monday, Mar 31, 2014 08:08 PM PDT  By Tim Hanlon BARCELONA (Reuters) - As Real Madrid struggle to maintain their La Liga title bid, a greater emphasis has been placed on winning a 10th European crown and this week they face a Borussia Dortmund side who famously blocked their path last season. As each year passes, the desire for Real to claim a 10th European Cup, or 'decima', has become more of an obsession and president Florentino Perez has spent lavishly to try and make it a reality by bringing in top talent from around the world. They last won the Champions League back in 2002 and their hopes were raised once more last season when they reached the semi-finals only for underdogs Borussia Dortmund to conjure up a stunning upset. Real may be facing a Dortmund side which has been blighted by injuries all season but coach Jurgen Klopp believes they can pull off a another surprise at the Bernabeu. Full Story | Top |
| Work at Brazil's World Cup stadium halted after worker dies Monday, Mar 31, 2014 07:21 PM PDT  Brazilian authorities halted work at the temporary stands of the stadium that will host the opening match of this year's World Cup following the death of a worker, the company in charge of the construction said on Monday. The regional labor authority of Sao Paulo demanded that Fast Engenharia stop building to make a technical analysis of the project, the company said in a statement. Fast Engenharia said that after the analysis it will announce a new time frame for finishing the temporary stands. Fabio Hamilton da Cruz died on Saturday after falling 25 feet while installing floors on the stands, becoming the third construction worker to perish while working on the Arena Corinthians on the outskirts of Sao Paulo. Full Story | Top |
| Soccer-Real path to 'decima' blocked by Dortmund again Monday, Mar 31, 2014 07:00 PM PDT By Tim Hanlon BARCELONA, April 1 (Reuters) - As Real Madrid struggle to maintain their La Liga title bid, a greater emphasis has been placed on winning a 10th European crown and this week they face a Borussia Dortmund side who famously blocked their path last season. As each year passes, the desire for Real to claim a 10th European Cup, or 'decima', has become more of an obsession and president Florentino Perez has spent lavishly to try and make it a reality by bringing in top talent from around the world. They last won the Champions League back in 2002 and their hopes were raised once more last season when they reached the semi-finals only for underdogs Borussia Dortmund to conjure up a stunning upset. Real may be facing a Dortmund side which has been blighted by injuries all season but coach Jurgen Klopp believes they can pull off a another surprise at the Bernabeu. Full Story | Top |
| Soccer-PSG must go up to another level v Chelsea - Blanc Monday, Mar 31, 2014 07:00 PM PDT By Julien Pretot PARIS, April 1 (Reuters) - Paris St Germain must be ruthless in front of goal when they take on 2012 winners Chelsea in a Champions League quarter-final first leg on Wednesday, according to coach Laurent Blanc. The Ligue 1 champions-elect are on an eight-game winning streak in all competitions but the former France centre back knows Chelsea, under Jose Mourinho, have the experience and defensive know-how to strangle any opposition. "We will have to be more efficient," said Blanc. "We know we need to be at another level," he added of the Parc des Princes clash. Full Story | Top |
| China's underground resistance Monday, Mar 31, 2014 06:01 PM PDT TIANJIN, China, April 1, Reuters - "Come in and have a look." The welcoming sign on the gates of a ramshackle building with metal walls off a highway near this industrial city in northern China masks a grim reality: this is an underground Catholic church barely tolerated by Communist Party authorities. This underground Catholic church, which has no name, is a testament to the Roman Catholic Church's ability to survive as well - outside the control of the Communist Party. Perhaps this is to do with the change in (China's) leadership." He recalled the decade he spent at an underground seminary in Hebei province, where 10 seminarians used blankets to cover the windows so they could study in secret. About 20 priests from the underground Catholic church work in and around Tianjin, the capital of Hebei province, which surrounds Beijing and is a stronghold of Catholicism in China, he said. Full Story | Top |
| Boston exhibit to showcase relics of Marathon bombing aftermath Monday, Mar 31, 2014 05:41 PM PDT  By Scott Malone BOSTON (Reuters) - Archivists in Boston used to handling documents ranging from budget records to minutes of city council meetings, along with an occasional file dating to the city's 17th-century founding, have spent the last year processing thousands of sneakers, T-shirts and letters. These are the mementos left behind at an impromptu memorial built at the site of the 2013 bombing attack on the Boston Marathon, which killed three people and injured 264 at the race's crowded finish line. The memorial eventually moved to Copley Square, the site of the main branch of the Boston Public Library, and grew to thousands of items. On June 25 it was taken down on the order of then-Mayor Thomas Menino and handed over to city archivists to catalog. Full Story | Top |
| Boston's Sizemore looks like he never left the game Monday, Mar 31, 2014 05:04 PM PDT By Steve Ginsburg BALTIMORE (Reuters) - Major League Baseball's feel-good story of the spring extended into the regular season on Monday as Boston Red Sox center fielder Grady Sizemore had two hits, including his first home run since 2011. The Red Sox lost to the Baltimore Orioles 2-1 in the season opener for both teams but Sizemore's day made Boston's gamble to sign the three-time All-Star look pretty shrewd. "It felt good," said Sizemore, a once-dynamic power hitter who sat out the last two seasons with knee and back injuries. Opening Day is always fun." Sizemore singled in his first at-bat, and then his next time up, he lofted a fly ball that softly banged off the top of the wall in right-field before bouncing back onto the field. Full Story | Top |
| Reuters Sports Schedule at 0001 GMT on Tuesday, April 1 Monday, Mar 31, 2014 05:01 PM PDT Reuters sports schedule at 0001 GMT on Tuesday: - - - - BASEBALL Suprises on Opening Day NEW YORK - Opening Day unfolded across the United States on Monday with the promise of warmer days, the familiar scent of hot dogs sizzling on the grill and a batch of surprises in Major League Baseball's annual day of celebration (BASEBALL-OPENING/ moved, by Larry Fine, 400 words) - - Lester opens season for Red Sox at Baltimore Left-hander Jon Lester will be on the mound for the Boston Red Sox when the World Series champions open their season at the Baltimore Orioles in one of 13 games on the schedule ... Full Story | Top |
| Tennis-Family Circle Cup women's singles round 1 results Monday, Mar 31, 2014 04:31 PM PDT March 31 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Family Circle Cup Women's Singles Round 1 matches on Monday Grace Min (U.S.) beat Michelle Larcher de Brito (Portugal) 6-3 1-6 6-3 Elina Svitolina (Ukraine) beat Jarmila Gajdosova (Australia) 6-1 5-7 7-6(5) Jana Cepelova (Slovakia) beat Melanie Oudin (U.S.) 7-6(2) 6-2 Alla Kudryavtseva (Russia) beat Christina Mchale (U.S. ... Full Story | Top |
| Instant replays put straight to the test Monday, Mar 31, 2014 04:12 PM PDT  The opening day of the Major League Baseball season provided a glimpse into the sport's brave new world with the first use of expanded instant replays. The game's traditionalists may have been reeling in horror as modern technology was given a new role in America's favorite pastime but there were few grumbles when the managers put the new rules to the test on Monday. The new system, which allows managers to challenge on-field rulings from the umpires, was unanimously approved by MLB teams early this year after a series of highly-publicized blown calls in recent years, most notably when a mistake by Jim Joyce cost Detroit pitcher Armando Galarraga a perfect game in 2010. On Monday's opening day, the new system was put to the test. Full Story | Top |
| Play ball! Opening Day filled with early surprises Monday, Mar 31, 2014 03:52 PM PDT  By Larry Fine NEW YORK (Reuters) - Opening Day unfolded across the United States on Monday with the promise of warmer days, the familiar scent of hot dogs sizzling on the grill and a batch of surprises in Major League Baseball's annual day of celebration. Unlikely players gave New York Mets fans hope at chilly Citi Field before the Washington Nationals rescued a 9-7 win in 10 innings with the help of a career-high four runs batted in by number eight hitter Anthony Rendon, including a three-run blast in the 10th. The Detroit Tigers sent their fans home happy with a 4-3 win after a ninth-inning, walk-off RBI single by 37-year-old Alex Gonzalez, acquired last week following an injury to shortstop Jose Iglesias, off Kansas City Royals closer Greg Holland. Those were two early contests among 13 Opening Day games across the MLB landscape that signaled a belated end to a long, cold winter for many fans following the Los Angeles Dodgers' two-game sweep of the Arizona Diamondbacks to start the season 10 days ago in Sydney, Australia. Full Story | Top |
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