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| Leafs beat Bruins but playoff hopes remain dim Thursday, Apr 03, 2014 08:53 PM PDT  By Steve Keating TORONTO (Reuters) - Nazem Kadri scored in overtime to lift Toronto to a 4-3 win over Eastern Conference leaders Boston on Thursday, but the Leafs' playoff hopes remain dim despite the victory. Toronto entered the game a point behind Columbus for the Eastern Conference's second wild-card spot and the gap remained at the end of the night after the Blue Jackets shut out the Philadelphia Flyers 2-0. Full Story | Top |
| China's Feng leads at Kraft Nabisco as Wie starts well Thursday, Apr 03, 2014 08:46 PM PDT  (Reuters) - Shanshan Feng picked the brain of a wily veteran en route to grabbing the first round lead at the Kraft Nabisco Championship, the first major of the women's golf season, on Thursday. Feng, China's first winner on the LPGA Tour, carded a six-under-par 66 to head American Michelle Wie and South Korean Pak Se-ri by one stroke. Teenage amateur Angel Yin and South Korean Amy Yang are two strokes behind after a day of low scoring in ideal conditions at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California. Feng played her opening round with three-time Kraft Nabisco Championship winner Amy Alcott and was not afraid to ask the 58-year-old for advice on how to navigate the course. Full Story | Top |
| Mickelson shrugs off injury concern before Masters Thursday, Apr 03, 2014 08:45 PM PDT (Reuters) - Phil Mickelson dispelled any lingering doubts about his health ahead of the Masters when he carded an impressive four-under-par 68 in the opening round of the Houston Open on Thursday. A week before the start of the year's first major, Mickelson recorded four birdies during a bogey-free round to end the day three strokes behind American leaders Bill Haas and Charley Hoffman in ideal scoring conditions at the Golf Club of Houston. Mickelson, a perennial contender at Augusta National, withdrew from last week's Texas Open during the third round with a pulled abdominal muscle. It was merely a precautionary decision, because the three-times Masters champion was at Augusta National early this week for a practice round on his way to Houston. Full Story | Top |
| Penguins clinch Metropolitan after Flyers lose Thursday, Apr 03, 2014 08:43 PM PDT  (Reuters) - The Pittsburgh Penguins wrapped up the National Hockey League's first Metropolitan Division title on Thursday after rivals Philadelphia lost 2-0 to the Columbus Blue Jackets. The Penguins, who beat Winnipeg 4-2 later on Thursday, will take on a wildcard team to open the playoffs. It is the eighth division title for the Penguins, who also have three Stanley Cups, the last one coming in 2008-09. Pittsburgh still have a slight chance at claiming the No. 1 seed in the Eastern Conference after Boston failed to clinch it on Thursday with a 4-3 overtime loss to Toronto. ... Full Story | Top |
| Tennis-Monterrey Open women's singles round 2 results Thursday, Apr 03, 2014 08:36 PM PDT April 4 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Monterrey Open Women's Singles Round 2 matches on Thursday 6-Magdalena Rybarikova (Slovakia) beat Ayumi Morita (Japan) 6-4 (Morita retired) 2-Ana Ivanovic (Serbia) beat Aleksandra Wozniak (Canada) 6-4 6-2 8-Monica Puig (Puerto Rico) beat Nicole Gibbs (U.S.) 6-4 6-2 Julia Boserup (U.S.) beat Allie Kiick (U.S.) 2-6 6-2 6-1 Full Story | Top |
| Golf-China's Feng leads at Kraft Nabisco as Wie starts well Thursday, Apr 03, 2014 06:57 PM PDT (Updates at end of round) April 3 (Reuters) - Shanshan Feng picked the brain of a wily veteran en route to grabbing the first round lead at the Kraft Nabisco Championship, the first major of the women's golf season, on Thursday. Feng, China's first winner on the LPGA Tour, carded a six-under-par 66 to head American Michelle Wie and South Korean Pak Se-ri by one stroke. Teenage amateur Angel Yin and South Korean Amy Yang are two strokes behind after a day of low scoring in ideal conditions at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California. Feng played her opening round with three-time Kraft Nabisco Championship winner Amy Alcott and was not afraid to ask the 58-year-old for advice on how to navigate the course. Full Story | Top |
| Tennis-Family Circle Cup women's singles round 3 results Thursday, Apr 03, 2014 06:18 PM PDT April 4 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Family Circle Cup Women's Singles Round 3 matches on Thursday 9-Lucie Safarova (Czech Republic) beat 7-Samantha Stosur (Australia) 3-6 6-4 6-4 2-Jelena Jankovic (Serbia) beat Ajla Tomljanovic (Croatia) 7-5 6-1 Belinda Bencic (Switzerland) beat Elina Svitolina (Ukraine) 6-7(4) 6-4 6-1 14-Andrea Petkovic (Germany) beat 4-Sabine Lisicki (Germany) 6-1 6-0 6-Eugenie Bouchard (Canada) beat 11-Venus Williams (U.S. ... Full Story | Top |
| Skydiver dies during record group-jump try in Arizona Thursday, Apr 03, 2014 06:03 PM PDT By David Schwartz PHOENIX (Reuters) - A German skydiver who was among 222 people trying to set a world record with a group-formation jump was killed on Thursday in the Arizona desert when her main parachute malfunctioned, police and a spokeswoman for the skydiving facility said. The skydiver, identified by police as 46-year-old Diana Paris of Berlin, was taking part in a first attempt to set the record on Thursday morning when the mishap occurred, organizers said. "The malfunctioning parachute was released too low to allow the reserve parachute to fully open," said Jocelyn Bernatchez, a spokeswoman for SkyDive Arizona, the facility about 65 miles south of Phoenix in Eloy where the event took place. The team of 222 veteran skydivers from 28 countries had come to the popular U.S. facility to try to break a record for the largest number of people to complete two aerial formations before deploying their parachutes. Full Story | Top |
| Golf-U.S. PGA Tour Houston Open scores Thursday, Apr 03, 2014 05:25 PM PDT April 4 (Infostrada Sports) - Scores from the U.S. PGA Tour Houston Open at the par-72 course on Thursday in Humble, Texas 65 Bill Haas (U.S.) 65 Charley Hoffman (U.S.) 65 66 Jim Renner (U.S.) 66 Erik Compton (U.S.) 66 Keegan Bradley (U.S.) 66 Matt Kuchar (U.S.) 66 J.B. Holmes (U.S.) 66 67 Ben Curtis (U.S.) 67 Michael Thompson (U.S.) 67 Camilo Villegas (Colombia) 67 Stewart Cink (U.S.) 67 Justin Hicks (U.S.) 67 Sergio Garcia (Spain) 67 Charl Schwartzel (South Africa) 67 Shawn Stefani (U.S.) 67 Jason Gore (U.S.) 67 Jhonattan Vegas (Venezuela) 67 68 Davis Love III (U.S.) 68 Martin Flores (U.S. ... Full Story | Top |
| Reuters Sports Schedule at 0001 GMT on Friday, April 4 Thursday, Apr 03, 2014 05:01 PM PDT Reuters sports schedule at 0001 GMT on Friday: - - - - GOLF 2014 Masters preview package We look ahead to next week's Masters with an eight-part package consisting of an overall preview, features on defending champion Adam Scott, 2012 winner Bubba Watson and former world number one Rory McIlroy plus a hole-by-hole look at the Augusta National course, a factbox on the tournament, a list of former champions and statistical records from the opening major championship of the season. ... Full Story | Top |
| China's Feng grabs early lead at Kraft Nabisco Thursday, Apr 03, 2014 04:47 PM PDT (Reuters) - Shanshan Feng picked the brain of a wily veteran en route to grabbing the clubhouse lead at the Kraft Nabisco Championship, the first major of the women's golf season, on Thursday. Feng, China's first winner on the LPGA Tour, carded seven birdies and one bogey for a six-under 66 to head teenage amateur Angel Yin by two strokes with half the field in the clubhouse at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California. Feng played her opening round with three-time Kraft Nabisco Championship winner Amy Alcott and was not afraid to ask the 58-year-old for advice on how to navigate the course. I was really focusing on my game but at the same time watching how she deals with the tough shots." Feng has three LPGA Tour victories, including a major title, the 2012 LPGA Championship. Full Story | Top |
| Northwestern quarterback says 'confident' of unionization vote Thursday, Apr 03, 2014 03:29 PM PDT By Amanda Becker WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Northwestern University quarterback who is behind a push to unionize the school's football team said on Thursday he is "very confident" that his teammates will vote on April 25 to join the College Athletes Players Association (CAPA). Kain Colter, a senior at Northwestern, appeared on a panel and took questions in Washington, D.C., along with CAPA co-founder Ramogi Huma, a former University of California-Los Angeles football player who now advocates for student athletes. ... Full Story | Top |
| Soccer-Bonucci is a Europa League Lyon tamer for Juve Thursday, Apr 03, 2014 03:22 PM PDT * Juventus snatch late winner against Lyon * Porto and Benfica both win first legs 1-0 * Basel comfortably defeat Valencia 3-0 (Adds details, quotes) By Toby Davis LONDON, April 3 (Reuters) - Juventus left it late before putting a foot in the Europa League semi-finals on Thursday, edging a stubborn Olympique Lyon 1-0 with a goal from Leonardo Bonucci as Basel, Porto and Benfica also grabbed first-leg wins. ... Full Story | Top |
| Soccer-Argentine championship final results and standings Thursday, Apr 03, 2014 02:54 PM PDT April 3 (Infostrada Sports) - Results and standings from the Argentine championship Final matches on Thursday Thursday, April 3 Gimnasia-La Plata 3 Tigre 1 Wednesday, April 2 River Plate 1 Newell's Old Boys 0 Colon (Santa Fe) 1 All Boys 0 Godoy Cruz 1 Lanus 0 Rosario Central 2 Boca Juniors 1 Tuesday, April 1 Argentinos Juniors 0 Atletico Rafaela 0 Racing Club 3 Estudiantes 3 Olimpo 1 Velez Sarsfield 2 Quilmes 1 Atletico Belgrano 0 Standings P W D L F A Pts 1 Colon (Santa Fe) 11 6 3 2 10 6 21 -------------------------2 Velez Sarsfield 11 6 2 3 22 15 20 3 River Plate 11 6 2 3 13 10 20 4 Godoy ... Full Story | Top |
| Soccer-UEFA Europa League quarterfinal summaries Thursday, Apr 03, 2014 02:38 PM PDT April 3 (Infostrada Sports) - Summaries from the UEFA Europa League Quarterfinal first leg matches on Thursday AZ Alkmaar 0 Benfica 1 Eduardo Salvio 48 Halftime: 0-0; Attendance: 16,906- - -Olympique Lyon 0 Juventus 1 Leonardo Bonucci 85 Halftime: 0-0; Attendance: 37,084- - -Basel 3 Matias Delgado 34,38, Valentin Stocker 90+1 Valencia 0 Halftime: 2-0; Attendance: 350- - -Porto 1 Eliaquim Mangala 31 Red Card: Fernando 86Sevilla 0 Halftime: 1-0; Attendance: 31,122- - - Full Story | Top |
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