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Webber wins Brazilian Grand Prix
Sun,27 Nov 2011 10:48 PM PST
Reuters - SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Mark Webber led a Red Bull one-two in the Brazilian Grand Prix on Sunday to celebrate his first victory of the year in the last race of the Formula One season. The Australian, second on the starting grid, passed world champion Sebastian Vettel for the lead after 30 of the 71 laps when his team mate was apparently wrestling with a gearbox problem. German Vettel, who wrapped up his second title last month with four races to spare, finished second -- 16.9 seconds behind -- and ahead of McLaren's Jenson Button. ... Full Story | Top |
Liverpool hold City as football mourns Speed
Sun,27 Nov 2011 10:42 PM PST
Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - Liverpool put the brakes on Manchester City's title challenge by holding the Premier League leaders to a 1-1 draw on Sunday when the death of Wales manager Gary Speed overshadowed everything that happened on the field. Speed, 42, was found hanged at his home after apparently committing suicide. Earlier, Welsh side Swansea City drew 0-0 with Aston Villa with fans bursting into spontaneous applause during a minute's silence in his honour. ... Full Story | Top |
Hamilton gives Massa a hug to end feud
Sun,27 Nov 2011 10:41 PM PST
Reuters - SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Lewis Hamilton ended a long-running Formula One feud with Felipe Massa on Sunday by walking up to the Ferrari driver after the Brazilian Grand Prix and giving him a hug. "It's been a long hard year for all the drivers, and I hope they all have a good winter," McLaren's 2008 world champion, who retired from the race at Interlagos with a gearbox failure, told reporters. "It was good to have a nice chat with Felipe after the race. I have great respect for him and I'm already looking forward to racing him again next year. ... Full Story | Top |
Centurion Ibrahimovic inspires Milan rout
Sun,27 Nov 2011 10:39 PM PST
Reuters - (Reuters) - Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored twice, including his 100th Serie A goal, in AC Milan's embarrassingly one-sided 4-0 win over Chievo on Sunday. The home team scored all their goals in the first half and then strolled through the second to go level on 24 points with Udinese, one behind leaders Juventus. Nineteen-year-old Luc Castaignos claimed an 89th-minute winner to give lacklustre Inter Milan a lucky 1-0 triumph at Siena, his first league goal since his move from Feyenoord in the close season. ... Full Story | Top |
Federer tames Tsonga to end year on high
Sun,27 Nov 2011 10:39 PM PST
Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - Roger Federer became the first player to win the ATP World Tour Finals six times but had to weather a storming fightback by Jo-Wilfried Tsonga before retaining his title with a 6-3 6-7 6-3 victory at the O2 on Sunday. The 30-year-old, playing in the title match of the tournament for the seventh time in 10 years and contesting his 100th Tour final, squandered a match point in the second set but eventually extinguished Tsonga's fire to claim the 70th title of a career that burns as bright as ever. ... Full Story | Top |
Red Bull laugh off gearbox suspicions
Sun,27 Nov 2011 10:38 PM PST
Reuters - SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Formula One champions Red Bull scoffed at suggestions they manipulated Sunday's Brazilian Grand Prix to hand Mark Webber a first victory of the season. Team boss Christian Horner told reporters he was astonished that double world champion Sebastian Vettel finished the season-ending race, let alone in second place, after Red Bull advised him of a gearbox problem. The fact Vettel set a number of fastest laps after allowing Webber to go past 30 laps into the 71-lap race aroused suspicions in the media room but Horner said there had been no deception. ... Full Story | Top |
New Zealand smell blood in Australian waters
Sun,27 Nov 2011 10:36 PM PST
Reuters - WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand's hopes of recording their first victory over Australia in almost 20 years have been boosted after a raft of injuries forced their trans-Tasman neighbours to pick a rookie trio of pace bowlers and an opener untried in test cricket. The first match in their two-test series begins on Thursday at the Gabba with Ross Taylor's team brimming with confidence while Australia are dealing with the withdrawal of five players due to injuries sustained in South Africa. ... Full Story | Top |
Home-town boy Otto survives nervy finish
Sun,27 Nov 2011 10:31 PM PST
Reuters - KEMPTON PARK, South Africa (Reuters) - Home-town favourite Hennie Otto survived a nerve-wracking finale to win the South African Open by one stroke at the Serengeti Golf Estate on Sunday. Otto frittered away a three-shot overnight lead with three bogeys between the 13th and 16th holes as Austria's Bernd Wiesberger mounted a charge. Wiesberger, who began the day five strokes behind, went out in 33 to move within three of the South African but could only claim two birdies on the back nine as he finished second. ... Full Story | Top |
Syracuse fires basketball coach amid sex probe
Sun,27 Nov 2011 10:30 PM PST
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Syracuse University fired assistant basketball coach Bernie Fine amid allegations that he sexually molested boys, rocking the multi-million dollar world of collegiate sports with more questions of sexual abuse and oversight, the university said on Sunday. Full Story | Top |
Kone helps Levante keep pace with big boys
Sun,27 Nov 2011 10:23 PM PST
Reuters - MADRID (Reuters) - Arouna Kone scored twice and set up a third goal as La Liga surprise packages Levante rediscovered their early-season form with a 4-0 demolition of Sporting Gijon on Sunday. The tiny Valencia-based club went top of the table earlier this season for the first time since they were founded 102 years ago but a run of three defeats meant they lost ground. Levante are now fourth with 26 points from 13 games, eight behind leaders Real Madrid who thumped Atletico Madrid 4-1 on Saturday. ... Full Story | Top |
Lions dump Blue Bombers to win Grey Cup
Sun,27 Nov 2011 08:02 PM PST
Reuters -  (Reuters) - The B.C. Lions defused the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 34-23 to capture their second Grey Cup in five years on Sunday and cap one of the greatest turnarounds ever seen in the Canadian Football League (CFL). Travis Lulay, the CFL's most outstanding player in 2011, was named most valuable player of the championship game after completing 21-of-37 passes for 320 yards, including touchdowns to Kierre Johnson and Arland Bruce as the Lions became just the fourth team and first since 1994 to host and win the Grey Cup. ...
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Motor racing-Tenth place worth millions for Caterham
Sun,27 Nov 2011 07:20 PM PST
Reuters - SAO PAULO, Nov 28 (Reuters) - Finishing 10th overallin this year's Formula One world championship should boostCaterham's budget by around $28 million for next season,according to team owner Tony Fernandes. Team Lotus, who will be renamed Caterham F1 next season,were again the best of the sport's three 'new' teams in Sunday'sseason-ending Brazilian Grand Prix and secured the 10th slot forthe second year running. ... Full Story | Top |
Brady leads Patriots past Eagles, Broncos win again
Sun,27 Nov 2011 06:07 PM PST
Reuters -  (Reuters) - Tom Brady threw three touchdowns as the New England Patriots crushed the Philadelphia Eagles 38-20 and Tim Tebow led the Denver Broncos to their fourth straight win in National Football League action on Sunday. The Houston Texans, playing with a third-string rookie quarterback, held on for a 20-13 win at divisional rivals the Jacksonville Jaguars and the Chicago Bears' five-game winning streak ended against at Oakland. ...
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Motor racing-Brazilian Grand Prix team by team analysis
Sun,27 Nov 2011 05:57 PM PST
Reuters - SAO PAULO, Nov 27 (Reuters) - Team by team analysis ofSunday's season-ending Brazilian Formula One Grand Prix (listedin championship order): - - - - RED BULL (Mark Webber 1, Sebastian Vettel 2) Webber's first win of the season and seventh of his careerrounded off Red Bull's season with 12 wins from 19 races. Vettelled from his record 15th pole of the season but let theAustralian through after suffering gearbox problems. Vettel endsthe year with 17 podium finishes. Red Bull also had 18 poles and27 podiums as well as both titles. ... Full Story | Top |
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