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Massa heads for Maranello as pressure mounts
Tue,27 Mar 2012 11:00 PM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - Ferrari's Felipe Massa ripped up his travel plans and headed to his team's Maranello factory instead of home to Brazil after failing to score any points in the first two races of the Formula One season. Massa, who has not stood on the podium since 2010, finished 15th in Sunday's rain-hit Malaysian Grand Prix won by Spanish team mate Fernando Alonso. In the Australian season-opener the weekend before in Melbourne he had retired. Speculation has mounted that Massa could be replaced at Ferrari well before the season is out but team boss Stefano Domenicali has been publicly supportive. ... Full Story | Top |
Benzema and Kaka strike late to sink APOEL
Tue,27 Mar 2012 10:57 PM PDT
Reuters - NICOSIA (Reuters) - Karim Benzema and Kaka scored late goals to give Real Madrid an emphatic 3-0 win at APOEL Nicosia in the Champions League quarter-final first leg on Tuesday. The nine-times European champions dominated the match but APOEL, the first Cypriot side to reach the last 16 of Europe's premier club competition, defended solidly to frustrate their Spanish opponents until the last 15 minutes. ... Full Story | Top |
Spurs and Everton set up FA Cup semifinal
Tue,27 Mar 2012 10:56 PM PDT
Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - Tottenham Hotspur scored three late goals to beat Bolton Wanderers on Tuesday and set up an FA Cup semi-final against Chelsea, after replaying the game that was abandoned when midfielder Fabrice Muamba suffered a cardiac arrest on the pitch. With Bolton's Muamba watching on television from his hospital bed, according to media reports, Spurs triumphed 3-1 to book an April 15 date with Chelsea at Wembley Stadium. Everton will meet local rivals Liverpool in the other semi-final after beating Sunderland 2-0 in their quarter-final replay. ... Full Story | Top |
Wozniacki sinks Serena for first time
Tue,27 Mar 2012 10:50 PM PDT
Reuters -  KEY BISCAYNE, Florida (Reuters) - Caroline Wozniacki enjoyed her first victory over Serena Williams, winning 6-4 6-4 at the Sony Ericsson Open on Tuesday to set up a semi-final clash with Maria Sharapova. Wozniacki had lost all of her three previous meetings with the American but was on top early, breaking in the third game of the first set. The Dane broke at the same stage of the second set, with a brilliant forehand winner down the line, and she looked set to run away with the match as she went 4-1 up with another break. ...
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Djokovic and Nadal punch quarter-final tickets
Tue,27 Mar 2012 10:49 PM PDT
Reuters -  KEY BISCAYNE, Florida (Reuters) - World number one Novak Djokovic and second ranked Rafa Nadal moved into the quarter-finals of the Sony Ericsson Open with straight set victories on Tuesday. Djokovic, a 7-5 6-3 winner against Richard Gasquet, had a game on his hands in the opening set when he was broken in the fourth game by a fine backhand winner from the Frenchman. The Serb, the defending champion, broke back in the sixth only to face break point in the ninth game, but three times he held firm and was able to emerge with the set. ...
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Pistorius confident of qualifying for London 400 metres
Tue,27 Mar 2012 10:23 PM PDT
Reuters -  DURBAN (Reuters) - Double amputee Oscar Pistorius says he is confident of qualifying to run the 400 metres at the London Olympic Games. "I've never been much of an optimist; I'm a realist and I'm realistic in knowing what I have to do and I'm confident in knowing that I can achieve that," the South African told reporters on Tuesday. "In athletics it is not about working hard and achieving a goal, it's about working hard every single day and we've still got 122 days until the Games and every day has been planned and calculated. ...
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Kalou strike gives Chelsea victory at Benfica
Tue,27 Mar 2012 10:18 PM PDT
Reuters -  LISBON (Reuters) - A second-half goal by Salomon Kalou handed Chelsea a 1-0 win over Benfica in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final on Tuesday. The Londoners always appeared in control and Kalou grabbed the only goal in the 75th minute, tapping the ball in from close range after excellent work down the right by Fernando Torres and Ramires. "This was a very good result. We knew the difficulties we were going to face and now we will take the game back to London where we will have the support of our fans," said Chelsea centre back David Luiz. ...
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Athens champion Hamm retires
Tue,27 Mar 2012 05:13 PM PDT
Reuters -  (Reuters) - Paul Hamm, the only American man to win the Olympic all-round gold medal, announced his retirement from gymnastics on Tuesday.
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Djokovic and Nadal punch quarter-final tickets
Tue,27 Mar 2012 04:45 PM PDT
Reuters -  KEY BISCAYNE, Florida (Reuters) - World number one Novak Djokovic and second ranked Rafa Nadal moved into the quarter-finals of the Sony Ericsson Open with straight set victories on Tuesday. Djokovic, a 7-5 6-3 winner against Richard Gasquet, had a game on his hands in the opening set when he was broken in the fourth game by a fine backhand winner from the Frenchman. The Serb, the defending champion, broke back in the sixth only to face break point in the ninth game, but three times he held firm and was able to emerge with the set. ...
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Schools, jobs seen key to prevent repeat of English riots
Tue,27 Mar 2012 04:07 PM PDT
Reuters -  LONDON (Reuters) - Schools that fail to teach children to read and write should face fines to improve an inadequate education system, a panel set up to draw lessons from riots that swept England's cities last year said on Wednesday. The panel's report, presented to Prime Minister David Cameron, said there were half a million "forgotten families" who "bump along the bottom" of society and urged the government to develop a strategy to help them turn their lives around. ...
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Barcelona reach Final Four as Maccabi edge closer
Tue,27 Mar 2012 02:21 PM PDT
Reuters - BELGRADE (Reuters) - Barcelona became the first team to reach this season's Euroleague Final Four when Tuesday's 67-56 win at Unics Kazan put them 3-0 up against the Russian side in their best-of-five playoff series. Last year's runners-up Maccabi Tel Aviv took a 2-1 lead against holders Panathinaikos Athens after grinding out a 65-62 home win over the Greek side in front of a fervent crowd in the Nokia Arena. Barcelona, the 2010 winners, had won the opening two games in their Palau Blaugrana last week. ... Full Story | Top |
Top Canada minister faces second ethics probe
Tue,27 Mar 2012 01:51 PM PDT
Reuters -  OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's industry minister, found guilty of an ethics violation last week, is being formally investigated for possible wrongdoing in a second case and faces opposition allegations of inappropriate behavior in a third. Christian Paradis, who handles some of the government's most sensitive files, may be turning into a political problem for Prime Minister Stephen Harper, whose Conservatives came to power in early 2006 promising more accountability in government. ...
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