Today's Reuters Sports News Headlines - Yahoo! News: | | Kings stun Canucks again, Flyers, Florida win Sun,15 Apr 2012 11:22 PM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - The Los Angeles Kings are on the brink of producing a huge playoff upset after they beat the top-seed Vancouver Canucks 1-0 on Sunday to take a 3-0 lead in the first-round series. Jonathan Quick made 41 saves in a shutout and Dustin Brown notched his fourth goal of the playoffs as Los Angeles put the defending Western Conference champions on the ropes. The eighth-seed Kings can sweep the series in Wednesday's Game Four. " "We're feeling pretty good right now, but it's not over," Kings center Anze Kopitar told reporters after tallying an assist. ... Full Story | Top | Djokovic seeking French Open momentum in Monte Carlo Sun,15 Apr 2012 11:10 PM PDT Reuters - MONTE CARLO (Reuters) - World number one Novak Djokovic hopes momentum is still with him as he launches his clay court season at the Monte Carlo Masters where champion Rafael Nadal is aiming for an eighth consecutive title. The Serb is chasing Nadal's French Open crown after winning the last three major events. Djokovic has beaten Nadal in their last seven meetings, including the Madrid and Rome Masters finals in what were the Spaniard's only two defeats on clay in 2011. "The momentum turned but in the last couple of years it was Nadal and Federer who were coming (out) on top. ... Full Story | Top | Chelsea beat Spurs 5-1 in FA Cup semi-final Sun,15 Apr 2012 11:10 PM PDT Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - Chelsea reached the FA Cup final for the third time in four seasons with a comprehensive, if controversial, 5-1 thrashing of London rivals Tottenham Hotspur at Wembley on Sunday. Goals by Didier Drogba and Juan Mata either side of halftime put Chelsea in command before Gareth Bale replied for Spurs but Ramires, Frank Lampard and Florent Malouda struck again for the Blues who will meet Liverpool in the final next month. ... Full Story | Top | Swiss woman taken by gunmen in Mali's Timbuktu Sun,15 Apr 2012 11:07 PM PDT Reuters - BAMAKO (Reuters) - A Swiss woman who had stayed in the northern Malian town of Timbuktu after it was captured by Tuareg and Islamist rebels was taken from her house by unidentified gunmen on Sunday, a witness and several sources in the town said. Yehia Tandina, one of the town's residents, said the woman, whom she identified only as Beatrice, was seized by armed men in turbans on Sunday afternoon. A neighbour of the Swiss woman who asked not to be named confirmed the incident. A spokesman for the Swiss foreign ministry in the Swiss capital Berne said the ministry was looking into the report. ... Full Story | Top | No century but hard work pays off for Watson Sun,15 Apr 2012 11:05 PM PDT Reuters - PORT OF SPAIN (Reuters) - Shane Watson again showed why he is Australia's man for all occasions when he ground his way to a vital half-century on the first day of the second test against West Indies on Sunday. The all-rounder, now padding up at three after stints at six and opener, batted for almost two and a half hours for just 56 runs at Queen's Park Road in Trinidad. On a pitch that played slow and turned from the outset, runs were hard to come by. ... Full Story | Top | Pettersson wins Heritage, Donald loses no.1 Sun,15 Apr 2012 11:04 PM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - Sweden's Carl Pettersson won the Heritage Classic at Hilton Head on Sunday to claim his fifth PGA Tour title as Luke Donald gave up his number one ranking to Rory McIlroy. Pettersson shot a final round two-under-par 69 to finish the tournament at 14-under, a comfortable five shots clear of his nearest rival, former Masters champion Zach Johnson (70). "The swing felt good," Pettersson told reporters. "I felt calm. It was a great feeling today." It was his first PGA Tour win since the 2010 Canadian Open and allowed him to match Jesper Parnevik's total for most won by a Swedish ... Full Story | Top | Bekele races to year's fastest 10 kms road race time Sun,15 Apr 2012 10:58 PM PDT Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - Double Olympic champion Kenenisa Bekele ran the fastest 10 kms road race time of the year when winning the Great Ireland Run in Dublin in 27 minutes 49 seconds on Sunday. The Ethiopian, who has struggled with injuries over the past two years and could manage only 11th at the Edinburgh Cross Country in January, crushed the field with a dominant display of front running, finishing almost a minute ahead of Spaniard Ayad Lamdassam. Bekele, who has yet to decide whether to defend his 5,000 and 10,000 metres titles at the London Olympics, was keen to play down his performance. ... Full Story | Top | Valencia stumble but cling on to third Sun,15 Apr 2012 10:57 PM PDT Reuters - MADRID (Reuters) - Valencia clung on to third place and an automatic berth in next season's Champions League despite crashing to a 4-0 defeat at an inspired Espanyol in La Liga on Sunday. Fourth-placed Malaga failed to take full advantage of Valencia's setback when they surrendered the lead in the later kickoff and drew 1-1 at home to Real Sociedad, who had Mikel Gonzalez sent off shortly before halftime. ... Full Story | Top | Former baseball star Clemens heads for fresh perjury trial Sun,15 Apr 2012 09:03 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former baseball pitching ace Roger Clemens faces a new trial this week on charges he lied to Congress about taking steroids, nine months after a judge stopped his first trial in its opening days because of a misstep by prosecutors. Full Story | Top | UPDATE 1-Golf-Pettersson wins Heritage, Donald loses no.1 ranking Sun,15 Apr 2012 06:02 PM PDT Reuters - * Swede wins his fifth PGA title with five-shot victory * McIlroy takes over as world number one from Donald (Adds details, quotes) April 15 (Reuters) - Sweden's Carl Pettersson won theHeritage Classic at Hilton Head on Sunday to claim his fifth PGATour title as Luke Donald gave up his number one ranking to RoryMcIlroy. Pettersson shot a final round two-under-par 69 to finish thetournament at 14-under, a comfortable five shots clear of hisnearest rival, former Masters champion Zach Johnson (70). "The swing felt good," Pettersson told reporters. "I feltcalm. It was a great feeling today. ... Full Story | Top | Golf-Pettersson wins Heritage Classic, Donald loses no.1 ranking Sun,15 Apr 2012 05:03 PM PDT Reuters - April 15 (Reuters) - Sweden's Carl Pettersson won theHeritage Classic at Hilton Head on Sunday to claim his fifthcareer PGA title as Luke Donald gave up his number one rankingto Rory McIlroy. Pettersson shot a final round two-under-par 69 to finish thetournament at 14-under, a comfortable five shots clear of hisnearest rival, former Masters champion Zach Johnson (70). Colt Knost's chances of winning his first PGA Tour titleended when he fired a 74 to finish third, a shot behind AmericanJohnson, while Kevin Stadler (68) and Billy Mayfair (69) tiedfor fourth at six-under. ... Full Story | Top | Golf-U.S. PGA Tour Heritage Classic scores Sun,15 Apr 2012 03:25 PM PDT Reuters - April 15 (Infostrada Sports) - Final round scores from theU.S. PGA Tour Heritage Classic at the par-71 course on Sunday inHilton Head Island, South Carolina 270 Carl Pettersson (Sweden) 70 65 66 69 275 Zach Johnson (U.S.) 71 68 66 70 276 Colt Knost (U.S.) 67 66 69 74 278 Kevin Stadler (U.S.) 72 71 67 68 Billy Mayfair (U.S.) 72 70 67 69 279 Matt Bettencourt (U.S.) 73 69 68 69 Boo Weekley (U.S.) 70 66 70 73 280 Matt Every (U.S.) 68 72 73 67 Charley Hoffman (U.S.) 74 65 71 70 Jim Furyk (U.S.) 68 75 67 70 Harris English (U.S.) 68 68 73 71 Kevin Na (U.S.) 70 68 69 73 281 Mark Anderson (U.S. ... Full Story | Top |
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