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Protests rage as Bahrain Grand Prix event to start
Thu,19 Apr 2012 11:53 PM PDT
Reuters - MANAMA (Reuters) - Formula One cars take to the track in Bahrain on Friday, with the government hoping for a successful Grand Prix, while activists are promising to mark it with "days of rage" after more than a year of Arab Spring protests. On the eve of the first practice session, protests flared in villages surrounding the capital, far from the circuit where the race will be held. Police fired tear gas and stun grenades to disperse demonstrators in clashes that have been building in the week leading to Sunday's round of the World Championship. ... Full Story | Top |
UPDATE 2-Protests rage as Bahrain Grand Prix event to start
Thu,19 Apr 2012 11:51 PM PDT
Reuters - * Formula One races start on Friday amid widespread unrest * Government seeking return to normal after cancellationlast year * Activists using world attention to stage protests MANAMA, April 20 (Reuters) - Formula One cars take to thetrack in Bahrain on Friday, with the government hoping for asuccessful Grand Prix, while activists are promising to mark itwith "days of rage" after more than a year of Arab Springprotests. On the eve of the first practice session, protests flared invillages surrounding the capital, far from the circuit where therace will be held. ... Full Story | Top |
Lynagh remains in critical condition, says doctor
Thu,19 Apr 2012 11:50 PM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - Former Australia captain and World Cup winner Michael Lynagh is showing positive signs but remains in a critical condition in a Brisbane hospital after suffering a stroke, his doctor said on Friday. The 48-year-old former flyhalf has been in hospital since Monday after suffering problems with his vision, coordination and balance. "This significant stroke is a rare event for someone of Michael's age," neurologist Rob Henderson said. ... Full Story | Top |
Protests rage as Bahrain Grand Prix event to start
Thu,19 Apr 2012 11:47 PM PDT
Reuters - MANAMA (Reuters) - Formula One cars take to the track in Bahrain on Friday, with the government hoping a successful Grand Prix will draw a line under more than a year of Arab Spring protests while activists are promising to mark it with "days of rage". On the eve of the first practice session, protests flared in villages surrounding the capital, far from the circuit where the race will be held. Police fired tear gas and stun grenades to disperse demonstrators in clashes that have been building in the week leading to Sunday's round of the World Championship. ... Full Story | Top |
High Court delays Bangladesh tour of Pakistan
Thu,19 Apr 2012 11:42 PM PDT
Reuters - DHAKA (Reuters) - Bangladesh's cricket team will not go to Pakistan as planned later this month after the Dhaka High Court upheld a legal challenge to their tour and ordered a four-week delay, a lawyer said on Thursday. Bangladesh had agreed to play a one-day international and a Twenty20 match on April 29 and 30 in what would have been the first full internationals in Pakistan since March 2009 when Sri Lankan cricketers and officials were attacked by gunmen in Lahore. ... Full Story | Top |
Ricco handed by 12-year ban for blood doping
Thu,19 Apr 2012 11:41 PM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - Italy's Riccardo Ricco was handed a 12-year ban on Thursday by the Italian Anti-Doping Agency, effectively ending his career. The 'Tribunale Nazionale Antidoping' found the 28-year-old guilty of blood doping after he was sacked by the Vacansoleil team last year. Doctors said he had botched a blood transfusion on himself that nearly killed him. Ricco was kicked off the 2008 Tour de France while in second place after failing a test for the blood-booster CERA. He served a 20-month ban from cycling and was also tried and fined 5,710 euros by a court in Padua, Italy. Full Story | Top |
China's Guan, 13, shoots 77 on Tour debut
Thu,19 Apr 2012 11:40 PM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - Thirteen-year-old Chinese Guan Tian-Lang shot a five-over-par 77 at the China Open on Thursday when he became the youngest golfer to play in a European Tour event. Guan, who bogeyed his first hole and quickly slipped to five over par before making a birdie at the seventh, was 107 days younger than his compatriot Lo Shik-Kai at the 2003 Hong Kong Open. England's Matthew Baldwin set the pace with a first-round 65 to finish a shot ahead of a group of six players including Sweden's Fredrik Andersson Hed. ... Full Story | Top |
Muamba could play again, says Bolton manager Coyle
Thu,19 Apr 2012 11:32 PM PDT
Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - Bolton Wanderers manager Owen Coyle said he would not be surprised if Fabrice Muamba played football again after the midfielder suffered a cardiac arrest last month. Muamba has made a miraculous recovery after being described by his club doctor as "in effect dead" for 78 minutes after collapsing on the pitch during his side's FA Cup quarter-final against Tottenham Hotspur on March 17. The 24-year-old, who was discharged from hospital on Monday, needed 15 defibrillator shocks to restart his heart and is now resting back at home. ... Full Story | Top |
Grief-striken Djokovic battles on in Monte Carlo
Thu,19 Apr 2012 11:31 PM PDT
Reuters - MONTE CARLO (Reuters) - World number one Novak Djokovic raised his eyes and arms to the sky after beating Ukraine's Alexandr Dolgopolov to reach the Monte Carlo Masters quarter-finals on Thursday just hours after learning of the death of his grandfather. The Serb, who was told about his loss while practising in the morning, struggled to control his emotions when he walked on court for the match and then broke down in tears after completing a gutsy 2-6 6-1 6-4 win over Dolgopolov. ... Full Story | Top |
Fenerbahce's Emre banned for racial slur
Thu,19 Apr 2012 11:28 PM PDT
Reuters - ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Fenerbahce's Turkey international midfielder Emre Belozoglu has been handed a two-match ban for using a racial slur against Ivory Coast's Didier Zokora during a league game on Sunday, the Turkish Football Disciplinary Committee (PFDK) said. Earlier on Thursday, Trabzonspor filed a civil law suit at an Istanbul court accusing Emre, as he is popularly known, of abusing Zokora. ... Full Story | Top |
Australia retain Frank Worrell Trophy
Thu,19 Apr 2012 11:23 PM PDT
Reuters - PORT OF SPAIN (Reuters) - Australia retained the Frank Worrell Trophy after the second test against West Indies ended in a draw on Thursday. Any hopes of a decisive result on the fifth day were ruined by a storm that forced an early end to proceedings at Queen's Park Oval. The Australians, who won last week's first test in Barbados in a final day thriller, set West Indies a target of 215 runs from 61 overs to win after declaring their second innings closed at 160 for eight after lunch. ... Full Story | Top |
Falcao double gives Atletico semi-final edge
Thu,19 Apr 2012 11:02 PM PDT
Reuters - MADRID (Reuters) - Atletico Madrid have one foot in the final of the Europa League after a Radamel Falcao double fired the 2010 winners to a 4-2 semi-final first leg win at home to La Liga rivals Valencia on Thursday. The pacy Colombia striker known as 'The Tiger' nodded Atletico ahead in the 18th minute at a festive Calderon before Jonas levelled for the visitors moments before halftime. ... Full Story | Top |
Bulls feel the Heat in Miami, Rockets misfire again
Thu,19 Apr 2012 09:59 PM PDT
Reuters -  MIAMI (Reuters) - The Miami Heat defeated the Chicago Bulls 83-72 in an ill-tempered and physical encounter between the top two teams in the Eastern Conference on Thursday. Both teams have long secured postseason berths and are favorites to face off in the Conference finals but Thursday's intense battle gave fans an idea of what they can expect despite the absence of several key players. Bulls guard and last season's Most Valuable Player Derrick Rose sat out the game due to an ankle problem, while Miami's Chris Bosh was also absent for the second successive game with an unspecified injury. ...
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Devils thrash Panthers, Phoenix win in OT
Thu,19 Apr 2012 09:14 PM PDT
Reuters -  (Reuters) - The New Jersey Devils hammered Florida 4-0 to level their Stanley Cup playoff series on Thursday while in the Western Conference Phoenix earned a 3-2 overtime win over Chicago to go 3-1 up in their best-of-seven series.
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