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News: UPDATE 5-Baseball results Cricket-India's Ojha takes five as New Zealand post 365 Cricket-India v New Zealand second test scoreboard Cricket-New Zealand 365 all out v India - innings Federer and Murray face first big tests Emotional Roddick vows to 'stick around' Tennis-Open-Federer and Murray face first big tests Tennis-Open-Emotional Roddick vows to 'stick around' Soccer-Japan to play Brazil away in October WRAPUP-1-Tennis-Open-Roddick staves off retirement, Djokovic wins Tennis-Open-Azarenka sweeps aside Zheng to reach fourth round UPDATE 1-Tennis-U.S. Open women's singles round 3 results UPDATE 1-Tennis-U.S. Open men's singles round 2 results Roddick staves off retirement, Djokovic wins Soccer-Argentine championship inicial results and standings UPDATE 5-Baseball results Fri,31 Aug 2012 10:18 PM PDT Reuters - Sept 1 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the MLB games on Friday (home team in CAPS) CHICAGO CUBS 6 San Francisco 4 WASHINGTON 10 St. Louis 0 Baltimore 6 NY YANKEES 1 Texas 5 CLEVELAND 3 DETROIT 7 Chicago White Sox 4 TORONTO 2 Tampa Bay 1 NY Mets 3 MIAMI 0 Philadelphia 8 ATLANTA 5 (10 innings) Cincinnati 9 HOUSTON 3 MILWAUKEE 9 Pittsburgh 3 San Diego 5 COLORADO 4 OAKLAND 20 Boston 2 LA Angels 9 SEATTLE 1 Full Story Top Cricket-India's Ojha takes five as New Zealand post 365 Fri,31 Aug 2012 09:58 PM PDT Reuters - BANGALORE, Sept 1 (Reuters) - Left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojhatook his third five-wicket haul as New Zealand were bowled outfor 365 in their first innings on the second day of the secondand final test against India on Saturday. The visitors, who opted to bat first after winning the toss,had added just 37 runs to their overnight score of 328 for sixbefore India wrapped up the innings 45 minutes into the morningsession. The first wicket to fall came when Suresh Raina took adiving catch at second slip off paceman Zaheer Khan to end anentertaining knock from wicketkeeper Kruger van Wyk for 71. ... Full Story Top Cricket-India v New Zealand second test scoreboard Fri,31 Aug 2012 09:24 PM PDT Reuters - Sept 1 (Reuters) - Scoreboard at the end of New Zealand'sfirst innings on the second day of the second and final testagainst India in Bangalore on Saturday. New Zealand won the toss and chose to bat. New Zealand first innings (overnight 328-6) M. Guptill c Gambhir b Ojha 53 B. McCullum lbw b Zaheer 0 K. Williamson lbw b Ojha 17 R. Taylor lbw b Ojha 113 D. Flynn lbw b Ashwin 33 J. Franklin c Raina b Ojha 8 K. van Wyk c Raina b Zaheer 71 D. Bracewell run out 43 T. Southee lbw b Ojha 14 J. Patel c Gambhir b Yadav 0 T. Boult not out 2 Extras (b-2, lb-9) 11 Total (all out; 90. ... Full Story Top Cricket-New Zealand 365 all out v India - innings Fri,31 Aug 2012 09:21 PM PDT Reuters - Sept 1 (Reuters) - New Zealand were all out for 365 in theirfirst innings on the second day of the second and final testagainst India in Bangalore on Saturday. Scores: New Zealand 365 all out (Ross Taylor 113, Kruger vanWyk 71, Martin Guptill 53; Pragyan Ojha 5-99) (Compiled by Sudipto Ganguly in Mumbai; editing by NickMulvenney) Full Story Top Federer and Murray face first big tests Fri,31 Aug 2012 09:01 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - World number one Roger Federer and Olympic champion Andy Murray face their first stern tests of the U.S. Open on Saturday after cruising through the early rounds. Federer faces dangerous Spaniard Fernando Verdasco inside Arthur Ashe Stadium while Murray plays Verdasco's countryman Feliciano Lopez in Louis Armstrong Stadium. Federer has not lost to Verdasco in four meetings but they have not played for three years and the 25th seed proved his capabilities this year with a win over 11-times major champion Rafa Nadal in Madrid. ... Full Story Top Emotional Roddick vows to 'stick around' Fri,31 Aug 2012 08:58 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - An emotional Andy Roddick postponed his farewell speech and stayed alive in the U.S. Open by routing Bernard Tomic in the second round at Flushing Meadows on Friday night. Roddick needed only one hour and 27 minutes to defeat Tomic 6-3 6-4 6-0, just one day after the 30-year-old announced he would retire at the end of the tournament. Winding back the clock to play with the power and aggression that made him U.S. Open champion and world number one in 2003, Roddick will play Italy's Fabio Fognini in round three for a place in the last 16. ... Full Story Top Tennis-Open-Federer and Murray face first big tests Fri,31 Aug 2012 07:55 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK, Aug 31 (Reuters) - World number one Roger Federerand Olympic champion Andy Murray face their first stern tests ofthe U.S. Open on Saturday after cruising through the earlyrounds. Federer faces dangerous Spaniard Fernando Verdasco insideArthur Ashe Stadium while Murray plays Verdasco's countrymanFeliciano Lopez in Louis Armstrong Stadium. Federer has not lost to Verdasco in four meetings but theyhave not played for three years and the 25th seed proved hiscapabilities this year with a win over 11-times major championRafa Nadal in Madrid. ... Full Story Top Tennis-Open-Emotional Roddick vows to 'stick around' Fri,31 Aug 2012 07:36 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK, Aug 31 (Reuters) - An emotional Andy Roddickpostponed his farewell speech and stayed alive in the U.S. Openby routing Bernard Tomic in the second round at Flushing Meadowson Friday night. Roddick needed only one hour and 27 minutes to defeat Tomic6-3 6-4 6-0, just one day after the 30-year-old announced hewould retire at the end of the tournament. Winding back the clock to play with the power and aggressionthat made him U.S. Open champion and world number one in 2003,Roddick will play Italy's Fabio Fognini in round three for aplace in the last 16. ... Full Story Top Soccer-Japan to play Brazil away in October Fri,31 Aug 2012 07:29 PM PDT Reuters - TOKYO, Sept 1 (Reuters) - Asian champions Japan will takenon Brazil in Europe in an October friendly as coach AlbertoZaccheroni continues his push to test his side against theworld's best teams. The Japan Football Association (JFA) said Japan will facethe five-times World Cup winners in Wrocklaw, Poland, on Oct.16, four days after a scheduled game with France in Paris. "It's very pleasing to get the chance to play two gamesagainst such strong opposition," Zaccheroni, bidding to guideJapan to their fifth successive World Cup, told reporters. ... Full Story Top WRAPUP-1-Tennis-Open-Roddick staves off retirement, Djokovic wins Fri,31 Aug 2012 07:26 PM PDT Reuters - (updates at end of day five) NEW YORK, Aug 31 (Reuters) - Andy Roddick's transition fromthe tennis court to the rocking chair was delayed when theformer world number one reached the third round of the U.S. Openon Friday, joining a parade of former champions advancing at theyear's final grand slam. Roddick, who announced a day earlier he would retire at theend of the tournament, served his way past rising Australiantalent Bernard Tomic 6-3 6-4 6-0 in his second-round match. ... Full Story Top Tennis-Open-Azarenka sweeps aside Zheng to reach fourth round Fri,31 Aug 2012 07:22 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK, Aug 31 (Reuters) - Top seed Victoria Azarenkaswept past China's Zheng Jie 6-1 6-0 in less than an hour onFriday night to advance to the fourth round of the U.S Open. The Australian Open champion took just 59 minutes to set upa contest against the winner of the tie between Luxembourg'sMandy Minella and Georgia's Anna Tatishvili for a place in thequarter finals. Belarussian Azarenka has lost only six games in her firstthree matches at Flushing Meadows. (Editing by Nick Mulvenney) Full Story Top UPDATE 1-Tennis-U.S. Open women's singles round 3 results Fri,31 Aug 2012 07:18 PM PDT Reuters - Sept 1 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the U.S. Open Women's Singles Round 3 matches on Friday 1-Victoria Azarenka (Belarus) beat 28-Zheng Jie (China) 6-0 6-1 Anna Tatishvili (Georgia) beat Mandy Minella (Luxembourg) 7-5 6-0 19-Nadia Petrova (Russia) beat 15-Lucie Safarova (Czech Republic) 6-4 7-5 3-Maria Sharapova (Russia) beat Mallory Burdette (U.S.) 6-1 6-1 5-Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic) beat Pauline Parmentier (France) 6-4 6-4 Laura Robson (Britain) beat 9-Li Na (China) 6-4 6-7(5) 6-2 7-Samantha Stosur (Australia) beat 31-Varvara Lepchenko (U.S. ... Full Story Top UPDATE 1-Tennis-U.S. Open men's singles round 2 results Fri,31 Aug 2012 07:17 PM PDT Reuters - Sept 1 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the U.S. Open Men's Singles Round 2 matches on Friday 19-Philipp Kohlschreiber (Germany) beat Benoit Paire (France) 6-7(4) 6-3 3-6 6-2 7-6(4) 20-Andy Roddick (U.S.) beat Bernard Tomic (Australia) 6-3 6-4 6-0 31-Julien Benneteau (France) beat Dennis Novikov (U.S.) 3-6 6-4 7-6(1) 7-5 Grega Zemlja (Slovenia) beat Cedrik-Marcel Stebe (Germany) 6-4 2-6 6-4 6-4 9-John Isner (U.S.) beat Jarkko Nieminen (Finland) 6-3 6-7(5) 6-4 6-3 Fabio Fognini (Italy) beat Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (Spain) 6-4 6-4 6-2 8-Janko Tipsarevic (Serbia) beat Brian Baker (U.S. ... Full Story Top Roddick staves off retirement, Djokovic wins Fri,31 Aug 2012 06:37 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Andy Roddick's transition from the tennis court to the rocking chair was delayed when the former world number one reached the third round of the U.S. Open on Friday, joining a parade of former champions advancing at the year's final grand slam. Roddick, who announced Thursday he would retire at the end of the tournament, served his way past rising Australian talent Bernard Tomic 6-3 6-4 6-0 in his second-round match at raucous Arthur Ashe Stadium. Joining the 2003 U.S. ... Full Story Top Soccer-Argentine championship inicial results and standings Fri,31 Aug 2012 06:26 PM PDT Reuters - Sept 1 (Infostrada Sports) - Results and standings from the Argentine championship Inicial matches on Friday Friday, August 31All Boys 3 Union (Santa Fe) 1 Standings P W D L F A Pts 1 Colon (Santa Fe) 4 3 1 0 6 3 10 2 Boca Juniors 4 3 0 1 7 5 9 3 Quilmes 4 2 2 0 7 3 8 4 Racing Club 4 2 2 0 6 2 8 5 Arsenal 4 2 2 0 5 2 8 6 Newell's Old Boys 4 2 2 0 3 0 8 7 Velez Sarsfield 4 2 1 1 6 2 7 8 River Plate 4 2 1 1 6 4 7 9 Godoy Cruz 4 2 1 1 5 3 7 10 Atletico Belgrano 4 1 3 0 4 3 6 11 All Boys 5 1 3 1 8 8 6 12 Estudiantes 4 2 0 2 4 5 6 13 San Lorenzo 4 1 2 1 2 2 5 14 Lanus 4 1 1 2 3 3 4 15 Argentinos ... Full Story Top

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