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| Dortmund will not get stage fright at Real, Klopp says Tuesday, Apr 30, 2013 12:06 AM PDT  By Iain Rogers MADRID (Reuters) - There is no danger Borussia Dortmund will suffer from stage fright in Tuesday's Champions League semi-final second leg at Spanish giants Real Madrid, coach Juergen Klopp said on Monday. The Bundesliga side have a healthy 4-1 lead for the clash at Real's Bernabeu arena following their stunning victory in last week's first leg in Germany, when striker Robert Lewandowski scored all of Dortmund's goals. ... Full Story | Top |
| NZ keen to complete 'unfinished business' in England Monday, Apr 29, 2013 11:33 PM PDT  By Greg Stutchbury WELLINGTON (Reuters) - A galvanised New Zealand head to Britain on Monday determined to finish off a job they came so close to completing in a thrilling climax to their drawn test series against Alastair Cook's England at home last month. Brendon McCullum's underdogs had the entire Eden Park crowd on the edge of their seats as they got to within one wicket of achieving a remarkable 1-0 series victory over the world's second ranked side late on the final day. ... Full Story | Top |
| Tokyo governor apologizes for remarks on Muslims, Istanbul Monday, Apr 29, 2013 11:01 PM PDT  By Antoni Slodkowski TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo's outspoken governor, Naoki Inose, who heads the city's bid for the 2020 Olympics, apologized on Tuesday for "inappropriate" comments he made about rival candidate Istanbul and Islamic countries. The remarks, made in a recent New York Times interview, prompted the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to investigate, while Turkey's sports minister said they were "unfair and disheartening" and "did not comply with the spirit of the values of the Olympic Movement". ... Full Story | Top |
| Reuters Sports Schedule at 0600 GMT on Tuesday, April 30 Monday, Apr 29, 2013 10:59 PM PDT Reuters sports schedule at 0600 GMT on Tuesday: - - - - NBA Collins makes groundbreaking announcement NEW YORK - Basketball player Jason Collins announced on Monday that he was gay, smashing through one of the final frontiers in U.S. sports with a frank personal statement and winning warm praise as a groundbreaker. (NBA-GAY/COLLINS, moved, by Julian Linden, 600 words) - - Nets the underdogs, but feel at home in Brooklyn NEW YORK - With a billionaire owner and a dazzling new stadium in New York City's most populated borough, the Brooklyn Nets are not everyone's idea of an underdog. ... Full Story | Top |
| Olympics-Tokyo governor apologises for remarks on Muslims, Istanbul Monday, Apr 29, 2013 10:58 PM PDT By Antoni Slodkowski TOKYO, April 30 (Reuters) - Tokyo's outspoken governor, Naoki Inose, who heads the city's bid for the 2020 Olympics, apologised on Tuesday for "inappropriate" comments he made about rival candidate Istanbul and Islamic countries. The remarks, made in a recent New York Times interview, prompted the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to investigate, while Turkey's sports minister said they were "unfair and disheartening" and "did not comply with the spirit of the values of the Olympic Movement". ... Full Story | Top |
| Baseball results Monday, Apr 29, 2013 10:44 PM PDT April 30 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the MLB games on Monday (home team in CAPS) Houston 9 NY YANKEES 1 DETROIT 4 Minnesota 3 ATLANTA 3 Washington 2 MIAMI 4 NY Mets 3 (15 innings) CHICAGO CUBS 5 San Diego 3 Cleveland 9 KANSAS CITY 0 MILWAUKEE 10 Pittsburgh 4 Cincinnati 2 ST. LOUIS 1 San Francisco 6 ARIZONA 4 SEATTLE 6 Baltimore 2 Colorado 12 LA DODGERS 2 Full Story | Top |
| NBA-Highlights of Monday's NBA playoff games Monday, Apr 29, 2013 10:13 PM PDT April 29 (Sports Direct) - Highlights of Monday's National Basketball Association playoff games. - - - - Nets 110, Bulls 91 Brooklyn upended Chicago to stay alive in their Eastern Conference first-round series, Brook Lopez with 28 points and 10 rebounds and Deron Williams adding 23 points and 10 assists as the Nets cut the Bulls' lead to 3-2. Game Six is on Thursday in Chicago. Nate Robinson scored 20 points and Jimmy Butler added 18 for the Bulls, who were outscored 33-18 in the final quarter. ... Full Story | Top |
| NBA play-offs 1st round results Monday, Apr 29, 2013 09:34 PM PDT April 30 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the NBA Play-offs 1st Round games on Monday (home team in CAPS) 1 2 3 4 T ATLANTA 22 35 12 33 102 Indiana 21 19 22 29 91 (The best-of-seven series is level at 2-2) 1 2 3 4 T Chicago 21 23 29 18 91 BROOKLYN 26 26 25 33 110 (Chicago lead the best-of-seven series by 3-2) 1 2 3 4 T Oklahoma City 24 36 24 19 103 HOUSTON 29 24 38 14 105 (Oklahoma City lead the best-of-seven series by 3-1) Full Story | Top |
| CA-SPORTS Summary Monday, Apr 29, 2013 08:44 PM PDT Breaking a sports barrier, NBA's Jason Collins comes out as gay NEW YORK (Reuters) - Veteran basketball player Jason Collins announced on Monday that he was gay, smashing through one of the final frontiers in U.S. sports with a frank personal statement and winning warm praise as a groundbreaker. Collins, a 12-year player in the National Basketball Association (NBA), became the first active athlete from any of the four major U.S. men's professional sports leagues to come out publicly as gay. ... Full Story | Top |
| Nets still the underdogs, but blossoming in Brooklyn Monday, Apr 29, 2013 08:44 PM PDT  By Julian Linden NEW YORK (Reuters) - With a billionaire owner and a dazzling new stadium in New York City's most populated borough, the Brooklyn Nets are not everyone's idea of an underdog. But in a sport where giants really do walk the court, the Nets have some legitimate claims to being a David among the Goliaths of the National Basketball Association. For starters, they have no LeBron James or Kobe Bryant and have never won an NBA title. And even if they had they would still remain in the lengthy shadow of their cross-city rivals, the New York Knicks. ... Full Story | Top |
| Baseball-Highlights of Monday's MLB games Monday, Apr 29, 2013 08:42 PM PDT April 29 (Sports Direct) - Highlights of Monday's Major League Baseball games. - - - Braves 3, Nationals 2 Andrelton Simmons drove in the go-ahead run with a seventh-inning sacrifice fly, lifting hosts Atlanta in the opener of a four-game series. Washington took a 2-1 lead in the second on run-scoring singles by Chad Tracy and Kurt Suzuki. Atlanta tied the contest at 2-2 in the fourth on Gerald Laird's single to center. Washington starter Stephen Strasburg gave up two runs with eight strikeouts in six innings and remains 1-4 on the season. ... Full Story | Top |
| NBA-Nets still the underdogs, but blossoming in Brooklyn Monday, Apr 29, 2013 08:28 PM PDT By Julian Linden NEW YORK, April 29 (Reuters) - With a billionaire owner and a dazzling new stadium in New York City's most populated borough, the Brooklyn Nets are not everyone's idea of an underdog. But in a sport where giants really do walk the court, the Nets have some legitimate claims to being a David among the Goliaths of the National Basketball Association. For starters, they have no LeBron James or Kobe Bryant and have never won an NBA title. And even if they had they would still remain in the lengthy shadow of their cross-city rivals, the New York Knicks. ... Full Story | Top |
| Soccer-Argentine championship results and standings Monday, Apr 29, 2013 07:10 PM PDT April 30 (Infostrada Sports) - Results and standings from the Argentine championship matches on Monday Monday, April 29 Atletico Belgrano 0 All Boys 1 Lanus 1 Atletico Rafaela 1 Sunday, April 28 River Plate 1 Quilmes 1 Independiente 3 Argentinos Juniors 1 Newell's Old Boys 4 Racing Club 3 Saturday, April 27 San Martin (San Juan) 3 Union (Santa Fe) 1 Colon (Santa Fe) 1 Arsenal 0 Estudiantes 1 Boca Juniors 0 San Lorenzo 1 Godoy Cruz 1 Standings P W D L F A Pts 1 Newell's Old Boys 11 8 1 2 23 14 25 2 Lanus 11 6 5 0 16 5 23 3 River Plate 11 6 3 2 14 10 21 4 Atletico Rafaela 11 4 5 2 16 10 17 5 ... Full Story | Top |
| Soccer-The Rifle offers hope for Barca's tough mission Monday, Apr 29, 2013 06:59 PM PDT By Iain Rogers MADRID, April 30 (Reuters) - If Barcelona require extra inspiration as they prepare their bid to overturn a 4-0 Champions League semi-final deficit at home to Bayern Munich on Wednesday, they need look no further than La Liga rivals Deportivo La Coruna. Depor pulled off one of the most sensational comebacks in Europe's elite club competition back in the 2003-04 season when they thrashed AC Milan 4-0 in their quarter-final second leg in La Coruna to shock the reigning continental champions and progress to the last four 5-4 on aggregate. ... Full Story | Top |
| Tebow Time over in New York as Jets cut quarterback Monday, Apr 29, 2013 05:53 PM PDT  By Julian Linden NEW YORK (Reuters) - The New York Jets cut quarterback Tim Tebow on Monday, ending his ill-conceived stint in the Big Apple and leaving one of the most hyped players in the National Football League (NFL) facing an uncertain future. The Jets notified Tebow of their decision to waive him after just one season at a voluntary team workout on Monday morning. "We have a great deal of respect for Tim Tebow," Jets' head coach Rex Ryan said in a statement. "Unfortunately, things did not work out the way we all had hoped. ... Full Story | Top |
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