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| French parade leaves Federer in the shade Thursday, May 30, 2013 12:19 AM PDT  By Martyn Herman PARIS (Reuters) - A quintet of Frenchmen led a home procession at Roland Garros on Wednesday but Roger Federer still threatens to rain on their parade after sauntering into the third round of the French Open. On so-called Children's Day at the claycourt slam it was kid's stuff for second seed Federer as he thrashed Indian qualifier Somdev Devvarman 6-2 6-1 6-1. While the Swiss is hugely popular with the Parisian fans, it was the progress of Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Gael Monfils, Gilles Simon, Julien Benneteau and Jeremy Chardy that drew the loudest cheers. ... Full Story | Top |
| Soccer-Hughes anointed manager of Stoke City - report Wednesday, May 29, 2013 11:56 PM PDT May 30 (Reuters) - Premier League Stoke City have appointed Mark Hughes as their new manager in place of his fellow Welshman Tony Pulis, who left the club by mutual consent after seven years in charge last week, the BBC reported on Thursday. Former Manchester United striker Hughes was most recently employed by Queens Park Rangers, who sacked him last November before being relegated, and has also had spells in charge at Blackburn Rovers, Manchester City and Fulham. ... Full Story | Top |
| Soccer-China's Jilong replaces banned Fernando in FIFA exco Wednesday, May 29, 2013 11:45 PM PDT PORT LOUIS, May 30 (Reuters) - China's Zhang Jilong has joined the powerful FIFA executive committee, replacing Sri Lankan Vernon Manilal Fernando who is serving an eight-year ban for unethical behaviour. Zhang headed the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for nearly two years on an interim basis after FIFA dismissed former AFC boss Mohammed Bin Hammam for bribery and corruption in 2011. AFC President Shaikh Salman Bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa of Bahrain attended his first FIFA executive committee meeting in Mauritius on Tuesday. ... Full Story | Top |
| Rugby-Warburton out but nine Welsh to start for Lions Wednesday, May 29, 2013 11:35 PM PDT * Warburton ruled out by knee injury * Nine Welshman to start, 11 in matchday squad * All three Scots in tour squad to start (Adds new quotes, more detail) By Michael Flaherty HONG KONG, May 30 (Reuters) - Ireland's Paul O'Connell will captain the side in place of Sam Warburton but nine other Welshman were included in Warren Gatland's first British and Irish Lions team for Saturday's match against the Barbarians. ... Full Story | Top |
| Baseball standings Wednesday, May 29, 2013 11:30 PM PDT May 30 (Infostrada Sports) - Standings from the MLB on Wednesday AMERICAN LEAGUEEASTERN DIVISION W L PCT GB 1. Boston 32 22 .593 - 2. NY Yankees 30 22 .577 1 3. Baltimore 29 24 .547 2 1/2 4. Tampa Bay 28 24 .538 3 5. Toronto 23 30 .434 8 1/2 CENTRAL DIVISION W L PCT GB 1. Detroit 29 22 .569 - 2. Cleveland 28 24 .538 1 1/2 3. Chicago White Sox 24 26 .480 4 1/2 4. Minnesota 22 28 .440 6 1/2 5. Kansas City 21 29 .420 7 1/2 WESTERN DIVISION W L PCT GB 1. Texas 32 20 .615 - 2. Oakland 31 23 .574 2 3. LA Angels 24 29 .453 8 1/2 4. Seattle 22 31 .415 10 1/2 5. Houston 16 37 . ... Full Story | Top |
| Baseball results Wednesday, May 29, 2013 11:07 PM PDT May 30 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the MLB games on Wednesday (home team in CAPS) CHICAGO CUBS 9 Chicago White Sox 3 BALTIMORE 9 Washington 6 CLEVELAND 5 Cincinnati 2 NY Mets 9 NY YANKEES 4 PHILADELPHIA 4 Boston 3 PITTSBURGH 5 Detroit 3 Toronto 3 ATLANTA 0 Tampa Bay 3 MIAMI 1 MINNESOTA 4 Milwaukee 1 ST. LOUIS 5 Kansas City 3 Houston 6 COLORADO 3 LA ANGELS 4 LA Dodgers 3 SAN DIEGO 3 Seattle 2 (10 innings) Oakland 9 SAN FRANCISCO 6 Full Story | Top |
| Reuters Sports Schedule at 0600 GMT on Thursday, May 30 Wednesday, May 29, 2013 11:00 PM PDT Reuters sports schedule at 0600 GMT on Thursday: - - - - TENNIS French Open, Paris (to June 9) PARIS - World number one Novak Djokovic continues his bid to win the only grand slam missing from his collection when he takes on Argentina's Guido Pella in a second-round clash while women's champion Maria Sharapova faces Canada's Eugenie Bouchard. ... Full Story | Top |
| Baseball-Cardinals rally late to beat Royals Wednesday, May 29, 2013 10:47 PM PDT May 29 (Reuters) - The St. Louis Cardinals rallied with four runs in the eighth inning to defeat the Kansas City Royals 5-3 on Wednesday and improve their Major League Baseball best record. The Royals led 3-1 before Carlos Beltran belted a solo home run, David Freese tied the game with a run-scoring single then Daniel Descalso hit a two-run single to give the Cardinals a 5-3 lead. It was the fourth successive victory for St. Louis (35-17). In Baltimore, Ryan Zimmerman blasted three home runs but the Washington Nationals still fell short in a 9-6 defeat to the Orioles. ... Full Story | Top |
| Rugby-Nine Welsh to start for Lions against Barbarians Wednesday, May 29, 2013 10:18 PM PDT (Adds detail) By Michael Flaherty HONG KONG, May 30 (Reuters) - Ireland's Paul O'Connell will captain the side in place of Sam Warburton but nine Welshman were included in Warren Gatland's first British and Irish Lions team for Saturday's match against the Barbarians. Lock O'Connell, who skippered the tourists in South Africa four years ago, will lead 17 new Lions out before the match at Hong Kong Stadium with Wales flanker Warburton rested after taking a knee knock in training. ... Full Story | Top |
| Soccer-Newell's, Olimpia reach Libertadores Cup semis Wednesday, May 29, 2013 09:43 PM PDT * Newell's Old Boys beat Boca Juniors on penalties * Former champions Olimpia eliminate Fluminense 2-1 (Adds Olimpia victory, quotes) By Rex Gowar BUENOS AIRES, May 29 (Reuters) - Newell's Old Boys edged six times champions Boca Juniors 10-9 in a marathon penalty shootout to advance to the Libertadores Cup semi-finals following a tight all-Argentine encounter in Rosario on Wednesday. ... Full Story | Top |
| Rugby-British and Irish Lions team to play Barbarians Wednesday, May 29, 2013 09:41 PM PDT HONG KONG, May 30 (Reuters) - British and Irish Lions coach Warren Gatland named the following team on Thursday for Saturday's match against the Barbarians at Hong Kong Stadium: 15-Stuart Hogg, 14-Alex Cuthbert 13-Jonathan Davies, 12-Jamie Roberts, 11-Sean Maitland, 10-Owen Farrell, 9-Mike Phillips, 8-Toby Faletau, 7-Justin Tipuric, 6-Dan Lydiate, 5-Paul O'Connell (captain), 4-Richie Gray, 3-Adam Jones, 2-Richard Hibbard, 1-Mako Vunipola. Replacements: 16-Tom Youngs, 17-Cian Healey, 18-Matt Stevens, 19-Alun Wyn-Jones, 20-Jamie Heaslip, 21-Conor Murray, 22-Jonny Sexton, 23-George North. ... Full Story | Top |
| Cricket-Spinner Ahmed could be cleared for Ashes next week Wednesday, May 29, 2013 09:38 PM PDT SYDNEY, May 30 (Reuters) - Legspinner Fawad Ahmed's path to the Australia squad for the Ashes series could be cleared as early as next week after the government introduced legislation on Thursday that enables them to fast-track citizenship in special cases. Pakistan-born Ahmed arrived in Australia in 2010 before claiming asylum as a refugee on the grounds that he had been subject to death threats from Islamic extremists for being involved with an NGO promoting women's rights. ... Full Story | Top |
| NHL-Blackhawks into Western finals with Detroit win Wednesday, May 29, 2013 08:44 PM PDT May 29 (Reuters) - Brent Seabrook scored the game-winning goal in overtime to give the Chicago Blackhawks a 2-1 win over the Detroit Red Wings on Wednesday and complete an amazing series comeback that advanced them to the NHL's Western Conference finals. Chicago had trailed 3-1 in the best-of-seven series but delivered three successive wins to stun the Red Wings and set up a conference finals meeting with the Stanley Cup champion Los Angeles Kings. Playing in front of their anxious home crowd, the Blackhawks grabbed the early advantage on Patrick Sharp's goal in the second period. ... Full Story | Top |
| Soccer-Libertadores Cup summaries Wednesday, May 29, 2013 08:23 PM PDT (Updates with later score) May 29 (Reuters) - South American Libertadores Cupquarter-final, second leg summaries on Wednesday: - - At the Marcelo Bielsa, Rosario Newell's Old Boys (Argentina) 0 Boca Juniors (Argentina) 0 Red card: Clemente Rodriguez 56 Aggregate 0-0 Newell's win 10-9 on penalties - - At the Defensores del Chaco, Asuncion Olimpia (Paraguay) 2 - Juan Manuel Salgueiro 34, 40pen Fluminense (Brazil) 1 - Rhayner 9 Halftime: 2-1 Olimpia go through 2-1 on aggregate (Compiled by Rex Gowar; Editing by Greg Stutchbury) Full Story | Top |
| NHL play-offs semifinal result Wednesday, May 29, 2013 08:14 PM PDT May 30 (Infostrada Sports) - Result from the NHL Play-offs Semifinal match between Chicago and Detroit on Wednesday (home team in CAPS) 1 2 3 OT T CHICAGO 0 1 0 1 2 Detroit 0 0 1 0 1 (Chicago win the best-of-seven series by 4-3) Full Story | Top |
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