Latest Breaking Sports News
RSS-
Adidas boss signals backing for good guy Garcia
LONDON (Reuters) - Golfer Sergio Garcia is a "really good guy", the head of his sponsor Adidas said on Friday, indicating the sportswear company would not drop the Spaniard over a jibe directed at Tiger ...
-
Adidas and Puma take rivalry to European football final
FRANKFURT/LONDON (Reuters) - German sportswear makers Adidas and Puma renew their own decades-old rivalry when football teams Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund meet in Europe's Champions League Final at Wembley on ...
-
Joey Votto at center of scouts vs. stats debate
Joey Votto is supposed to drive in runs,'' he says. "The guys in front of him are paid to score them. When you're batting third in any lineup, if you're taking close pitches with runners on base, you're not doing your job.'' The new age executive is young and lean. He wears a tie. He has a laptop, which he opens to reveal the secrets of baseball. ...
More Breaking Sports News
RSS-
Nets request to talk to Rivers reportedly denied
The Nets were reportedly denied a chance to talk to Celtics coach Doc Rivers about their coaching job. (Steve Babineau/NBAE via Getty Images) In their search to find a head coach, ...
-
Judge orders more monitoring for Dallas Brent
reports.In a Friday court hearing, prosecutors said Brent violated the terms of his release by setting off an alcohol-monitoring device and failing to download data from it as required. Judge Robert Burns issued the order but did not raise Brent's $100,000 bond, according to the AP.Brent is scheduled to go on trial in September for the Dec. 8 crash. Regardless of the outcome, ...
-
Evanston High baseball team pulled from playoffs over sexting
Education officials are warning parents in the Evanston area about a 'sexting' incident involving the boys' baseball team at Evanston Township High ...
-
Gill expects Rooney to stay put
Outgoing Manchester United chief executive David Gill expects Wayne Rooney to start the 2013-14 season with the Barclays Premier League champions.The 27-year-old striker has been linked with a move away from Old Trafford after retiring manager Sir Alex Ferguson - who will be replaced by Everton boss David Moyes in July - claimed the player had submitted a second transfer request in nearly three ...
-
For 1st Time Since 82 3 US Men Qualify in Paris
PARIS ...
-
UEFA Targets Games Evils on Great Day for Gibraltar
LONDON ...
-
Cricket Vettori on track to bowing out of test job
Just as cricket fans waited keenly for Daniel Vettori to earn a record 112th cap for New Zealand, his failure to be ready for the Headingley test raises questions whether his days donning white are over. He last played a test in July against the West Indies before Achilles tendon and groin problems ruled him out of contention for subsequent series against India, Sri Lanka, South Africa ...
-
Cricket Help of major associations sought to plan tour matches three years ahead
Major associations are being asked for proposals on which international matches they would like to host for the next three summers. The intention is to offer them more certainty on what their requirements will be further out, and give plenty of time to put appropriate financial arrangements in place. The MAs are completing their expressions of interest and the next step of ...
-
Basketball Explosive Harlem Globetrotter is no touring gimmick
TNT Maddox broke a long drought in 2011, becoming the first woman in nearly 20 years, and just the ninth ever, to join basketball's famously flamboyant entertainers - the Harlem Globetrotters. The Globetrotters return to our courts for the first time in over a decade when they begin a nationwide tour with two games at the North Shore Events Centre today. TNT - real name Fatima - ...
-
Cool Dude Colsaerts Looking to Kickstart Season
VIRGINIA WATER, England ...
-
Platini Leaps to the Defence of Disgraced Havelange
LONDON ...
-
Sports scandal entertainment dominates the headlines in an India not that obsessed with China
East-Asia-Intel.com NEW DELHI -- It's a toss-up what's of more concern to India's 1.2 billion people -- border disputes with China or the arrests on bribery charges of stars of India's most popular sport, the old British game of cricket. India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh mingled firmness with smiles in a summit this week with China's Premier Li Keqiang that ...
-
People with special needs play an inspiring game of baseball
D'IBERVILLE, MS (WLOX) - Baseball took on a new meaning Thursday night at the little league fields in D'Iberville as people with special needs played their only game of the season. They're called the Challenge. On a regulation field with officials umpires, the Nationals faced off against the Dodgers. They weren't seen for their disabilities or handicaps. On this night, ...
-
FIFA task force recommends 5-game ban for racist abuse
FIFA's new anti-racism task force will ask football's governing body next week to approve a mandatory five-match minimum ban for any player found guilty of racist abuse, a person with direct knowledge of the situation said Friday.The anti-racism task force is to report to the FIFA Congress in Mauritius next week, aiming for FIFA to introduce the mandatory ban in all 209 member ...
-
Sports Battle for honours
United Arab Emirates RAK 21km run in a world leading 58.54 mark, proved he was no push over, upsetting national cross-country champion Philemon Rono and former world half marathon silver medalist Bernard Kipyego. Two-time world junior 3,000m champion Mercy Cherono, who did not perform well at the cross-country season, was a cut above the rest, winning women's 1,500m final in an afternoon of ...
-
Sports Title plot thickens
World 1,500m silver medalist Sylvia Kibet and former Africa junior 1,500m silver medalist Nixon Chepseba will headline Kenya Police Service Athletics Championships at the Moi International Sports Centre Kasarani on ...
-
Does Colemans transfer turn up the pressure on Pitino to get more locals
transfer of Joe Coleman has been picked over plenty in the last week as the decision relates to next year’s team and whether it will be better or worse off without him. It’s hard to say, really, whether the rising junior would have taken the next step under Richard Pitino, improving on his defense and decision-making away from the ball while maintaining the aggressive attack that ...
-
Facing elimination Gophers turn to Crawford against Illinois
Joe Christensen covered Major League Baseball for 15 years, including three seasons at the Baltimore Sun and eight at the Star Tribune, before switching to the college football beat. He's a Faribault, Minn., native who graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1996. He covered Jim Wacker's Gophers for the Minnesota Daily and also wrote about USC, UCLA and the Rose Bowl for the ...
-
TwinsCentric Examining Arcias recent struggles
TwinsCentric was formed by Twins super-bloggers Seth Stohs, Nick Nelson, Parker Hageman and John Bonnes. Together they publish at TwinsDaily.com and have authored books, e-books and magazines that provide independent and in-depth coverage of the Minnesota Twins from a fan's perspective. You can contact them at ...
-
NHL award winners to be announced before Game 2 of Stanley Cup final
We don't know when Game 2 of the Stanley Cup final will be, but we do know the NHL's major award winners will be announced before that game. The league said today that winners of the Calder, Hart, Norris, Lindsay and Vezina will be announced as a lead-in to Game 2 at 6 p.m. that night in an hour-long program. The day before, at 4 p.m., winners of the Masterton, Selke, Adams, Clancy, ...
-
Monaco to play Nieminen in Duesseldorf final
Argentina's Juan Monaco returns a ball during his semifinal match against compatriot Guido Pella at the Power Horse ATP tennis tournament in Duesseldorf, Germany, Friday May 24, 2013. (AP Photo/dpa,Caroline ...
-
Fernandes admits QPR mistakes
24 May 2013 QPR chairman Tony Fernandes has given a blunt assessment of his time at the helm of the club, admitting his mistakes contributed to the club's recent ...
South East Asia Digest
-
Southeast Asia's growing prominence in world trade
Southeast Asia has been, for many centuries, a major part of world trade and the recent recession has not hampered this position as the region is recovering much faster than many more developed countries.
Southeast Asia, although geographically large, covering an area of around 5 million square miles, is comparatively small economically in relation to the number of people that inhabit the area. The Southeast Asian region is home to over 500 million people and yet the region’s GDP is just US$1.5 trillion, or around US$2,500 per person annually. Read more
News from around our Network
