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LOS ANGELES: The Los Angeles Angels rallied from the brink of play-off elimination yesterday by overcoming a six-run New York seventh inning to hold on and beat the Yankees 7-6.
It was a roller-coaster game in which the Angels led 4-0 then fell behind 6-4 before storming back with a three-run sev [more...]
Posted on:10/24/2009 Predators snap 6-game losing streak with victory over Ottawa
OTTAWA: A power play goal from Shea Weber in overtime helped the Nashville Predators snap a six-game losing streak with a frenzied 6-5 win over the Ottawa Senators yesterday.
Trailing 3-0 after the first two periods, the Senators stormed back with five goals in the third, including a shorthanded [more...]
Posted on:10/24/2009 Coach orders China’s Liu to win risk-free
BEIJING: China’s former Olympic champion hurdler Liu Xiang has been ordered to put safety first by his coach in his second race after more than a year out injured.
However, Sun Haiping has also informed the 26-year-old he must win his preliminary heat at China’s National Games in around 13.30 sec [more...]
Posted on:10/24/2009 Sizzling O’Hern takes lead
PHOENIX: Australian Nick O’Hern covered the last nine holes in a blistering seven-under-par 28 to charge one shot clear in yesterday’s first round of the Arizona Open in Scottsdale.
Best known for twice beating Tiger Woods at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship, left-hander O’Hern reeled of [more...]
Posted on:10/24/2009 Rai takes lead in rain-hit Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR: India’s Himmat Rai stole the limelight by taking the second-round clubhouse lead at the Iskandar Johor Open yesterday with tournament marquee name K J Choi hot on his heels.
The young Indian only had 30 minutes to rest after completing his first round when he also took the first-rou [more...]
Posted on:10/24/2009 Australia tad wary of India
MUMBAI: World Cup champions Australia will not take victory for granted when they clash with India in a seven-match one-day series starting here tomorrow.
The series gives the home team an early chance to make amends after their first-round exit from the eight-nation Champions Trophy in South Afr [more...]
Posted on:10/24/2009 Axed Misbah eyes Pakistan comeback
LAHORE: Former Pakistan vice-captain Misbah-ul-Haq is hoping that an electric championship performance will secure him a quick return to the national team after being axed against New Zealand, he said yesterday.
Barely a day after being dropped from the one-day, Twenty20 and Test squads, Misbah h [more...]
Posted on:10/24/2009 Gibbs, Ntini left out of South Africa’s ODI squad
JOHANNESBURG: Herschelle Gibbs and Makhaya Ntini have been left out of South Africa’s squad for one-day international matches against Zimbabwe and England.
“It is never easy to leave out senior players, particularly when they are men of the calibre of Herschelle Gibbs and Makhaya Ntini who have g [more...]
Posted on:10/24/2009 Todt is new FIA chief
PARIS: Ex-Ferrari boss Jean Todt promised “constructive change” after he won yesterday’s election to the most powerful post in motorsport as president of the Federation Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA).
The 63-year-old Frenchman won the FIA general assembly election with 135 votes against 49 [more...]
Posted on:10/24/2009 Rossi fails to dominate practice
KUALA LUMPUR: World championship leader Valentino Rossi failed to set the pace yesterday in the wilting heat of the first practice session for tomorrow’s Malaysian Moto GP.
Spain’s Jorge Lorenzo, the only other rider in contention for the title, set the fastest time at 2min 02.180sec, with Austra [more...]
Posted on:10/24/2009
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