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Page 1/12 Favre leads Vikings to win MINNESOTA: Minnesota quarterback Brett Favre threw for 271 yards and three touchdowns yesterday against the club where he was a star for 16 years, giving the Vikings a 30-23 victory over Green Bay. Favre, who turns 40 next week, was a winner in his first meeting against his former club in a much- [more...] Posted on:10/7/2009 Rookies guide Rangers to 3-2 win over Devils NEW YORK: Rookie defenceman Matt Gilroy scored his first career goal to lift the New York Rangers over the visiting New Jersey Devils 3-2 yesterday. Gilroy put a slap shot past goaltender Martin Brodeur at 17:50 in the second period to hand the Rangers their second straight win and the Devils the [more...] Posted on:10/7/2009 Giants’ QB Manning sore but hopes to play NEW YORK: New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning was listed as “day-to-day” after an MRI examination yesterday showed he had an injury to the plantar fascia that caused soreness and swelling on the bottom of his right foot. Manning was sidelined in the fourth quarter of the Giants’ 27-16 win aga [more...] Posted on:10/7/2009 Massa could be back soon LONDON: Recovering Brazilian Felipe Massa could be back behind the wheel of a Formula One car in Italy next week despite a ban on testing during the season, Ferrari said yesterday. “It is possible Felipe will drive a Formula One car in the coming days, but it’s not been decided exactly when,” a s [more...] Posted on:10/7/2009 US Presidents Cup players are experiencing the Jordan effect SAN FRANCISCO: Basketball great Michael Jordan was an innovative addition by captain Fred Couples to help the US Presidents Cup team this week at Harding Park, and he made an immediate impact yesterday. Accompanied by Couples and US players Hunter Mahan, Lucas Glover and Sean O’Hair, the cigar-ch [more...] Posted on:10/7/2009 Watson wins applause CENTURION: Australia captain Ricky Ponting lauded all-rounder Shane Watson for his match-winning unbeaten century that powered his side to victory over New Zealand in the Champions Trophy final. Opener Watson hammered 105 for a second successive century as Australia overhauled New Zealand’s total [more...] Posted on:10/7/2009 South Africa are not chokers, insists former captain Pollock JOHANNESBURG: Former star all-rounder Shaun Pollock said South Africa did not deserve to be branded ‘chokers’ depite being eliminated after the first round of the Champions Trophy which ended yesterday. The ‘Proteas’, who played the least amount of international cricket of the eight teams in the [more...] Posted on:10/7/2009 Qatar set to host Club World Volleyball Championship DOHA: Qatar Volleyball Association (QVBA) is leaving no stone unturned in its bid to make the forthcoming 2009 FIVB Men’s Club World Volleyball Championship a huge success. QVBA has started preparations for this event which will be held in Doha with world’s top eight club teams, including hosts A [more...] Posted on:10/7/2009 Qatar’s Price crashes out LIUZHOU: F1 Team Qatar suffered a disappointing run of luck in the first Grand Prix of Liuzhou on the Liu River in China yesterday. Defending World Champion, Jay Price, had climbed back from eighth to third after a poor start and was pushing hard for second position when he barrel-rolled out of [more...] Posted on:10/7/2009 QOC and Northwestern University in Qatar form new partnership Doha: The Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) and Northwestern University in Qatar (NUQ) have formed an unexpected and exciting partnership. The QOC yesterday invited Northwestern’s public relations students to work with them on designing an original communications plan for the Qatar Schools Olympic P [more...] Posted on:10/7/2009
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