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MINNEAPOLIS: The Minnesota Twins beat the Detroit Tigers 6-5 in 12 innings in a drama-packed, one-game play-off yesterday to decide the American League Central Division Champions.
Minnesota, who like Detroit finished the regular season with an 86-76 record, advanced to a best-of-five division ser [more...]
Posted on:10/8/2009 NBA to open new offices in Africa, India
LONDON: The NBA is opening at least five new international offices, including around three in Africa by 2012, NBA Commissioner David Stern said yesterday.
Speaking ahead of a pre-season game in London between the Chicago Bulls and the Utah Jazz, Stern said the NBA was hiring staff, a year after t [more...]
Posted on:10/8/2009 General managers predict Lakers, LeBron repeats in the new season
NEW YORK: LeBron James is predicted to repeat as NBA Most Valuable Player and the Los Angeles Lakers are expected to defend their league crown in a survey of club general managers released yesterday by the NBA.
Those who took part in the eighth annual survery for the league’s official website gav [more...]
Posted on:10/8/2009 Norman’s bunch eyes win
SAN FRANCISCO: America’s dominance of the Presidents Cup has robbed the match-play showdown of Ryder Cup-like drama, but the International team hopes to remedy that this week.
“We need to win one of these pretty soon,” said Australian Geoff Ogilvy, a former US Open champion who is playing in his [more...]
Posted on:10/8/2009 Woods can’t do enough to satisfy Presidents Cup fans
SAN FRANCISCO: Tiger Woods loves to be part of the Presidents Cup but the world number one said yesterday that no matter how well he plays, some people are just never satisfied.
After sitting out last year’s Ryder Cup to recover from knee surgery, a revved-up Woods is back leading the heavily-fav [more...]
Posted on:10/8/2009 Singh senses Cup upset by the Internationals
SAN FRANCISCO: Virtually all the signs point toward yet another United States victory at this week’s Presidents Cup, but Internationals stalwart Vijay Singh has a feeling he and his team-mates could pull off an upset.
“Our guys are really fired up and I think we are going to have a good week,” Fi [more...]
Posted on:10/8/2009 Norman keeps focus on fairway
SAN FRANCISCO: International team captain Greg Norman insisted yesterday that his recently announced split from his tennis legend wife Chris Evert wouldn’t affect his focus on the Presidents Cup.
Norman, also recovering from surgery on his right shoulder, announced last week that he and Evert had [more...]
Posted on:10/8/2009 US secret weapon at Presidents Cup – NBA star Jordan
SAN FRANCISCO: Retired basketball superstar Michael Jordan (pictured below) will serve as an assistant for United States captain Fred Couples at the Presidents Cup this week, helping the hosts develop their mental toughness.
“By the time we finish working on them, everybody’s going to think they’ [more...]
Posted on:10/8/2009 Games TV deals at $3.8bn
COPENHAGEN: The International Olympic Committee has secured a record $3.8bn from broadcasting rights deals for the 2010-2012 Games package and expects to top that for 2014-2016, IOC chief Jacques Rogge said yesterday.
The figure represents a $1.2bn increase from the 2006-2008 two-Games package.[more...]
Posted on:10/8/2009 ESPN-Star secures EPL rights in Asia
HONG KONG: ESPN-Star Sports announced yesterday that it has won exclusive rights to broadcast English Premier League matches in 18 markets across Asia until 2013.
The broadcaster, Asia’s biggest sports content provider, said for the first time it would show all 380 matches each season live acros [more...]
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