Saturday, July 30, 2011

Williams, Bartoli reach final at Stanford

Williams, Bartoli reach final at Stanford


Williams, Bartoli reach final at Stanford

Posted: 30 Jul 2011 09:06 PM PDT

Playing like a champion, the unseeded Serena Williams moved into the final of the Stanford Classic with an impressive 6-1, 6-2 victory over Sabine Lisicki.


Tomic lines up for Brisbane International

Posted: 30 Jul 2011 08:19 PM PDT

Australia's Wimbledon quarterfinalist Bernard Tomic on Sunday confirmed he will kick off his 2012 campaign at home, playing in January's Brisbane International in the lead-up to the Australian Open.


Lochte leads 400 IM prelims at worlds

Posted: 30 Jul 2011 08:14 PM PDT

Ryan Lochte easily advanced with the fastest time in the preliminaries of the 400-meter individual medley at the world championships on Sunday, putting the American in position to win his fifth gold medal.


Peer and Petrova advance Citi Open final

Posted: 30 Jul 2011 07:16 PM PDT

Shahar Peer advanced to the final of the Citi Open by defeating Tamira Paszek of Austria 3-6, 7-6 (2), 6-4 in a match that went more than three hours.


Peer and Petrova advance to Citi Open final

Posted: 30 Jul 2011 07:16 PM PDT

Shahar Peer advanced to the final of the Citi Open by defeating Tamira Paszek of Austria 3-6, 7-6 (2), 6-4 in a match that went more than three hours.

Owen lifts Manchester United to 2-1 friendly win over Barcelona

Posted: 30 Jul 2011 06:52 PM PDT

Michael Owen scored in 76th minute to lift Manchester United to a 2-1 win over Barcelona in a friendly that reprised their clash in the Champions League final.

Owen gives Man United 2-1 win over Barcelona

Posted: 30 Jul 2011 06:52 PM PDT

Michael Owen scored on a counterattack in the 76th minute to give Manchester United a thrilling 2-1 victory over FC Barcelona on Saturday night.


Fish fends off Harrison to reach Los Angeles final

Posted: 30 Jul 2011 06:20 PM PDT

Mardy Fish held off a strong fightback by fellow American Ryan Harrison to book his place in the final of the Los Angeles ATP event with a 6-0, 4-6, 7-6 win.


Sizzling Kim surges one ahead at Greenbrier

Posted: 30 Jul 2011 05:37 PM PDT

American Anthony Kim closed in on his first PGA Tour victory of the season by charging one stroke clear in third round of the Greenbrier Classic.


AS Roma agree to sign Dutch keeper Stekelenburg

Posted: 30 Jul 2011 05:28 PM PDT

Ambitious AS Roma have reached an agreement to buy Dutch World Cup goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg from Ajax Amsterdam and add him to their list of summer signings.


Cibulkova withdraws from Bank of the West Classic

Posted: 30 Jul 2011 05:26 PM PDT

Slovakia's Dominika Cibulkova withdrew from her semifinal against France's Marion Bartoli at the Bank of the West Classic on Saturday because of a strained abdominal muscle.


Kidnapper of football coach sentenced

Posted: 30 Jul 2011 03:56 PM PDT

A man involved in kidnapping an Argentine football coach faces 26 years in a Mexican prison.


Star-studded Real see off Leicester

Posted: 30 Jul 2011 03:23 PM PDT

Real Madrid turned on the star power as the Spanish giants continued their pre-season preparations with a 2-1 victory at Leicester City.


Masson leads Open but Tseng ready to pounce

Posted: 30 Jul 2011 02:50 PM PDT

Caroline Masson will take a two-shot lead into the final round of the British Open with defending champion Yani Tseng lurking as her nearest challenger.


Careless Arsenal waste two-goal lead against Boca

Posted: 30 Jul 2011 02:40 PM PDT

Arsenal showed some defensive flaws as the Gunners had to settle for a 2-2 draw against Boca Juniors after squandering a two-goal lead in the Emirates Cup.


Archers hit target, aim for medals

Posted: 30 Jul 2011 01:41 PM PDT

Jayanta Talukdar and Deepika Kumari have wasted no time in booking their ticket to London for the Olympics next year. The next goal - and only goal for now - is to iron out the chinks and go for an elusive medal at the Olympics.


The new-look 'Dalai Lama' and Warnie

Posted: 30 Jul 2011 12:54 PM PDT

Indian pacer Praveen Kumar lost his cool in the 18th over when umpire Marais Erasmus negated a leg before appeal against Kevin Pietersen.

Pankaj Advani, Dhvaj Haria steal the show

Posted: 30 Jul 2011 11:56 AM PDT

Pankaj Advani rallied from one frame down with vengeance to defeat B Bhaskar of Karnataka 5-1 in the final of the Hash10 WorldSim national billiards and snooker championship on Saturday and pocket his fifth national billiards title.


I like wearing casual stuff: Rohan Bopanna

Posted: 30 Jul 2011 11:34 AM PDT

I like to wear...Casual stuff. Even a collared shirt or a half-sleeved shirt over jeans is great. I like wearing casual shorts too. As for footwear, I prefer slip-ons or even flip flops because I'm wearing shoes all the time.


Cilic beats Fognini to reach Croatia Open final

Posted: 30 Jul 2011 10:46 AM PDT

Marin Cilic defeated Fabio Fognini of Italy 6-2, 6-2 on Saturday to reach the final of the Croatia Open.


England 24/1 at stumps, trail by 43 runs

Posted: 30 Jul 2011 10:20 AM PDT

Dravid cracked his 2nd consecutive ton before Broad's hat-trick triggered a collapse to restrict India's lead to 67 runs on Day 2 of the second Test against England.


Australia's Green shares lead at Irish Open

Posted: 30 Jul 2011 10:19 AM PDT

Australia's Richard Green goes into the final round of the Irish Open in a three-way tie with English duo David Howell and Simon Dyson at top of leaderboard.


Verdasco, Granollers advance to Swiss Open final

Posted: 30 Jul 2011 10:15 AM PDT

Fernando Verdasco beat top-seeded Nicolas Almagro 6-7 (2), 7-6 (2), 6-3 on Saturday to set up an all-Spanish final against Marcel Granollers at the Swiss Open.


Leverkusen, Werder eliminated from German Cup

Posted: 30 Jul 2011 10:13 AM PDT

Second-division team Dynamo Dresden rallied from a 3-0 deficit to stun Bayer Leverkusen 4-3 in extra time in the first round of the German Cup on Saturday.


Broad takes hat-trick against India

Posted: 30 Jul 2011 09:58 AM PDT

Stuart Broad became the first England bowler to take a Test hat-trick since Ryan Sidebottom achieved the feat against New Zealand in Hamilton in 2007/08.

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