Mickelson survives another scare at Match Play
Friday, February 27th, 2009 Posted in Golf news | No Comments »Phil the Thrill was at it again. Phil Mickelson survived another scare at the Accenture Match Play Championship on Thursday, beating Zach Johnson 1-up in a second-round matchup of Masters winners. The fifth-seeded Mickelson was the highest remaining seed after Tiger Woods, ...
Golf Capsules
Friday, February 27th, 2009 Posted in Golf news | No Comments »MARANA, Ariz -Tiger Woods had no complaints with his game or his knee, but he had no answer Thursday for Tim Clark of South Africa, who played 16 holes without a bogey and knocked the world's No 1 player out ...
Tiger loses in second round to Tim Clark
Friday, February 27th, 2009 Posted in Golf news | No Comments »Just about everything went according to plan for Tiger Woods in his celebrated return to golf. Except he didn't plan on leaving this early. Woods had no complaints with his game or his knee, but he had no answer Thursday for Tim ...
ATP, WTA to offer live matches on the Internet
Wednesday, January 14th, 2009 Posted in Tennis news | No Comments »The ATP and WTA tours will offer fans the chance to see more professional tennis matches live on the Internet this year - for a price. The men's and women's professional tours announced the creation of TennisTV.com on Tuesday, offering streaming ...
Hobart International results
Wednesday, January 14th, 2009 Posted in Tennis news | No Comments »Results Tuesday at the Hobart International WTA tournament on hard courts at the Domain Tennis Centre (seedings in parentheses). Singles Second Round Magdalena Rybarikova, Slovakia, def. Flavia Pennetta (1), Italy, 7-5, 6-3. Melinda Czink, Hungary, def. Urszula Radwanska, Poland, 4-2, ret. Gisela Dulko, Argentina, def. ...
Hobart without seeded players after Pennetta loses
Wednesday, January 14th, 2009 Posted in Tennis news | No Comments »The last of the seeded players was knocked out of the Hobart International on Tuesday when Flavia Pennetta of Italy was beaten 7-5, 6-3 by Slovakia's Magdalena Rybarikova. Pennetta, the No. 1 seed and No. 13 in the world rankings, struggled ...
Djokovic makes no mistakes in win at Sydney
Wednesday, January 14th, 2009 Posted in Tennis news | No Comments »Top-seeded Novak Djokovic rebounded from a first-round loss at Brisbane last week with an easy 6-1, 6-2 win over Paul-Henri Mathieu on Wednesday at the Sydney International. On Jan. 6, Djokovic lost in straight sets to Ernests Gulbis of Latvia at ...
Drogba says he lost will for football
Wednesday, December 31st, 2008 Posted in Soccer news | No Comments »Chelsea's Didier Drogba says he entered this season having lost his passion for football. "For several weeks this summer, I no longer had a head for football. I had completely lost the fire. I no longer wanted to hear talk of ...
Vitesse Arnhem fires Hans Westerhof as coach
Wednesday, December 31st, 2008 Posted in Soccer news | No Comments »Vitesse Arnhem fired coach Hans Westerhof on Tuesday with the club fourth last in the Dutch league. Vitesse general director Paul van der Kraan said faith had been lost in the 60-year-old Westerhof, who had only been in charge since the ...
Aston Villa back in top four with 1-0 win at Hull
Wednesday, December 31st, 2008 Posted in Soccer news | No Comments »Aston Villa moved back into the top four of the English Premier League with a 1-0 win at Hull clinched by Kamil Zayatte's late own goal and favorable officiating on Tuesday. The match ended in confusion after referee Steve Bennett changed ...
