Rose joins ace Garcia at halfway lead in Thailand
(Reuters) – Spaniard Sergio Garcia sank a magical hole-in-one in a sparkling round of seven-under-par 65 to share the halfway lead with Englishman Justin Rose at the Thailand Golf Championship on Friday.
Three men arrested for anti-Semitic tweets after Premier League match
LONDON (Reuters) – Three men have been arrested for posting anti-Semitic comments on Twitter following Tottenham Hotspur’s Premier League match against West Ham United in October, police said on Friday.
So far, snow good in Sochi: forecaster
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Unseasonably heavy snow has fallen near the mountain venues of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics and meteorologists are optimistic there will be no shortage of snow for the Games in February, Russia’s chief weather forecaster said on Fr…
Kubica signs up for full world championship campaign
LONDON (Reuters) – Former Formula One driver Robert Kubica will contest all 13 rounds of next year’s world rally championship in an M-Sport prepared Ford Fiesta, a move that ends any immediate prospect of his return to circuit racing.
Rain reduces Nelson Mandela Championship to 54 holes
(Reuters) – A waterlogged course at Mount Edgecombe on the first two days of the European Tour’s Nelson Mandela Challenge in Durban has forced organizers to shorten the tournament to 54 holes.
Chargers upset Broncos in Denver
(Reuters) – San Diego shocked Peyton Manning’s Broncos with a 27-20 win in Denver on Thursday, breathing new life into the Chargers’ playoff hopes and throwing the AFC West title race wide open.
Major League Baseball roundup
Dec 12 (The Sports Xchange) – If Russell Wilson ever decides to give up his NFL career for a return to baseball — and it’s extremely doubtful he will — the Seattle Seahawks’ quarterback could be relocating to Texas.
Liverpool’s injured captain Gerrard out for a month
(Reuters) – Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard will be sidelined for at least four weeks with the hamstring injury he picked up last weekend, manager Brendan Rodgers said on Thursday.
Roundup of NBA games
Dec 12 (The Sports Xchange) – The Los Angeles Lakers announced that point guard Steve Blake will miss at least six weeks with a torn ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow. The injury was diagnosed after an MRI by team physician Steve Lombardo an…
Canadian women’s ice hockey coach resigns
(Reuters) – The head coach of the defending Olympic champion Canadian women’s ice hockey team resigned on Thursday with less than two months to go until the start of the Sochi Games.
