CSKA boost title push with Moscow derby win
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Champions CSKA Moscow beat traditional city rivals Spartak 1-0 with an early opportunist goal by Ivorian striker Seydou Doumbia to throw the Russian title race wide open on Saturday.
Everton draw 3-3 with Liverpool in classic derby
LONDON (Reuters) – Everton and Liverpool served up a lunchtime classic at Goodison Park on Saturday as Daniel Sturridge got a late equalizer for the visitors in a 3-3 Premier League draw after the hosts twice came from behind to lead.
Schwartzel puts himself in line for first home Open title
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Home favorite Charl Schwartzel will take a one-stroke lead into Sunday’s final round of the South African Open after carding a third-round 69 for a 15-under-par total of 201 that sets him up for a title that has previously elud…
Webber quickest in his final F1 practice
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Mark Webber was fastest in the final practice session of his Formula One career at a rain swept Brazilian Grand Prix on Saturday.
Philippines great Pacquiao fights for devastated homeland
MACAU/TACLOBAN, Philippines (Reuters) – Filipino boxing great Manny Pacquiao will carry the weight of a nation in mourning when he enters the ring on Sunday in the first major international fight to be held in the gambling capital of Macau.
Welshman Manley follows ace with disgrace at World Cup
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Welshman Stuart Manley gave new meaning to the phrase “from the sublime to the ridiculous” at the World Cup of Golf on Saturday when he followed up an ace at Royal Melbourne’s third hole with a septuple-bogey 11 on the next.
Entire Jamaican anti-doping board resigns
(Reuters) – The entire board of the controversial Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO) has resigned, the country’s minister with responsibility for sport said on Friday.
Colorado Avalanche goalie Varlamov charged with assaulting girlfriend
DENVER (Reuters) – Colorado Avalanche goaltender Semyon Varlamov was charged on Friday with misdemeanor assault for allegedly kicking and stomping his girlfriend at the couple’s Denver condominium last month, prosecutors said.
Unbeaten Euroleague trio advance to Top 16
BELGRADE (Reuters) – Olympiakos Piraeus, Real Madrid and Fenerbahce Istanbul stormed into the Euroleague Top 16 with four games to spare after stretching their perfect starts to six wins in the preliminary group stage on Friday.
Rodriguez confident of winning doping appeal
(Reuters) – New York Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez, who is at the center of a doping case that has rocked Major League Baseball, has said he is confident of his appeal.
