Webber denies Vettel another pole in Japan
SUZUKA, Japan (Reuters) – Australian Mark Webber led a Red Bull front row sweep on Saturday and denied team mate and Formula One championship leader Sebastian Vettel a fifth successive Japanese Grand Prix pole position.
U.S. victory ends Jamaica’s World Cup hopes
(Reuters) – The United States scored twice in three minutes to secure a 2-0 win over Jamaica on Friday and ensured they finished top of the CONCACAF qualifying tournament for next year’s World Cup finals in Brazil.
Venezuela’s slim World Cup hopes dashed by Paraguay draw
SAN CRISTOBAL, Venezuela (Reuters) – Venezuela were held to a 1-1 by Paraguay on Friday, killing off their thin chances of participating in their first World Cup finals.
Colombia fight back for point to go to Brazil
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Colombia came back from conceding three goals in the opening half hour to draw 3-3 at home to Chile and secure a berth in the World Cup finals for the first time since 1998 on Friday.
Belgium, Germany and Swiss book World Cup tickets
LONDON (Reuters) – Two-goal Romelu Lukaku fired Belgium’s golden generation into next year’s World Cup finals with Germany and Switzerland also sealing their tickets to the Brazil extravaganza on Friday.
Jets’ Winslow suspended four games for doping offence
(Reuters) – New York Jets tight end Kellen Winslow Jr. has been suspended by the National Football League (NFL) without pay for four games for violating the league’s policy on performance enhancing substances.
Uncertainty remains over Bryant’s return from injury
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Of all the uncertainties facing the Los Angeles Lakers as they prepare for their season opener later this month against the Clippers the biggest is the timetable for Kobe Bryant’s comeback from injury.
Former F1 test pilot De Villota found dead
MADRID (Reuters) – Former Spanish Formula One test driver Maria de Villota, one of the few women to come close to the top of the sport but whose career was cut short by an horrific accident last year, was found dead in a hotel in Seville on Friday.
Judge dismisses most of San Jose lawsuit over Oakland A’s move
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A U.S. judge dismissed on Friday several claims in the city of San Jose, California’s lawsuit against Major League Baseball, which alleged the league violated antitrust laws over a proposed move by the Oakland Athletics team t…
Red Sox, Tigers clash for first time in postseason
(Reuters) – There is a first for everything, even for charter members of the American League going back more than a century, as the Boston Red Sox and Detroit Tigers can attest.
