Second-seeded Nicolas Almagro of Spain, a three-time winner in the Brazilian Open clay court event here, has been upset by Federico Delbonis of Argentina 6-3, 3-6, 2-6. Almagro took the first set easily, but thereafter found the going tough as the Argentinean started stretching him on every point and lost the next two sets. Top-seeded […]
Work on Brazil’s troubled Arena da Baixada World Cup stadium has been further delayed by a public transport strike, media reports said. More than two thirds of the venue’s 1,300 employees were absent from work Wednesday, Xinhua quoted a local daily O Globo. World football’s governing body FIFA last week warned that local organisers faced […]
Following are the English Premier League results Sunday, Xinhua reported. Liverpool 4 (Sturridge 3, 36, Henderson 20, 74) Swansea City 3 (Shelvey 23, Bony 27, 47-penalty) Newcastle United 1 (Remy 90+2) Aston Villa 0 Norwich City 1 (Snodgrass 47) Tottenham Hotspur 0 Played Saturday: Arsenal 4 (Giroud 5, 31, Rosicky 42, Koscielny 57) Sunderland 1 […]
Pep Guardiola’s team seems unstoppable as the Bavarians remain unbeaten at their 47th match after a 4-0 win at Hannover, meanwhile Frankfurt and Bremen shared points to close the 22nd round of Bundesliga . The German record champions are on their way to defend their Bundesliga title as Bayern established a 19-point lead to their […]
Juventus extended their unbeaten run in Turin derbies to 16 matches as Carlos Tevez’s fist-half strike earned them a 1-0 win against Torino. Tevez’s thunderous shot on the turn after 30 minutes of the latest Turin derby proved enough to restore the Italian champions’ advantage Sunday, Xinhua reported. Seventh-placed Torino — who have now failed […]
The attorneys of German biathlete Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle Monday denied the accusation of conscious or “even willful” doping, three days after the biathlete was kicked out of the Sochi Games due to positive doping test result. “On the basis of the existing evidence, there is no indication available for this,” Xinhua quoted her as saying in […]
Following are the German Bundesliga standings after Sunday’s matches (tabulated under matches played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, points), Xinhua reported. Bayern Munich 22 20 2 0 61 9 62 Bayer Leverkusen 22 14 1 7 39 25 43 Borussia Dortmund 22 13 3 6 51 27 42 Schalke 04 22 12 5 5 41 […]
Australian golfer Jason Day won the World Golf Championships (WGC) Match Play Championship, becoming the World No.4, his highest career ranking. The 26-year-old Australian from Queensland withstood a fierce challenge from Frenchman Victor Dubuisson to triumph with a birdie at the 23rd hole in a thrilling final at the Dove Mountain course in Arizona, reports Xinhua. […]
Police in Brazil have released 260 people arrested during an anti-World Cup rally here. Demonstrators vandalised public buildings and lit fires in Brazil’s largest city Saturday in protest at the cost of staging this year’s World Cup, reports Xinhua. Local media reported that the rally began peacefully before being infiltrated by the Black Bloc anarchist […]
Brazil will fine-tune their FIFA World Cup preparations with an international friendly against Panama June 3. The two teams will meet at the Serra Dourada stadium in the central Brazilian city of Goiania, Panama’s football federation said on its official website Sunday, reports Xinhua. It will be Brazil’s penultimate fixture before they face Croatia in […]