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TORREON, Mexico (AP) Daniel Luduena and Oribe Peralta scored to help Santos Laguna win the Mexican first-division title with a 2-1 victory over Monterrey on Sunday.
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| CARSON, Calif. (AP) Joel Lindpere scored to help the New York Red Bulls win their first game since scoring star Thierry Henry was injured, 1-0 over the Los Angeles Galaxy on Saturday night. |
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New York went to Los Angeles missing some stars but still came away with a win thanks to Joel Lindpere scoring the game's only goal.
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| A government leader in Brazil says voting on a key bill regulating the 2014 World Cup will not happen by the end of the month as wanted by FIFA. The government leader in the lower house, Arlindo Chinaglia, said Tuesday the vote on the bill which gives FIFA financial and legal guarantees to organize the event will likely be delayed for two weeks until after Easter. |
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| The 27-year-old goalkeeper may not feature for Manchester United again this term after suffering a recurrence of ankle ligament injury which has kept him out since January |
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| The underrated Estonian midfielder told Goal.com that the Mexican international will greatly help the team in its home opener. |
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| You would have to be blind if you don't think Lionel Messi is a good player. In fact, he's actually reached a level of greatness. Seriously, if I started listing his accolades and accomplishments, it would take up the whole article. |
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Love -- Christina McHale, the rising 19-year-old phenom from New Jersey, upset world No. 3 Petra Kvitova on Sunday night at the BNP Paribas Open, 2-6, 6-2, 6-3. She is now 4-7 in her career against top 10 players, a record which includes a victory over Caroline Wozniacki when she was No. 1. McHale was already the first American seed at Indian Wells since 2008 and is hoping to become the first quarterfinalist for the US since Lindsay Davenport did it the same year.
15 -- There's a stomach flu going around Indian Wells and it has felled Vera Zvonareva, Gael Monfils, Vania King and Jurgen Melzer, among others. I'll spare you the details that have been shared by some players on Twitter and simply say that it doesn't sound very fun. Roger Federer told reporters he had a fever, but didn't think he had the same bug that has been going around.
30 -- Michael Llodra cursed and used a racial epithet toward a fan during a three-set loss to Ernests Gulbis. Frustrated during the match, the Frenchman threw his racquet, hit a ball out of the court and yelled, "f------ Chinese" to a fan in the front row. For this, Llodra was fined $2,500 by the ATP. What a cowardly move by both Llodra and the Tour.
40 -- Milos Raonic spoke about his upcoming Tuesday match against Roger Federer:
"I think we're both going to be trying to do the same thing to each other, which is pretty much dictate. He's probably the best guy to ever do that. It's going to be a great match for myself and I'll try to make the most of it. I know priority number one is going to be try to take care of my serve and build from there. Hopefully I'll have a few opportunities, and hopefully make the most of [them]."
Game -- On tap for Monday: Matches featuring Novak Djokovic, Andy Roddick, Ana Ivanovic, Maria Sharapova, Caroline Wozniacki and, in the featured night match, Ryan Harrison. |
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| When news broke that the knee injury Minnesota Timberwolves point guard Ricky Rubio suffered in the closing seconds of Friday night's loss to the Los Angeles Lakers was a torn ACL that will knock him out for the rest of his rookie season and prevent him from starting at the point for the Spanish national basketball team during this summer's Olympics in London, just about everyone was bummed out.
Fans far and wide lamented the loss of one of the league's brightest and most exciting young stars. A host of Rubio's NBA peers took to Twitter to express their sympathies and wish the gifted freshman him a full, speedy recovery. Perhaps the coolest sign of support, though, came from George Karl.
The Denver Nuggets head coach wore the colors of the legendary Spanish soccer side FC Barcelona in Rubio's honor on Sunday, sporting a Barça shirt to his media session before the Nuggets faced the Memphis Grizzlies on Sunday. Rubio played for the Barcelona sports club's basketball team from 2009 through 2011 before coming over to the U.S. to join the Timberwolves this offseason, earning recognition as the Spanish ACB League's top point guard and Most Spectacular Player in 2010.
The coach's comments were brief — "I feel bad for Ricky Rubio," according to Lindsay H. Jones of the Denver Post — but the gesture spoke volumes about the level of respect that Karl, one of just seven coaches in NBA history with more than 1,000 career wins, has for the young Spanish lead guard's talents.
Karl has some history in Spanish basketball. He coached Spanish club Real Madrid in the late 1980s and early 1990s, leading squads featuring top European players like Fernando Martín, who had just returned to Real after a stint with the Portland Trail Blazers that made him the first Spaniard ever to play in the NBA.
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| Manchester United goalkeeper Tomasz Kuszczak has been loaned out to second-tier English club Watford for the rest of the season after falling out of favor with the English champions. The Poland international hasn't made an appearance for United this season after becoming the fourth-choice goalkeeper at Old Trafford, behind Anders Lindegaard, David De Gea and Ben Amos. |
