One respectable month is hardly enough to establish the Washington Nationals as contenders in the NL East. After finishing with the worst record in the majors the last two years, however, the Nationals’ best April since they moved to the nation’s capital would certainly be progress. Washington can achieve that feat with a victory Friday [...]
It’s much too early to tell if the New York Mets can be legitimate contenders in the NL East. Besides, a potential race with the Philadelphia Phillies might not be decided until the final days of the season. With a strong Mets run rekindling their rivalry with the Phillies, these teams play for first place [...]
This is not some transfer market for top Premier League players, but a bustling street trading floor in downtown Belgrade where World Cup stickers are being frantically swapped. The sticker mania has engulfed Serbia. But unlike in the rest of the world where collecting stickers of football players and teams for an official World Cup [...]
South Africa coach Carlos Alberto Parreira named the trio in his 29-man group shortly after returning from a 19-day training camp in Germany. Parreira was forced to pick mainly local players for South Africa’s pre-tournament preparations in Brazil and Germany, with his European-based stars involved in the crucial final part of their league seasons. “This [...]
Mueller, one of the heroes of Germany’s 1974 World Cup triumph at home, says Germany coach Joachim Loew is being stubborn for still not picking Schalke striker Kevin Kuranyi for the World Cup. Mueller says “as long as he (Loew) is stubborn, we won’t have the best (Germany) team. He (Kuranyi) is the man scoring [...]
LISBON, April 30 (Reuters) – While some coaches lose sleep over the form of their teams, Portugal’s Carlos Queiroz said half-jokingly that a lack of goals had contributed to his hair loss. “If there is one major contribution in my life that caused most of my hair loss it is poor finishing,” Queiroz told reporters [...]
This year the World Cup will be played on African soil and to celebrate the games we’re taking a look at EA’s 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa. Jeff: There’s something special about EA’s FIFA World Cup games. For the most part the action is relatively similar to FIFA 10, but perhaps it’s the overall [...]
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP)—A few lucky omens have Eoin Harty feeling positive about American Lion’s chances Saturday in the Kentucky Derby. “I found a four-leaf clover a few days ago and I’ve drawn post number seven,” the Irish-born trainer said. “I was number seven in Dubai.” Breaking from that lucky number, Well Armed won last year’s [...]
In the NHL playoffs, celebrations sometimes don’t last much longer than a rookie forward’s shift on the ice. The Montreal Canadiens realized that minutes after upsetting Washington 2-1 in Game 7 of their first-round series Wednesday night, when they learned they’d be playing the Penguins less than 48 hours later. What a reward for upsetting [...]
St Lucia: Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Thursday warned his team-mates against taking unheralded Afghanistan lightly in their ICC World Twenty20 opening match on Saturday, saying any slip-up against them can put his side out of contention for super eights. “If you ask me, I would not consider our opening match against Afghanistan as [...]
