USA Women Soccer Advance to World Cup Quarterfinals
The USA advanced to the quarterfinals of the Women’s World Cup with a 3-0 rout of Colombia Saturday. The 2-time World Cup champions outshot Columbia 27-12 in the shutout win. Still, the Americans (2-0-0, 6 points) need to defeat or draw with Sweden (2-0-0) Wednesday to capture Group C and probably avoid Brazil, the [...]
Japan beat Mexico 4-0 to reach Women’s World Cup Soccer quarterfinals
Homare Sawa scored a hat trick and Japan beat Mexico 4-0 Friday, clinching a berth in the Women’s World Cup soccer quarterfinals in Germany. It is the first time a Japanese team has reached the cup quarters in 16 years. But it was a magnificent individual performance from Homare Sawa, competing in her 5th [...]
Little Uruguay has big plans for the Copa America 2011
After its semi-final performance in last year’s World Cup, and the recent finals showdown of the Penarol club in the Copa Libertadores, Uruguay’s national football team is now a challenger to heavyweights Argentina and Brazil in Latin America‘s most important championship. World Cup semi-finalists Uruguay have recalled Porto midfielder Cristian Rodriguez into their Copa America [...]
Lindsey Vonn takes super-G, 3rd title
Lindsey Vonn clinched her 3rd discipline title in 3 days with a super-G victory Sunday in Tarvisio, Italy, to wrap up a memorable weekend of racing for the American. Lindsey Vonn took the super-combined and downhill titles the past 2 days and has moved within 96 points of German rival and good friend Maria Riesch [...]
Lindsey Vonn wins women’s World Cup downhill race
Lindsey Vonn showed she is back to her best by winning a women’s World Cup downhill race on Saturday, just weeks after concussion curtailed her world championship campaign. Lindsey Vonn was slightly behind Slovenia’s Tina Maze at the first time split on the Olympia course but won in one minute 40.93 sec. for her seventh [...]
South Africa vs West Indies: Proteas and Windies set for pitch battle (Video)
where the pitch could be as unpredictable as the result when South Africa take on the West Indies. Cricket has been played at the Feroz Shah Kotla ground for more than a century, but a detiorating surface has meant that it has only just been passed fit again after being ruled out for internationals. South [...]
Columbus vs Real Salt Lake: CONCACAF Champions League highlights video
CONCACAF Champions League highlights from Tuesday’s match beween Columbus and Real Salt Lake on Feb. 22, 2011 in Columbus. The first competitive match involving MLS clubs of 2011 was a dud: Columbus 0, Real Salt Lake 0 in the first leg of a CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinal in wintry Ohio. The rebuilt Crew had a [...]