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UPDATE 2-Tennis-Memphis International men's singles round 1 results

February 19, 2013 21:45
Feb 20 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Memphis International Men's Singles Round 1 matches on Tuesday 5-Kei Nishikori (Japan) beat Illya Marchenko (Ukraine) 6-4 7-5 Denis Istomin (Uzbekistan) beat 3-John Isner (U.S.) 6-4 6-3 Feliciano Lopez (Spain) beat Benjamin Becker (Germany) 4-6 6-3 6-4 4-Sam Querrey (U.S.) beat Alejandro Falla (Colombia) 6-3 6-3 James Blake (U.S.) beat Florian Mayer (Germany) 4-6 6-3 6-2 Igor Sijsling (Netherlands) beat Jurgen Melzer (Austria) 6-4 7-6(3) Michael Russell (U.S.) beat Alex Bogomolov Jr (Russia) 6-2

UPDATE 1-Singer Morrissey requests meat-free Los Angeles concert venue

February 19, 2013 20:31
LOS ANGELES, Feb 19 (Reuters) - British singer Morrissey has convinced a Los Angeles concert venue to not sell meat at concessions during his performance next month. The longtime animal rights activist and former singer for 1980s rock group The Smiths urged the Staples Center arena to shutter the concession stands of fast food chain McDonald's and to halt the sale of meat by other outlets at the venue for his March 1 performance.

Alpine skiing: Depth, local training the key to US Sochi success

February 17, 2013 09:16
The high-flying US ski team are hoping that more strength in depth and local knowledge of the slopes will give them a leg-up on the competition at the Winter Olympics in Sochi next year. Despite star athletes like Lindsey Vonn and Ted Ligety and a raft of gold medals at world championships here, the team is still not satisfied with the talent on offer and plans to rule in every discipline by the time the Games come along.

Athletics: Lomong breaks Lagat's Millrose mile record

February 17, 2013 00:15
Sudanese-born Lopez Lomong edged defending champion Matthew Centrowitz in a meet-record time, edging his 2012 US Olympic teammate to win the feature mile showdown at Saturday's 106th Millrose Games. Lomong, the 2008 US Olympic flag bearer who escaped Sudan soldiers to become a two-time Olympian, won in 3 minutes 51.21 seconds to edge Centrowitz by .13 of a second with Irish Olympian Ciaran O'Lionaird third in 3:52.10.

Athletics: Millrose Games results

February 17, 2013 00:00
Top finishers in selected events on Saturday from the 106th Millrose Games indoor athletics meet (USA unless noted, all distances in meters): Men 60m: 1. Darvis Patton 6.50 seconds, 2. Gerald Phiri (ZAM) 6.64, 3. Keith Ricks 6.67 60m hurdles: 1. Jeff Porter 7.59, 2. Andrew Riley (JAM) 7.60, 3. Jarret Eaton 7.63 600: 1. Erik Sowinski 1:15.61, 2. Duane Solomon 1:16.04, 3. Jarrin Solomon (TRI) 1:16.19 Mile: 1. Lopez Lomong 3:51.21, 2. Matthew Centrowitz 3:51.34, 3. Ciaran O'Lionaird (IRL) 3:52.10

Tennis: Top seed Raonic to face Haas in San Jose ATP final

February 16, 2013 22:00
Two-time defending champion Milos Raonic of Canada fired 12 aces in beating US third seed Sam Querrey 6-4, 6-2 on Saturday to reach the final of the $547,000 ATP Tour SAP Open. The big-serving top seed will try to become the first player since Tony Trabert in 1953-1955 to win the San Jose title three years in a row when he faces German fourth seed Tommy Haas in Sunday's indoor hardcourt final. Haas, ranked 22nd, defeated US second seed John Isner 6-3, 6-4 in the other semi-final.

Tennis-San Jose Open men's singles semifinal results

February 16, 2013 21:30
Feb 17 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the San Jose Open Men's Singles Semifinal matches on Saturday 1-Milos Raonic (Canada) beat 3-Sam Querrey (U.S.) 6-4 6-2 4-Tommy Haas (Germany) beat 2-John Isner (U.S.) 6-3 6-4

Tennis: Isner, Haas book San Jose semi-final date

February 15, 2013 21:01
US second seed John Isner and German fourth seed Tommy Haas advanced to a semi-final matchup at the $547,000 ATP SAP Open on Friday with straight-set triumphs. Isner, ranked 16th, fired 10 aces, the last of them on the penultimate point, in defeating Belgian eighth seed Xavier Malisse 7-6 (10/8), 6-2 in a match that lasted just 68 minutes.

UPDATE 1-Tennis-San Jose Open men's singles quarterfinal results

February 15, 2013 17:15
Feb 15 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the San Jose Open Men's Singles Quarterfinal matches on Friday 2-John Isner (U.S.) beat 8-Xavier Malisse (Belgium) 7-6(8) 6-2 4-Tommy Haas (Germany) beat Steve Johnson (U.S.) 6-4 6-2

Reuters Sports News Summary

February 14, 2013 21:45
Following is a summary of current sports news briefs. "Blade Runner" Pistorius charged with murdering girlfriend JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African "Blade Runner" Oscar Pistorius, a double amputee who became one of the biggest names in world athletics, was charged on Thursday with shooting dead his girlfriend at his upscale home in Pretoria. Police said they opened a murder case after a 30-year-old woman was found dead at the Paralympic and Olympic star's house in the Silverlakes gated complex on the capital's outskirts.
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