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Snooker: Robertson suffers shock exit at the Crucible

Agence France-PresseApril 25, 2013 15:15
Australia's Neil Robertson suffered a shock exit from the World Championships on Thursday as the world number two crashed to a 10-8 defeat against Robert Milkins. Robertson held a 5-4 lead overnight and was expected to finish off the world number 19, who is making a rare appearance in the sport's most prestigious event at Sheffield's Crucible Theatre. But the 2010 world champion produced a lacklustre performance and England's Milkins was able to take advantage.

Williams keeps it in the family

April 17, 2013 04:30
By Alan Baldwin MANAMA (Reuters) - Claire Williams has a pretty shrewd idea of how her father Frank would have reacted had he been told 20 years ago that she would one day be deputy principal of his Formula One team and designated successor. "He'd have jumped out of his wheelchair," the 36-year-old, whose father has been paralysed since he broke his neck in a car accident in the south of France in 1986, told Reuters in an interview.

[Diary of an Expat Bride] Second-hand blues

April 9, 2013 12:17
The first few days back in my native US I spend at local “garage” sales. A garage sale is a place where people sell their second-hand items for a day or two outside of their homes. It is a great place to pick up some deals. In college, it was how I completely furnished my dorm room, and later my apartment. Everything that I owned in those days, from the iron to the bed frame, had been purchased second-hand. Now, on visits back home, I scan the sales for various odds and ends that I need for my son on our visits back.

Post head-injury, Kristin Chenoweth goes on a "Family Weekend"

March 29, 2013 09:30
By Zorianna Kit LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Tony and Emmy Award winning singer and actress Kristin Chenoweth is known for her perky personality ranging from roles in Broadway's "Wicked" to television's "Glee" and performing a closing number at February's Oscar ceremony with host Seth MacFarlane.

Golf: New No. 1 Lewis ready to enjoy ranking supremacy

March 20, 2013 15:31
Coming off LPGA victories at Singapore and Phoenix, American Stacy Lewis plays her first event as the World No. 1 of women's golf starting Thursday at the $1.7 million Kia Classic. By winning her seventh career title at last week's LPGA Founders Cup, 2012 LPGA Player of the Year Lewis overtook Taiwan's Yani Tseng for the top spot in the new rankings last Monday.

RugbyU: Wood tells England to ignore Wales 'sideshow'

March 15, 2013 10:46
England forward Tom Wood says his side must not allow themselves to be intimidated by the atmosphere ahead of their Six Nations title showdown with Wales in Cardiff on Saturday. Wood made his Test debut at the Millennium Stadium in 2011 and recalls being unnerved by the noise in the ground and the home crowd's efforts to knock him out of his stride. As a result, he says the pre-match build-up has been a focus of attention during England's preparations for the game this week. "There is a lot of sideshow before the game," Wood said.

A Minute With: Billy Crystal, former host of the Academy Awards

February 20, 2013 06:15
By Zorianna Kit LOS ANGELES, Feb 20 (Reuters) - Few people have more experience hosting the Academy Awards than actor Billy Crystal, who was the master of ceremonies for the movie industry's highest honors for the ninth time last year. As "Family Guy" creator Seth MacFarlane prepares to host the Oscars for the first time on Sunday, Crystal, 64, spoke to Reuters about his own experiences and offered some tips. Q: What is the secret to being a good Oscar host?

Tennis-Australia's Kyrgios and Croatia's Konjuh win junior titles

January 26, 2013 04:15
By Simon Cambers MELBOURNE, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Australian Nick Kyrgios and Ana Konjuh of Croatia followed in some famous footsteps on Saturday when they were crowned junior champions at the Australian Open. Krygios fended off another home player, Thanasi Kokkinakis 7-6 6-3 while 15-year-old Konjuh was too good for Czech second seed Katerina Siniakova, taking the girls' title with a 6-3 6-4 victory.

Tennis-Baker enjoys taste of success after second bite of cherry

January 14, 2013 06:45
By Simon Cambers MELBOURNE, Jan 14 (Reuters) - Cast as the Cinderella Man of tennis in 2012 after his stunning comeback from almost seven years off the professional circuit, American Brian Baker is beginning to get used to life among the world's best players. Twelve months ago, Baker was ranked world number 456, still in the early throes of a comeback and playing on the Futures Tour, two rungs below the top flight.

Tennis-Sweaty Isner disgruntled by time violation rule

January 9, 2013 04:30
By Nick Mulvenney SYDNEY, Jan 9 (Reuters) - John Isner limped out of the Sydney International on Wednesday with his Australian Open participation in doubt but the thing that frustrated him most about his last 16 defeat was the umpire checking how long he was taking to serve. The ATP are strictly enforcing a new rule giving players 25 seconds to get their serve away this year in a bid to speed up the game and big-serving Isner was a victim of the policy in his 6-4 6-4 loss to fellow American Ryan Harrison.
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