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Celtic slips to rare loss in SPL

Celtic slipped to a rare loss in the Scottish Premier League on Wednesday when the runaway leaders were beaten 2-1 by Motherwell at Fir Park.Michael Higdon's 73rd-minute winner lifted his team into second place in the standings _ but still 19 points adrift of Celtic, which already appears to have the title sewn up.Greece striker Georgios Samaras had equalized for Celtic after in the 63rd minute after Chris Humphrey put Motherwell ahead in the 31st.It was only a fifth loss in 29 matches this camp

More SportsJan. 18, 2013

Napoli’s 2-point penalty rescinded on appeal

ROME (AP) ― Italy’s football federation has rescinded a two-point penalty given to Napoli for match-fixing and lifted bans imposed on captain Paolo Cannavaro and defender Gianluca Grava. Following an appeal, the federation’s internal court decided on Thursday to overturn the punishments handed out by its disciplinary commission. Napoli was penalized in December after its former goalkeeper, Matteo Gianello, confessed to attempting to fix the result of a game between Sampdoria and Napoli in May, 2

SoccerJan. 18, 2013

McIlroy, Woods struggle in Abu Dhabi

ABU DHABI (AP) ― Unheralded Jamie Donaldson outshone Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods at the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship by shooting an opening-round 5-under-par 67 for an early one-shot lead on Thursday. McIlroy, playing with new clubs following his multimillion dollar sponsorship deal with Nike, finished with a 3-over 75 and risks missing the cut. He repeatedly missed fairways including a shot on his 12th that hit a tree and ended up in a car park that led to one of his two double bogeys. His othe

GolfJan. 18, 2013

Armstrong admits doping: 'I'm a flawed character'

Lance Armstrong finally admitted it. He doped.He was light on the details and didn't name names. He mused that he might not have been caught if not for his comeback in 2009. And he was certain his “fate was sealed” when longtime friend, training partner and trusted lieutenant George Hincapie, who was along for the ride on all seven of Armstrong's Tour de France wins from 1999-2005, was forced to give him up to anti-doping authorities.But right from the start and more than two dozen times during

SportsJan. 18, 2013

U.S. sports world shocked by dying girlfriend hoax

As the American sports world was shaken by the news that an inspiring, playing-through-heartache story of a college football star was actually as a bizarre lie about a fake dead girlfriend, Manti Te‘o and the University of Notre Dame faced questions Thursday about whether he really was duped, as he claimed, or whether he and the university were complicit in a hoax to mislead the public, perhaps to improve his chances of winning an award for the sport’s best player.An Associated Press review of n

More SportsJan. 18, 2013

S. Korea rises to 34th place in FIFA rankings

South Korea rose one notch to 34th place in the FIFA rankings for January, the world's football governing body said Thursday.The rankings, published on FIFA's Web site, showed South Korea with a total of 687 points this month, up one point from December.The increase was calculated from an adjustment in the weighted average of the country's points in the past four years.South Korea was the second-highest ranking Asian nation after Japan, which ranked 21st.(Yonhap News)

SoccerJan. 17, 2013

Spain heads unchanged top 10 in FIFA rankings

ZURICH (AP) -- World and European champion Spain leads an unchanged top 10 teams in FIFA's latest world rankings.Ecuador at No. 12 and Haiti at No. 38 both climbed one place to highest-ever positions as 46 international matches in the past month counted toward the standings.Spain leads from Germany, Argentina, Italy and Colombia. Europe completes the top 10 with England, Portugal, Netherlands, Russia and Croatia.World Cup host Brazil remains at No. 18.Ivory Coast is the highest-ranked African te

SoccerJan. 17, 2013

Serena, Azarenka rumble on

MELBOURNE (AP) ― Apart from a swollen lip that helped take her mind off her injured right ankle, Serena Williams emerged unscathed from her second-round win at the Australian Open on Thursday.Summoning all her experience from 15 major titles, including the final two of the last season, Williams lifted her tempo on the biggest points ― winning an 18-minute game to open the second set, finally cashing in on her fourth break chance.Nineteen minutes later, she finished off a 6-2, 6-0 win Thursday ov

More SportsJan. 17, 2013

Armstrong says watch interview, decide for yourself

Lance Armstrong said Wednesday that viewers can judge for themselves how candid he was in his interview with Oprah Winfrey.“I left it all on the table with her and when it airs the people can decide,” he said in a text message to the Associated Press.Armstrong responded to a report in the New York Daily News, citing an unidentified source, that he was not contrite when he acknowledged during Monday’s taping with Winfrey that he used performance-enhancing drugs.He’s also held conversations with U

More SportsJan. 17, 2013

KT grabs bat, glove

KT, South Korea’s largest fixed-line operator and No. 2 mobile carrier, was approved as the owner of a new professional baseball team on Thursday.At their general meeting, owners of the existing nine clubs in the Korea Baseball Organization put their stamp of approval on the expansion plan put together by KT and the city of Suwon, the provincial capital of Gyeonggi, located south of Seoul.It was the last administrative hurdle for KT, which last week drew more favorable reviews for its applicatio

BaseballJan. 17, 2013

A-Rod has hip surgery

NEW YORK (AP) ― Alex Rodriguez had surgery on his left hip Wednesday and is expected to be sidelined until after the All-Star break.The New York Yankees said Dr. Bryan Kelly repaired a torn labrum and impingement and the operation at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York “went as planned and without complication.”The 37-year-old former All-Star third baseman is expected to be released from the hospital on Thursday and the anticipated time for a full recovery is six months. The Yankees sig

BaseballJan. 17, 2013

Soccer body lifts lifetime match-fixing bans on players

South Korea’s governing body of soccer announced Thursday it will lift lifetime bans on players involved in a 2011 match-fixing scandal.At a board meeting, the Korea Football Association decided to reduce the penalties on 11 K League Classic players who were either acquitted in court for their alleged roles in match fixing or reported themselves to officials.Dozens of active and former players were indicted or convicted in the first match-fixing scandal to rock the nation’s first-division footba

SoccerJan. 17, 2013

Addition of 10th team to bring changes

The addition of a new 10th club to the country’s top baseball league in 2015 is expected to bring major changes in the league structure and scheduling, officials said Thursday.According to league officials, the current team representatives would prefer to run a single, 10-team league, rather than have two divisions or conferences with five teams each.In the divided setting, each division will end up with an odd number of clubs, which will lead to scheduling conflicts for intra-division matches.T

BaseballJan. 17, 2013

United, Arsenal advance in FA Cup

LONDON (AP) ― Manchester United and Arsenal won 1-0 in replays Wednesday night to reach the fourth round of the FA Cup, while Chelsea’s Premier League title chances were set back with a 2-2 tie against visiting Southampton.Wayne Rooney scored in the ninth minute at home against West Ham in his first game in three weeks following a knee injury. United next plays Fulham.Arsenal needed Jack Wilshere’s 86th-minute goal to defeat Swansea and advance to a fourth-round game against Brighton.After third

SoccerJan. 17, 2013

KT approved as owner of expansion baseball club

KT, South Korea‘s largest fixed line operator and No. 2 mobile carrier, was approved as the owner of a new professional baseball team on Thursday.At their general meeting, owners of the existing nine clubs in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) put their stamp of approval on the expansion plan put together by KT and the city of Suwon, the provincial capital of Gyeonggi, located south of Seoul.It was the last administrative hurdle for KT, which last week drew more favorable reviews for its appl

BaseballJan. 17, 2013

KT approved as owner of expansion baseball club

Escape grip around wrist

The child has his wrist grabbed by an adult trying to drag him away. He should stay calm, attempt to make the adult lose his balance and run away from the scene.As shown in picture 1, the child has his wrist grabbed by an adult leading the way. The adult has his back toward the child and this is a great opportunity for the child to escape.While the adult is looking forward with his back turned away from the child, the child can use his foot to forcefully push on the back of the adult’s knee wher

More SportsJan. 16, 2013

Suzuki fired up for 1st full season with Yankees

TOKYO (AP) ― Ichiro Suzuki is looking forward to starting the baseball season the way he ended last season: as a member of the New York Yankees.The Yankees and Suzuki finalized a $13 million, two-year contract in December that kept the 10-time All-Star in the Bronx after he was obtained in a trade with Seattle last July.“Signing with the Yankees has given me a new sense of determination,” the 39-year-old outfielder said. “This is a unique team, a team that can have a player like Alex Rodriguez a

BaseballJan. 16, 2013

LPGA adds three more events

One month before its season begins, the LPGA Tour announced a 28-tournament schedule Tuesday that includes five majors, three additional tournaments and prize money closing in on $50 million.LPGA Tour commissioner Mike Whan delivered a balanced schedule that circles the globe. It starts next month in Australia. More than half the tournaments are in North America. The Asian swing late in the year includes a new tournament in China. And the season ends in November with the LPGA Titleholders and $7

GolfJan. 16, 2013

McGinley named Cup captain

ABU DHABI (AP) ― Paul McGinley was chosen as Europe’s Ryder Cup captain for 2014, ending a chaotic campaign marked by a late challenge from former captain Colin Montgomerie.McGinley, a 46-year-old Irishman, replaces Jose Maria Olazabal, whose team rallied to victory over the United States in October at Medinah, outside Chicago. Europe will defend the trophy at Gleneagles, Scotland.“To lead the cream of the crop in the Ryder Cup is going to be a huge honor,” McGinley said at a news conference Tue

GolfJan. 16, 2013

Sharapova, Radwanska advance

MELBOURNE (AP) ― Maria Sharapova advanced to the third round of the Australian Open without losing a game, and No. 4 Agnieszka Radwanksa extended the best winning streak of the year to 11 matches on Wednesday.But Sam Stosur wilted again under the pressure of expectations at home, the 2011 U.S. Open champion twice failing to serve out the match before losing 6-4, 1-6, 7-5 to China’s Zheng Jie in a second-round upset.No. 2-ranked Sharapova, the runner-up here last year, had a 6-0, 6-0 win over Mis

More SportsJan. 16, 2013