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Lagat grabs second indoor 3,000 title six years later Posted 1 hour, 15 minutes ago

DOHA (Reuters) - Kenyan-born American Bernard Lagat won his second 3,000 meters title six years after the first with a stirring last lap at the world indoor championships on Sunday. Lagat, 35, surged past defending champion Tariku Bekele of Ethiopia with slightly more than a lap to go and handily ...More

Student Eaton breaks heptathlon world record Posted 3 hours, 17 minutes ago

NEW YORK (Reuters) - College student Ashton Eaton upstaged the top multi-event competitors when he set an indoor world record in the men's heptathlon. Eaton, a 22-year-old student at the University of Oregon, scored 6,499 points in the seven-event competition at the NCAA championships in Fayetteville, Arkansas on Saturday ...More

Pacquiao easily outpoints Clottey to keep title Posted 11 hours, 8 minutes ago

Pacquiao of the Philippines hits Ghana's Clottey during the tenth round of their WBO welterweight ch

ARLINGTON, Texas (Reuters) - Filipino Manny Pacquiao produced a dominating display to outclass Ghanaian Joshua Clottey and retain his WBO welterweight title with a unanimous points victory on Saturday. Pacquiao's speed and relentless punching proved too much for his bigger opponent, who offered little attacking threat in front of nearly ...More

Knicks deny Mavericks 14th straight win Posted 12 hours, 22 minutes ago

DALLAS (Reuters) - The struggling New York Knicks denied Dallas a season's best 14th consecutive victory with a lopsided 128-94 win over the Mavs on Saturday. The victory was the Knicks first over the Mavericks in nine tries dating back to January 11, 2006. It was their first win in ...More

Life on Tour a balancing act for mother Clijsters Posted 13 hours ago

Clijsters of Belgium returns a shot against Strycova of Czech Republic during their match in Indian

By Mark Lamport-Stokes INDIAN WELLS, California (Reuters) - Maintaining the best possible balance between marriage, motherhood and life on the WTA Tour has become the driving force for former world number one Kim Clijsters. The Belgian returned to the circuit in 2009 after a two-year "retirement" but she no longer feels ...More

Schwartzel the house guest turns title rival for Els Posted 13 hours, 8 minutes ago

Charl Schwartzel of South Africa blasts out of a sandtrap on the seventh hole during third round pla

MIAMI (Reuters) - Charl Schwartzel was Ernie Els' house guest last week but it will be strictly business on Sunday as the South African pair go head-to-head in the last round of the WGC-CA Championship at Doral. Els, who is 15 years older than Schwartzel and even played in a tournament ...More

Rafalski goal gives Red Wings victory over Sabres Posted 13 hours, 47 minutes ago

DETROIT (Reuters) - Brian Rafalski scored a powerplay goal in overtime to give the Detroit Red Wings a 3-2 victory over the Northeast Division leading Buffalo Sabres on Saturday. Rafalski's slap shot 31 seconds into overtime came after Sabres' rookie Tyler Myers received a penalty for delaying the game with ...More

Nadal cruises, Djokovic toils at Indian Wells Posted 13 hours, 52 minutes ago

Nadal of Spain returns a shot against Schuettler of Germany during their match in Indian Wells, Cali

By Mark Lamport-Stokes INDIAN WELLS, California (Reuters) - Twice champion and holder Rafa Nadal of Spain eased into the third round of the Indian Wells ATP tournament with a commanding 6-4 6-4 victory over Germany's Rainer Schuettler on Saturday. Second-seeded Serb Novak Djokovic survived a lapse in the second set ...More

Hope Women Head to Final Four Posted 14 hours, 43 minutes ago

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(Bloomington IL - WHTC News)  The Hope College Women's basketball team advanced to the Final Four in the NCAA Division III Tournament Saturday night with a win over UW-Stevens Point 71-65.  On Friday in the semi-final Hope will face Rochester which upset #2 Kean Saturday 68-65.  The game will be ...More

Chambers, Ennis enjoy golden day for Britain Posted 1 day ago

DOHA (Reuters) - Dwain Chambers claimed his first global sprint title and Jessica Ennis posted the fourth-best pentathlon score of all-time on a golden day for Britain at the world indoor championships on Saturday. Chambers, banned for doping for two years in 2003, won the 60 meters with the year's ...More

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