European leaders agree on long-term union US News | By ANGELA CHARLTON and DON MELVIN, Associated Press | BRUSSELS (AP) — After tough all-night bargaining, European leaders appeared to salvage what had seemed to be a summit teetering toward failure by agreeing early Friday to use the continent's bailout fund to funnel money directly to strugg...
100th-ranked Rosol nails Nadal at Wimbledon The Hindu Chasing a drop shot in the second set, Rafael Nadal stumbled and tumbled into the net as his racket went flying to the sideline. | It just wasn’t his day. Nadal rose slowly to cheers from the Wimbledon crowd but found himself off balance the rest of the way and made his earliest Grand Slam exi...
Berry, Nava, Quintana providing unexpected lifts US News | By NOAH TRISTER, Associated Press | Just before he turned 27 last November, Quintin Berry signed with the Detroit Tigers as a minor league free agent. Little did anyone realize the path his career was about to take. | Injuries to Austin Jackson and...
No quick-fix for China's troubled dairy industry US News | BEIJING (AP) — Dairy industry experts say that four years after a contaminated milk scandal killed six babies, China's dairy industry is still plagued by quality lapses, from toxic mold in milk to mercury in baby formula. | Experts say the ne...
GOP wins contempt fight, but legal dispute looms US News | By LARRY MARGASAK, Associated Press | WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans have won a historic political fight to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress. But the GOP likely is still a long way from obtaining documents it wants in ...
Wimbledon: Nadal dumped out by unknown Rosol in shock of century Belfast Telegraph | With the roof closed against the dark London night, an incredulous Centre Court crowd witnessed one of the great Wimbledon upsets as Lukas Rosol, a Czech ranked only No 100 in the world, played the match of his life to defeat the second seed Rafael...
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Singh and Bourdy in command at Irish Open Reuters | n">(Reuters) - India's Jeev Milkha Singh and Gregory Bourdy of France led the way after the Irish Open first round on Thursday while world number two Rory McIlroy was five shots ...
London 2012: Elena Baltacha to follow in father's footsteps BBC News | Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. | Britain's Elena Baltacha says "it is a dream come true" to have received a wild card for London 201...
'Embittered' Karlovic questions Wimbledon's fair play after defeat to Brit hope Murray Newstrack India Tweet | London, June 29(ANI): Croatian tennis star Ivo Karlovic has created controversy by accusing the Wimbledon officials of deliberately favoring local hope Andy Murray during his 7-5, 6-7, 6-2, 7-6 defeat at the hands of the Scot. | Karlovic's ou...
Now, 'grunt-o-meter guns' to silence screeching women tennis stars! Newstrack India Tweet | London, June 29(ANI): Umpires are set to be issued grunt-o-meter guns which would help them silence the mounting screeches of women tennis stars like Maria Sharapova, whose grunts reaches to a level of 100 decibels. | The gizmos are part of a...
100th-ranked Rosol nails Nadal at Wimbledon The Hindu Chasing a drop shot in the second set, Rafael Nadal stumbled and tumbled into the net as his racket went flying to the sideline. | It just wasn’t his day. Nadal rose slowly to cheers from the Wimbledon crowd but found himself off balance the rest of the way and made his earliest Grand Slam exit since 2005. | Nadal was overpowered in the secon...
Nadal suffers shocking loss in second round Austin American Statesman | WIMBLEDON, England — First Rafael Nadal took a tumble into the net. Then he began complaining to the umpire. Then he bumped his opponent, Lukas Rosol, during a changeover. | Rosol thought the contact was intentional. | "I was surprised he could do it on the Centre Court at Wimbledon," Rosol said. | But the obscure Czech was not to be rattle...
