DETROIT (Reuters) - Detroit manager Jim Leyland was ejected from Monday's game against Toronto for arguing a call with umpires, but his team seemed to feed off his fire and went on to beat the Blue Jays 4-2 at Comerica Park. No Williams in the quarters? Over to you Maria Mon,27 Jun 2011 07:01 PM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - The rare sight of neither Williams sister in the Wimbledon quarter-finals will have the remaining eight women in the draw buzzing with the possibility of reaching the final, none more so than 2004champion Maria Sharapova. Full Story1 |
 PARIS (Reuters) - Sickness, injury and bad luck have hamperedCadel Evans on previous major cycling races. This year, the Australian hopes the Tour de France will give him a maiden grand tour title. |
 PARIS (Reuters) - While arch-rival Alberto Contador was making headlines for the right and the wrong reasons, Andy Schleck spent a low-key season gearing up for the Tour de France. |
Factbox: Cycling-Major doping scandals on the Tour Mon,27 Jun 2011 06:10 PM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - Factbox on the major doping scandals to hit cycling's Tour de France since 1998: Full Story1 |
 LONDON (Reuters) - It took less than two brutal hours at Wimbledonon Monday to disprove the theory that Serena and Venus Williams could march back to continue their domination of the grasscourt slam having hardly swung their rackets in anger for months. |
 NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Los Angeles Dodgersfiled for bankruptcy protection on Monday, blaming Major League Baseball for rejecting a television deal that would have given the storied baseball team an urgent injection of cash. |
 LONDON (Reuters) - Mardy Fish kept the U.S. flag flying at Wimbledon on Monday by beating last year's runner-up Tomas Berdych 7-6 6-4 6-4 to book a quarter-final place as the other American survivors exited the tournament. |
 NEW YORK (Reuters) - Double heart-transplant recipient Erik Compton cannot wait to compete full-time on the PGA Tour after almost guaranteeing his playing rights by winning for the first time on the second-tier Nationwide circuit. |
 LONDON (Reuters) - Defending champion and top seed Rafa Nadal showed all his fighting spirit and irrepressible will to win when he overcame a painful foot injury and a testing examination from Juan Martin Del Potro to advance to the Wimbledon quarter-finals on Monday. |
Golf-Heart transplant recipient Compton all but seals tour card Mon,27 Jun 2011 01:37 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK, June 27 (Reuters) - Double heart-transplant recipient Erik Compton cannot wait to compete full-time on the PGA Tour after almost guaranteeing his playing rights by winning for the first time on the second-tier Nationwide circuit. Full Story1 |
 TORONTO (Reuters) - Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby is working out twice a day in his bid to return from a concussion and high-scoring team mate Evgeni Malkin should be set for training camp, the team said on Monday. |
 LONDON (Reuters) - Roger Federer dropped his first set of the tournament before his immense attention to detail helped him overcome Mikhail Youzhny 6-7 6-3 6-3 6-3 on Monday to seal a place in the Wimbledon quarter-finals. |
Fearless Tomic ready to gatecrash big-four party Mon,27 Jun 2011 11:44 AM PDT Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - Bernard Tomic's authoritative straight-sets demolition ofXavier Malisse on Monday reinforced the notion that the Australian teenager has the right game and the right mind to gatecrash the big-four's expected Wimbledon semi-final party.Full Story1 |
Ruthless Djokovic takes aim at young buddy Mon,27 Jun 2011 11:43 AM PDT Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - Novak Djokovic rediscovered his swagger as he brushed aside France's Michael Llodra at Wimbledon on Monday to set up a quarter-final clash with the teenager whose inventive shot-making has lit up the championships. Full Story1 |
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