The Houston Astros knew mistakes would be at a minimum with Zack Greinke on the mound, and they took advantage of the three he made. Scott Kazmir pitched six solid innings, Jose Altuve and Luis Valbuena homered and the Astros defeated Greinke and the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-1 on Saturday night. ”We obviously took advantage of the very few mistakes that he made,” Houston manager A.J. Hinch said.
(The Sports Xchange) – For the second straight game, the New York Mets tore into Colorado’s starting pitcher and walloped the Rockies 14-9 on Saturday. The win maintained their five-game lead over Washington in the National League East, while the Rockies fell to 6-14. Third baseman Juan Uribe led off the big third inning with his 13th home run and fifth with the Mets.
Lydia Ko refused to let a late bogey ruin her round as the teenage phenom fired a three-under 69 to take a share of the 54-hole lead at the Canadian Women’s Open. The New Zealander was the frontrunner for most of the third round on Saturday and could have had sole possession of the lead heading into Sunday’s final round, but a bobble at 18 snapped her string of 46
World number two Lydia Ko squandered the outright lead with a bogey on her last hole at the Canadian Pacific Women’s Open on Saturday and faces a final round shoot-off for the title with playing partner Candie Kung. The New Zealand teenager, who entered the round two shots adrift of overnight leader Kung, took the lead after a solid front nine at Vancouver Golf Club but the final-hole blip left
World number two Lydia Ko squandered the outright lead with a bogey on her last hole at the Canadian Pacific Women’s Open on Saturday and faces a final round shoot-off for the title with playing partner Candie Kung. The New Zealand teenager, who entered the round two shots adrift of overnight leader Kung, took the lead after a solid front nine at Vancouver Golf Club but the final-hole blip left
By Andrew Both GREENSBORO, North Carolina (Reuters) – Tiger Woods, chasing his first victory in two years, made his lone bogey of the day at the final hole to finish two strokes behind third round leader Jason Gore at the Wyndham Championship on Saturday. A stiff and sore Woods, the overnight co-leader, arrived at Sedgefield Country Club about three hours before his round to receive treatment on an undisclosed ailment.
Premier League new boys Watford have announced the signing of Lithuanian goalkeeper Giedrius Arlauskis.
Chief executive Liz Nicholl insists performance targets set for 2015 by UK Sport are fundamental to establishing where athletes are at ahead of next year’s Olympic Games.
Hugo Palmer has warned Aktabantay is not certain to make his seasonal reappearance in the St James’s Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot.
Hull KR hope to have Albert Kelly and Shaun Lunt back from injury for Friday’s Super League tie with Castleford.
Lucie Safarova became the first Czech woman in 34 years to reach the French Open final after she produced a sensational fightback to topple Ana Ivanovic 7-5 7-5 on Thursday.
Novak Djokovic produced a dominant performance to crush Rafael Nadal 7-5 6-3 6-1 and reach the semi-finals of the French Open in Paris.
Natalie Sawyer took over the Women in Sport Twitter account on Wednesday afternoon for a special Q&A during Women’s Sport Week.
Former Club England managing director Adrian Bevington says it is ‘not sustainable’ for Sepp Blatter to remain as FIFA President until his successor is elected.
Fleetwood are keen to move away from their “quirky background” in a bid to establish them as a Football League force moving forward.
Sky Sports’ Phil Clarke says new Wakefield coach Brian Smith hasn’t forgotten how to be a good teacher despite being out the game for some time…
