Alex Cobb pitched a four-hitter for his first major league shutout and the surging Tampa Bay Rays beat the Oakland Athletics 5-0 on Thursday night to pull within 2½ games of the first-place New York Yankees in the AL East. Panama, California advance at Little League WS
Hance Smith hit two homers, including a first-inning grand slam, to lead Petaluma, Calif., to an 11-1, five-inning victory over San Antonio on Thursday night and a berth in the U.S. championship game in the Little League World Series. AP Exclusive: Armstrong won't fight USADA charges
Lance Armstrong said Thursday night he is finished fighting a barrage of drug charges from the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, putting his unprecedented string of seven Tour de France titles at risk along with his legacy as one of the greatest cyclists in history. Baseball results
Aug 24 (Infostrada Sports) – Results from the MLB games on Thursday (home team in CAPS) DETROIT 3 Toronto 2 (11 innings) Colorado 1 NY METS 0 ST. LOUIS 13 Houston 5 TAMPA BAY 5 Oakland 0
Soccer-'Pirate' Barcos gets surprise Argentina call-up
BUENOS AIRES, Aug 23 (Reuters) – Striker Hernan Barcos ofBrazilian side Palmeiras was a surprise inclusion in theArgentina squad that coach Alejandro Sabella named on Thursdayfor next month’s World Cup qualifiers. Argentina host Paraguay in Cordoba on Sept. 7 and travel toLima to play Peru four days later. The 28-year-old Barcos has made his name outside his homecountry, especially with Ecuador’s LDU Quito whose fansnicknamed him ‘El Pirata’ in a nod to his pirate-like looks witha goatee and straggly hair. “I would give my life for the national team,” Barcos wasquoted by local media as saying. …
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