Monday, October 22, 2012

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Twins add Brunansky, Cuellar, Steinbach to staff
The Minnesota Twins have hired Tom Brunansky as their hitting coach, Bobby Cuellar to be the bullpen coach and Terry Steinbach as a bench coach and catching instructor.


Bulgaria first as country to host World Match Play
(Reuters) – Bulgaria will host a European Tour event for the first time when the 2013 World Match Play Championship is staged at the Black Sea resort of Thracian Cliffs. Organizers said in a statement on Monday that the move from Andalucia in Spain, where the tournament has been staged for the last three years, to Bulgaria was part of a plan to rotate the venue of the championship that has been in operation since 1964. …


Pedro Mendes, Bosko Balaban and Lee Chun Soo in S.League 2013?
Pedro Mendes, Bosko Balaban and Lee Chun Soo in S.League 2013?S.League fans can look forward to the likes of former internationals like Pedro Mendes, Bosko Balaban and Lee Chun Soo next season if the 'price is right'


UPDATE 1-Golf-Bulgaria first as country to host World Match Play
* World Match Play going to Black Sea resort * Course dubbed ‘Pebble Beach of Europe’ (Adds last three paras) Oct 22 (Reuters) – Bulgaria will host a European Tour event for the first time when the 2013 World Match Play Championship is staged at the Black Sea resort of Thracian Cliffs. Organisers said in a statement on Monday that the move from Andalucia in Spain, where the tournament has been staged for the last three years, to Bulgaria was part of a plan to rotate the venue of the championship that has been in operation since 1964. …


Rio's slums attract young, hip European immigrants looking for cheap housing
Tatiana Coelho quit her job in Porto, Portugal last year working as a producer at a concert venue. She sold all of her belongings and relocated to Rio de Janeiro to try a new life as an artist, experimenting in various media - especially photography. But it was not the beaches of Ipanema or Copacabana that she could afford. Instead she moved to the foot of a favela, the name that hillside slums are given in Brazil.


Motorcycling-Spies to miss Australian MotoGP race
Oct 22 (Reuters) – American MotoGP rider Ben Spies will miss this weekend’s Australian Grand Prix at Phillip Island because he needs surgery to injuries sustained in Malaysia on Sunday, his Yamaha team said on Monday. The Texan, team mate to championship leader Jorge Lorenzo, suffered a shoulder separation, a cracked rib in his upper chest area and bruising to the lung after falling in the wet race at Sepang. “I took a really hard knock on Sunday and it’s now clear from today’s tests that I have some injuries that require immediate attention,” he said in the statement. …


Follow the Japanese model, Dunga advises India
Kolkata, Oct 22 (IANS) Brazil’s soccer World Cup winning captain and former coach Carlos Daunga has a prescription for lifting Indian soccer standards – follow the Japanese model.


Golf-Bulgaria first as Thracian Cliffs to host World Match Play
Oct 22 (Reuters) – Bulgaria will host a European Tour event for the first time when the 2013 World Match Play Championship is staged at the Black Sea resort of Thracian Cliffs. Organisers said in a statement on Monday that the move from Andalucia in Spain, where the tournament has been staged for the last three years, to Bulgaria was part of a plan to rotate the venue of the championship that has been in operation since 1964. …


NFL-Panthers fire general manager Hurney
Oct 22 (Reuters) – The Carolina Panthers have fired general manager Marty Hurney after losing five of their first six games this season, the NFL team said on Monday. Hurney had been general manager of the Panthers since 2002 and was part of the staff when Carolina made the Super Bowl in the 2003 season, losing to the New England Patriots. Team owner Jerry Richardson released a statement on Monday, saying it was an “extremely difficult” decision to let him go. …


Panthers fire general manager Hurney
(Reuters) – The Carolina Panthers have fired general manager Marty Hurney after losing five of their first six games this season, the NFL team said on Monday. Hurney had been general manager of the Panthers since 2002 and was part of the staff when Carolina made the Super Bowl in the 2003 season, losing to the New England Patriots. Team owner Jerry Richardson released a statement on Monday, saying it was an “extremely difficult” decision to let him go. “Marty made every effort to bring success to the Panthers and took the team to a Super Bowl and two NFC championship games,” Richardson said. …


Dubai ticket would make a world of difference to Howell
Howell of England hits out of a bunker onto the 15th green during the European Masters golf tournament in Crans-Montana(Reuters) – Britain's David Howell is looking to swap the TV airwaves for the fairways of the Jumeirah Golf Estates n ext month by finally making his debut in the money-spinning Dubai World Championship. The former Ryder Cup player, who outscored final-round partner Tiger Woods to win the Champions Tournament in China seven years ago, is slowly getting back to something approaching his best form after several seasons of struggle. …


Golf-Dubai ticket would make a world of difference to Howell
Oct 22 (Reuters) – Britain’s David Howell is looking to swap the TV airwaves for the fairways of the Jumeirah Golf Estates next month by finally making his debut in the money-spinning Dubai World Championship. The former Ryder Cup player, who outscored final-round partner Tiger Woods to win the Champions Tournament in China seven years ago, is slowly getting back to something approaching his best form after several seasons of struggle. …


Neymar should go to Europe, but after three years: Dunga
Kolkata, Oct 22 (IANS) Brazilian soccer legend and former coach of the country’s national team Carlos Dunga feels upcoming talent Neymar should not ply his trade in Europe for the next three years.


Canadian men's speed skating team breaks world record
The Canadian men’s short-track speed skating team set a world record Friday in the 5,000-metre relay.


Cheerleading needs sports safety rules, docs say
Cheerleading isn’t just jumping and waving pompoms -- it has become as athletic and potentially as dangerous as a sport and should be designated one to improve safety, the nation’s leading group of pediatricians says.


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