Thursday, November 15, 2012

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Wednesday's Sports in Brief
NEW YORK (AP) — David Price of the Tampa Bay Rays and knuckleballer R.A. Dickey of the New York Mets won baseball’s Cy Young awards on Wednesday.


England take plenty of positives from Sweden defeat
England's coach Hodgson and team captain Gerrard attend a news conference with England's national soccer team at the Friends Arena in StockholmLONDON (Reuters) – England manager Roy Hodgson is looking to th e future rather than dwelling on Wednesday's 4-2 friendly defeat to Sweden at the new Friends Arena in Stockholm. "If we had to lose a game it was better to lose it today in a friendly, and a lot of things we learned today were very positive," Hodgson told reporters. Hodgson became the first England manager since Sven-Goran Eriksson nine years ago to give debuts to six players in one match – three as starters and three as substitutes – as he continues to build a team capable of reaching and doing well in the World Cup in 2014. …


Neymar blames pitch for missed penalty kick
Brazil's Neymar celebrates his goal with teammates against Colombia during their international friendly soccer match in East RutherfordEAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey (Reuters) – Neymar blamed an "unstable" pitch after the Brazil forward missed a penalt y against Colombia with an effort which bore more resemblance to an American football field goal or rugby conversion. "The penalty was horrible but you probably noticed the state the pitch was in, it didn't have any stability," the 20-year-old told Brazilian media after the 1-1 draw. "I tried to take it slowly but it didn't work out…these things happen. …


Soccer-Neymar blames pitch for missed penalty kick
EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey, Nov 15 (Reuters) – Neymar blamed an “unstable” pitch after the Brazil forward missed a penalty against Colombia with an effort which bore more resemblance to an American football field goal or rugby conversion. “The penalty was horrible but you probably noticed the state the pitch was in, it didn’t have any stability,” the 20-year-old told Brazilian media after the 1-1 draw. “I tried to take it slowly but it didn’t work out…these things happen. …


Dear Mr Ibrahimovic, sorry we ever doubted you
Dear Mr Ibrahimovic, sorry we ever doubted youIn a heartfelt letter to Zlatan, Goal.com apologises on behalf of a nation for ever questioning the Sweden star's talent following his four-goal trouncing of England


World sports diary November 15 - December 11
Nov 15 (Reuters) – World sports diary from Nov. 15 – Dec.11. – - – - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15 GOLF European Tour: Hong Kong Open, Fanling (to 18) South African Open, Ekurhuleni (to 18) CRICKET India v England, first test, Ahmedabad (to 19) Bangladesh v West Indies, first test, Dhaka (to 17) NFL Week 11 – - – - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16 SOCCER Ligue 1 HORSE RACING Presidents Cup, Melbourne (to 18) MOTOR RACING Formula One: United States Grand Prix, Austin (to 18) TENNIS Davis Cup World Group final, Czech Republic v Spain, Prague(to 18) RUGBY International matches – - – - SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17 SOCCER …


Soccer-England take plenty of positives from Sweden defeat
LONDON, Nov 15 (Reuters) – England manager Roy Hodgson is looking to the future rather than dwelling on Wednesday’s 4-2 friendly defeat to Sweden at the new Friends Arena in Stockholm. “If we had to lose a game it was better to lose it today in a friendly, and a lot of things we learned today were very positive,” Hodgson told reporters. …


GLP Expands Global Platform to Brazil and Establishes Market-leading Presence with Significant Growth Opportunities
– Focusing on the best markets — GLP partners with CPPIB, CIC and GIC in two joint ventures to acquire best-in-class platform in Brazil for total initial consideration of US$1.45 billion[1]– GLP will …


Van Rhijn: Netherlands were not good enough against Germany
Van Rhijn: Netherlands were not good enough against GermanyThe Ajax defender feels the 2010 World Cup finalists were outplayed by their arch-rivals in Wednesday night's 0-0 stalemate, but admits a draw was a fair result in the end


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