Former All Black flanker Adam Thomson has signed a two year contract with Japanese club side the Canon Eagles. Adam Thomson heading to Japan Adam Thomson
Motor racing-Alonso fastest in Barcelona testing
Feb 21 (Reuters) – Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso kept the home fans happy with the fastest time in Formula One’s pre-season testing at Barcelona’s Circuit de Catalunya on Thursday. The Spaniard lapped the circuit with a best time of one minute 21.875 seconds, the fastest of the week so far, which he set on the soft tyre in the morning before most teams focused on race simulations. Thursday was the double champion’s final day in the F138 car this week, after having his first run in it only on Tuesday, with Brazilian Felipe Massa testing on Friday. …
In Qatar, a New Wave of I.P.O.'s Looks a Bit Ambitious
The planned I.P.O. bonanza in Qatar is intended to foster a more responsible spending culture among its citizens, but there are concerns that the markets will not be able to absorb all the new issues, …
UPDATE 2-Soccer-Bolivian police investigate boy's death by flare
(Updates with police investigation) Feb 21 (Reuters) – Bolivian police opened an investigation on Thursday into the death of a 14-year-old boy from a flare allegedly launched by Corinthians fans during a South American Libertadores Cup match in Oruro. They arrested at least 12 fans of title holders Corinthians of Brazil after Wednesday night’s match against home side San Jose and will be interrogating them to try to identify who set off the flare that hit the boy in the eye, killing him almost instantly. “There was a loss of brain matter as the projectile, a plastic tube, penetrated the skull. …
Rockets land Robinson in six-player deal with the Kings
(Reuters) – The Houston Rockets launched into action ahead of the NBA trade deadline by swinging a six-player deal with the Sacramento Kings that sent them last year's number five draft pi ck Thomas Robinson. Houston, holding the eighth and last Western Conference playoff spot at 30-26, also received forwards Francisco Garcia and Tyler Honeycutt from Sacramento in return for forward Patrick Patterson, center Cole Aldrich and guard Toney Douglas in a trade on Wednesday night. … Top detective appointed new Pistorius investigator
PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) -- South Africa's top detective was appointed lead investigator in the Oscar Pistorius case Thursday, replacing a veteran policeman who was charged with attempted murder in the latest shock development to hit a case being watched closely by the nation. Swiss ski coach Inglin out at season's end
BERN, Switzerland (AP) — Switzerland’s men’s skiing coach Osi Inglin will lose his job at the end of the season because of the team’s poor results.
Tebow cancels talk at controversial Dallas church
DALLAS (AP) -- New York Jets quarterback Tim Tebow has backed out of an appearance at a Baptist mega-church in Dallas with a pastor who has created controversy with his remarks about other faiths.
Play delayed by three hours at snowy Dove Mountain
MARANA, Arizona (Reu ters) – With the sun shining but Dove Mountain's Ritz-Carlton Golf Club still blanketed in snow, the scheduled restart to the delayed first-round matches at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship was pushed back three hours on Thursday. Two more inches of snow fell at the venue overnight, lifting the total to four inches in under 24 hours, and any prospect of a quick melt was made impossible by plunging temperatures and early morning frost. Weather-permitting, officials said the first-round matches at the elite World Golf Championships (WGC) event would resume at 11. … Munich launches bid to host Euro 2020 matches
BERLIN (Reuters) – Bavaria, its capital Munich and Bayern Munich launched a joint bid on Thursday to host Euro 2020 soccer matches at the club's Allianz Arena. "We have shown by hosting the 2012 Champions League final that we are in a position to be good and nice host," Bayern CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge told reporters in a news conference with Munich mayor Christian Ude and Bayern premier Horst Seehofer. "The stadium is known around Europe," he said of the Allianz Arena, completed before the 2006 World Cup held in Germany. … NBA-Rockets land Robinson in six-player deal with the Kings
Feb 21 (Reuters) – The Houston Rockets launched into action ahead of the NBA trade deadline by swinging a six-player deal with the Sacramento Kings that sent them last year’s number five draft pick Thomas Robinson. Houston, holding the eighth and last Western Conference playoff spot at 30-26, also received forwards Francisco Garcia and Tyler Honeycutt from Sacramento in return for forward Patrick Patterson, center Cole Aldrich and guard Toney Douglas in a trade on Wednesday night. …
Sandusky appeals child sex conviction one more time
HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania (Reuters) – Convicted child sex offender Jerry Sandusky on Thursday took his appeal to the Pennsylvania Superior Court i n an attempt to overturn a jury verdict that found him guilty of abusing 10 boys. The former Penn State football coach is serving a 30- to 60-year sentence for sexually abusing boys he targeted through a charity he founded for at-risk youth. The judge who oversaw his trial, John Cleland of the Court of Common Pleas, denied Sandusky's initial appeal on January 30. … Slovenian match-fixing suspect detained in Milan
MILAN (Reuters) – Italian police arrested a fugitive associate of alleged football matchfixing kingpin Tan Seet Eng on Thursday after he flew in from Singapore to hand himself over, they said in a statement. The man, identified as 31-year-old Slovenian Admir Suljic, arrived at Milan’s Malpensa airport in the early hours to find police waiting for him after a tip-off by Singapore authorities. Police said in a statement that Suljic, who is accused in Italy of “criminal association aimed at sporting fraud”, had bought a one-way ticket with the intention of surrendering to them. …
Snow in Arizona delays resumption of Match Play
MARANA, Ariz. (AP) -- Bundled in a winter jacket in a chilly tent near the snow-covered driving range, Mark Russell was asked where the opening day of the Match Play Championship ranked among his bizarre weather experiences. 
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