MADRID (Reuters) – Barcelona forward David Villa has been admitted to hospital due to a bout of renal colic and may be unavailable for Saturday’s league game at Granada, the La Liga leaders said on Monday. The 31-year-old Spain international will undergo an operation to treat the condition, Barca said in a statement on their website (www.fcbarcelona.es). Villa is still working his way back from a broken leg he sustained at the Club World Cup in December 2011. …
American Ligety wins second gold medal of worlds
SCHLADMING, Austria (AP) -- American Ted Ligety already has two gold medals at the world championships, and he hasn't even skied his best event yet. Alpine skiing-Ligety's risk strategy nets second gold
SCHLADMING, Austria, Feb 11 (Reuters) – American Ted Ligety’s risky strategy earned him the super-combined title on Monday and his second gold medal of the alpine skiing world championships. Seven years after winning the discipline’s Olympic crown in Sestriere, Ligety proved he was more versatile than ever, clinching victory in a combined time of two minutes 56.96 seconds. Ligety, who won the super-G last week, will also be the hot favourite in the defence of his giant slalom crown on Friday as he bids for a formidable hat-trick. …
FIFA bans Canada forward Occean for 6 matches
ZURICH (AP) — FIFA has ordered Canada forward Olivier Occean to serve a six-match ban after he was ejected and then insulted the referee during a World Cup qualifier against Cuba.
American Ted Ligety wins second gold medal of ski world championships
SCHLADMING, Austria -- American Ted Ligety has won his second gold medal at the world championships.
Soccer-Barca's Villa admitted to hospital due to illness
MADRID, Feb 11 (Reuters) – Barcelona forward David Villa has been admitted to hospital due to a bout of renal colic and may be unavailable for Saturday’s league game at Granada, the La Liga leaders said on Monday. The 31-year-old Spain international will undergo an operation to treat the condition, Barca said in a statement on their website (www.fcbarcelona.es). Villa is still working his way back from a broken leg he sustained at the Club World Cup in December 2011. …
Olivier Occean hit with six-match ban by FIFA
The striker was suspended and fined by the world governing body after receiving a red card in Canada's 3-0 win over Cuba last October. What are these black boxes? Rio installs QR codes in the sidewalk
You've seen them on the backs of magazines or in the doorways of restaurants - the weird black-and-white, mosaic-looking barcodes known as QR codes. But you probably never thought to look for them right under your feet, in the historic sidewalks of Rio de Janeiro. On Jan. 25, the Brazilian city installed the first of [...]
West Indies throw Kiwis off-track
Mumbai, Feb. 11 — Sian Ruck cut a delivery from Anisa Mohammed in the 45th over and attempted to steal a single. The non-striker Rachel Priest, guilty of ball watching, was caught well outside the crease and even before the umpire could lift his finger, the jubilant West Indies team had started celebrating.Merissa Aguilera’s girls had just beaten New Zealand by 48 runs in the Super Six game of the Women’s World Cup on Monday and put themselves in a strong position to face Australia in the final. …
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