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- Tennis: Bartoli tops Marino to reach quarters at Stanford
- Pahang in Razak Cup final
- Evans will compete in the Olympics if the course is tough
| Tennis: Bartoli tops Marino to reach quarters at Stanford Posted: 27 Jul 2011 06:12 PM PDT STANFORD, California (AP) - Marion Bartoli of France reached her seventh quarterfinal of the year, beating Canada's Rebecca Marino 6-4, 6-3 Wednesday at the Bank of the West Classic. The ninth-ranked Bartoli, who won this event two years ago, has won 18 of her last 21 matches. Marino, ranked 40th, beat Bartoli at Quebec City last year - her only win over a top-20 player. In other matches, eighth-seeded Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia beat American Christina McHale 6-4, 2-6, 6-3, and fifth-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland topped Taiwan's Chang Kai-chen 6-4, 3-6, 6-0. The 20th-ranked Cibulkova reached her seventh quarterfinal of the year and will meet the winner of Thursday's match between top-seeded and defending champion Victoria Azarenka and qualifier Marina Erakovic. Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by Used Car Search. |
| Posted: 27 Jul 2011 06:06 PM PDT MALACCA: Pahang continued their excellent run by beating the speedy and hard-hitting Armed Forces side 3-1 to qualify for the Division One final of the Razak Cup hockey tournament at the Bukit Serendit Stadium here last night. Pahang will face defending champions Kuala Lumpur in today's final (6pm). KL edged Terengganu 2-1 in the other semi-final. Pahang went on the offensive right from the start to take a 2-0 lead after just 17 minutes. Defender Ahmad Kazamirul Nasaruddin scored off a penalty corner in the ninth minute before Mohd Hafiz Zainul doubled their lead eight minutes later. Although Forces reduced the deficit with a penalty corner goal by Ahmad Ridzuan Zainal Abidin in the 28th minute, Mohd Aminuddin Abu sealed victory for Pahang with a field goal in the 58th minute. In the other semi-final, Division One debutants Terengganu took the lead through Mohd Faizal Saari off a penalty corner in 26th minute. Eighteen-time champions KL were awarded a penalty stroke two minutes later when Terengganu defender Mohd Shahrun Nabil used his head to stop the ball. But KL captain Mohd Amin Rahim's low flick was saved by goalkeeper Mohd Hafizuddin. But KL were undaunted and managed to score two goals through Nabil Fiqri Mohd Noor (32nd) and Mohd Amin (57th). Meanwhile, former champions Negri Sembilan came back from a goal down twice to edge Perlis 3-2 to qualify for the Division Two final. Negri got their goals through M. Rageshwaran (17th), T.M. Ganeisha (54th) and Azraie Mohd Azizan (55th) while Mohd Izzat Ghazali (8th) and Mohd Najmi Farizal Jazlan (46th) scored for Perlis. Negri, who won the Division Two title in 2003, will face Selangor in today's final. Selangor defeated Kedah 3-1, with goals by Mohd Reza Maadun (4th, 43rd) and Faridzul Mohd Isa (68th). Kedah's lone reply came through Mohd Zakaria (55th). Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by Used Car Search. |
| Evans will compete in the Olympics if the course is tough Posted: 27 Jul 2011 06:03 PM PDT SYDNEY: Tour de France champion Cadel Evans (pic) says he would love to compete at the 2012 Olympics, but only if the course is tough enough. Evans became the first Australian – and only third non-European – to win the Tour when he finished in Paris on Sunday. His schedule is being overhauled to accommodate extra commitments now but he hasn't ruled out racing at the Olympics, despite the London Games starting only days after the 2012 Tour de France. Evans said if the road and time trial courses suit his strengths, he'll be hoping to compete in London. "I don't know if the course is going to be suitable," Evans told the Australian Associated Press in a telephone interview from Switzerland yesterday. "But if I can be the man for the job to represent the country, of course I would love to ride. "If it's a course more suitable to someone else, then it should be for someone else." Evans said the timing of the Olympics was no problem. "The timing falls well for us as Tour riders – there's also an interesting World Championships course in 2012 and a few other things," he said. "We have to prioritise and choose our goals, but Tour de France 2012 is going to come around really quickly." The 34–year–old Evans is already a three–time Olympian, having competed in mountain bike events at Atlanta in 1996 and Sydney in 2000 before switching to road. He contested both the road time trial and road race at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, the same year he finished second in the Tour de France. Australia's cycling fraternity has already started talking about Evans winning a treble of major road cycling events by winning an Olympic gold to go with his 2011 Tour de France and 2009 Road World Championship titles. Evans, whose next ride will be later this week either in Holland or Belgium in a criterium, said he's barely had time to reflect since Sunday. "I haven't had time to stop and think about being tired," he said. "But it's a slow realisation that I've won the Tour de France in 2011." – AP Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by Used Car Search. |
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