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Juan Pablo Montoya and his team needed some time to get up to full speed Friday. When they did, they ended up winning the pole for the NASCAR Sprint Cup race Saturday night. "It's exciting. We unloaded this morning and it was a bit of a headache getting the car to run at the beginning. It was dragging a lot and when we finally got it rolling, we felt like we had a pretty decent race car." Montoya said after turning a fast lap at 128.639 mph. "To come here and get it done is...

Asian champions Japan on Monday withdrew from the Copa America after the 11 March earthquake and tsunami, South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) spokesman Nestor Benitez said. Japan Football Association president Junji Ogura had earlier travelled to CONMEBOL's Paraguayan headquarters to update the confederation on the situation with the quake and tsunami having brought to a halt action in the domestic J-League, creating a fixture backlog now set to be resolved in July. "Our...

Philadelphia 76ers took another step toward a return to the playoffs, while the aspirations of damage in Houston post-season in a 108-97 victory over the Rockets. Philadelphia, the first under head coach Doug Collins has been a revival and is currently sixth in the Eastern Conference with a record of 39-36. They won only 27 games last season. "It is the goal, keep improving from here," said 76ers forward Elton Brand. "We're a little more. We really want to get this win." Guard Jrue Holiday...

Wizards point guard John Wall was ejected in the second quarter of play with the heat of Washington. It is very unusual for him, but after seeing how their fight, no wonder he lost his composure. Watch this video of John Wall Drilling Big Z, courtesy of Ben Golliver to CBS: The first elbow Z has been accepted in error, but the second seemed intentional. I can understand why the wall was upset, but he is more calm and realize that it has only hurt the team getting tossed from the game. Big Z...

Just before peeling off what he called a lame burnout near the finish line, Jeff Gordon screamed into his radio, the emotion pouring out with his voice. “We just beat Kyle Busch!” he yelled. Gordon did much more than that. He was headed back to Victory Circle, the longest winless streak of his career finally in the rearview mirror. Overcoming a slew of potentially disastrous incidents, Gordon passed Kyle Busch with eight laps left and stretched his lead from there, ending his...

Nick Diaz has now recorded his ninth-straight victory, successfully defended his welterweight title once again, and has solidified himself as one of the baddest dudes at 170-pounds. Evangelista Santos, perhaps better known as simply “Cyborg”, was as the game as they come. The PRIDE veteran stalked Diaz early with fast-paced strikes, and was doing damage in spots, however the testament of Diaz’ fortitude was on display as he eventually found his opening and closed out the show in the end...

Chelsea captain and England defender Terry remains irritated at suggestions that time may be running out for some players. Terry, 30, believes the reigning champions can kick on after the emphatic 4-0 victory against Bolton and mount a serious challenge to Manchester United and others. Asked if the group had a future beyond this season, he said: "I certainly hope so. We all realise we are a small squad and the club are looking at different options. I don't want to get into that but, what I...

The Blues went down 1-0 to Wolves at Molineux on Wednesday night, Jose Bosingwa's own goal after five minutes deciding the contest, as their faint Premier League title hopes all but disappeared. The defeat made it one win from their last nine league games for Chelsea, who are nine points behind leaders Manchester United having played a game more. The Londoners missed several decent chances and hit the post, through Didier Drogba, but stubborn Wolves were good value for their hard-fought...

Metropolis, Texas : Manny Pacquiao did not get the gear guardian to e'er forbid Book Clottey at Metropolis Cowboys Bowl. But he sent a statement nonetheless. The Indigene hero widely advised to be the person pound-for-pound fighter in the concern submissive Clottey throughout their WBO welterweight title defend Weekday, winning internal a undiversified firmness win in proximity of a sellout forgather of 50,994 fans. Despite winning every singular say on one judges book and all but one on...

Lindsey Vonn of the America. won the bronzy medallion in the women's super-G, her 2d medal of the Games. Vonn as well succeeded the women's downhill before in the Games. Olyblog Vonn, the seventeenth skier down the mountain, in brief held the lead on a time of 1:20.88 before beingness passed. 'I already accept a golden medal and so I can not be too disappointed," Vonn said. "I think any medal at the Olympic Games is an success and so I am very happy around it.' Andrea Fischbacher of Republic...