Monday, November 22, 2010

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Asian Games 2010: India Retains Its eighth Position On Day 10

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 11:04 PM PST

It was a brilliant day for India when Somdev Devvarman claimed his first gold at Asian Games 2010 in China in men's doubles tennis event.

He has also become the first Indian tennis player to carve his glorious path to men's singles finals.

India so far has been able to reach to eighth position in countries medals tally with China on top of the list.

This was the tenth day of the games with six more days to go and a chance for Indian contingent to improve their medals tally.

It was a duo of Sanam Singh and Somdev  Devvarman who achieved this feat for India on Monday.

In mixed doubles tennis event it was not a very favorable day for India when the ace player Sania Mirza along with Vishnu Vardhan had to rest with a silver getting defeated in the finals event.

A trio of Mangal Champia, Jayanta Talukdar and Rahul Banerjee managed to get a bronze medal in men's archery team event.

India, with a total tally of 36 medals out of which six are gold, twelve silver and 18 bronze has maintained their eighth position.

But on the other hand the day was not at all good for the athletics department which did not manage to get any medal in any events held for the day.

China has retained their supremacy with a total of 304 medals comprising of 154 gold, 77 silver and 73 bronze medals.

South Korea is unbeatable at number two position with 178 medals containing 61 gold, 51 silver and 66 bronze.

Japan is at number three position with total tally of 158 medals with 32 gold, 59 silver and 67 bronze.

In women's hockey China defeated India by 2-1 but hopes are still alive for the team to get a bronze.

Jimmie Johnson Rallies To Fifth Straight NASCAR Sprint Cup Title

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 01:55 PM PST

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Edward Lewis – AHN Sports Reporter

Homestead, FL, United States (AHN) – Michael Schumacher won five consecutive Formula One titles and now Jimmie Johnson has an unprecedented fifth straight NASCAR Sprint Cup Series title.

Yes, for the fifth straight year, Johnson, a new father, is the champion of NASCAR’s premier racing series.

“I am just so proud to be in this position and so thankful to have my great race team and Hendrick Motorsports to give me such great race cars. Four was amazing. It’s pretty (darn) awesome,” said Johnson. “It’s just an amazing day for the team. We’ve got an awesome sport and I’m so proud to represent it.”

Down 15 points to Denny Hamlin heading into Sunday’s season-ending Ford 400, Johnson overcome an early slow pit stop, kept his nose clean to finish second at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

Race-winner Carl Edwards closed the year with back-to-back wins and did his celebratory backflip off the car, but in the background it was Johnson doing burnouts after winning yet another title.

“This is unreal. This is a great way to finish the season,” said Edwards, who led a race-best 189 laps. “Congratulations to Jimmie Johnson, five straight championships. I think if we can go like this we might be able to have a start to have a run like this.”

Kevin Harvick, also in the hunt for the title, did nearly everything he could to win the title, finishing right behind Johnson in third.

“We went down swinging,” said Harvick, who had a speeding penalty on pit road early. “Those guys just outran us by a little bit. All in all, I’m just proud of all my guys. We did everything we wanted to today expcept win the race.”

Hamlin sustained minor damage during a spin on Lap 26 and had to rally for a finish of 14th, which left him second in the title race, behind Johnson and ahead of Harvick.

“Obviously, I’m disappointed,” said Hamlin, who finished with a season-best eight wins. “Our car was lightning-fast up until that wreck. When we hit the 16 (Greg Biffle) it just knocked the toe out and just wasn’t the same the rest of the day. We had a great year.”

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Bargnani Nets 29 As Raptors Edge Rondo-Less Celtics

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 01:55 PM PST

Kareem Shaker – AHN Sports Reporter

Toronto, ON, Canada (AHN) – Andrea Bargnani scored 29 points and Amir Johnson made two free throws with less than three seconds remaining to give the Toronto Raptors a slim 102-101 win Sunday over the Boston Celtics.

Johnson finished with 17 points and 11 rebounds in just 24 minutes, playing a strong game under the basket in a reserve role. Sonny Weems scored 16 and Reggie Evans pulled down 16 rebounds to go along with nine points.

Paul Pierce missed a potential game-winning shot from 16 feet as time expired, finishing with 19 points for Boston. Nate Robinson poured in 22 points filling for Rajon Rondo, out with a strained left hamstring.

Boston (9-4) still holds a comfortable 3.5 game lead as the only team above .500 in the shaky Atlantic division. The Celtics face the Hawks in Atlanta Monday.

Toronto (5-9) ended a eight-game losing streak to the Celtics. The Raptors play the last match of a three-game homestand against the Sixers Wednesday.

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Rodgers To Jennings Lifts Packers To Sweep of Bumbling Vikings

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 01:55 PM PST

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Kareem Shaker – AHN Sports Reporter

Minneapolis, MN, United States (AHN) – Aaron Rodgers threw for 301 yards and four touchdown passes, three to Greg Jennings who finished with a season-high 152 yards as the Green Pay Packers made it two-for-two this season over division rivals the Minnesota Vikings with a 31-3 shellacking Sunday afternoon.

Green Bay took a 10-3 lead on the first of those touchdown passes halfway through the second quarter and went on to score 31 unanswered points to sink the Vikes.

The Packers dominated time of possession (33:16-26:44), outgained the Vikings 283-207 and forced two turnovers that directly led to points.

Brett Favre finished 17 for 38 for 208 yards, no touchdowns and an interception. Sidney Rice had three catches for 56 yards in his first game of the season and Adrian Peterson managed 72 yards on 14 carries.

Green Bay (7-3) kept pace with the Chicago Bears (7-3) atop the NFC North, sinking Minnesota (3-7) to all but out of the playoff race barring a miracle.

The Packers face a tough challenge at Atlanta against the first-place Falcons in Week 12.

When the Vikings head to DC to face the Redskins Sunday, there may be another quarterback behind center other than the struggling Brett Favre, who leads all signal-callers with 17 interceptions this season.

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Iginla Nets Pair, Flames Take 3-1 Second Period Advantage Vs. Red Wings

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 01:55 PM PST

John Raffel – AHN Sports Correspondent

Detroit, MI, United States (AHN) – Jarome Iginla has scored his seventh and eighth goals of the season to give the Calgary Flames a 3-1 lead midway in the second period over the Detroit Red Wings Sunday at Joe Louis Arena.

Iginla took a pass from behind the net by Matt Stajan and beat Detroit goalie Jimmy Howard just 54 seconds into the second period for a 2-1 lead. He scored again minutes later on the power play.

It was Calgary’s first power play chance of the game. They did not have the extra man during the first period while Detroit had four power-play chances.

The Wings scored on the power play 1:56 into the first period on Johan Franzen’s ninth goal of the season. But they were shut down on their three other power-play chances in the opening period.

Calgary has outshot Detroit 16-13. Howard has 12 saves for Detroit and Mikka Kiprusoff has 12 saves for the Flames.

Detroit entered the game at 12-3-2 while the Flames are at 8-10-0.

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Report: Vince Young Dismissed As Titans Quarterback

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 01:55 PM PST

Corine Gatti – AHN Sports Contributor

Nashville, TN, United States (AHN) – Tennessee coach Jeff Fisher said Vince Young is finished as the starting quarterback after his tantrums during the Titans 19-16 overtime loss to Washington Sunday.

“There are some things that need to change,” Fisher told USA TODAY.

Young was heckled by the home crowd after he fumbled the ball in the red zone in the second quarter. Young motioned a “come on, bring it on gesture” to the crowd that was calling for his job.

Then Rusty Smith replaced Young in the third quarter after suffering what appeared to be a thumb injury. Young looked dejected on the sidelines and was benched for the rest of the game.

Later he proceeded to pull off his jersey and shoulder pads, throwing them into the crowd.

“I was very disappointed, and I think his teammates are disappointed,” Fisher said after Young left the locker room and didn’t talk with reporters.

Fisher would not comment on what transpired with Young and his teammates, but offered his general displeasure of the situation.

“There are some things that went on in there that are just between us.”

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Brady Tosses Two Touchdown Passes; Pats Stop Colts Late Surge

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 01:55 PM PST

Corine Gatti – AHN Sports Contributor

Foxborough, MA, United States (AHN) – Tom Brady completed 19-of-25 passes for 186 yards and two scores as the New England Patriots slipped by the Indianapolis Colts 31-28 on Sunday.

BenJarvus Green-Ellis rushed for 96 yards and one touchdown on 21 carries for the Patriots, who improved to 8-2.

New England took a 31-14 lead early in the fourth quarter before Peyton Manning’s last-minute charge of two touchdowns.

Manning connected with Blair White for five yards minutes later, and again with four minutes left in regulation on a 18-yarder to White.

The Pats held on after Manning’s pass was intercepted by James Sanders at New England’s six yard line with seconds remaining in regulation. It was Manning’s third interception of the game.

Manning was 38-52 with 396 yards and four scores for the 6-4 Colts, who lead the AFC South.

Reggie Wayne led the Colts with eight receptions for 107 yards and one touchdown.

New England is tied with the New York Jets in the AFC East.

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Purdue Being Tested at Home, Leads 45-41 at Half Over Oakland (MI.)

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 01:55 PM PST

Sam Klemet – AHN Sports Correspondent

West Lafayette, IN, United States (AHN) – Oakland led by as many as nine points against Purdue at Mackey Arena, but senior JuJuan Johnson has guided the Boilermakers back to take a 45-41 lead into halftime,

The preseaon All-American has a game-high 19-points, including the second and third three-pointers of his career.

As a team, Purdue is 8-15 from beyond the arc.

The Grizzlies, playing their third straight road game, are led by Travis Bader’s 10-points.

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Nicklas Lidstrom`s Goal Lifts Red Wings Over Flames

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 01:55 PM PST

John Raffel – AHN Sports Correspondent

Detroit, MI, United States (AHN) – Nicklas Lidstrom scored 1:38 into overtime to give the Detroit Red Wings a dramatic 5-4 victory over the Calgary Flames Sunday night at Joe Louis Arena.

Henrik Zetterberg scored his second goal of the game with just 3.2 seconds left in regulation to force overtime with a 4-4 tie for the Wings

Jarome Iginla scored his seventh and eighth goals of the season early in the second period to lift the Flames, who had a 4-2 lead in the third period.

Iginla took a pass from behind the net by Matt Stajan and beat Detroit goalie Jimmy Howard just 54 seconds into the second period for a 2-1 lead. He scored again minutes later on the power play.

It was Calgary’s first power play chance of the game.

The Flames did not have the extra man during the first period while Detroit had four power-play chances.

The Wings scored on the power play 1:56 into the first period on Johan Franzen’s ninth goal of the season. But they were shut down on their three other power-play chances in the opening period.

Trailing 3-1 in the third period, Detroit got a goal back on Pavel Datsyuk’s seventh goal of the season. Lidstrom fired a slap shot toward the net and Datsyuk deflected it in.

But later in the period, Alex Tanguay added his sixth goal of the season after stealing the puck from Rafalski for a 4-2 Flames lead. With 11:04 to play, Zetterberg backhanded in his sixth goal of the season.

Bryan Rafalski collected his 400th and 401st career assists on the first two Detroit goals. He notched No. 402 on Zetterberg’s game-tying gem.

Detroit pulled Howard with 1:30 to play for the extra attacker and Zetterberg took advantage before time expired.

The shots went 38 for Detroit and 27 for Calgary.

Howard had 23 saves for Detroit and Mikka Kiprusoff recorded 33 saves for the Flames.

Detroit is 13-3-2 while the Flames are 8-11-0.

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Thrashers Top Islanders In Overtime; N.Y. Drops 13th Straight

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 01:55 PM PST

Corine Gatti – AHN Sports Contributor

Atlanta, GA, United States (AHN) – Dustin Byfuglien stung the Islanders with the winning overtime goal to send New York to its 13th consecutive loss as Atlanta won 2-1 Sunday night at Philips Arena..

Michael Grabner netted his fourth goal of the season with 12 seconds left in the second period after a scoreless first for New York.

The Islanders were outshot 14-6 in the opening frame.

Nik Antropov tied it up at one with a power-play goal just 2:12 into the third period.

Byfuglien was credited with the assist for the 9-9-3 Thrashers.

The former Blackhawk defeated Islanders netminder Rick DiPietro 1:30 into OT to seal it.

DiPietro turned aside 33 shots for New York, which fell to 4-12-4 with the loss.

Ondrej Pavelec had 28 saves for Atlanta.

The last time New York endured such a winless streak was in 1990 when it lost 14 straight.

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