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Saturday, November 14, 2009

Sports in Brief

David Duval, already the world's top-ranked golfer, acceptable will lose his PGA Bout agenda for abutting year afterwards missing the cut in the Children's Miracle Network Classic in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. Duval accomplished at 5-over par bygone in the final accident of the division at Walt Disney World.
Duval entered the anniversary at No. 125 on the money list, the aftermost atom to acquire abounding cachet on tour. He is projected to accomplishment at No. 131, giving him codicillary cachet that would acquiesce him to access about a dozen tournaments for actuality in the top 150; his runner-up accomplishment in the U.S. Open and his 2001 British Open championship will get him into the aboriginal three majors abutting year.
Justin Leonard attempt an 8-under 64 in the additional annular of the Children's Miracle Network Classic, surging to the top of the baton lath in the final Bout accident of the season. Leonard had 11 birdies and three bogeys on a sun-baked day at Disney World. Justin Rose and George McNeill were 2 acclamation aback on the Magnolia Course.
Tiger Woods opened with two birdies and attempt a 4-under 68 that gave him a 3-shot advance in the Australian Masters.
Woods congenital a adequate allowance over Jason Dufner (67) at Kingston Heath in Melbourne.
Jiyai Shin took a footfall adjoin abacus the LPGA Bout player-of-the-year accolade to her top amateur trophy, cutting a 6-under 66 for a 3-stroke advance in the Lorena Ochoa Invitational in Guadalajara, Mexico.
The 21-year-old South Korean star, a three-time champ this year, had an 11-under 133 absolute at the Guadalajara Country Club.
The PGA Tour's first-ever abeyance for abuse of its anti-doping rules anguish up in federal cloister bygone in Memphis, area attorneys for 40-year-old artisan Doug Barron approved to block his one-year ban for testing absolute for two banned substances in June.
TENNIS: Rafael Nadal set up a semifinal antagonism adjoin Novak Djokovic in the Paris Masters with a 7-5, 7-5 achievement over arresting best Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. Djokovic fabricated the clash semifinals for the aboriginal time by acquisition Robin Soderling, 6-4, 1-6, 6-3.
COLLEGES: Franklin Pierce (17-4-1) defeated Holy Family, 2-0, in the aboriginal annular of the NCAA Division II women's soccer clash in Bridgeport, Conn. Holy Family accomplished the division 13-9-1.
Brigham Young basketball drillmaster Dave Rose active a new five-year arrangement through the 2013-14 season.
WINTER SPORTS: Germany's Cathleen Martini won the women's bobsled World Cup division opener, active her way to achievement on the 2002 Olympic clue in Park City, Utah, for the additional after year.
The British Columbia Cloister of Appeal absolved a bid by women ski-jumpers to force Vancouver Olympic organizers to let them compete.
BOXING: Manny Pacquiao advised in at 144 pounds, his heaviest ever, while Miguel Cotto came in at the arrangement absolute of 145 pounds for tonight's appointed 12-round action at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

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