National League Standings

July 18th, 2009 De Silvestro extends Atlantic Championship leadLAKEVILLE, Conn. — Simona De Silvestro has won again, extending the lead in the Atlantic Championship point standings with her third victory of the season.

June 27th, 2009 Court gave baseball 1922 pass on antitrust lawsWASHINGTON — Football may be the nation's most popular sport, but baseball is the favored game with the Supreme Court, which gave the national pastime an exemption from antitrust laws in 1922. Thirty-five years later, the court refused to grant one to the National Football League, saying, essentially, that the court muffed that first call but that it was up to Congress to reverse it.

May 9th, 2009 ACC adds GMAC Bowl to its postseason lineupGREENSBORO, N.C. — The Atlantic Coast Conference has added a bowl to its lineup of nine postseason games.

May 8th, 2009 Big 12 coaches vote to keep tiebreakerPHOENIX — Big 12 coaches have rejected a proposal to change the controversial tiebreaker that gave Oklahoma the nod over Texas in the three-way tie in the Big 12 South last season. Meeting at a resort on Wednesday, they voted to keep the Bowl Championship Series standings as the method to break ties between more than two teams.

May 5th, 2009 Urawa moves into first place in J-LeagueTOKYO — Substitute Sergio Escudero scored late in the second half Tuesday as the Urawa Reds went top of the J-League standings with a 3-2 win over Kashiwa Reysol. Brazilian striker Edmilson put Urawa in front after 12 minutes but Kashiwa fought back and took the lead through goals by Hideaki Kitajima and Naoki Ishikawa.

May 5th, 2009 Kashima defeats Suwon 3-0 in ACLKASHIMA, Japan — Brazilian striker Marquinhos scored either side of halftime as Kashima Antlers trounced South Korea's Suwon Bluewings 3-0 on Tuesday to move closer to reaching the knockout stage of the Asian Champions League. Defender Go Oiwa put Kashima ahead in the 27th minute and Marquinhos doubled the lead five minutes later when he converted a pass from Mitsuo Ogasawara.

May 4th, 2009 LONDON - Former Arsenal favourite Kanu is of the view that coach Arsene Wenger's whole managerial reputation rests on whether he can guide his team to Champions League success this season. The pressure is firmly on Wenger to beat Manchester United in tomorrow night's semi-final return, and then go on to overcome either Chelsea or Barcelona in the final.

April 26th, 2009 GURGAON - Champion club Churchill Brothers made a clean sweep of the I-League awards here Sunday. Though they lost the season ending one-off Super Cup to Federation Cup winners Mohun Bagan 2-1 at the Devilal Sports Complex, that didn't stop the I-league winners to sweep the awards.

April 25th, 2009 Donors respond big after Mass. Little League theftLAWRENCE, Mass.

April 22nd, 2009 Kashima thrashes Armed Forces in ACLKASHIMA, Japan — Shinzo Koroki scored twice Wednesday as Kashima Antlers thrashed Singapore Armed Forces 5-0 to move a step closer to the knockout round of the Asian Champions League. Takuya Nozawa opened the scoring for the J-League champions with a header in the 29th minute and Koroki doubled the lead 10 minutes later off a pass from Mitsuo Ogasawara.

April 22nd, 2009 American League StandingsBaltimore 7, Tampa Bay 5 Chicago White Sox 7, Cleveland 4 Toronto 5, N.Y. Yankees 1 Texas 7, Seattle 1 Minnesota 6, Detroit 2 Boston 4, L.A.

April 22nd, 2009 Bulldogs refused permission to appeal deductionSYDNEY — Canterbury Bulldogs will not be allowed to appeal the deduction of two competition points for having 14 men on the field when the winning try was scored in its second-round National Rugby League match against Penrith last month. NRL Appeals Committee president Laurence Street on Wednesday said the prospects of a successful appeal were limited.

April 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Telecom service provider Virgin Mobile Wednesday launched an online cricket fantasy game, Indian Hatke League (IHL), with an aim to leverage the cricket mania during the upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL) season. The online game will provide users the option to play for any of the eight teams participating in the 47-day IPL, to be held in South Africa April 18-May 24, while their scores on the basis of performance will determine their standings.

April 3rd, 2009 LAHORE - Former Pakistan left-hand opening batsman Imran Farhat has that all Pakistani players attached to the rebel Indian Cricket League (ICL) are planning to quit the league. Farhat also clarified that neither he nor any other Pak ICL player has given any assurance in writing to the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) that they would terminate the league's contract.

February 4th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Names and past records do not matter much on the field. At least that is what holds true for the ongoing four-nation Punjab Gold Cup Hockey tournament here.