Thunder send Harden to Rockets

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma (AFP) – The Oklahoma City Thunder shipped guard James Harden to the Houston Rockets on Saturday in exchange for guards Kevin Martin and Jeremy Lamb along with undisclosed draft selections. var addthis_config = {"data_track_clickback":true,"data_track_addressbar":true,"data_track_textcopy":true,"ui_atversion":"300"}; var addthis_product = 'wpp-3.1';  Read More »

US shocks Mexico in football

MEXICO CITY (AP) – After 75 years of frustration in Mexico, the U.S. national team finally won a soccer game at its southern neighbor and regional rival. Dominated for most of the night at one of soccer’s most intimidating venues, the Americans beat the Mexicans 1-0 in an exhibition Wednesday night behind Michael Orozco Fiscal’s goal in the 80th minute and Tim Howard’s late... 

Paragua catches Dimakiling on top

Manila, Philippines – Grandmaster Mark Paragua beat GM Richard Bitoon in 29 moves of Catalan in the 12th round on Monday to join International Master Oliver Dimakiling on top in the 2012 National Open Chess Championships at the Cabagnot Training Center in Old Buswang, Kalibo, Aklan. Incoming search terms:oliver dimakiling (17) Read More »

Obama: Jordan’s team is better

LeBron and company rout Brazil WASHINGTON (AFP) ­- American President Barack Obama waded into the USA Olympic basketball debate Monday, saying the 1992 Dream Team with Michael Jordan and Charles Barkley would have beaten the 2012 Olympic team.  Read More »

Obama backs 1992 USA team in Olympic debate

WASHINGTON (AFP) – American President Barack Obama waded into the USA Olympic basketball debate Monday, saying the 1992 Dream Team with Michael Jordan and Charles Barkley would have beaten the 2012 Olympic team. Obama said Monday he remembers a 1992 gold-medal winning USA team that looked unstoppable from the very first game. Incoming search terms:unified team 1992 helicopter crash... 

No women

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) ­ A Saudi-owned newspaper says no women from the ultraconservative Muslim kingdom have qualified to compete at the London Games. A report in the pan-Arab daily newspaper Al-Sharq al-Awsat ­ an important media tool for Saudi rulers ­ says Saudi male athletes have qualified to compete in track, equestrian and weightlifting at the games that start in less than... 

Bolt pulls out of race

LONDON (AP) – Usain Bolt has more than Yohan Blake to worry about ahead of the London Olympics. Now he’s got an injury to contend with and likely won’t run again until the games. Exactly one month before the 100-meter final at the Olympics, Bolt pulled out of the July 20 Monaco Diamond League meet on Thursday after sustaining “a slight problem’’ at the recent Jamaican Olympic... 

Russian Olympians eye Top 3

MOSCOW (AFP) – Russia is seeking to win a treasure trove of gold medals across a dozen sports at the Olympics to remind the world it remains a sporting superpower two decades after the USSR’s collapse. Russia is targeting third place in the medal table and is offering up to $1 million cash incentives for a gold medal to prove it is a potent force even after the loss of the... 

3 down, 5 to go

OMAHA, Nebraska (AP) – Michael Phelps stayed on course to swim eight events at the London Games, pulling away for a dominating win in the 200-meter butterfly at the US Olympic trials on Thursday. Phelps has locked up three individual events for London and he’s got two more to go in Omaha. Combined with a likely spot on all three relays, the 26year-old from Baltimore ­ already... 

Archers join RP-Olympic team

BY NICK GIONGCO Manila, Philippines – News that two more Filipino athletes are joining the delegation to the London Olympics has left chief of mission Manny Lopez drooling with excitement. Lopez said he has been informed about the inclusion of Mark Javier and Rachel Cabral by the National Archery Association of the Philippines but has yet to get the official notification from the...