Maruyama joins Chopra, Jacobson in Tesoro lead
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Japan's Shigeki Maruyama spectacularly eagled the 16th to tie Swedes Daniel Chopra and Fredrik Jacobson for the lead in the unfinished fourth round of the Ginn sur Mer Classic at Port St. Lucie, Florida Sunday.
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But now he faces an attack from three of them in the final round of the American Express event. With a round to go at Mount Juliet in County Kilkenny, the world No 3 shot 68 to stand on the 15-under-par total of 201.
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Defending champion Paradorn Srichaphan battled past Wayne Ferreira to reach the TD Waterhouse Cup quarter-finals. The duo both broke serve in the first set, which fourth seed Srichaphan won on a tie-break, and
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Hideki Okajima became the first Japanese pitcher to take the mound in a World Series on Thursday, the reliever helping the Boston Red Sox pick up a 2-1 Game Two win over the Colorado Rockies.
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NAGANO, Japan -- Canada&#39;s Jeremy Wotherspoon and world-record holder Hiroyasu Shimizu of Japan tied for first place Saturday in a World Cup speedskating event, finishing 500 meters at the in 35.20 seconds at the M-Wave arena.
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Swede Fredrik Jacobson charged into a share of the lead as he tried to grab a Ryder Cup place in Munich today. Joint fifth overnight, Jacobson birdied three of the first five holes to join Thomas Levet and
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Akiko Morigami outlasted the qualifier Akgul Amanmuradova from Uzbekistan yesterday to earn a 6-7 (8), 6-4, 6-3 win and her second finals berth in three years at the Western & Southern Financial Group Womenâs Open in Mason Ohio.Morigami, the seventh seed from Japan, had 17 chances to break Amanmuradovaâs serve and converted just four. The most crucial came in the sixth game of the third set, when Morigami returned a second serve deep to Amanmuradovaâs backhand. Amanmuradova hit her return volley into the net.âIt was a little bit tough,â Morigami said. âI kept telling myself not to think about the breaks and just to focus on the next point.âShe will face the winner of the semifinal match between top-seeded Anna Chakvetadze of Russia and third-seeded Sania Mirza of India.
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PALM DESERT, California  - Japan's Shigeki Maruyama birdied his last six holes to rocket into a five-way tie for the lead in the Bob Hope Classic first round on Wednesday.
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Motorsport.com. Makoto Tamada will start tomorrow&#39;s Japanese GP at Motegi in pole position. The Japanese Honda rider stole pole position from fellow Bridgestone-shod rider, John Hopkins, in
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KAPALUA, Hawaii  - Swede Daniel Chopra, helped by a late stumble from American Brandt Snedeker, grabbed an early one-shot lead in the Mercedes-Benz Championship first round on Thursday.
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Joe Johnson registered 11 points for the Suns, who posted a season-low 12 points in the third quarter...Tyson Chandler finished with 10 points and nine boards for the Bulls, who fell to 0-6 on the road this season...Casey Jacobsen and Leandro Barbosa
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John Hopkins caused a surprise by claiming provisional pole position this morning for the Japanese Grand Prix at Motegi. The Suzuki rider, who has endured a mediocre season so far, stole the limelight from
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Jean-Baptiste Gonnet and Taichi Teshima each shot a course-record six-under-par 64 yesterday to share the lead after the first round of the Dutch Open in Zaandvoort, Netherlands. Seven golfers were one stroke behind, including the former United States Open champion Michael Campbell.
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Australia&#39;s Rachel Teske is three shots behind the leaders after the opening round of the LPGA tournament in Otsu, Japan. Teske shot a 6-under-par round of 66 to trail co-leaders Chihiro Nakajima of Japan and Sweden&#39;s Annika Sorenstam, who are 9-under.
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Paul-Henri Mathieu of France beat fifth-seeded Dane Kenneth Carlsen 6-3, 7-5 Thursday to move into the quarterfinals of the Chennai Open.
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Tokyo, Japan (Sports Network) - Top-seeded Aussie Lleyton Hewitt advanced, but fourth-seeded Thai star Paradorn Srichaphan was among Friday&#39;s quarterfinal losers at the $775,000 Japan Open.
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Three-time finalist Paradorn Srichaphan saved two match points Tuesday and scraped through with a 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-1 victory over Christophe Rochus to reach the second round of the Chennai Open.