Pomeranz arrested for disturbing the peace

Colarado Rockies pitcher Drew pomeranz was arrested early friday morning in Oxford Miss.and charged  with disturbing the peace.

22-years-old Pomeranz got arrested while coming out of a bar around 1:25 a.m. and he was released on a case bond at 4:40 a.m.

Rockies released the following statement after the incident. "They were aware of the "Unfortunate incident" involving Pomeranz. And he also said We have been in contact with Drew and his representatives and we will continue to gather information. Both Drew and our organization understand the serious nature of the situation".

The left-handed Drew was part of the Ubaldo jimenez trade. And made his major league debut in  September. He was born in November 22, 1988 in  Memphis, TN. PomPomeranz was at the intersection of  Tyler Avenue and 11th Street, which is just west of the square at 1 a.m. The arresting officer stated "that Pomeranz was arrested due to creating and being involved in a disturbing with others in the street" Chief Mike Martin wrote  in an e-mail.eranz  was 2-1 with a 5.40 ERA in four starts for the Rockies. He walked five in 18 1-3 innings.

An all-American at Ole Miss in Oxford, Pomeranz was taken fifth overall in the 2010 draft by Cleveland Indians.

Schumacher fastest in Korean GP practice

Mercedes driver Michael Schumacher set the fastest time in Friday's rain-drenched opening practice for the Formula One Korean Grand Prix.Schumacher's best time of 2 minutes, 02.784 seconds was 0.056 seconds faster than Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel, who clinched his second straight drivers championship at last weekend's Japanese GP. Force India's Paul Di Resta was third fastest.

A steady rain fell at the 5.615-kilometer (3.489-mile) Yeongam track Friday morning but better conditions were predicted for the afternoon session.The rain threatened to completely wash out the first practice session but the water on the track dissipated in the last 30 minutes as more drivers tested the conditions.

Six drivers, including McLaren driver Jenson Button who won Sunday's Japanese GP, didn't set a time in the early session. Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso, who won the inaugural Korean GP last year, was also among the six drivers who didn't set a time.McLaren's Lewis Hamilton was seventh on the timesheets, in front of Mercedes' Nico Rosberg and Sauber's Sergio Perez, with Red Bull's Mark Webber rounding out the top ten.

Sahara Group buys stake in Force India F1 team

Formula One team Force India will be renamed as Sahara Force India after the team's chairman Vijay Mallya sold part of the stake in his team to the chairman of Sahara Group Subrata Roy on Wednesday.A deal between the two business tycoons was inked in the evening, after which Mallya addressed the media on Wednesday. The Force India F1 team will now be co-owned by Mallya's UB Sports and the Sahara Group, with both owning 42.5% equity each.

Reports earlier in the day had suggested that Mallya was in talks with the Sahara Group to sell team Force India, but he had repeatedly declined the reports, saying, "I was shocked to read a media report that I am selling the Force India Formula One team. This is completely untrue and without any basis whatsoever. As Team Principal, I will continue to run the team and I have no plans whatsoever to exit."Formula One team Force India will now be renamed as Sahara Force India.

Anand recovers to beat Vallejo in Final Masters

World champion Viswanthan Anand recovered a little to beat Francisco Vallejo Pons of Ukraine in the tenth and final round of 4th Final Masters and had to be content with a fifth place finish in the six-player double round-robin that concluded here.Languishing at the last place at the start of the final round, the onus was on Anand to come out with flying colours and for once, Vallejo’s famous luck in the tournament deserted him as Anand proved superior on all grounds to score his second victory against the Spaniard.

World champion Viswanthan Anand finished fifth  inBilbao. AFP Interestingly enough, Vallejo was Anand’s sole prize catch in the tournament as the World champion could not beat any of the other four contestants in the fortnight long event spread over Sao Paulo in Brazil and now here.Meanwhile, Magnus Carlsen of Norway came true to his words and won the title after wining the blitz finale against Vassily Ivanchuk of Ukraine who led the tournament right from the beginning. For the records Carlsen won by a 1.5-0.5 margin winning the second blitz game.

Roddick off to a winning start in Shanghai

SHANGHAI -- Andy Roddick rallied to beat Lu Yen-Hsun of Taiwan 6-2, 3-6, 6-2 Monday in the first round of the Shanghai Masters.The 10th-seeded Roddick won the first set easily, but Lu picked up his game in the second, rushing the net repeatedly and hitting 15 winners to eight for the American.

The former U.S. Open champion then broke Lu twice in the third set to close out the match Roddick was beaten by Lu in five sets in the fourth round of Wimbledon last year, the last time the two players met. But the Taiwanese player made too many mistakes Monday, committing 50 unforced errors, including seven double-faults."He plays so high risk," Roddick said. "Overall, I thought it was pretty good, save four games."

The 29-year-old Roddick has struggled to regain his form this season, losing in the third round at Wimbledon and pulling out of the French Open because of injury. His ranking has slipped to No. 15. 

Somdev loses in first round of Shanghai Masters

Somdev Devvarman's lean patch continued as he made another first round exit from the ATP Shanghai Masters after losing in straight sets to Spaniard Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, in Shanghai today. The 84th ranked Indian lost 4-6 3-6 in an hour and 27 minutes in his opening match of the USD 3,240,00 hard court tournament. 

Now the head-to-head record of the two players stand 2-2 in four meetings this season. Since Atlanta event in July, Somdev has competed in seven tournaments, including Davis Cup tie against Japan, and has won only two matches.In the doubles event, Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes are seeded fourth and have got a first round bye. Rohan Bopanna and his Pakistani partner Aisam-ul-haq Quershi are seeded seventh and they also have got a first round bye.

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Sabastian Vettel wins Belgian Grand prix

Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel has earned pole position for the Japanese Grand Prix on Saturday, putting himself in the perfect place to claim the Formula One championship in Sunday’s race. Vettel extended Red Bull’s perfect streak of poles to all 15 races this season, setting a lap of 1 minute, 30.466 seconds at the Suzuka circuit, edging McLaren’s Jenson Button by just nine thousandths of a second. Button’s McLaren teammate Lewis Hamilton was third fastest despite not setting a time in his final run.
 
Vettel needs only one point in Sunday’s race or Button to fail to win to become the sport’s youngest two-title winner.Felipe Massa will start from fourth after the rare feat of outqualifying his Ferrari teammate Fernando Alonso.

Berdych, Radwanska win in China Open finals

Beijing. Third seed Tomas Berdych ended his long title drought with a clinical, 3-6 6-4 6-1 victory over Croatian Marin Cilic on a smoggy final day at the China Open tennis today. Czech Berdych, who last won a title in Munich in May 2009, staged a second-set revival against the 25th-ranked Croatian and blazed through the decider. Cilic, facing his first seeded player in this year’s competition, set the tempo by breaking Berdych’s serve in the second game.

Berdych’s errors played a part in the first set which Cilic, who also lost the final two years ago, finished off with an ace. World number 10 Berdych, playing in his first final since his 2010 Wimbledon centre court loss to Rafael Nadal, fought back, and took the match to a third set.


Both players dripped sweat in the unseasonably humid Beijing autumn weather and the problems were compounded by a pall of smog enveloping the National Tennis Centre. The air quality monitor at the United States Embassy in Beijing recorded ”hazardous” levels throughout the final day of competition. German Andrea Petkovic was playing Poland’s Agnieszka Radwanska in the women’s final later on Saturday. Agency

Carpenter outduels Halladay, Cardinals edge Phils

Chris Carpenter tossed a three-hitter to outpitch old pal Roy Halladay in a duel for the ages and the St. Louis Cardinals edged the Philadelphia Phillies 1-0 Friday night in the deciding Game 5 of their NL playoff series.The wild-card Cardinals scored in the first inning when Rafael Furcal led off with a triple and Skip Schumaker followed with a double.And that was it.

Heavily favored Philadelphia never broke through against Carpenter. Ryan Howard groundedout to end the game and hurt his leg coming out of the batter's box he limped a couple of steps and crumpled to the ground as St. Louis started to celebrate.The Cardinals needed a monumental collapse by Atlanta in the final month and major help from the 102-win Phillies just to reach the playoffs. Now they're heading to Milwaukee for the NL championship series starting Sunday following a stunning upset in which they beat three of Philadelphia's four aces: Halladay, Cliff Lee and Roy Oswalt.

Paes-Bhupathi bow out of China Open

Indian tennis duo of Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi on Friday crashed out of the men's doubles event of China Open tennis after losing to Croats Marin Cilic and Ivan Ljubicic in straight sets in the quarterfinals. The fourth-seeded 'Indian Express', who had won the Beijing title in 1997, went down to their opponents without posing much fight to lose 2-6, 3-6.

Cilic and Ljubicic will next take on Robert Lindstedt of Sweden and Horia Tecau of Romania. Paes and Bhupathi have bagged three ATPdoubles championships so far this season.The fourth-seeded 'Indian Express', who had won the Beijing title in 1997, went down to their opponents without posing much fight to lose 2-6, 3-6.

Rooney's father arrested over betting scam

The father and uncle of Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney were arrested Thursday as part of an investigation into betting irregularities at a Scottish Premier League soccer match.A police official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, confirmed Rooney's two relatives were among the nine men arrested in the betting investigation. Police are not authorized to comment publicly about the identity of those arrested.

The younger Rooney, who also plays for England's national team, has not been implicated in the investigation, which focuses on Motherwell's home match against Hearts at Fir Park on Dec. 14. Motherwell lost 2-1.Merseyside police said Rooney's 48-year-old father, who is also named Wayne, and 54-year-old uncle Richie Rooney were arrested at their homes in Liverpool on suspicion of conspiracy to defraud along with seven other men. The pair were released on police bail along with two others on Thursday afternoon pending further inquiries.

  

 

Tsonga, Wozniacki into quarterfinals at China Open

Top-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and top-ranked Caroline Wozniacki advanced Tuesday at the China Open.Tsonga reached the second round by edging Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria 7-6 (7), 7-5, and Wozniacki cruised past Jarmila Gajdosova of Australia 6-2, 6-3.Tsonga finished the match with nine aces and improved to 3-0 against Dimitrov. He will face Chinese qualifier Zhang Ze, who beat Li Zhe 6-1, 6-3.

Wozniacki was never threatened against Gajdosova, who committed eight double-faults and had 19 unforced errors. The Dane will meet Kaia Kanepi, who defeated Wozniacki last week in the third round of the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo.Third-seeded Vera Zvonareva of Russia defeated Klara Zakopalova 6-3, 4-6, 6-2, and Maria Kirilenko of Russia stopped U.S. Open champion Samantha Stosur 7-5, 1-6, 7-5