TENNIS
Madrid Masters

MADRID — David Nalbandian rallied to beat Arnaud Clement of France 5-7 6-2 6-4 yesterday in the first round of the Madrid Masters and two other Argentines also won.
Nalbandian led 4-0 in the first set, but 25 unforced errors allowed Clement to break the Argentine three times in...  Read More

SOCCER
World Cup qualifying

MARACAIBO, Venezuela — Lionel Messi added another superb goal to his collection to help Argentina beat Venezuela 2-0 away in a World Cup qualifier yesterday. Messi struck two minutes before halftime after his Barcelona team mate Gabriel Milito had given Argentina the lead with his first goal...  Read More

Euro 2008 qualifiers

BELGRADE — Scotland, France and England will be weakened through injuries and suspensions for their vital Euro 2008 qualifiers today.
Group B leaders Scotland will miss the injured Scott Brown and Alan Hutton as well as suspended Lee McCulloch and Gary O’Connor for their match in Georgia as...  Read More

TENNIS
Copa Petrobrás

BOGOTA, Colombia — Argentines Mariano Puerta, Brian Dabul and Edgardo Massa reached teh second round of the Copa Petrobrás tournament yesterday.
Puerta took only 50 minutes to beat Hugo Armando of the United States 6-2 6-1.
Dabul took three hours 20 minutes to beat Peru’s Iván Miranda 6-7 7-6 7-5...  Read More

GOLF
PGA Grand Slam

TUCKER’S TOWN, Bermuda — British Open champion Padraig Harrington had little time to enjoy the turquoise coastline below the Mid-Ocean Club, grinding to a 3-under 67 and a one-shot lead yesterday in the PGA Grand Slam of Golf.
Argentine US Open champion Angel Cabrera nearly caught him until...  Read More

BASEBALL
National League playoffs

DENVER – The streaking Colorado Rockies roared into their first World Series after holding off the Arizona Diamondbacks 6-4 to sweep the National League Championship Series on Monday.
Matt Holliday belted a three-run homer to key a six-run fourth-inning outburst to send the expansion club into baseball’s classic...  Read More

AMERICAN FOOTBALL
NFL

ATLANTA — Eli Manning threw a pair of touchdown passes and set up another New York TD with three straight completions, leading the New York Giants to their fourth straight win, 31-10 over the hapless Atlanta Falcons on Monday night.
Manning hooked up with Amani Toomer on a 5-yard...  Read More

FIELD HOCKEY

Sergio Vigil, coach of the men’s national field hockey team, has picked a 28-players pre-selection squad from which the team to play in the Olympic qualifying tournament in New Zealand, from February 2-10, will be picked.
The squad includes players currently playing for clubs in Spain, Netherlands and Belgium.
Their...  Read More

RUGBY
World Cup

PARIS — France coach Bernard Laporte has made nine changes for Friday’s third-place Rugby World Cup match against Argentina with yet another surprise, this time placing flyhalf David Skrela at centre.
Damien Traille, who played as a makeshift fullback in the quarterfinal victory over New Zealand and semifinal defeat...  Read More