Man City beats Chelsea 4-3 in US friendly

Manchester City overcame a three-goal deficit to beat rival Chelsea 4-3 on Thursday in the opener of a two-game U.S. tour.

Manchester City overcame a three-goal deficit to beat rival Chelsea 4-3 on Thursday in the opener of a two-game U.S. tour.

Hall of Famer Stan Musial, one of baseball’s greatest hitters and a St. Louis Cardinals icon, died Saturday at the age of 92.
“We have lost the most beloved member of the Cardinals family,” Cardinals chairman William DeWitt jnr said in a statement. “Stan Musial was the greatest player in Cardinals history and one of the best players in the history of baseball.”
The San Francisco Giants stayed alive in the National League Championship Series with a 5-0 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Friday, cutting the series deficit to 3-2 thanks mostly to a commanding pitching performance by Barry Zito.

San Francisco pitcher Barry Zito led the Giants to a 5-0 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals to keep their race for a World Series berth alive.

ST. LOUIS, Missouri — The World Series champion St. Louis Cardinals powered past San Francisco 8-3 on Thursday to move within one victory of returning to Major League Baseball’s championship showcase. The victory gave the Cardinals a 3-1 lead over the Giants in the best-of-seven National League Championship Series with a chance to wrap [...]

Carlos Beltran blasted two home runs to power the St. Louis Cardinals over the Washington Nationals 12-4 on Monday and level their Major League Baseball playoff series.
SACRAMENTO—If winter comes, can spring training be far behind? Major League Baseball’s who’s who have come and gone from their industry get-together, known traditionally since 1877 as the winter meetings. At these closed-door huddles, the game’s managers, agents and other movers and shakers check their lists twice—and then find out who’s naughty or nice among [...]
DALLAS— Albert Pujols could have been a wealthy Cardinal for life, planning for the day his statue would be erected outside Busch Stadium next to those of Stan Musial, Bob Gibson and the other St. Louis greats.

A red sea of fans jammed downtown St. Louis Sunday to honor the World Series champion Cardinals and send a clear message to Albert Pujols: Please stay. An official crowd estimate was not immediately available for the parade down the streets of St. Louis and the celebration at Busch Stadium, but city officials expected several hundred thousand, and it was clearly that, if not more. The crowd was so large that people were parking more than two miles away, and interstate highways were jammed near downtown.

The St. Louis Cardinals were crowned World Series champions for the 11th time in franchise history after routing the Texas Rangers 6-2 in game seven on Friday.

The St. Louis Cardinals won the World Series title on Friday by defeating the Texas Rangers 6-2 and capturing Major League Baseball’s best-of-seven championship final four games to three.

David Freese hit the game-winning home run in extra innings as the St. Louis Cardinals edged the Texas Rangers 10-9 to force a game seven in the 107th World Series.
ST. LOUIS – Josh Hamilton and Michael Young hit consecutive sacrifice flies and the Texas bullpen was sharp again as the Rangers rallied to beat St. Louis 2-1 to even the World Series at 1-1. Hamilton and Young hit back-to-back sacrifice flies in the top of the ninth inning on Thursday to score the tying [...]