Rennes booked its place in the round of 16 of the French Cup with a 5-4 win on penalties over fellow top-flight side Reims on Thursday.
Soldes Onitsuka Tiger Mexico 66 .The teams were locked at 1-1 after extra time.In a quite soporific game, Rennes moved
ahead in the 29th minute after Christopher Glombard fouled Pedro Henrique in the
box. Veteran defender Sylvain Armand made no mistake from the spot, sending
goalkeeper Kossi Agassa the wrong way.But the hosts could not hold onto the
lead, as substitute Grejohn Kyei levelled in the 70th after being set up by
Nicolas De Previlles.Rennes goalkeeper Benoit Costil then made three saves
during the shootout before Anders Konradsen scored his penalty to set up a
last-16 match against Monaco.
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York Yankees managing general partner wouldnt discuss the third basemans
possible return to the team following a season-long suspension.
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been charged with disorderly conduct for their involvement with air pistol shots
being fired near a residence hall on the South campus Sunday night.CHICAGO --
Teams usually cant wait to get out of the cramped quarters of the visiting
clubhouse at Wrigley Field. Not so the Atlanta Braves, who were delighted to put
in some overtime in the less-than-friendly confines Friday night. The Braves 9-5
victory over the Chicago Cubs reduced their magic number to one and ensured them
of at least a tie in the NL East. The players decided to watch the game between
the second-place Washington Nationals and Miami Marlins in the clubhouse to see
if they would win the outright title -- even though Nationals-Marlins wasnt
slated to begin until an hour and a half after the Braves game ended. "Some guys
are going to stay here and some guys families are here, so theyre going to go
spend some time with their families," closer Craig Kimbrel said. "Were all going
to be back here around the end of the game." The Nationals won 8-0 to keep the
Braves from clinching. When asked if it would be weird sticking around so late
to watch the game in an empty ballpark, Kimbrel said: "No, we did it in 2010
with San Diego and San Francisco. Its actually, a lot of fun. Lets just hope the
Marlins win." If not, the Braves simply will look to take care of things during
their next opportunity. "This might be the best group of guys in terms of
resiliency," manager Fredi Gonzalez said. "They battle. Theyre a talented group
of guys -- lets not forget that --but weve gone through some adversity at times,
losing some key players earlier in the year and a leader on our pitching staff.
"Its a good group of guys; just a good team." That all was on display Friday.
Chris Johnson went 3 for 4 with a home run, and the Braves broke open a tie game
in the top of the ninth inning with four runs -- all with two outs. Brian McCann
and Johnson each had an RBI single, and Andrelton Simmons followed with a
two-run double. Freddie Freeman earlier hit a three-run homer for Atlanta, which
jumped out to a 4-0 lead. "We had a chance for some add-on runs earlier in the
game," Gonzalez said. "We some opportunities and didnt do it; (McCann) popped up
with runners on second and third (in the fifth inning). But thats how good this
guy is. He comes back later in the ninth inning, facing a pretty good reliever
in Kevin Gregg, and gets a baase hit.
Asics Gel Lyte v Femme Noir. " McCann made the most of his second chance. "I was just glad to get a pitch to handle and not
miss it," the catcher said. Gregg (2-5) gave up all four ninth-inning runs, and
that was just the start of his bad day. Gregg had been told by manager Dale
Sveum a couple of days ago that Cubs would take an occasional look at Pedro
Strop in the closers role, but Gregg took it to mean that he was no longer the
closer and went on a rant against the front office after the game. That prompted
Cubs president Theo Epstein to get involved. "Apparently Kevin misunderstood
Dale and thought hed had his job permanently taken away from him," Epstein said.
"Despite getting the ball in the closers role the past couple days, he
apparently had some choice words. Upon hearing that I called him up to Dales
office to tell him how disappointed I was in him. "I think it took him a couple
minutes to understand that hed misunderstood Dale and he ultimately apologized
to me and Dale. I told him that Id sleep on it and decide if we had any
disciplinary action." On the other side of Wrigley Field, the atmosphere was
completely different as the Braves prepared for their post-season party. "Its
been a fun season," starter Paul Maholm said. "We started off real hot and built
a big lead, we cooled off a bit, lost some people, but we were able to maintain
that big lead. "Hopefully, well go deep in their playoffs." NOTES: The Braves
activated OF Jason Heyward before the game. He wore a facemask attached to the
right side of his batting helmet to protect the right jaw that was fractured
Aug. 21 when he was struck by a pitch from the Mets Jon Niese. "Im just really
excited and happy to be back," he said. "Im not going to be as good today as I
will be in five days, but you have to start the process sometime." As planned,
Heyward played just five innings, going 0 for 2 with a walk. ... The Cubs
announced before the game that C Welington Castillo has partially torn meniscus
in his right knee and will miss the rest of the season. He will have
arthroscopic surgery and the expected recovery time is 4 to 6 weeks. ... The
series continues Saturday with Cubs LHP Travis Wood (9-11) going against RHP
Kris Medlen (14-12).
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