Wnuggets Betting News
Azarenka, Sharapova lead charge into Wimbledon semis
Wimbledon, England (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Fourth-seeded Victoria Azarenka and
former champion and pre-tournament favorite Maria Sharapova highlighted
Tuesday's quarterfinal winners at a rainy Wimbledon.
Azarenka posted her first-ev
Brazil opens Group D play against Australia
Monchengladbach, Germany (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Brazil has entered the 2011
Women's World Cup with just one thought in mind, winning its first major
trophy.
After reaching the final of the 2007 edition as well as the 2004 and 2
Equatorial Guinea makes WWC debut against Norway
Augsburg, Germany (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Equatorial Guinea will make its debut at
a Women's World Cup on Wednesday as the tiny African nation gets set to face
Norway in Group D play.
Equatorial Guinea booked a place in Germany after advanc
Betis adds Montero, Matilla from Villarreal
Seville, Spain (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Promoted Real Betis has signed Jefferson
Montero and Javier Matilla from Spanish rival Villarreal.
Montero, a 21-year-old Ecuadorian winger, joins on a season-long loan from the
Yellow Submarines with an
Hurricanes sign F Dwyer
Raleigh, NC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Carolina Hurricanes and forward Patrick
Dwyer have agreed to a two-year contract on Tuesday.
The deal will pay Dwyer $600,000 in 2011-12, and $650,000 in 2012-13.
"Patrick has become a durable and
Palermo signs midfielder Zahavi
Palermo, Italy (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Italian Serie A side Palermo has agreed to
sign Israel midfielder Eran Zahavi from Hapoel Tel-Aviv on a five-year deal.
Zahavi, 23, joins Palermo on an undisclosed fee after playing at Hapoel from
2006-1
Indians' Choo out at least two months after surgery
Phoenix, AZ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Cleveland Indians announced that right
fielder Shin-Soo Choo underwent surgery in his left thumb, which will require
a recovery time of eight to 10 weeks.
The procedure fixed a displace fracture an
Bautista still leads AL All-Star voting
New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Blue Jays outfielder Jose Bautista remained
the top vote-getter in either league, moving past 5 million votes for the AL
All-Star team.
In the fifth round of balloting figures, released Tuesday by Ma
Hearts suspend defender Thomson
Edinburgh, Scotland (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Hearts suspended defender Craig Thomson
on Tuesday after he was convicted of "lewd, libidinous and indecent behavior"
for inappropriate conduct toward underage girls on the Internet.
Thomson, 20, was a
Promoted Evian signs Ghanaian Rabiu
Annecy, France (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Promoted Evian signed Ghanaian midfielder
Mohammed Rabiu on a permanent basis from Italian side Udinese on Tuesday.
Rabiu, 21, made 10 appearances for Evian in Ligue 2 last season while on loan
and has s
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