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CBSSports.co One swing cost Tiger Woods any chance of winning The Barclays.

Now he can only hope he gets to keep playing after Sunday.

Four shots out of the lead to start the third rou that sailed over the trees and off the property at Ridgewood Country Club. It led to a triple bogey, and he never got those three shots back.

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Woods finished with back-to-back birdies for a 1-over 72 that put him well behind the leaders.

“In the end, it probably cost me a chance to win the tournament,” said Woods, who rallied to get to 3-under 210. “But Im pleased how I sucked it up and got it back the rest of the day, when it easily could have gone the other way. Hitting a ball like that, it can derail you. And it didnt. I got it right back.”

It was hard to believe the swing came from someone who had only missed two fairways over the first 36 holes. Woods attributed it to having too many swing thoughts swirling between the ears.

“I got caught between two swings,” he said. “And I wasnt committed to what I was doing. I wasnt focused on exactly what I should have been doing, what Ive been doing on the range, what Ive been doing the last couple of weeks. And it backfired.”

The top 100 in the FedEx Cup standings advance to the second round next week in the Deutsche Bank Championship outside Boston. Woods started the playoffs at No. 112, and he seemed safe after opening with a 65 to share the lead.

At one point Saturday, after a bogey from a fairway bunker on the ninth hole, Woods was projected outside the top 100. That was his last big mistake, however.

Woods hit to the front of the green in two on the 616-yard 13th hole for an easy up-and-down for birdie, and his 3-wood on the 587-yard 17th stopped 20 feet from the pin for a two-putt birdie. He finished with a 7-iron to 8 feet for birdie on the 18th.

Equally important were two pars in the middle of his round.

After his atrocious start, Woods hit through the green on the sixth hole and chipped poorly to about 10 feet. He made that putt for par, then escaped with par after getting mud on his ball in the middle of the seventh fairway.

Woods approach sailed right of the green and bunkers, leaving no room for error. The pitch under tree limbs landed in the rough, trickled onto the green and he made an 8-foot putt.

“I need to make that putt to not let it slide any further,” he said.

Woods all but ruled himself out of the tournament, although Sunday looms large.

He most likely will need a round somewhere around par or better to advance to Boston, and the better he plays, the higher he moves up and increases his chances for the third round in Chicago, which is for the top 70.

In the meantime, hes still working on his swing, although there remains a higher priority.

“Posting a score,” Woods said. “Always.”

Pablo Osvaldo scored twice as Espanyol got its league campaign off to a winning start by beating Getafe 3-1 Sunday.

The unmarked Osvaldo swept the ball into the net in the 33rd minute from a Jose Maria Callejon pass and added his second in the 55th, pouncing on a loose ball after Getafes defense failed to clear.

An own goal by defender Ernesto Galan in the 63rd cut the deficit before Jesus Datolo scored Espanyols third in injury time.

Later, Barcelona plays at Racing Santander and Real Madrids new coach Jose Mourinho makes his Liga debut when his team visits Mallorca.

Also, Real Sociedad beat Villarreal 1-0, Deportivo La Coruna drew 0-0 with Zaragoza and Osasuna was held 0-0 by Almeria.

Results from the first round of Spains first-division football league (home teams listed first):

Saturdays Games

Hercules 0, Athletic Bilbao 1

Malaga 1, Valencia 3

Levante 1, Sevilla 4

Sundays Games

Deportivo La Coruna 0, Zaragoza 0

Espanyol 3, Getafe 1

Real Sociedad 1, Villarreal 0

Osasuna 0, Almeria 0

Racing Santander vs. Barcelona

Mallorca vs. Real Madrid

Mondays Game

Atletico Madrid vs. Sporting Gijon

Sunday, Sept. 12

Sevilla vs. Deportivo La Coruna

Getafe vs. Levante

Villarreal vs. Espanyol

Almeria vs. Real Sociedad

Real Madrid vs. Osasuna

Sporting Gijon vs. Mallorca

Athletic Bilbao vs. Atletico Madrid

Barcelona vs. Hercules

Valencia vs. Racing Santander

Zaragoza vs. Malaga

Results from the fourth round of the French football league (home team listed first):

Saturdays Games

Arles-Avignon 0, Rennes 1

Lorient 2, Lyon 0

Nancy 0, Toulouse 2

Saint-Etienne 3, Lens 1

Valenciennes 0, Montpellier 1

Caen vs. Brest (late)

Sundays Games

Lille 1, Nice 1

Monaco 2, Auxerre 0

Sochaux 3, Paris Saint-Germain 1

Bordeaux vs. Marseille (late)

CBSSports.com wire Gary Boyd and David Lynn of England and Julien Guerrier of France were tied for the lead at the Johnnie Walker Championship on Friday, completing two rounds at 9 under.

Guerrier shot a 5-under 67, while Boyd and Lynn had 68s. Marc Warren of Scotland (70), Mark Foster of England (67) and George Coetzee of South Africa (68) were two shots back.

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Simon Dyson of England shot a 70 to grab a share of seventh place at 6-under. He is four places outside of qualifying for the European Ryder Cup team and needs to capture the Johnnie Walker to ensure automatic selection for the event at Celtic Manor.

Also at 6 under were Paul McGinley of Ireland (70), Miguel Angel Jimenez of Spain (68) and Edoardo Molinari of Italy (68).

Jimenez was a late entry as he looks to secure his place on the Ryder Cup team, while Molinari is hoping a good showing will help him earn a captains pick.

Guerrier, who captured the 2006 British Amateur championship and turned professional right after the 2007 Masters, was inspired by Martin Kaymers recent run to the PGA Championship title.

“I watched Martin Kaymer, 26 years old, make the fantastic title in the U.S. PGA and I said, Hes a good player, but Im a good striker and I can do it,” Guerrier said. “So I try to do it and dont try too much, just play your golf, play your best and go see the flag and play it. Thats all.”

European Ryder Cup captain Colin Montgomerie missed the cut and will now focus on his Sunday night choice of captains picks.

“I just think its super that everyone is performing to the best of their ability,” Montgomerie said after shooting 71 and 76 to finish at 3 over.

“I cant please everybody, the only way I could do that was to pick 20 players, but I have to leave out some good players, some winners,” the Scott said. “Its a good headache to have.”

CBSSpor If Roger Federer is going to reach a seventh consecutive U.S. Open title match, he might need to get past the man who ended his Grand Slam semifinal streak.

Five-time U.S. Open champion Federer was given a possible quarterfinal against two-time French Open runner-up Robin Soderling in Thursdays draw. The No. 5-seeded Soderling upset Federer in the quarterfinals in Paris this year, stopping Federers record run of reaching at least the semifinals at 23 consecutive Grand Slam tournaments.

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“Im motivated to do well because I love New York, I love playing in Arthur Ashe [Stadium],” Federer said. “If I couldnt get motivated by this stadium and this city, then Id have some issues.”

The other mens matchups in the quarterfinals could be No. 1-seeded Rafael Nadal against No. 8 Fernando Verdasco, two-time major finalist Andy Murray against Wimbledon runner-up Tomas Berdych, and No. 3 Novak Djokovic against No. 6 Nikolay Davydenko or No. 9 Andy Roddick.

The top-seeded woman, 2009 runner-up Caroline Wozniacki, could face 2006 champion Maria Sharapova in the fourth round and 2004 champion Svetlana Kuznetsova in the quarterfinals.

Other possible womens quarterfinals set up Thursday are defending champion Kim Clijsters against French Open runner-up Samantha Stosur, 2000-01 U.S. Open winner Venus Williams against French Open champion Francesca Schiavone, and 2008 U.S. Open finalist Jelena Jankovic against Wimbledon runner-up Vera Zvonareva.

“I know if I play well that I can beat anybody out there,” said Clijsters, who also won the 2005 Open, “so thats what Im going to try to achieve.”

Murray, hoping to become the first British man since 1936 to win a Grand Slam title, could meet No. 20-seeded Sam Querrey of the United States in the fourth round. Another American, Wimbledon marathon man John Isner, is seeded 18th and also is in that quarter of the draw.

In the semifinals, Murray was drawn to meet Nadal, who lost in that round in New York each of the past two years and is trying to complete a career Grand Slam by winning the U.S. Open for the first time.

Federer was drawn to meet Djokovic or Roddick in the semifinals. Federer beat Djokovic in the 2007 U.S. Open final and the 2008 and 2009 semifinals.

“Over the la and that gives me enough reason to believe I can go far this year,” Djokovic said, “because I like the courts, I lik its suitable to my game, and to my personality.”

Federer could face another familiar opponent in the third round: 2001 U.S. Open and 2002 Wimbledon champion Lleyton Hewitt. Federer beat Hewitt in the 2004 U.S. Open final, part of a which ended when Hewitt beat him in the final of a grass-court tournament at Halle, Germany, in June.

“I know my way around New York so well. The center court is so familiar,” Federer said. “The fans have always been so great. Theyve always been behind me, and thats always so key, and I hope its going to be, again, the same this year.”

He lost in the 2 previously withdrew from this years tournament, having not recovered fully from surgery. Del Potros wrist was hurt; Williams cut her foot shortly after winning Wimbledon, although she hasnt explained exactly what happened.

“It would be great to have Serena compete,” Clijsters said, “but thats sports, and thats life.”

Williams older sister Venus, who is seeded No. 3, could face an intriguing matchup in the third round against No. 32-seeded Tsvetana Pironkova of Bulgaria. Pironkova has won two of her previous three matches against Venus Williams, including a straight-set upset in the Wimbledon quarterfinals June 29.

That was the last match Williams played on tour; she sprained her left kneecap in early August, forcing her to withdraw from hard-court tournaments at Cincinnati and Montreal.

The U.S. Open begins Monday, and Williams will have gone more than two months without a match by the time she meets her first-round opponent, Roberta Vinci of Italy, who is 1-7 for her career at Flushing Meadows.

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Aug. 28, 2010

SAO PAULO — A stadium in Sao Paulo being built by Corinthians may host the opening game of the 2014 World Cup.

The Brazilian Football Confederation said in a statement released late Friday that its president Ricardo Teixeira, Sao Paulo state governor Alberto Goldman and Sao Paulo city mayor Gilberto Kassab discussed staging the opener at Corinthians stadium.

The statement said Goldman and Kassab expressed their “willingness to provide all the support necessary to have the World Cups opening game held in Sao Paulo.”

Local media says Corinthians president Andres Sanchez is expected to make an official announcement next week during the commemorations of his teams 100th anniversary.

The new stadium has been designed with a 45,000-seat capacity, but Corinthians is extending it to 65,000 in order to comply with FIFA requirements. The new stadium is expected to be concluded by early 2013 at the latest.

Sao Paulos huge Morumbi stadium was originally scheduled to host the opening game but was dropped from the World Cup because there were not enough financial guarantees for its renovation.

Results Saturday in Scottish football (home teams listed first):

Saturday, Aug. 28

Premier League

Aberdeen 0, Kilmarnock 1

Inverness 0, Hamilton 1

Rangers 2, St Johnstone 1

First Division

Cowdenbeath 2, Partick Thistle 1

Dundee 2, Falkirk 0

Queen of South 3, Ross County 0

Raith 1, Morton 0

Stirling 1, Dunfermline 5

Second Division

Ayr 1, Peterhead 1

Brechin 3, Alloa 1

East Fife 6, Dumbarton 0

Livingston 2, Forfar 0

Stenhousemuir 1, Airdrie Utd 3

Third Division

Arbroath 2, East Stirling 0

Clyde 1, Albion 2

Elgin 1, Stranraer 2

Montrose 1, Annan Athletic 1

Queens Park 0, Berwick 2

David Trezeguet has left Juventus after 10 seasons and 171 goals with the Turin club.

Juventus announced on its website on Saturday that the former France internationals contract had been ended by mutual consent, adding that the player would announce his new club shortly.

Media reports indicate the 32-year-old Trezeguet will sign for newly promoted Spanish club Hercules in Alicante.

CBSSports.com wir Michelle Wie had the second hole-in-one of her professional career Thursday on the way to a 7-under 65 and a three-shot lead after the first round of the Canadian Womens Open.

“It was the first time I had actually seen it go in a tournament,” the 20-year-old Hawaii native said of her ace on the 190-yard, par-3 11th hole. “It was pretty cool. It was surreal. I didnt believe it had actually happened.”

The youngest player to qualify for the U.S. Amateur Championship at age 10, the 6-foot-tall Wie says she has notched eight holes-in-one in her career, but only one other as a pro, in her rookie season at last years LPGA Championship.

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Sarah Kemp of Australia was three strokes back of Wie after her morning-round 68, while defending champion Suzann Pettersen was in third place with a 69.

Rookie Ilhee Lee of South Korea initially ha a mark shared by a group of players.

Wie bogeyed the 12th hole but birdied three of her final six. Wie holds the first-round lead for the second time in her career and first since the 2005 U.S. Open.

Seema Sadekar was the lowest Canadian after shooting a 73.

Wie delivered a second spectacular shot, on No. 17, when she holed out from a greenside bunker for a birdie.

“I just really thought I could make it, and I went up there, really thought about it, just trusted it, and kind of did what I thought it would do,” Wie said.

The Canadian Open is Wies 15th event this season. Shes had three Top-10 finishes, with the best a third at the Tres Marias Championship in May. Her only career victory came at last Novembers Lorena Ochoa Invitational.

Kemp overcame blustery winds during the day to tally six birdies and two bogeys on the par-72, 6,572-yard course.

“My putter, I think, was the 4-under today,” said Kemp, 25, whos in her third season on the Tour. “I holed some really good putts and I just kept it in play.”

After a couple of withdrawals on Wednesday, the 156-player field features 46 of the top 50 players on the money list and all of the top 15 on the Rolex World Rankings.

Most of the worlds top players didnt fare well.

No. 1 Ai Miyazato of Japan was tied for 63rd after shooting a 74, No. 2 Cristie Kerr finished tied for 81st with 75 and No. 3 Pettersen had the best with her 69.

Jiyai Shin of South Korea, is ranked fourth in the world and posted one of the 70s.

No. 5 Yani Tseng of Taiwan was tied for 46th after going 1-over.

U.S. teen sensation Alexis Thompson shot a 71. Thompson turned pro in June at the age of 15, the youngest female to do so.

“Honestly, I think shes unbelievable, just being 15 and doing what she does,” 18-year-old Rebecca Lee-Bentham said. “I had fun out there. It was great playing with her. Shes a great player.”