en-us http://www.newsique.com/tags/sports/lead/ Get Informed. Choose Your News. http://www.newsique.com/sports/derksen_and_zhang_share_shanghai/ Dutch golfer Robert-Jan Derksen and Chinese veteran Zhang Lianwei shared the halfway lead at the Asian Open after many of the big names in the field had failed to master the strong winds at the tight Tomson Pudong course in Shanghai. Zhang, 42, sunk a 10- news sports 2008-04-25 08:16:24 http://www.newsique.com/sports/derksen_and_zhang_share_shanghai/ CNN http://www.cnn.com/2008/SPORT/golf/04/25/golf.shanghai/index.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/sports/derksen_and_zhang_share_shanghai/#comments http://www.newsique.com/sports/cavaliers_beat_up_wizards_take_2/ The Cleveland Cavaliers’ extreme makeover is complete. For more than two months since a colossal trade dismantled the defending Eastern Conference champions, Cleveland has waited for the game where its team of mixed parts and new faces finally molded news sports 2008-04-22 08:23:46 http://www.newsique.com/sports/cavaliers_beat_up_wizards_take_2/ MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24247357/ http://www.newsique.com/sources/msnbc/ 95 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/sports/cavaliers_beat_up_wizards_take_2/#comments http://www.newsique.com/sports/england_easily_save_colombo_test/ England comfortably saved the second Test against Sri Lanka in Colombo on Thursday with rain bringing play to an premature end at tea on the final day. By then, England had reached 250 for three wickets -- a lead of 53 runs -- after significant contributi news sports 2007-12-13 08:15:38 http://www.newsique.com/sports/england_easily_save_colombo_test/ CNN http://www.cnn.com/2007/SPORT/12/13/cricket.draw/index.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/sports/england_easily_save_colombo_test/#comments http://www.newsique.com/sports/allenby_still_master_in_australi/ Robert Allenby bogeyed his final hole but maintained a one-stroke lead in the Australian Masters with a four-under 68 in Friday's second round. Allenby, who led by a stroke after the opening round, has a 36-hole total of nine-under 135. Fellow Australi news sports 2007-11-23 08:22:26 http://www.newsique.com/sports/allenby_still_master_in_australi/ CNN http://www.cnn.com/2007/SPORT/golf/11/23/golf.australia.ap/index.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/sports/allenby_still_master_in_australi/#comments http://www.newsique.com/sports/bayern_march_on_as_stuttgart_cra/ Bayern Munich extended their lead at the top of the German Bundesliga with a 2-1 victory at struggling Bochum, while Hamburg climbed to third with a 4-1 win over defending champions Stuttgart. At Bochum, the hosts side took an 11th-minute lead through Ger news sports 2007-10-22 08:17:51 http://www.newsique.com/sports/bayern_march_on_as_stuttgart_cra/ CNN http://www.cnn.com/2007/SPORT/football/10/20/german.bundesliga/index.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/sports/bayern_march_on_as_stuttgart_cra/#comments http://www.newsique.com/sports/klose_hat-trick_shatters_cottbus/ Bayern Munich striker Miroslav Klose scored a hat-trick as the Bundesliga leaders hammered Cottbus 5-0 to move into a three-point lead at the top of the table. Klose, top World Cup marksman last year, scored after 60, 75 and 89 minutes as Bayern finished news sports 2007-09-26 16:52:58 http://www.newsique.com/sports/klose_hat-trick_shatters_cottbus/ CNN http://www.cnn.com/2007/SPORT/football/09/26/germany.bayern/index.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/sports/klose_hat-trick_shatters_cottbus/#comments http://www.newsique.com/sports/dredge_and_rumford_in_masters_le/ Bradley Dredge shot a three-under-par 68 in the third round of the European Masters on Saturday to take a share of the lead with Australian Brett Rumford. Dredge, who won by eight strokes last year, eagled the first hole for the second straight day, hitti news sports 2007-09-08 13:43:26 http://www.newsique.com/sports/dredge_and_rumford_in_masters_le/ CNN http://www.cnn.com/2007/SPORT/golf/09/08/golf.masters/index.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/sports/dredge_and_rumford_in_masters_le/#comments http://www.newsique.com/sports/loeb_increases_pressure_on_leade/ World champion Sebastien Loeb of France extended his perfect record in the German Rally on Sunday after playing it safe on the final day. Loeb held a lead of 38 seconds after the first two days and the Citroen driver had no need to take risks as he comple news sports 2007-08-19 13:48:19 http://www.newsique.com/sports/loeb_increases_pressure_on_leade/ CNN http://www.cnn.com/2007/SPORT/08/19/motor.germany.reut/index.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/sports/loeb_increases_pressure_on_leade/#comments http://www.newsique.com/sports/brilliant_bayern_crush_werder_4-/ Newcomers Franck Ribery and Luca Toni were on target to help Bayern Munich to a brilliant 4-0 win at Werder Bremen in the Bundesliga on Saturday. Bayern took the lead in the 31st minute when French international Ribery chipped in a penalty following a fou news sports 2007-08-18 12:59:55 http://www.newsique.com/sports/brilliant_bayern_crush_werder_4-/ CNN http://www.cnn.com/2007/SPORT/football/08/18/bayern.win.reut/index.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/sports/brilliant_bayern_crush_werder_4-/#comments http://www.newsique.com/sports/kaymer_in_three-way_share_of_lea/ German youngster Martin Kaymer, Swede Henrik Nystrom and Briton Sam Walker held a one-shot lead at the halfway stage of the Scandinavian Masters on Friday. Kaymer, starting in early afternoon, had to battle with strong winds that had bedevilled the mornin news sports 2007-08-17 16:42:27 http://www.newsique.com/sports/kaymer_in_three-way_share_of_lea/ CNN http://www.cnn.com/2007/SPORT/golf/08/17/scandinivia.kaymer.reut/index.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/sports/kaymer_in_three-way_share_of_lea/#comments http://www.newsique.com/sports/dhoni_to_lead_india_at_twenty20/ Wicketkeeper Mahendra Singh Dhoni will lead a more youthful Indian squad at next month's Twenty20 World Cup in South Africa as established stars sit out the inaugural tournament. Dhoni captains the 15-man squad in place of Rahul Dravid, who opted out of t news sports 2007-08-07 08:13:49 http://www.newsique.com/sports/dhoni_to_lead_india_at_twenty20/ CNN http://www.cnn.com/2007/SPORT/08/07/cricket.twenty/index.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/sports/dhoni_to_lead_india_at_twenty20/#comments http://www.newsique.com/sports/veteran_johansson_charges_to_lea/ Sweden's Per-Ulrik Johansson shot a 10-under 62 to take a six-stroke lead before play was suspended at the rainswept Russian Open on Friday. The 40-year-old, playing in only his third Tour event this year, birdied five of his last six holes in round two a news sports 2007-08-03 13:25:15 http://www.newsique.com/sports/veteran_johansson_charges_to_lea/ CNN http://www.cnn.com/2007/SPORT/golf/08/03/russia.johansson.reut/index.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/sports/veteran_johansson_charges_to_lea/#comments http://www.newsique.com/sports/jay_williamson_leads_at_traveler/ American Jay Williamson, playing thanks to a sponsor's exemption, shot a three-under-par 67 on Saturday to hold a one-stroke lead after three rounds of the Travelers Championship in Cromwell, Connecticut. Williamson, ranked 299th, saved par from a tric news sports 2007-06-24 04:22:11 http://www.newsique.com/sports/jay_williamson_leads_at_traveler/ CNN http://www.cnn.com/2007/SPORT/golf/06/23/pga.travelers.reut/index.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/sports/jay_williamson_leads_at_traveler/#comments http://www.newsique.com/sports/fasth_and_lima_share_munich_lead/ Sweden's Niclas Fasth and Jose-Filipe Lima of Portugal shared a two-shot lead after the third round of the BMW International Open in Munich on Saturday. An eagle on the 11th carried first round joint-leader Lima back to the front of the pack but second news sports 2007-06-23 16:23:03 http://www.newsique.com/sports/fasth_and_lima_share_munich_lead/ CNN http://www.cnn.com/2007/SPORT/golf/06/23/golf.munich.reut/index.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/sports/fasth_and_lima_share_munich_lead/#comments http://www.newsique.com/sports/inspired_fasth_takes_halfway_lea/ Niclas Fasth's U.S. Open form helped him shoot a near faultless seven-under 65 on Friday for a two-shot halfway lead in the BMW International Open. The Swede, fresh from his fourth place finish at Oakmont, surged to 12-under 132 in the weather-affected news sports 2007-06-22 16:01:29 http://www.newsique.com/sports/inspired_fasth_takes_halfway_lea/ CNN http://www.cnn.com/2007/SPORT/golf/06/22/golf.munich.reut/index.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/sports/inspired_fasth_takes_halfway_lea/#comments http://www.newsique.com/sports/collingwood_gets_england_captain/ Paul Collingwood will lead a new-look England squad for the one-day international and Twenty20 series against the West Indies. The Durham all-rounder was confirmed in the job as England captain in the shorter form of the game on Friday. He succeeds news sports 2007-06-22 08:04:38 http://www.newsique.com/sports/collingwood_gets_england_captain/ CNN http://www.cnn.com/2007/SPORT/06/22/cricket.collingwood/index.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/sports/collingwood_gets_england_captain/#comments http://www.newsique.com/sports/baddeley_leads_woods_by_two_shot/ Australian Aaron Baddeley burst out of a four-way tie on Saturday to grab a two-stroke lead over Tiger Woods going into the final round of the U.S. Open at Oakmont. The 26-year-old Baddeley made back-to-back birdies from the 12th to seize the lead, the news sports 2007-06-17 01:43:56 http://www.newsique.com/sports/baddeley_leads_woods_by_two_shot/ CNN http://www.cnn.com/2007/SPORT/golf/06/16/open.reut/index.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/sports/baddeley_leads_woods_by_two_shot/#comments http://www.newsique.com/sports/nick_dougherty_in_the_lead_at_us/ Nick Dougherty shot a 2-under 68 for the early first-round lead at the U.S. Open on Thursday, but the real story was how Oakmont Country Club was living up to its reputation as one of America's toughest courses. About six hours into opening round play, news sports 2007-06-14 22:52:41 http://www.newsique.com/sports/nick_dougherty_in_the_lead_at_us/ FOX News http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,282463,00.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/fox_news/ 82 Under Rated [2] 66 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/sports/nick_dougherty_in_the_lead_at_us/#comments http://www.newsique.com/sports/birdies_give_pettersen_lead/ Suzann Pettersen felt fortunate to escape the heat at a major, and it wasn't the first time. Ten weeks ago, the feisty Norwegian looked like a shoo-in to win the Kraft Nabisco Championship when she built a four-shot lead along the back nine until a col news sports 2007-06-09 05:50:04 http://www.newsique.com/sports/birdies_give_pettersen_lead/ CNN http://www.cnn.com/2007/SPORT/golf/06/09/lpga.championship.ap/index.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/sports/birdies_give_pettersen_lead/#comments http://www.newsique.com/sports/pampling_surges_to_3-shot_lead/ Australia's Rod Pampling made a fine birdie at the final hole to jump to a three-shot lead after the third round of the Memorial tournament on Saturday. He struck a splendid 9-iron from a fairway bunker, before sinking a three-footer to post a 4-under- news sports 2007-06-02 23:43:58 http://www.newsique.com/sports/pampling_surges_to_3-shot_lead/ CNN http://www.cnn.com/2007/SPORT/golf/06/02/golf.memorial.reut/index.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/sports/pampling_surges_to_3-shot_lead/#comments