MLB - All Star Game 2012 NL Roster

NATIONAL LEAGUE
STARTERS

POS	PLAYER	TEAM	ALL-STAR SELECTIONS
C	Buster Posey	San Francisco	1
1B	Joey Votto	Cincinnati	3
2B	Dan Uggla	Atlanta	3
3B	Pablo Sandoval	San Francisco	3
SS	Rafael Furcal	St. Louis	3
OF	Matt Kemp	L.A. Dodgers	2
OF	Carlos Beltran	St. Louis	7
OF	Melky Cabrera	San Francisco	1

PITCHERS

POS	PLAYER	TEAM	ALL-STAR SELECTIONS
RHP	Matt Cain	San Francisco	3
LHP	Aroldis Chapman	Cincinnati	1
RHP	R.A. Dickey	N.Y. Mets	1
LHP	Gio Gonzalez	Washington	2
LHP	Cole Hamels	Philadelphia	2
RHP	Joel Hanrahan	Pittsburgh	2
LHP	Clayton Kershaw	L.A. Dodgers	2
RHP	Craig Kimbrel	Atlanta	2
RHP	Lance Lynn	St. Louis	1
LHP	Wade Miley	Arizona	1
RHP	Jonathan Papelbon	Philadelphia	3
RHP	Stephen Strasburg	Washington	1
RHP	Huston Street	San Diego	1

RESERVES

POS	PLAYER	TEAM	ALL-STAR SELECTIONS
2B	Jose Altuve	Houston	1
OF	Ryan Braun	Milwaukee	5
OF	Jay Bruce	Cincinnati	2
SS	Starlin Castro	Chi. Cubs	2
SS	Ian Desmond	Washington	1
3B	*David Freese	St. Louis	1
OF	Carlos Gonzalez	Colorado	1
OF	^Bryce Harper	Washington	1
OF	^Matt Holliday	St. Louis	6
1B	Bryan LaHair	Chi. Cubs	1
OF	Andrew McCutchen	Pittsburgh	2
C	#Yadier Molina	St. Louis	4
C	Carlos Ruiz	Philadelphia	1
OF	&Giancarlo Stanton	Miami	1
3B	David Wright	N.Y. Mets	6

MLB - All Star Game 2012 AL Roster

AMERICAN LEAGUE

STARTERS

POS	PLAYER	TEAM	ALL-STAR SELECTIONS
C	Mike Napoli	Texas	1
1B	Prince Fielder	Detroit	4
2B	Robinson Cano	N.Y. Yankees	3
3B	Adrian Beltre	Texas	3
SS	Derek Jeter	N.Y. Yankees	13
OF	Josh Hamilton	Texas	5
OF	Curtis Granderson	N.Y. Yankees	3
OF	Jose Bautista	Toronto	3
DH	David Ortiz	Boston	8

PITCHERS

POS	PLAYER	TEAM	ALL-STAR SELECTIONS
RHP	Ryan Cook	Oakland	1
RHP	*Yu Darvish	Texas	1
LHP	Matt Harrison	Texas	1
RHP	Felix Hernandez	Seattle	3
RHP	Jim Johnson	Baltimore	1
RHP	Joe Nathan	Texas	5
RHP	^Jake Peavy	Chi. White Sox	3
RHP	Chris Perez	Cleveland	2
LHP	David Price	Tampa Bay	3
RHP	Fernando Rodney	Tampa Bay	1
LHP	#CC Sabathia	N.Y. Yankees	6
LHP	Chris Sale	Chi. White Sox	1
RHP	Jered Weaver	L.A. Angels	3
LHP	C.J. Wilson	L.A. Angels	2
RHP	Justin Verlander	Detroit	2

RESERVES

POS	PLAYER	TEAM	ALL-STAR SELECTIONS
SS	Elvis Andrus	Texas	2
DH	Billy Butler	Kansas City	1
SS	Asdrubal Cabrera	Cleveland	2
3B	Miguel Cabrera	Detroit	7
DH	Adam Dunn	Chi. White Sox	2
OF	Adam Jones	Baltimore	2
2B	Ian Kinsler	Texas	3
1B	Paul Konerko	Chicago	6
C	Joe Mauer	Minnesota	5
OF	Mike Trout	L.A. Angels	1
OF	Mark Trumbo	L.A. Angels	1
C	Matt Wieters	Baltimore	2

MLB - Standings @ 9th July

NBA - Free Agency/Trades

Antawn Jamison reportedly sign deal with LA Lakers: link

Celtics, Terry finalize new deal: link

Suns awarded forward Luís Scola: link

Bobcats awarded center Haywood off waivers: link

Nets agree to contract with guard C.J. Watson: link

Lin's future with Knicks cloudy after Felton sign-and-trade: link

Garnett signs new deal with Celtics: link

Hornets match Suns' offer, retain Gordon: link

Packes make more moves, re-sign Hibbert and Hill: link

Rockets use amnesty clause on Luís Scola: link

Bucks re-sign forward Ilyasova to mutiyear deal: link

Hawks sign former Sixers guard Williams: link

Mavs waive Haywood as their amnesty player: link

Bobcats sign Sessions, let Augustin walk: link

Brooklyn Nets agree with Brook Lopez: link

Dallas Mavericks agree with Chris Kaman: link

Heat reach agreement with sharpshooter Lewis: link

Duncan quietly returns to Spurs: link

Rockets agree to deal Camby to Knicks: link

Novak, Knicks agree to $15M, multiyear deal: link

Hornets, Magic trade Ayon, Anderson: link

Allen decides to leave Celtics, joins Heat: link

Brandon Roy agrees to deal with Wolves: link

Batum, Wolves agree to terms on deal: link

Clippers add guards Crawford and Billups: link

Raptors trade for Lowry: link

Kidd spurns Mavs, heads to Knicks: link

Nash goes to rival Lakers in sign-and-trade deal: link

Suns agree to four-year deal with Dragic: link

Suns agree to three-year deal with Beasley: link

Brooklyn bound: Williams takes Nets' $98 million deal: link

Eric Gordon agrees to max deal with Suns: link

Gerald Wallace and Brooklyn Nets Reportedly Agree to $40 Million Contract: link

Odom dealt to Clippers as Mo Williams goes to Jazz: link

Soccer - UEFA Euro 2012: Spain wins

Spain overpower Italy to win UEFA EURO 2012

Spain 4-0 ItalyVicente del Bosque's side saved their best until last at UEFA EURO 2012 as they overwhelmed an Italy outfit that ran out of steam.

Spain saved their best until last at UEFA EURO 2012, a final record 4-0 victory in Kyiv completing an unprecedented hat-trick of major tournament wins.

Against a flagging Italy side whose thrilling knockout campaign looked to have caught up with them, Spain were in control from the moment David Silva broke the deadlock with a rare header on 14 minutes. A barnstorming second with half-time approaching from the indefatigable Jordi Alba, his first international goal, left the Azzurri with a mountain to climb. The sight of Thiago Motta, their third substitute, being carried off on a stretcher ended all hope, leaving Italy to play out the last 28 minutes with ten men – Spain replacements Fernando Torres and Juan Mata fully capitalised.

This was billed as a meeting of great creative minds, of conductors in their prime, of Xavi Hernández against Andrea Pirlo; but for much of the opening stages it was a one-man show. Spain's No8 picked up the baton from the off, in harmony with Andrés Iniesta, dictating La Roja's now familiar staccato movement as Italy were forced deeper and deeper. The olés had already begun among the sizeable Spanish contingent of the 63,170 crowd when, on 14 minutes, the pair combined to such devastating effect.

Xavi, who had fired just over moments earlier, fed Iniesta and his finely weighted ball allowed Cesc Fàbregas to easily outstrip Giorgio Chiellini on the inside-right channel. There was still plenty to do but how easily Spain made it look as Fàbregas pulled a sharp ball back for Silva, all 170cm of him, to a glance his header in. It proved a disappointed Chiellini's last real action as he soon succumbed to the thigh problem that has hampered him throughout in Poland and Ukraine.

A heavy-legged Italy could ill afford the double blow, but impressively they fought their way back into it. Pirlo, inevitably, was their driving force, the beating drum that pulled the strings at the back and sounded the horn to attack. Not that there was much of that. In fact, Pirlo's most telling contribution of the first half was a superb last-ditch block on Iniesta. Yet try as he might – and he did try – the 33-year-old could not be everywhere.

Spain's second was a little too easy, though. Standing on the touch line near halfway, Fàbregas headed Iker Casillas's clearance to Alba who turned the ball into Xavi before haring forward. The Azzurri back line did not seem to notice but the erudite Xavi did, advancing forward before slotting his new FC Barcelona club-mate in. The composed left-footed finish that followed would have pleased even David Villa, watching in the stands with Carles Puyol.

It seemed nothing could deny a first competitive victory against the Azzurri over 90 minutes in 92 years now, but Italy were not done yet. Antonio Di Natale, scorer in the 1-1 draw between these sides three weeks ago, came on for Antonio Cassano and within six minutes he could have scored twice. His first chance, a header, was far from simple but the striker could have done better when Riccardo Montolivo's pass found him in space. He snatched at the chance, though, and the advancing Casillas blocked.

Yet Italy's slender hopes of mounting a comeback disappeared when Thiago Motta did likewise down the tunnel. It was left for Xavi to resume his conducting, slowing things down until, with six minutes remaining, he upped the tempo for a rousing crescendo. First he robbed Pirlo in midfield and set up Torres for a goal to add to his UEFA EURO 2008 showpiece effort – a feat no one has managed before – then he combined with Torres to release Mata, just on, to set seal on an emphatic win. It has been an emphatic four years. @ UEFA.com