Sports in brief

Times wires
Sunday, February 27, 2011

Soccer

Birmingham wins League Cup on gift

WEMBLEY, England — Birmingham scored in the 89th minute off a blunder to beat Arsenal 2-1 and win the League Cup, one of three major English trophies, on Sunday.

It's the first trophy of any kind since 1963 for Birmingham, which sits 16th among 20 Premier League teams. Arsenal is second.

A long ball went toward Arsenal keeper Wojciech Szczesny and defender Lau­rent Koscielny. Both went for it. But it squirted away to Obafemi Martins, who put it into the empty net.

Said Martins: "I think this is the easiest goal I've ever scored in my career."

Et cetera

College track: Christian Taylor led a triple jump sweep and running back Jeff Demps won the 60 meters as Florida's men ended host Arkansas' six-year run as SEC indoor champ. LSU won the women's title with Florida third.

Horses: Uncle Mo, a favorite for the Kentucky Derby, is one of six nominated by trainer Todd Pletcher for the March 12 Tampa Bay Derby at Tampa Bay Downs. But it is expected to run in the Timely Writer on the same day at Gulfstream. Pletcher also nominated Sam F. Davis winner Brethren for the Grade II race, which drew 38 horses.

Sailing: Miami's Steve Bourdrow and Augie Diaz beat St. Petersburg's Ethan Bixby and Chris Brady to win the 505 class at the Midwinter Championships off of Pass­-a­-Grille. Denmark's Soren Andreasen won the Contender class over St. Petersburg's Ben Moon.

Bowling: Norm Duke of Clermont beat Mika Koivu­niemi in the U.S. Open final in North Brunswick, N.J.

Don Jensen, Times correspondent, Times wires

Source: http://www.tampabay.com/sports/sports-in-brief/1154319

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