Santorum stuns his rivals with contest hat-trick

WASHINGTON: Rick Santorum's clean sweep of three mid-west contests for the Republican presidential nomination has magnified doubts over frontrunner Mitt Romney's conservative credentials, while guaranteeing a long and bloody battle ahead.

Brouwer's hat trick lead Caps over Lightning 4-3

The Washington Capitals are within two points of first place in the Southeast Division, a team definitely on the uptick after sweating out a win that included a first career hat trick from Troy Brouwer and a goal from Alex Ovechkin. And if, along the way, they had to add to the misery of the Tampa Bay Lightning -- the team that swept Washington out of last year's playoffs -- so be it.

HAT-TRICK FOR HAGUENET

Mikael D'Haguenet completed his hat-trick in the Limestone Lad Hurdle with the minimum of fuss. Willie Mullins' eight year old was long-odds on to win the two mile and three furlong grade three contest and barely had to break sweat to land his third race of the season.

World Football - Irishman's five-minute hat-trick in Tehran derby

Irish footballer Eamon Zayed became the toast of Tehran when he scored an amazing five-minute hat-trick in the Persian Gulf Cup derby.

Brouwer gets hat trick in win over Lightning

Troy Brouwer got his first career hat trick, and Alex Ovechkin also scored Friday night as the Washington Capitals held on for a 4-3 victory that handed the Tampa Bay Lightning a sixth straight loss.