Defending champion Stuart Bingham has been knocked out of the World Championship in the first round, falling to the Crucible Curse after going down 10-9 to qualifier Ali Carter in a gripping encounter.No first-time winner has ever successfully held onto their crown in Sheffield and Bingham fell at the first hurdle, albeit to a player who has twice finished runner-up in the tournament.Sixteen previous first-time world champions had tried and failed to retain the title 12 months on from their maiden triumphs, and Bingham now joins the illustrious list. Having trailed 8-5, the world No 2 claimed four frames in a row to lead 9-8, hitting the front with a 113 break.But Carter came back at him, first when making 102 to level and force the decider and then when edging over the line after both men saw match-winning opportunities slip away.Bingham missed two pinks to the middle that were to prove costly, and then a tough final red when the frame hung in the balance.Carter cut it in and added the pink to effectively end Binghams hopes.A superb yellow followed, and the man who has twice survived cancer in recent years was soon able to celebrate one of his finest victories.During his glory run last year, Bingham saw off Ronnie OSullivan, Judd Trump and Shaun Murphy in successive matches to take the title, each time as the underdog. Ali Carter claimed the deciding final in a thriller with Bingham This time the roles were different, with Bingham the favourite despite his opponents previous Crucible successes.Carter said he would be fresh as a daisy, despite having to contest three best-of-19-frame qualifying matches, the most recent on Wednesday, when he saw off Dominic Dale.But neither he nor Bingham were close to daisy-fresh when at 11.25pm, the handshake came.Im gutted to be going back home, said Bingham.I battled to 9-8 and missed a couple of chances to wrap the game up. Fair play to Ali. It just wasnt meant to be for me.It was a tough draw and I just came up short. I hope he goes on to win it now.Also See:PhotosBet £5 Get £20 freeGet Sky SportsCheap Yeezys Real . John Lucas, signed as a mentor for rookie Trey Burke, showed he can score if required, scoring 12 points of his 16 points in the second quarter as Utah built an 18-point lead. Yeezy Boost 350 Cheap Authentic . By having more great seasons. Manning was the only unanimous choice for the 2013 Associated Press NFL All-Pro team Friday. http://www.nmdsneakerssale.com/ . Oaklands loss to Seattle clinched the ALs best record for the Red Sox with one day to spare in the regular season. "I think everybody was kind of watching," catcher David Ross said. "Demp (Ryan Dempster) came out before he went to the bullpen and was just yelling that they lost. Adidas Nmd Us Outlet . Kuznetsov, who was selected by the Capitals in the first round of the 2010 NHL Entry Draft, has been playing for his hometown team Chelyabinsk Traktor of the KHL. Authentic Adidas Nmd . Boucher previously coached the Tampa Bay Lightning and had a 97-78-20 record over two-plus seasons. He was dismissed by the team last March after the Lightning struggled in the lockout-shortened season with a 13-18-1 record.Ireland Women 146 for 3 (Joyce 62*, Shillington 28) beat South Africa Women 143 (Steyn 43, Metcalfe 3-23, Garth 3-27) by seven wickets Scorecard Isobel Joyces unbeaten 62 and three-wicket hauls from Kim Garth and Ciara Metcalfe helped Ireland Women fashion a historic first ODI win over South Africa Women in Dublin. South Africa had already sealed the series with a win in the third ODI.South Africas innings of 143 was propped up by Andrie Steyns 43 and Chloe Tryons 30, even as the rest of the batting failed. Garth provided the early breakthroughs, dismissing openers Trisha Chetty and Laura Wolvaardt in successive overs. Five overs later, South Africa were tottering at 57 for 4 before Steyn anchored the innings with her 86-ball knock. Her dismissal, however, sparked off another slide and South Africa lost their last four wicketss for 23 runs.dddddddddddd Garth accounted for the top order in her 3 for 27 while Metcalfe, the legspinner, dismissed Steyn and then took a couple of lower-order wickets in her 3 for 23.Clare Shillington gave Irelands chase a good start with an attacking 32-ball 28 that included five fours. Once she and her opening partner Una Raymond-Hoey fell in successive overs, Cath Dalton and Gaby Lewis kept the chase on track, adding 33 for the third wicket. Joyce, who walked in to bat in the 16th over, then struck the fourth fifty of her ODI career to help Ireland complete the win with more than 13 overs to spare. She added an unbeaten 78 with Lewis and struck 12 fours during her 71-ball stay at the crease. ' ' '