Speedway: Triple champion Woffinden setting his sights on seven
Tai Woffinden has so many tattoos, he is not sure where he would put one to celebrate a record seventh speedway world championship.
Horse racing: Key Kentucky Derby prep race off at Santa Anita
A big weekend of racing including a test for Kentucky Derby hopefuls will not take place at famed Santa Anita on Saturday as officials seek to find out what led to the deaths of 21 horses at the Southern California track in the last two months.
Tennis: Stephens swatted aside by Vogele at Indian Wells
Swiss qualifier Stefanie Vogele stunned world number four Sloane Stephens with a 6-3 6-0 win in their second-round match at the BNP Paribas Open on Friday as the American struggled in gusting winds in the Southern California desert.
Horseracing: Frost riding the risk as she gears up to conquer Cheltenham
British jump jockey Bryony Frost is gearing up for what could be the most exciting week of her career at next week’s Cheltenham Festival but the 23-year-old is well aware that she is always potentially one fall away from ending it – or worse.
World champion U.S. women’s soccer players sue federation for gender discrimination
The U.S. women’s national soccer team sued the U.S. Soccer Federation on Friday with allegations of gender discrimination just three months before they open their World Cup title defense in France.
NHL: Mobile games company Playtika becomes partner of Canadiens
Leading mobile games company Playtika has become a partner of the National Hockey League’s Montreal Canadiens, the company announced.
Maradona to legally recognize three children he has in Cuba: Argentine lawyer
Argentina’s 1986 World Cup soccer winning captain Diego Maradona has three children in Cuba and will travel to the country to legally recognize them, his lawyer told Argentine media.
Top women’s soccer players sue U.S. Soccer for gender discrimination
All members of the reigning World Cup champion U.S. women’s soccer team sued the U.S. national soccer federation on Friday, claiming the organization pays them less than male players and denies them equal training, travel and playing conditions.
Sports writing legend Dan Jenkins, author of ‘Semi-Tough,’ dies at 89
Dan Jenkins, who specialized in covering golf and football on the pages of Sports Illustrated and in making readers laugh with satirical sports novels such as “Semi-Tough” and “Dead Solid Perfect,” has died at the age of 89.
NBA: Former Air Force Lieutenant flying high as head of NBA referees
Retired U.S. Air Force Lieutenant General Michelle Johnson has reached the upper echelons of two very different but equally male-dominated fields and credits her decorated military career with helping her serve as the NBA’s head of referee operations.
