Cowboys’ Jones suggests 18-game regular season
Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones offered a solution to shorten the NFL preseason and limit exposure to concussions: an 18-game regular-season schedule.
Motor racing: Ricciardo set for grid penalties in Italy
Red Bull’s Australian Daniel Ricciardo is set to collect a grid penalty for Sunday’s Italian Formula One Grand Prix for the second year running because of engine changes.
Olesen faces anxious weekend in bid to seal Ryder Cup debut
Home favorite Thorbjorn Olesen will have more on his mind than winning a sixth Tour title when he tees it up at the Silkeborg Ry Golf Club on Thursday.
Stadium built for Russia’s World Cup left in dark over unpaid bills
Electricity was cut on Tuesday at a Russian stadium built for this year’s soccer World Cup over unpaid bills, a power supplier in the city of Samara told Reuters, despite President Vladimir Putin saying he did not want such venues to fall into disuse.
Korean archer refuses to celebrate after beating compatriot
Tottenham Hotspur striker Son Heung-min is not the only South Korean chasing an Asian Games gold to avoid military service and the issue influenced celebration in Tuesday’s archery final in the men’s individual recurve event.
Athletics: Ta Lou ready to end Jamaican and U.S. sprint supremacy
African sprint queen Marie-Josee Ta Lou believes the era of Jamaican and American women dominating track and fields shortest events is coming to an end.
Twins make it a double sister act in Jakarta synchro final
Two sets of twins stood on the podium with Asian Games medals around their necks after the final of women’s duet in synchronized swimming on Tuesday.
Badminton a smash hit as Indonesia excels at Asian Games
By far the loudest cheers at the main cluster of Asian Games venues in the heart of the Indonesian capital Jakarta over the last couple of weeks have been heard rising from the badminton arena.
MLB roundup: Astros beat A’s in opener
George Springer keyed an outburst in the third inning before Alex Bregman sparked another in the eighth as the Houston Astros claimed the opener of a key three-game series with the visiting Oakland Athletics 11-4 on Monday at Minute Maid Park.
Olympic champ Bolt expects nerves for Mariners debut
Olympic sprint champion Usain Bolt expects an onset of nerves when he makes his debut for Australia’s Central Coast Mariners against an amateur side on Friday and says he is still short of fitness and struggling with the speed of the game.
