Rose takes halfway Colonial lead with 64, Koepka shoots 63
(Reuters) – Justin Rose produced a near “flawless” performance to card a second-round six-under-par 64 and jump into the halfway lead at the Fort Worth Invitational in Texas on Friday.
Fans invade training ground to watch Brazil train
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Fans eager to see Brazil’s penultimate practice session before the squad leave for World Cup warm-up games in Europe invaded the training ground on Friday, although police stopped them reaching the players, witnesses and news…
Peru captain Guerrero asks Swiss court to overturn doping ban: federation
LIMA (Reuters) – Peru captain and top scorer Paolo Guerrero on Friday asked Switzerland’s highest court to overturn a drugs-related ban that will keep him out of Peru’s first World Cup in 36 years, the Peruvian Football Federation said.
Report: Marijuana charge against 49ers’ Foster dismissed
Two days after domestic violence charges against him were dropped, San Francisco 49ers linebacker Reuben Foster got some more good news.
French Open hikes prize money as Brexit eats Wimbledon purse
PARIS (Reuters) – The French Open will this month serve up the largest prize money pot in Grand Slam tennis so far this year, taking advantage of Brexit’s hit on Wimbledon’s purse as it shakes off its old reputation as the poorer cousin of the big four…
Tennis: Top seed Thiem to face Frenchmen Simon in Lyon final
(Reuters) – Top seed Dominic Thiem of Austria booked a place in the Lyon Open final by beating Serbia’s Dusan Lajovic 6-4 5-7 6-4 on Friday.
Motor racing: Kanaan fires Indy 500 warning shot on ‘Carb Day’
INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) – Tony Kanaan may be starting back on the grid for the 102nd Indianapolis 500 but warned he should not be overlooked after posting the top speed in practise on Friday.
Cibulkova comes from behind to reach Strasbourg final
(Reuters) – Slovakia’s Dominika Cibulkova battled back from a set and a break down to beat Romanian Mihaela Buzarnescu 2-6 7-6(5) 6-1 and secure her place in the Strasbourg International final on Friday.
Warriors’ head coach Kerr: Iguodala remains iffy for Game 6
Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr claims he likes where the team is at entering Game 6 with a 3-2 deficit in the Western Conference finals series with the Houston Rockets. He might really like where his team stands if Andre Iguodala returns f…
Jose Hawilla, key witness in FIFA trial, dies aged 74
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Jose Hawilla, the Brazilian businessman whose plea-bargain testimony was crucial to prosecutors in the FIFA corruption scandal, has died in Sao Paulo, hospital officials said on Friday. He was 74.
