KC Chiefs tight end Harris suspended for opening game over marijuana
Kansas City Chiefs tight end Demetrius Harris has been suspended without pay for the opening game of the 2018 season due to violating the NFL’s substance abuse policy, the league announced.
Confident Kane says England can win World Cup
BURTON ON TRENT, England (Reuters) – England head to the World Cup with a youthful squad and lowered expectations from the public, but captain Harry Kane still believes the team is capable of returning from Russia as champions.
Defense is a big question mark but France have the firepower
PARIS (Reuters) – France built their 1998 World Cup-winning squad around a rock-solid defense but 20 years on they could do just the opposite, with their dazzling array of creative, attacking talent ready to make all the difference at the 2018 edition….
Iceland’s Sigurdsson faces race against time for full fitness
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Iceland stunned the footballing world by knocking England out of Euro 2016 on their way to the quarter-finals but if they are to enjoy similar success at the World Cup finals they will need attacking midfielder Gylfi Sigurdsson ba…
Soccer: Peru captain Guerrero draws a blank after meeting Infantino
ZURICH (Reuters) – Peru captain Paolo Guerrero’s hopes of winning an amnesty from a doping ban that will keep him out of the World Cup appeared to end on Tuesday after a meeting with FIFA president Gianni Infantino.
Time running out for Messi to lift the ‘Big One’
(Reuters) – The Russia finals could be Lionel Messi’s last chance to win the World Cup and dispel the doubters who say he cannot be considered one of the game’s true greats without leading his team to the biggest prize.
FIFA says Russia squad doping-free after McLaren follow-up
ZURICH (Reuters) – Host nation Russia’s World Cup squad was declared free of doping by FIFA on Tuesday after the global soccer body followed up on the McLaren report, which uncovered widespread cheating across more than 30 sports in the country.
Ronaldo retains top spot as world’s most popular athlete: ESPN
(Reuters) – Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo topped the ESPN World Fame 100 list for a third straight year, pipping American basketball player Lebron James and long-term Argentine rival Lionel Messi.
FIFA finds no evidence of doping among Russian World Cup squad
ZURICH (Reuters) – World soccer body FIFA has found no evidence of doping among Russian players set to compete in the World Cup, FIFA said on Tuesday.
Westwood, Harrington, McDowell, Donald named Ryder Cup vice-captains
(Reuters) – European captain Thomas Bjorn has named Lee Westwood, Padraig Harrington, Graeme McDowell and Luke Donald as vice-captains for this year’s Ryder Cup in Paris.
