Olympics: Phelps says U.S. swim team can thrive without him in Tokyo
(Reuters) – Michael Phelps will not be tempted out of retirement to compete at the 2020 Tokyo Games but the most decorated Olympian of all time is optimistic the U.S. swimming team can succeed in his absence.
Olympics: Weightlifting chief hopes new anti-doping strategy secures sport’s future
TOKYO, Japan (Reuters) – The International Weightlifting Federation hopes that “innovative and creative” rules targeting nations who have violated anti-doping regulations will secure the long term future of the sport in the Olympic program.
Motor racing: McLaren fined 5,000 euros for unsafe pitstop
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – McLaren have been fined 5,000 euros ($6,161.00) after the Formula One team’s Belgian driver Stoffel Vandoorne was released from the pits with a loose wheel during Friday’s Chinese Grand Prix practice.
Soccer: Qualifying for new Club World Cup would take place over four seasons
ZURICH (Reuters) – FIFA has proposed that a revamped and enlarged version of the Club World Cup, planned to start in 2021, would include all European champions, runners-up and Europa League winners from the four seasons up to and including the year of…
Motor racing: F1 has set a May date for engine rules, says Arrivabene
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Formula One’s commercial rights holders want a decision on post-2020 engine regulations to be decided by the end of May, Ferrari team-principal Maurizio Arrivabene told reporters on Friday.
Soccer: Kovac to take over Bayern next season on three year deal-club
BERLIN (Reuters) – Croatian Niko Kovac will succeed Jupp Heynckes as Bayern Munich coach next season, agreeing on a three-year contract, the German champions said on Friday.
Motor racing: F1 owner in talks over China venture to boost market push – sources
BEIJING/LONDON (Reuters) – Formula One is in talks with potential Chinese partners to set up a new local venture, four sources have told Reuters, which would help it push deeper into the huge but still nascent China market.
Motor racing: Hamilton fastest in China practice but Ferrari close
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton edged out Kimi Raikkonen at the top of the timesheets as Ferrari ended the opening day of practice for Sunday’s Chinese Grand Prix hot on pacesetter Mercedes’ heels.
Commonwealth Games a victim of unrealistic expectations: Daley Thompson
GOLD COAST, Australia (Reuters) – The Commonwealth Games should be taken for what they are and expectations that every event is going to deliver top notch competition are unrealistic, athletics great Daley Thompson has told Reuters.
Russia’s Prokhorov sells 49 percent stake in Brooklyn Nets to Alibaba’s Tsai
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov has sold a 49-percent stake in the Brooklyn Nets basketball team to Joe Tsai, the executive vice chairman and co-founder of the Alibaba Group, the NBA team said in a statement.
