Games: Aussie boxer gifted first medal of Games without a punch thrown
GOLD COAST, Australia (Reuters) – Australian boxer Taylah Robertson has secured the first medal of the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games — nine days before her first bout.
Games: ‘Stolenwealth’ Games protesters disrupt baton relay
GOLD COAST, Australia (Reuters) – Indigenous rights activists disrupted a leg of the Commonwealth Games baton relay at Australia’s Gold Coast on Wednesday and demanded Britain’s royal family members ask them for permission to visit “stolen” land.
Printing gaffe in Games program has England part of Africa
GOLD COAST, Australia (Reuters) – England have been listed as an African nation with capital Banjul in the official program for the Commonwealth Games’ opening ceremony, leaving Gold Coast organizers red-faced.
Trio of British F1 reserve drivers lead F2 rookie charge
LONDON (Reuters) – Four times world champion Lewis Hamilton is Britain’s sole representative on the Formula One starting grid this season but it may not be long before the Mercedes driver is joined by another.
Games: Police probe sexual assault complaint on Mauritius team
GOLD COAST, Australia (Reuters) – Queensland police have launched a criminal investigation into allegations that a Mauritian team official sexually assaulted one of the delegation’s athletes at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games.
Wilder says ready to fight Joshua in Britain
(Reuters) – America’s WBC heavyweight world champion Deontay Wilder says he is willing to face Anthony Joshua in Britain in a fight for the undisputed crown.
Police investigating complaint of sexual assault of Commonwealth Games athlete
GOLD COAST, Australia (Reuters) – Queensland police have said they are investigating allegations that an athlete at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games was sexually assaulted.
Boxing: Mexican Alvarez withdraws from Golovkin rematch
(Reuters) – A rematch between Kazakhstan’s world middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin and Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez scheduled for May 5 has been canceled following the Mexican’s positive test for the banned substance Clenbuterol, fight promoters said on …
He’s back! Tiger issues Masters warning shot to rivals
AUGUSTA, Georgia (Reuters) – Tiger Woods has not competed at the U.S. Masters since 2015 but that did not stop the four-times champion from sending a warning shot to his rivals on Tuesday that echoed through the tall pines that line Augusta National.
Playing Woods, be careful what you wish for warns Strange
AUGUSTA, Georgia (Reuters) – The new generation of great players, including Jordan Spieth and Justin Thomas, have often talked of how Tiger Woods inspired them to pursue golf greatness and how cool it would be to go up against him on the big stage.
