Tennis: Italian Fognini wins Brazil Open title
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Fabio Fognini fought back from a poor start to beat Chilean Nicolas Jarry 1-6 6-1 6-4 and win the Brazil Open title on Sunday.
Alpine Skiing: Brignone wins combined, Holdener takes title
(Reuters) – Federica Brignone of Italy won the women’s Alpine skiing World Cup combined event at Crans-Montana in Switzerland as Swiss Wendy Holdener secured the season’s combined title on Sunday.
Soccer: Messi hits 600th career goal in Barca clash with Atletico
BARCELONA (Reuters) – Barcelona forward Lionel Messi struck a remarkable 600th professional goal for club and country on Sunday by scoring the opener in his side’s Liga clash at home to nearest challengers Atletico Madrid.
Golf: Coetzee claims fourth European Tour title at the Tshwane Open
PRETORIA (Reuters) – South African George Coetzee carded four birdies on the back nine to claim the European Tour’s Tshwane Open with a tournament total of 18 under par on his home course at the Pretoria Country Club on Sunday.
Alaska’s Iditarod race starts with smiles, barks and protests
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) – With light snow falling, spectators cheering and hundreds of dogs barking, sixty-seven mushers and their teams took off for a ceremonial 11-mile jaunt through Alaska’s biggest city as the 46th Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race …
Alpine skiing: Hirscher clinches seventh World Cup title
(Reuters) – Double Olympic champion Marcel Hirscher lifted his seventh consecutive overall Alpine skiing World Cup crown when he completed a clean sweep of the events at Kranjska Gora with victory in the slalom on Sunday.
Roger Bannister, first sub four-minute miler, dies aged 88
LONDON (Reuters) – Roger Bannister, who has died aged 88, will live forever in the annals of athletics history as the first man to run a mile in under four minutes.
Soccer: Fiorentina captain Astori dies suddenly aged 31
MILAN (Reuters) – Fiorentina captain and defender Davide Astori died of a sudden illness on Sunday morning at the age of 31, the Serie A club said, leaving Italian soccer in a state of shock.
Farah wins inaugural Big Half
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s top long distance runner Mo Farah won the inaugural Big Half 13.1-mile half-marathon on Sunday in his build-up to next month’s London Marathon.
Soccer: Fiorentina captain Astori dies suddenly, club says
MILAN (Reuters) – Fiorentina captain and defender Davide Astori died of a sudden illness on Sunday morning, the Serie A club said on Twitter.
