Tennis: Pouille to meet Bautista Agut in Dubai final
(Reuters) – Second seed Lucas Pouille outlasted Serbia’s Filip Krajinovic 6-3 6-7(4) 7-6(5) at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships on Friday to reach his third ATP World Tour final in four events.
Nadal pulls out of Indian Wells, Miami with injury
(Reuters) – Rafael Nadal has pulled out of the Indian Wells and Miami Open tournaments after aggravating the leg injury that forced him out of the Australian Open in January, the Spanish world number two said on Friday.
Woods commits to two more events before Masters
(Reuters) – Tiger Woods has committed to playing consecutive weeks at the next two PGA Tour events in what will likely be his final tournaments ahead of next month’s U.S. Masters, the former world number one said on Friday.
Athletics – Scot Hawkins on the road to showdown with Farah
LONDON (Reuters) – Callum Hawkins faces a huge test of his ability when he takes on Mo Farah in the inaugural ‘Big-Half’ race over 13.1 miles on the streets of London on Sunday but getting to the start line might prove an even bigger challenge for the …
Golden role model Randall aims to inspire
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Having crowned her long career with America’s first ever Olympic cross-country gold in the sprint relay in Pyeongchang, Kikkan Randall plans to use her new-found fame to inspire the next generation.
Motor racing: First F1 test leaves questions to be answered
LONDON (Reuters) – Lewis Hamilton declared his new Mercedes to be the big sister of last year’s temperamental title winner but Formula One’s first pre-season test of 2018 still left plenty of room for conjecture.
Gymnast Raisman sues U.S. Olympic Committee over Nassar abuse
(Reuters) – U.S. gymnast Aly Raisman has sued the U.S. Olympic Committee and USA Gymnastics over former USA Gymnastics’ team doctor Larry Nassar’s sexual abuse, saying they knew or should have known about his behavior but put “money and medals” before …
Athletics: History made as every runner in 400m heat disqualified
BIRMINGHAM, England (Reuters) – Every runner, including the world’s fastest man this year, was disqualified in a bizarre 400 meters heat that made athletics history on the second day of the world indoor championships on Friday.
Gymnastics: Britain’s Fragapane to miss Commonwealth Games with torn Achilles
(Reuters) – Four-times Commonwealth Games champion Claudia Fragapane has suffered a torn Achilles tendon in training and will miss next month’s Games in Australia, British Gymnastics announced on Friday.
Every runner disqualified in men’s 400m heat
BIRMINGHAM (Reuters) – Bralon Taplin, the world’s fastest man over 400 metres this year, was disqualified along with all the other runners in his heat at the world indoor championships on Friday.
