Golf: Late eagle helps Oosthuizen to Mexico lead
(Reuters) – Former British Open champion Louis Oosthuizen, buoyed by a late eagle, held a one-shot lead after the first round of the WGC-Mexico Championship on Thursday while Jon Rahm and his fellow Spaniard Sergio Garcia lurked close behind.
No Russian team but high jumpers strike indoor gold
BIRMINGHAM, England (Reuters) – Mariya Lasitskene and Danil Lysenko could not represent their banned home nation of Russia at the world indoor championships on Thursday but, competing as neutral athletes, the spring-heeled pair still leapt to high jump…
Alaska’s renowned Iditarod race, mired in controversy, to start Saturday
ANCHORAGE, Ala. (Reuters) – The world’s most famous dog race is mired in a doping scandal, under pressure from animal-rights activists and coping with a drop in revenue. Still, the show will go on: Alaska’s Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race starts on Saturday.
LAFC’s Bradley ready for familiar challenge in MLS return
Bob Bradley is the only man to lead a first-year Major League Soccer team to a championship and the former United States coach will try to duplicate that rare feat with expansion club Los Angeles FC this season.
Toronto looking to create MLS dynasty after dream season
TORONTO (Reuters) – Toronto FC enter the 2018 season hoping to take a dynastic stranglehold over the North American League after last year’s record-setting campaign.
Tiger has shown he’s a threat again, say experts
(Reuters) – Tiger Woods may only be three starts into his PGA Tour return but some experts feel the former world number one has shown he still has what it takes to make a meteoric rise up the rankings.
Hamilton fastest as F1 wraps up first test of 2018
BARCELONA (Reuters) – Formula One wrapped up the first pre-season test of the year in Barcelona on Thursday with four-times world champion Lewis Hamilton back on top of the timesheets for Mercedes.
Bautista Agut sets up Dubai semi-final with Jaziri
(Reuters) – Third seed Roberto Bautista Agut powered past Croatia’s Borna Coric 7-6(4) 6-4 to reach the semi-finals of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships on Thursday.
Boxing: Wilder eager to prove he is the most dangerous heavyweight
(Reuters) – WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder believes he is the most dangerous man in the division, saying that he could beat anybody at any time ahead of his title defense against Luis Ortiz on Saturday.
Song hits the right notes to forge lead in Singapore
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Jennifer Song fired a brilliant seven-under 65 to open a two-shot lead after the first round of the HSBC Women’s World Championships on Thursday, the American returning from a late weather delay to complete a bogey-free 18 holes.
