North Korea to send athletes to next month’s Paralympics in South Korea: report
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea plans to send athletes to compete in next month’s Paralympic Games in South Korea, following its high profile participation in the Olympic games that wrapped up on Sunday, Yonhap news agency said.
Figure skating: Ambitious Hanyu fancies audacious quintuple jump
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Yuzuru Hanyu, the first man in 66 years to win back-to-back Olympic figure skating gold medals, said on Tuesday he would like to successfully land a quintuple jump and break the five-spin barrier.
Blue Jays sign South Korean reliever Oh
TORONTO (Reuters) – The Toronto Blue Jays have signed South Korean free agent reliever Oh Seung-hwan to a one-year contract, the Major League Baseball team said on Monday.
Education Department to probe Michigan State over sex abuse scandal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Education will investigate how Michigan State University handled reports of sex abuse made by female athletes against former USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar, the department said on Monday.
USGA scraps 18-hole playoff format for U.S. Open
(Reuters) – The U.S. Open’s 18-hole playoff format will be scrapped in favor of a two-hole aggregate, the United States Golf Association (USGA) said on Monday after calls to move the tournament more in line with the other three majors.
World Cup of Tennis is seminal moment, says ITF chief
LONDON (Reuters) – Much maligned and under constant pressure to change its drawn-out format, the Davis Cup reached a ‘seminal moment’ on Monday as ITF president David Haggerty unveiled plans to replace the weekend World Group ties with a World Cup of t…
Force India say halo has cost them a fortune
BARCELONA (Reuters) – Formula One’s mandatory new ‘halo’ head-protection device has cost Force India a fortune, team technical director Andrew Green said on Monday.
Ricciardo leads F1 testing, Alonso loses a wheel
BARCELONA (Reuters) – Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo went faster and further than anyone else as Formula One started testing on Monday while Fernando Alonso ended up in the gravel after a wheel came off his McLaren.
Kohlschreiber, Bautista Agut cruise into Dubai second round
(Reuters) – Germany’s Philipp Kohlschreiber and Spain’s Roberto Bautista Agut secured straight set victories on Monday to cruise into the second round of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships.
Davis Cup shake-up as ITF unveils World Cup of Tennis
LONDON (Reuters) – A massive shake-up of the Davis Cup competition will see the formation of an 18-nation World Cup of Tennis Finals, the International Tennis Federation (ITF) said on Monday.
