Donaldson maintains slender lead in Dubai
(Reuters) – Britain’s Jamie Donaldson carded a three-under-par 69 to maintain a one-shot advantage on a fog-delayed day two of the Dubai Desert Classic on Friday, with two-time winner Rory McIlroy well-placed in the chasing pack.
Alpine Skiing: Holdener wins World Cup combined in Lenzerheide
(Reuters) – Wendy Holdener took first place for host nation Switzerland in the ladies’ World Cup combined race in Lenzerheide on Friday, ahead of Italian Marta Bassino and Slovenia’s Ana Bucik.
Olympics: Christie on short track to success after Sochi wipeout
LONDON (Reuters) – Elise Christie knows from bitter experience how fragile Olympic dreams can be in the rough, tough world of short-track speed skating but Britain’s golden hope goes to Pyeongchang with steely determination.
X Games still the pinnacle for snowboarding champion Anderson
LONDON (Reuters) – American snowboarder Jamie Anderson won the inaugural slopestyle gold at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, but for her, as with many extreme sports athletes, the pinnacle remains the X Games.
No holidays from tennis for Federer and Cilic
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – A family holiday in the Maldives might seem a good time for Roger Federer to put the racket down, but the Swiss master could not resist the offer of a hit when he found out Marin Cilic was also relaxing in the islands.
Survivors Wozniacki, Halep set for high stakes showdown
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Simona Halep and Caroline Wozniacki will compete for high stakes in Saturday’s Australian Open final, having each needed to save match points to prevent a premature exit at Melbourne Park.
Ruthless Federer makes final as chastened Chung quits
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Ruthless Roger Federer handed wounded Chung Hyeon an old-fashioned schooling before the overwhelmed South Korean quit with foot blisters trailing 6-1 5-2 in a damp squib of an Australian Open semi-final on Friday.
Tennis: Young gun Chung fires a blank after blister trouble
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – The fighting spirit that propelled Chung Hyeon to the Australian Open semi-finals went missing on Friday as the South Korean trailblazer cut short his much-anticipated clash with Roger Federer after suffering foot blisters.
Super Bowl a high-stakes test for NFL’s effort to tackle concussions
(Reuters) – At next month’s Super Bowl, the National Football League is aiming to avoid a repeat of a December incident when fans watched Houston Texans quarterback Tom Savage return to the game just minutes after convulsing on the field from a brutal …
USA Gymnastics quiet on board resignation call after abuse scandal
(Reuters) – The leadership of USA Gymnastics (USAG) remained silent on Friday in the face of pressure from U.S. Olympic Committee officials and others to resign en masse two days after the team doctor was sentenced for abusing female athletes.
