Serena to play Fed Cup tie against Netherlands
(Reuters) – Former world number one Serena Williams will return to the tennis courts next month in the United States’ Fed Cup first round tie against the Netherlands, the United States Tennis Association said on Tuesday.
Golf: Rahm ready to play second fiddle to world number 647
LA JOLLA, California (Reuters) – Jon Rahm will enter the Farmers Insurance Open this week as the number two player in the world, but he realizes that most of the attention will be on a player ranked 645 places behind him.
Denmark reach Euro handball semis as Slovenia stun Spain
ZAGREB (Reuters) – Olympic champions Denmark became the first nation to reach the European championship semi-finals as other results in main round Group II sent them through without throwing a ball on Tuesday.
Alpine skiing: Hirscher wins again, snowballs aimed at Kristoffersen
SCHLADMING, Austria (Reuters) – Local favorite Marcel Hirscher edged out Norwegian Henrik Kristoffersen at the World Cup slalom in Schladming on Tuesday after his great rival had snowballs thrown at him.
Confident Tiger Woods plays practice round ahead of comeback
LA JOLLA, California (Reuters) – Tiger Woods declared it was all systems go after sneaking in nine quick holes at Torrey Pines on Tuesday, two days ahead of his official PGA Tour comeback at the Farmers Insurance Open.
Force India could start F1 season with a new name
LONDON (Reuters) – Force India could have a new name before Formula One’s pre-season testing starts in Spain next month.
Freestyle skier Yater-Wallace overcomes trials to reach second Olympics
(Reuters) – Freestyle skier Torin Yater-Wallace’s journey to the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics is among the most remarkable, after the American endured a sequence of trials testing his mental perseverance, physical strength and desire to compete at the top of his sport.
Alpine skiing: Hong Kong teenager set for snowy first at Olympics
(Reuters) – Hong Kong will have an athlete competing on snow for the first time at a Winter Olympics after 16-year-old Alpine Skier Arabella Ng secured her place for next month’s Pyeongchang Games.
Soccer: Trump factor looms as Morocco launch bid to beat North American World Cup
LONDON (Reuters) – The competing bids for the 2026 World Cup, the first that will feature an expanded 48-team field, began their campaigns in earnest on Tuesday ahead of June’s FIFA congress vote — with the Donald Trump factor one of the key unknowns….
North American 2026 World Cup bid yet to get government guarantees
LONDON (Reuters) – Less then two months from the deadline for submission of their proposal, the tri-nation North American bid to host the 2026 World Cup has not secured the government guarantees on visa-free travel plus work permit and tax exemptions d…
