Tennis: It’s all about me, says cucumber cool Pliskova
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Karolina Pliskova may have been somewhat confused by being compared to a cucumber after reaching the quarter-finals of the Australian Open but she was crystal clear about what she needed to do to go a step further.
Russia short track star Ahn barred from 2018 Games: TASS
SEOUL (Reuters) – Russia’s Viktor Ahn, the most decorated Olympic short track speed skater, has been barred from competing at next month’s Pyeongchang Winter Games in his native South Korea, the TASS news agency has reported.
Manchester United top world soccer money list
LONDON (Reuters) – Manchester United have retained their position as the highest revenue-generating soccer club in the world, edging out Spain’s Real Madrid by the narrowest margin ever between the top two.
Top USA Gymnastics board members bow to resignation demands
(This January 22 story corrects first name of USA Gymnastics CEO to Kerry from Katy in paragraph seven)
Goals galore as France and Sweden close in on Euro handball semis
ZAGREB (Reuters) – An avalanche of goals were scored at the European handball championships on Monday as France brushed aside Serbia 39-30 and Sweden beat Belarus 29-20 with both nations edging closer to the 16-nation tournament’s semi-finals.
Manchester United sign Sanchez from Arsenal in swap deal for Mkhitaryan
MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) – Manchester United signed Chile forward Alexis Sanchez from Arsenal in a swap deal with midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan after a protracted transfer saga finally ended on Monday.
Three USA Gymnastics board members resign in wake of sex abuse scandal
(Reuters) – Three USA Gymnastics board members resigned on Monday in the wake of its former team physician sexually abusing female gymnasts, a step the organization said would support its reform efforts.
Pliskova battles back to reach quarter-finals
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Sixth seed Karolina Pliskova reached her second Australian Open quarter-final by outlasting Barbora Strycova 6-7(5) 6-3 6-2 in an all-Czech battle that stretched into the early hours of Tuesday.
Sandgren wants more meat off grand slam bone – coach
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Tennys Sandgren’s mantra at the Australian Open has been to “tear the meat off the bone” but the American outsider is not ready to leave the table despite his brilliant run to the quarter-finals, according to his coach Jim Madriga…
Chung gives Djokovic a taste of his own medicine
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – For Novak Djokovic it must have felt like some nightmarish fight to the death against a clone of himself on Monday as Chung Hyeon stunned the six-times Australian Open champion with a display ripped straight out of the Serb’s text…
