Nishikori in race to return for Australian Open
(Reuters) – Kei Nishikori is entered to play in the Australian Open, but the jury is still out on whether the Japanese can recover from a season-ending wrist injury in time for the year’s first grand slam, his manager said on Thursday.
Rublev turns tables to dump Berdych out of China Open
(Reuters) – Russian teenager Andrey Rublev recovered from a set and a break down to storm past former winner Tomas Berdych and into the China Open quarter-finals on Thursday.
Motor racing: Haas waiting for word on Malaysia crash compensation
SUZUKA, Japan (Reuters) – Haas team principal Guenther Steiner says he is waiting to hear from Malaysian Grand Prix organizers about possible compensation for damage to Romain Grosjean’s car in practice last week.
Doping: IOC in denial over drugs says Icarus film director
LONDON (Reuters) – The man who helped expose Russia’s massive doping regime says the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is still in denial over the performance-enhancing drug use and would rather sweep it under the carpet than take meaningful action…
Daredevil backflips motorcycle between barges on London’s Thames
LONDON (Reuters) – Extreme sports rider Travis Pastrana performed a backflip motorcycle jump over a 23-meter (75-ft) gap between two barges floating on London’s river Thames on Thursday, 11 years after the last rider who tried the stunt suffered seriou…
All Blacks expected to complete clean sweep
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – World champions New Zealand are expected to complete another clean sweep of the Rugby Championship as they finish this year’s campaign away in South Africa on Saturday.
Brazil police arrest Olympic committee chief in vote-buying scandal
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – The Brazilian police on Thursday arrested the head of the national Olympics committee, who is accused of arranging more than $2 million in bribes to get the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to pick Rio de Janeiro as host…
Motor racing: Massa wants a decision on his future by Brazil
SUZUKA, Japan (Reuters) – Felipe Massa wants a decision on his Formula One future before next month’s Brazilian Grand Prix and has questioned the value of Williams testing would-be replacements Robert Kubica and Paul di Resta in a 2014 car.
Motor racing: Hamilton on the hunt despite F1 title lead
SUZUKA, Japan (Reuters) – Lewis Hamilton says there will be no easing off the throttle even if he does not have to win another race after Sunday’s Japanese Grand Prix to secure a fourth Formula One title.
Reichenbach files complaint against Team Sky’s Moscon over crash
(Reuters) – FDJ’s Sebastien Reichenbach has filed a complaint against Gianni Moscon after accusing the Team Sky rider of intentionally causing him to crash, a source with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Thursday.
