Jaguars, Ravens kneel for anthem in 1st game since Trump ramps up feud
SOMERSET, N.J. (Reuters) – National Football League players from the Baltimore Ravens and Jacksonville Jaguars knelt and linked arms during the pre-game national anthem on Sunday, hours after U.S. President Donald Trump called on fans to boycott team…
Trump urges fans to consider NFL boycott over player anthem protests
SOMERSET, N.J. (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday stepped up his criticism of National Football League players who protest during the pre-game national anthem, calling on fans to consider boycotting the NFL if teams do not discipline the…
Trump renews clash with U.S. sports world
SOMERSET, N.J. (Reuters) – President Donald Trump renewed his spat with the sports world on Sunday, again calling for National Football League owners to fire players who protest during the U.S. national anthem.
Cycling: Hayman blames service cars for world championships crash
BERGEN, Norway (Reuters) – Australian Mathew Hayman blamed the service cars for a crash which forced him to retire from the road race at the cycling world championships on Sunday.
Athletics: Kipchoge misses record in rainy Berlin triumph
BERLIN (Reuters) – Olympic champion Eliud Kipchoge staved off a surprise challenge from Ethiopian debutant Guye Adola to win an enthralling Berlin marathon on Sunday, but missed out on his bid to set a new world record.
Athletics: Kipchoge wins rainy Berlin marathon, misses world record
BERLIN (Reuters) – Olympic champion Eliud Kipchoge staved off a surprise challenge from Ethiopian debutant Guye Adola to win an enthralling Berlin marathon on Sunday, but missed out on his bid to set a new world record.
Dedication the key to world record lift, says Moradi
(Reuters) – Olympic champion Sohrab Moradi is reaping the benefits of a life completely devoted to weightlifting, the 28-year-old said after breaking the men’s 94kg world record at the fifth Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.
Ice hockey makes push to help China get its skates on
BEIJING (Reuters) – The National Hockey League went to great lengths to win over the home crowd when the Los Angeles Kings took on the Vancouver Canucks in the first ever NHL pre-season game played in Beijing on Saturday.
Wozniacki powers to Pan Pacific title in Tokyo
TOKYO (Reuters) – Caroline Wozniacki ended her string of final failures by beating Russia’s Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-0 7-5 in Tokyo on Sunday to win her second straight Pan Pacific Open title.
A’s Maxwell first MLB player to kneel during anthem
(Reuters) – Oakland Athletics catcher Bruce Maxwell joined the list of athlete protesters on Saturday when he became the first MajorLeague Baseball player to kneel during the national anthem.
