Tennis: Japan’s Date has no immediate plans to coach
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s Kimiko Date has no immediate plans to turn to tennis coaching but is keen to contribute in some other way to the sport she quit last month, the 46-year-old said.
Tennis: Muguruza crushes Puig in Tokyo, Pliskova also advances
TOKYO (Reuters) – New world number one Garbine Muguruza overwhelmed Olympic champion Monica Puig 6-4 6-0 to ease into the quarter-finals of the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo on Wednesday.
Highlights of Tuesday’s MLB games
(The Sports Xchange) – Highlights of Tuesday’s Major League Baseball games:
Commonwealth Games: 2022 deadline looms with Birmingham in box seat
LONDON (Reuters) – Potential candidate cities for the 2022 Commonwealth Games have until the end of the month to submit details of intent with Britain’s Birmingham seen to be in pole position as organizers continue the search for a new host.
MLB breaks record for home runs in season
(Reuters) – Major League Baseball set a record for home runs in a single season on Tuesday with Kansas City Royals outfielder Alex Gordon’s round-tripper in Toronto making it 5,694 for the year.
NFL: National Football League roundup
(The Sports Xchange) – The Miami Dolphins suspended starting linebacker Lawrence Timmons indefinitely on Tuesday, stemming from his mysterious weekend disappearance in Los Angeles.
NHL: National Hockey League roundup
(The Sports Xchange) – New Jersey Devils forward Brian Boyle has been diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia, the team announced Tuesday.
South Korea’s Moon says pushing to guarantee safety at Pyeongchang Olympics
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in said on Wednesday the country is pushing to ensure security at next year’s Pyeongchang Winter Olympics amid rising tensions over North Korea’s nuclear weapons programs.
Golf: Johnson eager to avenge missed opportunity in Atlanta
(Reuters) – Dustin Johnson enters this week’s Tour Championship hoping to make up for his disappointment at the season-ending event a year ago and said on Tuesday his game is right where it needs to be.
Olympics: Money runs out for British women’s bobsleigh team
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s top female bobsleigh driver has turned to crowd-funding to keep her Olympic dreams alive after being told the national federation only had money to take men’s teams to Pyeongchang next year.
