Judge puts Elliott’s six-game suspension on hold
(The Sports Xchange) – A U.S. District Court judge has put on hold Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott’s six-game suspension, granting a request by the NFL Players Association for a temporary restraining order.
Preview: Tennis: Keys and Stephens to put friendship to grand slam test
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Madison Keys and Sloane Stephens will put their friendship to a grand slam test on Saturday when the best friends battle in the final of the U.S. Open.
Former Giants kicker Brown suspended for six more games
(The Sports Xchange) – The NFL has suspended former New York Giants kicker Josh Brown for another six games for violating the personal conduct policy due to domestic violence accusations.
TV viewership drops for NBC’S first NFL game
(Reuters) – The NFL kickoff game broadcast on Thursday night on NBC, a win by the Kansas City Chiefs over the New England Patriots, attracted 21.8 million TV viewers, down more than 13 percent from last year’s opening game, data from NBC and Nielsen sh…
Cycling: Sagan takes 100th win in Grand Prix de Quebec
(Reuters) – World champion Peter Sagan of the Bora-Hansgrohe team celebrated his 100th victory when he claimed the Grand Prix de Quebec in impressive fashion on Friday.
Crowd gathers to watch Nadal warm up before U.S. Open semi-final
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A crowd gathered to watch world number one Rafael Nadal warm up in Arthur Ashe Stadium on a cool and windy Friday at the U.S. Open, ahead of his semi-final showdown with Argentine Juan Martin del Potro later in the day.
Tennis: Political statement follows doubles win by Rojer and Tecau
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Jean-Julien Rojer of the Netherlands and Romanian Horia Tecau eased past Feliciano and Marc Lopez 6-4 6-3 to claim their first U.S. Open doubles grand slam with Rojer making a small political statement following the win on Friday.
Cycling: Froome closes in on Vuelta win as De Gendt takes 19th stage
(Reuters) – Britain’s Chris Froome maintained his Vuelta a Espana lead of one minute 37 seconds over nearest challenger Vincenzo Nibali on Friday ahead of the decisive final mountain stage.
Olympics: Diack’s son calls corruption allegations the biggest lie in sport
DAKAR (Reuters) – Papa Massata Diack has described accusations he was part of a large corruption racket involved in determining the location of the Olympic games as the biggest lie in the history of world sport.
Motor racing: French GP aiming for reduced crowd and congestion
LONDON (Reuters) – Organizers of the first French Formula One Grand Prix in a decade are aiming for a race day crowd of around 70,000 when the event returns to Le Castellet next year and hope to avoid the traffic snarls of the past.
