Motor racing: Vandoorne grid penalty increases to 65 places
SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium (Reuters) – Stoffel Vandoorne’s 35-place grid penalty for his home Belgian Grand Prix will balloon to 65 after McLaren changed the car’s gearbox ahead of Saturday qualifying and Honda replaced the power unit.
Cycling: Team Sunweb banish rebel Barguil from Vuelta
PARIS (Reuters) – Tour de France ‘king of the mountains’ winner Warren Barguil was kicked out of the Vuelta a España after the French rider refused to obey team orders, Team Sunweb said on Saturday.
Boxing: Yamanaka to retire if unable to secure Nery rematch
TOKYO (Reuters) – Shinsuke Yamanaka will retire from boxing if he is denied a rematch with WBC bantamweight champion Luis Nery, the man who took his title, the Japanese fighter’s promoters have said.
New England wide receiver Edelman suffers knee injury
(Reuters) – The New England Patriots fear wide receiver Julian Edelman tore the ACL in his right knee during Friday’s win over the Detroit Lions, according to multiple reports.
Dzumhur battles to become Bosnia’s first ATP finalist
(Reuters) – Damir Dzumhur became Bosnia’s first player to reach an ATP Tour final at the Winston-Salem Open on Friday and was glad to reward compatriots at home who stayed up late to watch him overhaul Kyle Edmund.
Golf: Chun leads by two in Canada, seeking to end run of near-misses
(The Sports Xchange) – Chun In-gee of South Korea carded her second consecutive four-under 67 on Friday to move to the lead after 36 holes at the Canadian Pacific Women’s Open in Ottawa.
Tennis: Cibulkova and Gavrilova to meet in Connecticut final
(Reuters) – Second seed Dominika Cibulkova and Moscow-born Australian Daria Gavrilova will meet in the final of the Connecticut Open after respective straight sets semi-final victories on Friday.
Hot-putting Spieth grabs share of lead
(Reuters) – Jordan Spieth produced a putting performance reminiscent of his British Open brilliance to surge into a four-way share of the second-round lead at the Northern Trust in Old Westbury, New York on Friday.
Mayweather, McGregor poised for history-making fight
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) – After months of hype and profanity Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor take their war of words into the ring on Saturday for a boxing mismatch that is poised to become the richest fight in history.
Sindhu advances into semi-finals of World Championships
(Reuters) – India’s Pusarla Sindhu assured herself of a third BWF World Championships medal on Friday, swatting aside China’s Sun Yu 21-14 21-9 to enter the semi-finals of the event in Glasgow.
