Golf: Stroud climbs to tie for third after second round completion
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (Reuters) – Chris Stroud, the last man to qualify for the PGA Championship, completed a three-under-par 68 on Saturday morning to join 2015 winner Jason Day in a tie for third before setting off for the third round at Quail Ho…
Athletics: Mayer’s decathlon lead slashed by Freimuth after discus
LONDON (Reuters) – Kevin Mayer’s lead in the World Athletics Championships decathlon was slashed by Rico Freimuth after the discus on Saturday, leaving the Frenchman 24 points ahead after seven of the 10 events.
Athletics: Botswana miss out after baton drop, U.S. run year’s fastest time
LONDON (Reuters) – Botswana missed out on the men’s 4×400 meters relay final at the World Athletics Championships on Saturday after dropping the baton in their semi-final heat while the United States ran the year’s fastest time.
Fans pay big money for Mayweather-McGregor tickets
(Reuters) – Fight fans attending the much-hyped boxing match between Floyd Mayweather and mixed martial artist Conor McGregor will have a chance to rub shoulders with the stars in Las Vegas — but it won’t come cheap.
U.S. looking strong in bid to reclaim 4x400m relay title
LONDON (Reuters) – The United States ran a world leading time in the women’s 4×400 meters relay heats at the World Athletics Championships, having done the same in the 4x100m earlier on Saturday.
Bolt leads Jamaica into final, U.S. run year’s fastest time
LONDON (Reuters) – Usain Bolt, running the penultimate race of his career, led Jamaica safely through their semi-final in the 4×100 meters relay at the World Athletics Championships on Saturday while United States ran the fastest time of the year.
Olympic champions U.S. lead the way in women’s 4x100m relay heats
LONDON (Reuters) – The United States ate up the track to run a world leading time in the women’s 4×100 meters relay heats at the World Athletics Championships on Saturday.
London braced for Bolt and Farah swansongs
LONDON (Reuters) – It will be the end of an era for athletics on Saturday when Usain Bolt races for the last time in the men’s 4×100 meters relay at the World Championships.
McGregor plans to rule fight game with ‘iron fist’
(Reuters) – Mixed martial arts fighter Conor McGregor says he has become “the face of the fight game” ahead of his upcoming multi-million dollar boxing match against Floyd Mayweather in Las Vegas this month.
Wozniacki upsets world number one Pliskova in Toronto
(Reuters) – Caroline Wozniacki defeated world number one Karolina Pliskova 7-5 6-7(3) 6-4 in a marathon Rogers Cup quarter-finals match in Toronto marred by four rain delays on Friday.
