Athletics: Farah confident of 5,000m triumph despite stitches
LONDON (Reuters) – Mo Farah is confident that he can win the 5,000 meters at the World Athletics Championships despite suffering cuts and bruises and needing three stitches in his left leg after his epic 10,000 meters triumph on Friday.
Athletics: Amos safely through in wide-open men’s 800 meters
LONDON (Reuters) – The injury-enforced absence of David Rudisha has left the door open for the men’s 800 meters title at the World Athletics Championships and half a dozen contenders, led by Nijel Amos, will fancy their chances following Saturday’s fir…
Thompson easily into 100 meters semi-finals
LONDON (Reuters) – Olympic champion Elaine Thompson ignored a cloudburst to easily win her opening heat in the women’s 100 meters at the World Championships on Saturday.
Athletics: Van Niekerk begins double-bid at a canter
LONDON (Reuters) – Wayde van Niekerk safely negotiated the first stage of his attempted 400 metres/200 meters World Championships double on Saturday when he cruised through his opening heat in his favored one-lap event.
Athletics: IAAF rebuff Bolt blocks criticism
LONDON (Reuters) – World Athletics Championships organizers rebuffed criticism from Usain Bolt about his starting blocks in the 100 meters on Saturday, insisting they had been checked and were the same model used in Beijing two years ago.
Soccer: Neymar to be feted in PSG stadium show, but miss league opener
PARIS (Reuters) – World record signing Neymar will be treated to a grand welcome ceremony at Paris St Germain’s stadium on Saturday but will sit out the French club’s Ligue 1 opener after his transfer was not registered in time.
Muguruza cruises, Kvitova eliminated at Stanford Classic
(Reuters) – Wimbledon champion Garbine Muguruza made short work of Ana Konjuh to move into the semi-finals of the Stanford Classic on Friday, while second seed Petra Kvitova was thrashed 6-2 6-0 by 18-year-old American Catherine Bellis.
Nishikori fights off three match points to beat 225th-ranked Paul
(Reuters) – Second seed Kei Nishikori shrugged off fatigue and saved three match points before beating unheralded American Tommy Paul 3-6 7-6(8) 6-4 in their Citi Open quarter-final on Friday.
Appleby stays in contention as rookie leads Stableford event
(Reuters) – Stuart Appleby dragged his chronically bad back to within a point of the lead after the second round at the Barracuda Championship in Nevada on Friday.
Curry cards second straight 74, misses cut by 11 strokes
(Reuters) – NBA star Stephen Curry will return to his day job with his head held high after carding a second successive four-over-par 74 on the secondary Web.com Tour on Friday.
