Appleby snapping at leader’s heels at Barracuda Championship
(Reuters) – Stuart Appleby made a positive step to earning a 10th win on the PGA Tour with strong opening round at the Barracuda Classic in Nevada on Thursday.
NBA’s Curry shoots 74 in solid round against professionals
(Reuters) – Stephen Curry was not quite as accurate on the golf course as he is on the hardwood, but the NBA star did not embarrass himself when he teed it up on the secondary Web.com Tour on Thursday.
‘Tannie Ans’, the great-grandma turned supercoach
LONDON (Reuters) – Ans Botha’s transformation from one minute being a 75-year-old cooing over her 10-month-old great grandson to the next playing ‘supercoach’ to the greatest new talent in athletics is one of sport’s more extraordinary makeovers.
Doping charge against Jamaica’s Hylton thrown out
(Reuters) – Jamaica’s 4x400m world championship bronze medalist Riker Hylton has been cleared of an alleged doping violation by an independent anti-doping panel in Kingston.
Coe praises ‘candid’ Russian apology for doping scandal
LONDON (Reuters) – Global athletics boss Sebastian Coe praised what he described as a candid apology from Russia over a doping scandal on Thursday but reiterated it was not the moment for the country to be readmitted to the sport.
Lower-tier U.S. teams take promotion/relegation fight to CAS
(Reuters) – Two lower-tier American teams that want the U.S. Soccer Federation to adopt promotion and relegation have taken their battle to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
Murray, Cilic pull out of Rogers Cup with injuries
(Reuters) – World number one Andy Murray and big-hitting Croatian Marin Cilic withdrew from the Rogers Cup on Thursday as injuries continued to take a toll on the Canadian hardcourt event.
Pieters leads way, Spieth and McIlroy close behind
(Reuters) – A sharp short game and hot putter helped Thomas Pieters grab the first-round lead as headliners Jordan Spieth and Rory McIlroy lurked close behind at the World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational on Thursday.
Brazil police arrest ex-Rio infrastructure head in Olympics graft probe
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Brazilian federal police on Thursday opened a new front in their investigation into alleged corruption involving Olympic projects, arresting Rio de Janeiro’s former head of infrastructure on suspicions he took bribes.
Bolt eyes Olympic final repeat to win world gold
LONDON (Reuters) – Jamaica’s eight-time Olympic gold medalist Usain Bolt says he thinks he will need to produce a time similar to the one that earned him gold at the Rio 2016 Games to win Saturday’s 100m final at the World Athletics Championships in Lo…
