CFA official explains challenge of keeping up with growth
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Chinese Football Association (CFA) vice president Zhang Jian says the country’s football authorities are fighting to keep pace with the rapid growth of the club game in China.
Americans enjoy good day at Stanford Classic
(Reuters) – Sixth seed CoCo Vandeweghe had barely raised a sweat when her opponent Ajla Tomljanovic retired hurt to hand the American victory in their Stanford Classic first-round encounter in California on Tuesday.
Relaxed British Open champion Spieth fishing for more wins
(Reuters) – Jordan Spieth celebrated his British Open victory with a family fishing trip and says he is “refreshed” and ready to resume his busy end-of-season schedule at this week’s WGC-Bridgestone Invitational in Ohio.
Federer to launch hardcourt campaign in Montreal
(Reuters) – Grand slam king Roger Federer will kick off his North American hardcourt campaign and buildup to the U.S. Open by competing at the Rogers Cup in Montreal, the Swiss confirmed on Tuesday.
League considering working with NFLPA on marijuana study
(The Sports Xchange) – The NFL has reached out to the NFL Players’ Association in hopes of joining its study of using marijuana as a potential pain management tool for the league’s ailing players, according to The Washington Post.
Paris, LA provide relief not answer to bidding process
(Reuters) – An agreement to award the 2024 and 2028 Summer Games simultaneously to Paris and Los Angeles may have provided the Olympics with some stability but the unprecedented move will not solve all the problems of a flawed bidding process, say expe…
Bolt ready to race, and really ready to retire
LONDON (Reuters) – Just in the unlikely case that the world of athletics did not know what they will be missing once Usain Bolt walks away in less than two weeks, the Jamaican superstar’s final eve-of-race news conference rammed home the message on Tue…
Paris Olympics aims to regenerate poor, northeastern suburbs
BOBIGNY, France (Reuters) – The most deprived department in France is expected to be a big winner now Paris is in line to host the 2024 Olympics with thousands of homes and a new swimming center to be built in Seine-Saint-Denis for the games.
Amazon poaches ATP tennis rights in UK from Sky: report
LONDON (Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc has made it first move into major sports rights outside the United States by outbidding Sky for the exclusive UK rights to tennis’s ATP World Tour, the Guardian said on Tuesday.
Thiam the one to watch in London worlds heptathlon
(Reuters) – Nafissatou Thiam might have been a surprise gold medalist in the heptathlon at last year’s Olympic Games, but a record-breaking performance two months ago suggests Rio was no fluke and she’ll be the one to watch in the World Athletics Champ…
