Baseball: Astros send prospects to Tigers for J.D. Martinez
(The Sports Xchange) – The Arizona Diamondbacks acquired right fielder J.D. Martinez from the Detroit Tigers on Tuesday in exchange for three prospects, getting a jump on the July 31 non-waiver trade deadline market.
Mongolian-born wrestler turned Japanese to get to grips with sumo
NAGOYA, Japan (Reuters) – The sound of bodies slapping against each other rocks the stifling sumo “stable” in the Japanese city of Nagoya, as 11 gigantic wrestlers wearing only loincloths take turns throwing each other out of a ring of sand.
Astros shortstop Correa out six to eight weeks with thumb injury
(The Sports Xchange) – Houston Astros All-Star shortstop Carlos Correa will miss six to eight weeks with a torn ligament in his left thumb, the team announced Tuesday.
Cycling: Tour will be decided on the Izoard climb – LeMond
GRENOBLE, France (Reuters) – The Tour de France will go down to the wire and will be decided in the last mountain stage on Thursday at the end of another grueling ride, three-time champion Greg LeMond said on Tuesday.
NBA: New uniforms do away with home and away designations
(Reuters) – Nike has unveiled new NBA uniforms for the 2017-2018 season that dispense with traditional ‘home’ and ‘away’ team designations.
Tennis: U.S. Open to top $50 million in prize money
NEW YORK (Reuters) – This year’s U.S. Open will become the first tennis tournament to top $50 million in prize money following a nine percent increase in the total purse, the United States Tennis Association (USTA) said on Tuesday.
Cycling: Matthews accuses Degenkolb of bad sportsmanship after clash
ROMANS-SUR-ISERE, France – Australian Michael Matthews accused German rival John Degenkolb of being a poor sport after his angry reaction to being beaten in a sprint for the line at the end of a windy 16th stage of the Tour de France on Tuesday.
Cycling: Matthews back in the green jersey game as Kittel dropped
ROMANS-SUR-ISERE, France (Reuters) – Michael Matthews improved his chances of winning the points classification on the Tour de France, as the Australian claimed the 16th stage on Tuesday after his Sunweb team worked hard to keep green jersey holder Mar…
Golf: Stenson has lofty ambitions for Open defense
SOUTHPORT, England (Reuters) – Henrik Stenson is known as “The Iceman”, and a year on from landing his first major title after an epic British Open duel with Phil Mickelson, the Swede was his usual laid-back self on Tuesday.
Appeal by heptathlete Chernova dismissed by CAS
ZURICH (Reuters) – Russian heptathlete Tatyana Chernova has had her appeal against her ban for blood doping offences rejected by the Court of Arbitration for Sport, CAS said on Tuesday.
