Tennis: Cilic overcomes early scare to breeze into third round
LONDON (Reuters) – Marin Cilic survived a difficult start to seal a spot in the Wimbledon third round after battling to a 7-6(2) 6-4 7-5 victory over German Florian Mayer in unrelenting heat on Court Two on Wednesday.
Who’s the greatest server? It’s complicated
LONDON (Reuters) – When Roger Federer passed the 10,000 career aces milestone in his first-round match at Wimbledon, it reinforced his reputation as one of the finest servers of all time.
IOC heaps praise on 2024 Games bids in evaluation report
BERLIN (Reuters) – The International Olympic Committee has hailed the Los Angeles and Paris bids to host the 2024 Olympic Games as “outstanding” as the two would-be Games venues prepare to make their penultimate presentations to IOC members.
Tennis – Flying ant invasion bugs Wimbledon players
LONDON (Reuters) – Wimbledon was invaded by thousands of flying ants on Wednesday, causing much annoyance to players, officials and ticket holders alike – but there was little anyone could do to drive out the pests.
Cycling: Aru signals Tour ambitions as Froome takes yellow
LA PLANCHE DES BELLES FILLES, France (Reuters) – Fabio Aru claimed his maiden Tour de France win on Wednesday, as defending champion Chris Froome snatched a yellow jersey he intends to wear all the way back to Paris.
Azarenka calls for more facilities for WTA’s mums
LONDON (Reuters) – New mum Victoria Azarenka wants to see more child-friendly tournaments on the WTA Tour, saying not enough is done to help players traveling with young families.
Watson soars as Wimbledon swelters
LONDON (Reuters) – Heather Watson hammered out a statement of intent at Wimbledon on Wednesday, swiping aside 18th seed Anastasija Sevastova 6-0 6-4 to reach the third round.
Banged-up Cavendish praises jury’s courage for kicking Sagan out
VITTEL, France (Reuters) – Mark Cavendish praised the Tour de France jury’s “courage” after it kicked world champion Peter Sagan out of the race for sending the Briton crashing to the ground in a chaotic sprint finale on Tuesday.
Former players blast Tomic after lackluster Wimbledon loss
(Reuters) – Bernard Tomic has faced a barrage of criticism from former players after the 24-year-old Australian said he faced “mental issues” and was bored during his lackluster loss to Mischa Zverev in the first round at Wimbledon on Tuesday.
Messi to stay at Barcelona until 2021 under new deal
BARCELONA (Reuters) – Barcelona’s Argentina forward Lionel Messi will sign a new four-year deal keeping him at the Nou Camp until 2021, the Spanish club said on Wednesday, ending speculation that the five times Ballon d’Or winner could be tempted to le…
