Froome crashes during Tour de France stage two
LIEGE, Belgium (Reuters) – Defending Chris Froome crashed during the second stage of the Tour de France, a 203.5-km ride from Duesseldorf to Liege on Sunday.
Eighth win in a row for Marquez at Sachsenring
BERLIN (Reuters) – Honda’s Marc Marquez extended his reign as ‘King of the Sachsenring’ with an eighth successive win at the German Grand Prix that sent him back on top of the MotoGP championship standings on Sunday.
Murray confirms his fitness for Wimbledon
LONDON (Reuters) – Andy Murray will begin his Wimbledon title defense on Monday after confirming his recovery from a hip injury that has disrupted his preparation for this year’s tournament.
Valverde has successful surgery on broken kneecap: team
DUESSELDORF, Germany (Reuters) – Alejandro Valverde had successful surgery on a broken kneecap after this crash on Saturday’s opening day of the Tour de France and will need a few months to recover, his Movistar team said on Sunday.
Tension builds up over Team Sky’s time trial jerseys
DUESSELDORF, Germany (Reuters) – Tension was building up around Team Sky after two days on the Tour de France as rival teams complained that the jerseys they used for the opening time trial had been designed to illegally boost aerodynamics.
Blatter plans to visit soccer World Cup in Russia
ZURICH (Reuters) – Disgraced former FIFA president Sepp Blatter will travel to Russia when the country hosts the soccer World Cup in 2018, he told Swiss newspaper SonntagsBlick.
MLB suspends Astros pitcher Paulino 80 games
(Reuters) – Major League Baseball suspended Houston Astros rookie pitcher David Paulino for 80 games without pay after he tested positive for a performance-enhancing substance, the league announced on Saturday.
Boxing: Horn stuns Pacquiao to win WBO welterweight world title
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s Jeff Horn stunned Filipino Manny Pacquiao in a bloody Brisbane battle to claim a unanimous 12-round decision and win the WBO world welterweight title in front of 50,000 fans at Lang Park on Sunday.
Rugby: U.S. qualify for 2019 World Cup with big win over Canada
(Reuters) – The United States punched their ticket to the 2019 Rugby World Cup with a 52-16 victory over Canada in San Diego on Saturday.
Golf – Lingmerth hangs onto lead after tough day in Maryland
(Reuters) – Swede David Lingmerth limped to a three-over-par 73 on Saturday but it was enough to keep him at the top of the Quicken Loans National leaderboard heading into Sunday’s final round.
