Halep won’t let it go now in French Open final: Evert
PARIS (Reuters) – Simona Halep has the French Open title in her grasp and will “not let it go” now, according to claycourt great Chris Evert.
Former Superbike champion Biaggi injured during practice: media
ROME (Reuters) – Former Superbike World Champion Max Biaggi was badly injured and airlifted to hospital on Friday after an accident during practice ahead of a Supermoto race this weekend near Rome, Italian media reported.
Ostapenko aiming to break through the Halep wall
PARIS (Reuters) – Latvian daredevil Jelena Ostapenko started tennis practicing against a wall — she would be well advised to remember those early experiences when she faces master of defense Simona Halep in Saturday’s French Open final.
European soccer struggles to find right balance
ZURICH (Reuters) – Cork City supporters will never forget the day that the Irish semi-professional side hosted Bayern Munich in a European tie at their tiny ground.
Friday Night Lights: young Chinese tackle American football
BEIJING (Reuters) – A pint-sized running back takes a handoff and scrambles across the goal line, spiking the football for a last-minute win. It could be any school field in America, but on a warm spring night in Beijing the star of the game is nine-year-old Lisa Li, one of the best players in China’s first American football youth league.
Fitness key to Murray revival, says coach Lendl
(Reuters) – Andy Murray is finally able to recapture his best form after a succession of illnesses and injury curtailed his time on the practice court, coach Ivan Lendl has said ahead of the world number one’s French Open semi-final against Stan Wawrin…
Raonic parts ways with coach Krajicek
(Reuters) – Milos Raonic and coach Richard Krajicek have decided to part ways after less than six months working together, the Canadian said in the wake of his exit from the French Open.
Swimming: Australia’s Fraser-Holmes to fight ‘whereabouts’ ban
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Australian Olympic swimmer Thomas Fraser-Holmes will appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport to overturn a 12-month ban for missing anti-doping tests.
Not so fast young man, Bolt cautions De Grasse
KINGSTON, Jamaica (Reuters) – Usain Bolt has cautioned Canadian young gun Andre De Grasse to temper his expectations of dethroning him at the world championships in London in August.
Penguins thrash Predators in Game Five
(Reuters) – The Penguins thrashed Nashville 6-0 in Pittsburgh on Thursday in a dominant Game Five victory that wrestled back control of the Stanley Cup Final series.
