LeBron says Cavs not giving up against Warriors in NBA Finals
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – LeBron James is not one to shy away from a challenge and on Thursday said he and his Cleveland Cavaliers would not roll over to the Golden State Warriors in the NBA Finals despite the long odds they face.
Alonso says he will quit F1 if season expands to 25 races
MONTREAL (Reuters) – Double world champion Fernando Alonso said on Thursday he would not stick around in Formula One if the calendar grew to 25 races a year.
New Zealand into America’s Cup sailing challenger play-off with win over Britain
(Reuters) – Emirates Team New Zealand won their America’s Cup semi-final against Britain’s Land Rover BAR on Thursday, bouncing back from a near catastrophic capsize which had threatened their campaign to challenge holders Oracle Team USA.
Master of defense Halep downs Pliskova to reach Paris final
PARIS (Reuters) – Romanian Simona Halep showed the full extent of her defensive skills to beat Karolina Pliskova 6-4 3-6 6-3 and reach her second French Open final on Thursday.
Injured Moore out of U.S. Open golf, replaced by Putnam
(Reuters) – American Ryder Cup player Ryan Moore has withdrawn from next week’s U.S. Open in Wisconsin due to an undisclosed injury, the U.S. Golf Association announced on Thursday.
Alonso returns to McLaren with a deadline
MONTREAL (Reuters) – Fernando Alonso returned to Formula One from his Indy 500 adventure on Thursday with a warning for McLaren-Honda that they need to be winning by September if he is to stay with the team next year.
Ostapenko blazes past Bacsinszky to reach French final
PARIS (Reuters) – Ripping a screaming forehand straight through the tennis textbook, Latvian Jelena Ostapenko blazed into the French Open final with a 7-6(4) 3-6 6-3 win over Swiss Timea Bacsinszky in a battle of the birthday girls on Thursday.
Cycling: Bauhaus takes Dauphine stage 5, De Gendt retains lead before the mountains
PARIS (Reuters) – German Phil Bauhaus on Thursday won the fifth stage of the Criterium du Dauphine, a 175.5-km ride from La Tour de Salvagny to Macon that runs through the Beaujolais vineyards.
Bolt treasured by Jamaicans not only for his speed
KINGSTON, Jamaica (Reuters) – Usain Bolt’s value to Jamaica over the last decade has gone far beyond just winning medals on the track, the island’s leading athletes and politicians said, as the sprint king prepares for his final race on home soil this …
Friend’s death hangs heavy over Bolt’s final Jamaica run
KINGSTON, Jamaica (Reuters) – Sprint king Usain Bolt is determined to go out in a blaze of glory when he runs his final race in Jamaica this weekend, even though his preparations have been disrupted by the death of his close friend Germaine Mason.
