Golf: Spiderman-style works wonders for German Kieffer
VIRGINIA WATER, England (Reuters) – Adopting the spiderman-style crouch to read the greens made famous by Colombian Camilo Villegas on the U.S. Tour, Germany’s Max Kieffer powered his way into contention at the BMW PGA Championship on Friday.
Turkish NBA star tweets ‘you can’t catch me’ at arrest warrant report
ANKARA/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Enes Kanter, the Turkish NBA star whose home country has revoked his passport, on Friday expressed disdain on social media at reports that Turkey’s government had issued a warrant for his arrest.
German Siegemund out for six months with torn ligament
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s Laura Siegemund, who won the Stuttgart Grand Prix in April, has undergone surgery to repair a torn cruciate ligament and will be out for six months, Germany’s Fed Cup coach Barbara Rittner said on Friday.
Top seed Bertens in Nuremberg final again after Doi retires
BERLIN (Reuters) – Top seed and defending champion Kiki Bertens moved into the Nuremberg Cup final on Friday after Japan’s Misaki Doi retired with an abdominal injury early in the second set.
Claycourt king Nadal favorite to regain Paris throne
(Reuters) – For the first time in three years, Rafael Nadal will bounce through the Roland Garros gates at the peak of his powers and favorite to take his collection of French Open titles to 10.
Motor racing: Matching Senna’s poles would be unreal for Hamilton
MONACO (Reuters) – As a child racing go-karts and dreaming of Formula One glories to come, Lewis Hamilton was always in awe of Ayrton Senna and eager to emulate him.
Motorcycling: Rossi recovering after motocross accident
(Reuters) – Valentino Rossi has suffered slight liver and kidney lesions in a motocross accident, but the Italian MotoGP great is making “positive progress” and could be released from hospital on Friday, his Yamaha team said.
WBA suspend two judges over N’Dam-Murata title fight decision
(Reuters) – The World Boxing Association has suspended two judges and ordered a rematch of a middleweight title fight between Hassan N’Dam of France and Japan’s Ryota Murata after the bout ended with a controversial split decision last weekend.
No easy starts for top guns at the French Open
PARIS (Reuters) – There will be no gentle start for the favorites at the French Open starting this weekend, with nine-time winner Rafa Nadal and defending champion Novak Djokovic on a semi-final collision course.
French Open return a ‘dream come true’ for Kvitova
PARIS (Reuters) – Czech Petra Kvitova said it was a “dream come true” to be included in the French Open draw on Friday having recovered from being stabbed during a burglary at her home in December.
