Step back for Sheikh Ahmad, Asia’s sporting power broker
HONG KONG (Reuters) – After almost a decade as one of the game’s main power brokers, Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah stepped away from his involvement in world football on Sunday as the U.S Department of Justice probe into FIFA’s affairs claime…
Intense battle looming as Formula One heads home
SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) – Formula One heads home after four opening long-haul races with the championship finely balanced between champions Mercedes and Ferrari and the prospect of an intense battle stretching out ahead.
Motor racing: The first win is the hardest, Lauda tells Bottas
SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) – Valtteri Bottas waited 81 races for his first Formula One win to come along but it will get easier for the Finn after Sunday’s success in Russia, according to former world champion Niki Lauda.
Golf – Nomura beats Kerr at sixth extra hole at Texas Shootout
(The Sports Xchange) – In her first career playoff, Japan’s Haru Nomura beat American Cristie Kerr on the sixth hole of the sudden-death playoff to take the Volunteers of America Texas Shootout at Las Colinas Country Club in Irving, Texas, on Sunday.
Rowing – Murray retires, ending unbeaten streak of ‘Kiwi pair’
WELLINGTON (Reuters) – One of rowing’s most dominant partnerships has ended with the retirement of double Olympic champion Eric Murray, who won back-to-back gold medals for New Zealand in the men’s coxless pair with Hamish Bond.
Golf – Stunning eagle earns Kisner/Brown Monday playoff in New Orleans
(Reuters) – Kevin Kisner made a stunning eagle at the final hole to earn he and his partner Scott Brown a playoff against Cameron Smith and Jonas Blixt at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans on Sunday.
Major League Baseball roundup
(The Sports Xchange) – New York Mets ace Noah Syndergaard left his start in the second inning Sunday against the Washington Nationals with an apparent injury to his right side.
National Football League roundup
(The Sports Xchange) – Buffalo Bills general manager Doug Whaley was fired Sunday, one day after the seven-round NFL Draft ended.
Soccer: Advocaat set to return as Netherlands coach
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Dick Advocaat is poised to return as Netherlands coach amid public disapproval of such an appointment and media criticism of the process of finding a replacement for Danny Blind, who was sacked last month after a run of poor resul…
Highlights of Sunday’s NBA games
(The Sports Xchange) – Highlights of Sunday’s National Basketball Association games:
