Motor racing – Sao Paulo mayor expects Ecclestone bid for Interlagos
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – The mayor of Sao Paulo plans to sell the ageing Interlagos Formula One track to guarantee the future of the Brazilian Grand Prix and expects the sport’s former commercial supremo Bernie Ecclestone to bid.
Doping – IOC strips three more medals from 2008, 2012 Games re-tests
AARHUS, Denmark (Reuters) – Uzbeki wrestler Artur Taymazov was stripped of his freestyle gold medal from the Beijing 2008 Olympics 96-120kg category following a positive doping sample in re-testing, the International Olympic Committee said on Wednesday…
Qatar World Cup workers pay recruitment fees, work 18-hour days: report
DOHA (Reuters) – Hundreds of Asian workers pay recruitment fees for jobs building World Cup stadiums in Qatar and some end up working for nearly five months without a day of rest, according to an investigation funded by the Gulf state’s World Cup organ…
Olympics – Surfing and canoe bodies in stand-up row over paddling
AARHUS, Denmark (Reuters) – The rapidly growing popularity of stand up paddleboarding (SUP) has led to an unlikely battle for control, with surfing and canoeing both claiming it as an off-shoot of their own sport against a backdrop of possible Olympic …
Djokovic seeks Davis Cup spark, Australia count on Kyrgios
LONDON (Reuters) – Novak Djokovic hopes the spark he has been lacking so far this year will return as he pulls on his Serbia shirt for this weekend’s Davis Cup quarter-final against Spain in Belgrade.
Athletics – Former WADA official to head new Athletics Integrity Unit
AARHUS, Denmark (Reuters) – Former senior World Anti-Doping Agency official David Howman was appointed on Wednesday as head of the newly established Athletics Integrity Unit to battle doping and corruption amid a drop in the sport’s popularity.
Injured Cavendish out of Paris-Roubaix
PARIS (Reuters) – Briton Mark Cavendish has been ruled out of Sunday’s Paris-Roubaix one-day race with an ankle injury, his Dimension Data team said on Wednesday.
‘Best ever’ Hamilton faces resurgent Ferrari
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Lewis Hamilton has raised his game but whether the Mercedes driver can deny Ferrari a second successive win of the season in China this weekend remains to be seen.
Swimming: Magnussen chooses Commonwealth Games over world championships
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Australia’s James Magnussen will forgo the chance to win a third 100 meters freestyle title at the swimming world championships in Budapest and instead focus on defending his Commonwealth Games gold medal at the Gold Coast next ye…
Soccer: Chapecoense take Supercup lead as fans remember air crash
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Chapecoense beat Atletico Nacional 2-1 in the first leg of their South American Supercup final on Tuesday as the game was marked by memorials to those killed in an air crash before the teams’ scheduled Copa Sudamericana final last…
