Soccer: Costa peps up Chelsea ahead of Man City clash
LONDON (Reuters) – Chelsea top scorer Diego Costa believes the Premier League leaders can effectively end Manchester City’s title hopes when the two sides meet at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday.
Spanish League to investigate Eldense match-fixing claims
MADRID (Reuters) – Barcelona B’s 12-0 victory over Eldense in Segunda B on Saturday will be investigated by the Spanish League following match-fixing allegations, La Liga president Javier Tebas said on Monday.
Spanish matador gored in throat by bull
MADRID (Reuters) – A Spanish matador has undergone surgery on deep puncture wounds in his throat and leg after being gored by a bull at Madrid’s famed Las Ventas bullring on Sunday.
Injured Konta withdraws from Charleston tournament
(Reuters) – British number one Johanna Konta has withdrawn from this week’s Volvo Car Open in Charleston, South Carolina, citing a right shoulder injury.
Financial adviser pleads guilty to defrauding NBA star Duncan
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) – A prominent wine industry businessman and financial manager pleaded guilty in federal court in San Antonio on Monday to stealing millions of dollars from retired National Basketball Association superstar Tim Duncan.
Motor racing: Giovinazzi replaces Wehrlein for Chinese GP
LONDON (Reuters) – Italian rookie Antonio Giovinazzi will again replace Pascal Wehrlein at Sauber in Sunday’s Chinese Grand Prix due to the German’s fitness issues, the Swiss-based Formula One team said on Monday.
Former Guatemalan FA president Jimenez banned for life
ZURICH (Reuters) – Former Guatemalan football chief Brayan Jimenez has been banned from the sport for life for offences which included “bribery and corruption”, FIFA’s ethics committee said on Monday.
Top-ranked Johnson, Spieth, McIlroy three to beat at Masters
(Reuters) – Dustin Johnson returns to this week’s U.S. Masters a different person than a year ago, more confident and comfortable, a golfer with greatness in his sights but some Everest-like mountains still to climb.
IOC says no sign of significant abuse in clenbuterol cases from Beijing
ZURICH (Reuters) – The IOC said it had not detected any significant abuse of clenbuterol after finding “very low levels” of the banned substance during re-testing of samples from the Beijing Olympics.
China will expose McLaren’s weakness, says Boullier
LONDON (Reuters) – Sunday’s Chinese Grand Prix will expose McLaren and Honda’s weaknesses more starkly than last month’s season-opening race in Australia, according to Formula One team racing director Eric Boullier.
