Ice hockey-U.S. senators back women’s team in wage dispute
(Reuters) – A group of U.S. senators on Monday called on USA Hockey to end a bitter wage dispute with the women’s national team and expressed concern about what they described as inequitable treatment of players.
Formula One opener puts overtaking in the spotlight
LONDON (Reuters) – Formula One entered a bold new era in Sunday’s Australian season-opener with bigger tires, faster cars and a winning Ferrari but the lack of overtaking is causing concern.
Snowboard: Canada’s McMorris in hospital after backcountry crash
(Reuters) – Canadian snowboarder Mark McMorris, a bronze medalist at the Sochi Olympics, is in a Vancouver hospital recovering from injuries sustained in a backcountry snowboarding accident, Canada Snowboard said on Monday.
Soccer: Thiago is Spain’s heir to Xavi but a painful reminder for Barca
MADRID (Reuters) – Barcelona and Spain have been searching for a player to hold their teams together like glue, orchestrating the midfield as Xavi Hernandez used to do for club and country.
Motor racing: Lauda puts Bottas on a level with Rosberg
LONDON (Reuters) – Niki Lauda has hailed Valtteri Bottas’s debut for Formula One world champions Mercedes as “incredible” and suggested the Finn’s retired predecessor Nico Rosberg would have done no better.
FIFA says no word from Maradona over threat to quit
ZURICH (Reuters) – Soccer’s governing body FIFA said on Monday it had heard nothing official from Diego Maradona since the Argentine World Cup winner threatened last week to quit his ambassadorial role.
World chess body chief alleges plot to oust him: TASS
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Russian head of world chess’s governing body FIDE said on Monday he was the victim of a plot to oust him but denied a report by his own organization that he had resigned.
Three people removed from Tokyo park at center of construction protest
(This version of the March 27 story corrects headline and first paragraph to clarify protests are not against construction at Olympics site)
Motor racing: Hamilton hopes for ‘best v best’ duel with Vettel
LONDON (Reuters) – Lewis Hamilton lost a battle but regained a rival after Sebastian Vettel won Sunday’s Australian season-opener for Ferrari.
Andy Murray a doubt for Davis Cup with elbow injury
(Reuters) – World number one Andy Murray is likely to miss Great Britain’s Davis Cup quarter-final trip to France due to an elbow injury, his brother Jamie Murray has said.
