Baseball: U.S. win eliminates Dominican Republic from Classic
(Reuters) – The Dominican Republic were eliminated from the World Baseball Classic (WBC) after the star-laden team lost to the United States in southern California on Saturday night.
Boxing: Golovkin edges Jacobs by decision to defend titles
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Gennady “GGG” Golovkin, the most fearsome knockout artist of this era, was pushed to the limit by Daniel Jacobs before retaining his world middleweight titles by decision at Madison Square Garden on Friday.
Boxing: Srisaket wins WBC super flyweight title in bloody decision
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Srisaket Sor Rungvisai of Thailand won a majority decision over Nicaraguan champion Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez in a bloody, 12-round slugfest to win the World Boxing Council super flyweight title on Saturday.
Hoffman and Kisner lead by three after 54 holes at Bay Hill
(Reuters) – Charley Hoffman sank a 70-foot birdie at the final hole to tie Kevin Kisner for the third-round lead at the Arnold Palmer Invitational in Florida on Saturday.
Wisconsin ousts defending NCAA champions Villanova
(The Sports Xchange) – Nigel Hayes scored 19 points and made the winning layup with 11.4 seconds remaining as eight seed Wisconsin upset defending champion Villanova 65-62 in an NCAA Tournament second-round game on Saturday.
Federer and Wawrinka in all-Swiss final at Indian Wells
(Reuters) – Roger Federer continued his sizzling form on Saturday to set up an all-Swiss final against Stan Wawrinka at the BNP Paribas Open in California.
Team Sky’s Kwiatkowski pips Sagan to Milan-San Remo victory
(Reuters) – Team Sky’s Michal Kwiatkowski pipped world champion Peter Sagan in a thrilling finish to the Milan-San Remo race on Saturday.
Alpine skiing: Vlhova denies Shiffrin slalom victory at Aspen
(Reuters) – Slovakia’s Petra Vlhova spoiled U.S. ski queen Mikaela Shiffrin’s bid for victory in the final slalom race of the World Cup season on Saturday.
Kenya escapes threat of ban after resolving to adopt new constitution
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenya’s national Olympic committee has escaped the threat of suspension after failing to adopt a new constitution but funding will continue to be withheld until further notice, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Satur…
Baseball: Puerto Rico beat USA to clinch semi-finals berth
(Reuters) – Puerto Rico clinched a berth in the semi-finals of the World Baseball Classic with a 6-5 win over the United States in San Diego on Friday and remained unbeaten in this year’s tournament.
