Resurgent Venus Williams says no end in sight to playing career
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Seven-times grand slam winner Venus Williams, fresh off an inspirational run to the Australian Open finals at age 36, sees no end in sight on the tennis court, even envisioning another Olympics alongside her sister Serena.
Athletics: Briton Pozzi powers to sprint hurdles gold
BELGRADE (Reuters) – Britain’s Andy Pozzi put years of injury woes behind him to clinch the 60 metres hurdles gold medal at the European indoor athletics championships on Friday and claim his first international title.
Tennis: Murray to play Verdasco in Dubai final
(Reuters) – World number one Andy Murray overpowered Lucas Pouille 7-5 6-1 on Friday to reach the Dubai Championships final in which he will play Fernando Verdasco.
Golf: Rookie Bjork and Jamieson share lead in Tshwane Open
PRETORIA, March 3 (Reuters) – Alexander Bjork of Sweden and Scott Jamieson of Scotland shared the halfway lead on 10 under par at the Tshwane Open as a thunderstorm disrupted the second round at Pretoria County Club on Friday. Tour rookie Bjork, who…
Chinese investors committed to AC Milan deal despite delay
MILAN (Reuters) – The Chinese investors due to buy Italian storied soccer club AC Milan said on Friday that they remained committed to the deal and that the delays in the closing were out of their control.
Baseball: Team USA want their turn to celebrate at WBC
(Reuters) – Team USA, after three swings and misses at the World Baseball Classic, are determined not to strike out again in the game’s top international competition, which gets underway on Monday in Seoul.
Olympics: IOC ethics committee looks into Rio payment claims
Rio de Janeiro (Reuters) – Organizers of the 2016 Rio Olympics denied on Friday that vote buying helped to secure the Games after a French newspaper reported that a Brazilian businessman made payments to the son of an International Olympic Committee (I…
NBA: Mavs’ Nowitzki closing in on exclusive scoring club
(Reuters) – Dallas Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki was labeled a “soft Euro” by critics early in his career but the grossly misguided perception ultimately fueled the towering German to become one of the NBA’s greatest scorers.
Nordic skiing: Norway take gold, hosts Finland miss out on bronze in men’s 10 km relay
LAHTI, Finland (Reuters) – Norway extended their dominance at the Nordic World Ski Championships on Friday when they held off a strong challenge from Russia to sweep to victory in the men’s 4 x 10 km relay and claim their sixth gold medal in Lahti.
Olympics: Repeat Olympic bidders to pay less, IOC’s Bach in newspaper
BERLIN (Reuters) – Cities bidding for the Olympic Games for a second consecutive time should not have to start from scratch and can pay less than first-timers, IOC President Thomas Bach was reported as saying on Friday.
