Alpine skiing: Gut suffers season-ending knee injury
(Reuters) – Switzerland’s Lara Gut will miss the rest of the season after injuring her knee during the women’s combined event at the world championships in St. Moritz on Friday, the Swiss Ski Federation said on its website (www.swiss-ski.ch).
Tiger drops out of two PGA Tour events due to back spasms
(Reuters) – Tiger Woods will not compete in two scheduled upcoming PGA Tour events due to nagging back spasms that forced him to pull out of an event in Dubai last week, the former world number one said on Friday.
Savinova stripped of London Games 800m gold for doping
ZURICH (Reuters) – Russia’s Mariya Savinova-Farnosova has been stripped of her 800m London 2012 Olympic Games gold medal after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Friday imposed a four-year ban saying there was “clear evidence” she used perform…
Golf: Wiesberger grabs lead after birdie blitz in Malaysia
(Reuters) – Bernd Wiesberger reeled off nine birdies in a row in a superb second round of 63 to grab a one-shot lead over Masters champion Danny Willett at the Maybank Championship in Kuala Lumpur on Friday.
Motor racing: Pirelli end tire test a day early after Vettel crash
MILAN (Reuters) – Pirelli had to cut short a Formula One wet tire test at Ferrari’s Fiorano track in Italy on Friday after four times world champion Sebastian Vettel crashed into barriers the day before.
Kenya’s Jepchirchir breaks half marathon world record
(Reuters) – Peres Jepchirchir set a world record in the women’s half marathon on Friday, the Kenyan clocking a time of one hour, five minutes and six seconds in the United Arab Emirates as runners from the East African nation swept the podium places.
‘Cultural’ change needed in Russia to lift ban: Coe
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Russia still needs to demonstrate a “cultural shift” in its commitment to clean sport if its track and field athletes hope to compete under the nation’s flag again, IAAF President Sebastian Coe said on Friday.
Kushner family in talks to buy Miami Marlins baseball team: reports
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – The Kushner family, relatives of President Donald Trump through son-in-law Jared Kushner, is in talks to buy the Miami Marlins baseball team, media said on Thursday.
Revived Clement eyes third hurdles world title
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Kerron Clement’s run in the mixed 400 meters relay at the Nitro Series would be unlikely to make his career highlights reel but he was glad to take a modest step towards London where he will bid for an unprecedented third hurdles …
Day two behind early leaders at weather-hit Pebble Beach`
(Reuters) – Jason Day ground out a two-under-par 69 to sit two strokes off the lead on Thursday when the opening round of the weather-hit Pebble Beach National Pro-Am was suspended for the day with only half the field back in the clubhouse.
