Hickey replacement elected by Olympic Council of Ireland
(Reuters) – The Olympic Council of Ireland has elected Swim Ireland chief executive Sarah Keane to replace Pat Hickey, who stepped aside after being charged in Brazil over an alleged scheme to sell Rio Games tickets illegally.
Maradona given FIFA ambassadorial role
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Former Argentina captain Diego Maradona has been handed an ambassadorial role by the game’s global governing body FIFA.
Brazil’s Olympic legacy far from fulfilled at idle Game venues
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Less than six month after Rio de Janeiro hosted the first-ever Olympics in South America, game venues sit idle and already in disrepair, raising questions about a legacy that organizers promised would benefit the Brazilian ci…
Murray to return to Davis Cup action against France
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s world number one Andy Murray will play against France in the Davis Cup quarter-finals in April after missing the first-round victory against Canada last weekend.
Austrian police seize drugs in raid on Kazakh team hotel
VIENNA (Reuters) – Austrian police said on Thursday they seized medicines in a raid on the Kazakh team’s hotel rooms at the biathlon World Championships, while the head of the team’s national federation said the substances in question had been approved…
Canada expects to contend for top spot in Pyeongchang
(Reuters) – Canada plans to send its biggest team ever to a Winter Games in 2018 and expects to contend for top spot on the medal table at the Pyeongchang Olympics, the Canadian Olympic Committee said on Thursday.
Nadal pulls out of Rotterdam Open to rest
MADRID (Reuters) – Rafael Nadal has withdrawn from next week’s Rotterdam Open after being advised by doctors to rest, he said on Thursday.
Referee mishap at Nitro Series leaves headliner Bolt fuming
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – The second installment of the Nitro Athletics Series ended in farce in Melbourne on Thursday, with a referee error that initially awarded the Australia team top ranking for the night by mistake, leaving headline athlete Usain Bolt…
UEFA to limit president term to maximum 12 years
BERLIN (Reuters) – Future UEFA presidents will be limited to a maximum of three terms and a total of 12 years in the job, European soccer’s governing body said on Thursday, after its executive committee approved a set of governance reforms.
Pyeongchang marks one-year countdown to Winter Games
GANGNEUNG, South Korea (Reuters) – Pyeongchang has waited a long time to host the Winter Olympics, suffering two failed bids before securing success, but on Thursday the South Korean alpine town’s dream came a step closer to reality with the one-year c…
