Cleveland to host 2019 All-Star game
(The Sports Xchange) – The 90th Major League Baseball All-Star Game in 2019 will be held at Progressive Field, home of the Cleveland Indians, commissioner Rob Manfred officially announced on Friday.
Paralympic great Weir explains reasons behind retirement
LONDON (Reuters) – Six-times Paralympic gold medalist David Weir revealed he decided to retire from international athletics after being verbally abused by national coach Jenni Banks, who accused him of not trying in a race.
Exclusive: Ecclestone dismisses rival series rumors
LONDON (Reuters) – Former Formula One chief executive Bernie Ecclestone has dismissed speculation that he might set up a rival series and said he would never want to undermine the existing championship.
Dimitrov falls just short, but departs with head held high
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Defeated Grigor Dimitrov walked off Rod Laver Arena with applause ringing in his ears and his head held high after a performance of skill and resilience fell agonizingly short of toppling Rafa Nadal on Friday.
Manor failure is more fuel for F1’s new owners
LONDON (Reuters) – Formula One reported total revenue of $1.7 billion in 2015, and gross profit of $557 million, but the money-spinning sport was unable to prevent the Manor team from going to the wall on Friday.
Nadal edges Dimitrov to set up dream Federer final
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Rafa Nadal had to be at his battling best to outlast Grigor Dimitrov 6-3 5-7 7-6(5) 6-7(4) 6-4 at the Australian Open on Friday and set up a mouth-watering ninth grand slam final meeting with his great rival Roger Federer.
Nadal wipes tears away to reach final at Melbourne Park
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – It took nearly five hours of grueling tennis for Rafa Nadal to fend off Grigor Dimitrov and book a dream Australian Open final against Roger Federer but before Melbourne Park the Spaniard endured a season of heartache and doubt.
Fans cheer Japan’s new sumo champion at stomping ceremony
TOKYO (Reuters) – Sumo wrestler Kisenosato performed a foot-stomping ceremony on Friday to cheers from hundreds of fans who flocked to a Tokyo shrine to honor the first Japanese born and bred sumo grand champion in nearly two decades.
Vonn unscathed after training crash
MILAN, Jan 27 (Reuters) – – Lindsey Vonn, only just back from an 11-month injury layoff, emerged virtually unscathed after crashing in training at Cortina d’Ampezzo on Friday.
Motor racing: Manor Formula One team ceases trading
LONDON (Reuters) – The Manor Formula One team has ceased trading and a formal redundancy process for all 212 staff will start next week, administrators FRP Advisory said on Friday.
