Cycling : Major race organizers reduce number of riders per team
PARIS (Reuters) – Teams in the Grand Tours and several other key races will have one less rider from next season in order to improve safety and enhance the spectacle for fans, race organizers said on Friday.
Red Bull and Tag Heuer extend engine agreement
ABU DHABI (Reuters) – Former champions Red Bull will race with Tag Heuer-branded engines until at least the end of the 2018 Formula One season, both sides announced on Friday.
New McLaren boss Brown says Dennis recruited him
ABU DHABI (Reuters) – New McLaren executive director Zak Brown has credited the Formula One team’s ousted veteran boss Ron Dennis for his appointment.
Doping-Ilyin stripped of Beijing, London weightlifting golds
ZURICH (Reuters) – Kazak weightlifter Ilya Ilyin has been stripped of the gold medals he won at the Beijing and London Olympic Games after failing doping tests in re-analysis of samples, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Friday.
Hamilton fastest in Abu Dhabi practice
ABU DHABI (Reuters) – Lewis Hamilton landed an early psychological blow ahead of Formula One’s Abu Dhabi title showdown by lapping faster than Mercedes team mate Nico Rosberg in both Friday practice sessions.
Maradona cheers on Argentina in Davis Cup final
ZAGREB (Reuters) – Former World Cup winner Diego Maradona arrived in the Zagreb Arena amid much fanfare to support Argentina in the Davis Cup final against hosts Croatia starting on Friday.
China plans skiing, skating drive for 2022 Winter Games
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China wants to get 300 million citizens involved in winter sports by the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics and plans to encourage them by building more than 500 ice skating rinks and 240 ski slopes over the next six years, the governmen…
Welterweight champion Pacquiao knocks out retirement thoughts
TOKYO (Reuters) – Filipino boxer and Senator Manny Pacquiao said he would carry on fighting next year after unveiling a new boxing gym in downtown Tokyo on Friday.
Team Denmark roar to top of leaderboard at World Cup of Golf
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Soren Kjeldsen and Thorbjorn Olesen tore up Kingston Heath with a scintillating 60 in the fourballs to fire Denmark to a three-stroke lead after the second round of the World Cup of Golf in Melbourne.
Patriots’ Brady misses second practice with knee injury
(Reuters) – New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady missed a second straight practice on Thursday due to a knee injury, the BostonHerald reported, putting his availability for Sunday’s game in doubt.
