Wozniacki ends Jankovic title defense in Hong Kong semis
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Fifth seed Caroline Wozniacki ousted defending champion Jelena Jankovic 6-3 6-4 in the semi-finals of the Hong Kong Open on Saturday.
American Lee leads in Korea as rivals falter
INCHEON, South Korea (Reuters) – American Alison Lee shot a four-under 68 to move three strokes clear of the field after the third round of the KEB Hana Bank Championship on Saturday as her main title challengers at the $2 million co-sanctioned event i…
Bolt sets last race in Jamaica for June
KINGSTON, Jamaica (Reuters) – Jamaica’s Olympic sprint champion Usain Bolt will run his last race on home soil at June’s Racers Grand Prix before retiring from competition two months later, he said on Friday.
Rossi takes pole in Japan, Lorenzo third after crash
(Reuters) – Yamaha rider Valentino Rossi took pole at the Japanese MotoGP on Saturday, with team mate Jorge Lorenzo recovering from a horrifying crash in practice to qualify third.
Lindor, Kluber power Indians to Game 1 win
(The Sports Xchange) – The Cleveland Indians have a standard formula for winning, and Friday night all of it was on display: strong starting pitching, timely hitting and a lockdown bullpen.
‘Stella’ round lifts Mickelson at Safeway Open
(Reuters) – Fans who bought tickets to the Safeway Open hoping to watch Tiger Woods instead got a pretty good show from Phil Mickelson in northern California on Friday.
U.S. Justice Ginsburg backtracks on criticism of NFL’s Kaepernick
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Friday called her criticism of National Football League player Colin Kaepernick “inappropriately dismissive and harsh” and said she should not have commented on his protest agains…
Golf: Turkish Open could be in doubt after Antalya attacks
(Reuters) – Next month’s $7 million Turkish Airlines Golf Open could be in doubt after the European Tour said it was urgently investigating rocket attacks on Friday in Antalya, the southern region where the tournament is due to take place.
Golf: Beef is dish of day as Johnston wows British Masters crowd
WATFORD, England (Reuters) – Fan favorite Andrew ‘Beef’ Johnston had the galleries eating out of the palm of his hand with a buccaneering eight-birdie 65 in the British Masters second round on Friday.
Soccer: Infantino fires back at Loew over World Cup criticism
ZURICH (Reuters) – FIFA president Gianni Infantino has said Joachim Loew needs to be more open to helping football’s development after the Germany coach criticized plans to expand the World Cup.
