Last World Baseball Classic berth on line in Brooklyn
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Playoff baseball comes to Brooklyn this week as the last spot in next year’s World Baseball Classic (WBC) field of 16 nations will be decided in a tournament between Brazil, Israel, Britain and Pakistan.
Do not pair me with Mickelson at Ryder Cup, pleads Johnson
(Reuters) – Dustin Johnson says he does not want to partner United States team mate Phil Mickelson at next week’s Ryder Cup in Minnesota.
Top seed Johnson chases double delight at Tour Championship
(Reuters) – Top seed Dustin Johnson heads five players who control their own destiny as they chase the FedExCup and a $10 million bonus at the season-ending Tour Championship in Atlanta starting on Thursday.
Formula E to race in Brooklyn
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Formula E electric series will have lower Manhattan and the Statue of Liberty as a backdrop next July after Brooklyn’s Red Hook neighborhood was announced on Wednesday as the venue for two season-ending races.
New mayor kills off Rome’s bid for 2024 Olympics
ROME (Reuters) – Rome’s new mayor, Virginia Raggi, pulled the plug on the city’s bid to host the 2024 Olympics, saying staging the summer games would bury the Italian capital under mountains of debt and tonnes of cement.
Syrian teenager who swam at Rio Olympics honored for aiding women and girls’ rights
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A Syrian teenager who saved fellow refugees from drowning and then swam for the refugee team at the Rio Olympics was among those honored at the inaugural Global Goals Awards in New York.
London the perfect choice for Euro 2020 climax: new UEFA president
LONDON, Sept 21 (Reuters) – New UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin believes London is the perfect choice to stage the climax to Euro 2020 after 12 other cities across the continent host earlier matches, he said on Wednesday. Under the controversial f…
Japan’s Fukuhara announces marriage to fellow Olympian Chiang
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s Olympic medalist Ai Fukuhara and fellow table tennis player Chiang Hung-chieh of Taiwan announced their marriage on Wednesday.
Rome’s new mayor set to pull plug on 2024 Olympics bid
ROME (Reuters) – Rome’s new mayor, Virginia Raggi, has decided to oppose its bid to host the Olympics, a city hall official said on Wednesday, a new blow to the 2024 Games after the withdrawal of Boston and Hamburg.
Frenchman Lestienne banned after accepting betting charges
(Reuters) – French tennis player Constant Lestienne has been suspended for seven months and fined $10,000 after admitting to charges of betting on 220 matches, the Tennis Integrity Unit (TIU) said in a statement on Wednesday.
