Murray and Soares sweep to U.S. Open doubles title
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Britain’s Jamie Murray and Brazil’s Bruno Soares swept the Spanish duo of Pablo Carreno Busta and Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 6-2 6-3 to win the U.S. Open doubles on Saturday for their second grand slam title of the year.
Cycling: Quintana on brink of winning Vuelta
MADRID (Reuters) – Nairo Quintana effectively clinched his first Tour of Spain title after holding off Chris Froome in Saturday’s decisive mountain stage.
Motorcycling: Lorenzo on pole at Misano with best lap yet
ROME (Reuters) – MotoGP’s reigning world champion Jorge Lorenzo hailed the best lap of his career after claiming a record pole position for the San Marino Grand Prix at Misano on Saturday.
Sierra Leone soccer association boss says freed without charge
FREETOWN (Reuters) – Sierra Leone Football Association President Isha Johansen has been released after authorities briefly detained her as part of a corruption investigation, she said on Saturday.
Yao takes friendly shot at Shaq at Hall of Fame induction
(Reuters) – Yao Ming, who inspired a generation of NBA fans in his native China, wistfully acknowledged a career that “ended too soon” as he was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame on Friday.
Wawrinka tops Nishikori to reach final versus Djokovic
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stan Wawrinka outslugged Japanese sixth seed Kei Nishikori 4-6 7-5 6-4 6-2 in energy-sapping humidity at Flushing Meadows on Friday to set up a U.S. Open final against world number one Novak Djokovic.
Djokovic solves Monfils puzzle to reach U.S. Open final
NEW YORK (Reuters) – World number one Novak Djokovic scrapped his way into the U.S. Open final for a seventh time on Friday with a confounding 6-3 6-2 3-6 6-2 win over enigmatic Frenchman Gael Monfils.
Brazil court indicts 10 nabbed in Rio Olympic ticket scalping ring
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – A Rio de Janeiro court on Friday accepted prosecutors’ charges against the man who until recently was Europe’s top Olympic official and nine others in an illegal ticket-scalping ring picked up by police at the Games in August…
Course record 63 drives Johnson into share of BMW lead
(Reuters) – World number two Dustin Johnson conjured up memories of John Daly as he plundered a course record nine-under-par 63 to earn a share of the second-round lead at the rain-hit BMW Championship in Indiana on Friday.
Oklahoma judge OKs McClendon land sale, freeing Thunder stake
OKLAHOMA CITY/NEW YORK (Reuters) – The judge overseeing Aubrey McClendon’s estate approved a land deal on Friday that will pay off one of the late energy magnate’s major creditors, paving the way for the sale of his stake in professional basketball tea…
