Halep wins under roof to reach third round at U.S. Open
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Romanian fifth seed Simona Halep advanced to the third round of the U.S. Open with a 6-3 6-4 win over Lucie Safarova on Thursday in the first full match played under a closed roof at Arthur Ashe Stadium.
Willett leads way for Ryder Cup contingent in Switzerland
ZURICH (Reuters) – England’s Danny Willett led the way for the five-strong Ryder Cup contingent by shooting a five-under-par 65 in the European Masters first round at Crans-sur-Sierre on Thursday.
Chinese consortium ready to raise Liverpool valuation – report
(Reuters) – A Chinese-backed consortium interested in acquiring a stake in Liverpool is willing to raise its valuation of the Premier League club closer to 1 billion pounds ($1.33 billion), Bloomberg reported on Thursday citing a source familiar with t…
Verstappen takes the Ibrahimovic approach
MONZA, Italy (Reuters) – Max Verstappen compared himself to Manchester United’s mercurial Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic on Thursday when Formula One rivals questioned the teenager’s aggressive driving at last weekend’s Belgian Grand Prix.
Russian athletes blocked from competing as neutrals
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s disabled athletes will not be allowed to compete as neutrals at this month’s Rio de Janeiro Paralympics after their country was banned because of a state-sponsored sports doping program.
Swiss launch criminal probe of Beckenbauer over German World Cup bid
ZURICH (Reuters) – Swiss authorities have opened criminal proceedings against German soccer great Franz Beckenbauer and two former presidents of Germany’s football federation (DFB) in connection with its successful bid for the 2006 World Cup.
Premier League outlay tops $1.5 billion in window
LONDON (Reuters) – Records tumbled in the transfer window as Premier League spending totaled 1.165 billion pounds ($1.54 billion), financial analyst Deloitte’s Sports Business Group said on Thursday.
Massa to quit at end of F1 season
MONZA, Italy (Reuters) – Felipe Massa, the Brazilian who almost won the Formula One championship for Ferrari in 2008 before Lewis Hamilton snatched it away at the last corner of the final race, is to retire at the end of the season.
Doping: Cuban discus thrower Barrios stripped of Beijing silver medal
ZURICH (Reuters) – Cuba’s Yarelys Barrios has been stripped of the silver medal she won in the discus at the Beijing Olympics after failing a doping re-test, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Thursday.
Formula E drivers to race video gamers in Vegas event
MONZA, Italy (Reuters) – Ten video gamers will take on Formula E racing drivers in a virtual ‘ePrix’ in Las Vegas in January with $1 million in prize money to be won, organizers of the electric series announced on Thursday.
