Hamilton wins in Hungary to take overall lead
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Triple Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton won the Hungarian Grand Prix on Sunday to seize the championship lead from team mate Nico Rosberg for the first time this season.
Rio scrambles to be ready as athletes, soldiers arrive
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of armed troops fanned out across Rio de Janeiro and local organizers faced a rebellion by Australia about unfinished living accommodations as athletes began to move in Sunday for the first Olympics ever in …
Golf: Vegas rolls dice to win Canadian Open by one stroke
OAKVILLE, Ontario (Reuters) – Jhonattan Vegas birdied the final three holes to surge to a one-stroke victory with a closing eight-under-par 64 at the RBC Canadian Open on Sunday.
Australians stay away from Village citing blocked toilets, exposed wiring
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – The Australian Olympic team refused to move in to Rio de Janeiro’s village for athletes on Sunday, saying the accommodation was “not safe or ready” for next month’s games.
Serena Williams withdraws from Rogers Cup
(The Sports Xchange) – Top-seeded Serena Williams has withdrawn from the Rogers Cup due to shoulder inflammation.
White Sox pitcher Sale suspended for ‘insubordination’
(The Sports Xchange) – The Chicago White Sox suspended All-Star left-hander Chris Sale for five days due to a pregame incident on Saturday in which he reportedly cut up some of the team’s uniforms, the club announced Sunday.
Tennis federation clears Russians to compete in Rio
LONDON (Reuters) – All seven Russian tennis players have been cleared to compete at the Rio Olympics, the International Tennis Federation (ITF) said on Sunday.
Golf: Is time right for Fowler, Garcia or Westwood at the PGA?
(Reuters) – Rickie Fowler, Sergio Garcia and Lee Westwood must be wondering if it will be their turn to leave the list of ‘best yet to win a major’ at next week’s PGA Championship at Baltusrol in Springfield, New Jersey.
The easiest thing to win at Rio Games? A ticket
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Over the past few weeks, one U.S. marketing executive’s phone has been ringing hot with offers that many sports fans could only dream of: an all-expenses-paid trip to watch the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro next month.
IOC will not ban Russia from Rio Games: TASS cites IOC source
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The International Olympic Committee (IOC) will not ban Russia from participating in the Rio Games and has not suspended the Russian Olympic Committee, the Russian state news agency TASS quoted an IOC source as saying on Sunday.
