Proud Montgomerie delights home fans with level-par 71
TROON, Scotland (Reuters) – Colin Montgomerie, boosted by one of the best strokes of his 29-year career, had the home crowd eating out of the palm of his hand as he posted a level-par 71 in the British Open first round on Thursday.
Semenya headlines South African team for Rio
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – South African 800-metres runner Caster Semenya headlines a list of 137 athletes who will represent the country at next month’s Rio Olympics.
Spain triathlon world champion Gomez Noya pulls out of Rio after accident
MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s world and European triathlon champion Javier Gomez Noya pulled out of the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro on Thursday after fracturing his left arm in a bicycle accident, according to the Spanish Olympic Committee.
No way golf will be excluded in 2020: LET chief
TROON, Scotland (Reuters) – Ladies European Tour (LET) chief executive Ivan Khodabakhsh has dismissed the idea that golf will be excluded from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics after a British bookmaker offered odds of 10-1 on the prospect.
Japan’s Ito determined to puncture China’s table tennis aura
(Reuters) – Japan’s Mima Ito is not intimidated by China’s formidable table tennis reputation in Olympics and the 15-year-old paddler will head to next month’s Rio Games determined to make her mark.
Cha keen to restore honor with taekwondo gold at Rio
(Reuters) – Olympic taekwondo champion Cha Dong-min is keen to salvage his bruised pride by winning the gold at the 2016 Rio Games and re-establish South Korea as a superpower in the sport.
Ghost of victories past return to haunt Korean golf champions
SEOUL (Reuters) – As the rest of the world’s top women golfers were playing for millions of dollars in prize money at the U.S. Open last week, South Korea’s Ko Jin-young was half a world away dreaming of what might have been.
Doping crackdowns a step in the right direction: Felix
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The crackdown on athletes caught up in recent doping scandals is a step in the right direction for the sport, Allyson Felix says, but the American sprinter is still worried it will not be a level playing field at next month’s Ri…
Murray to miss Britain’s Davis Cup quarter-final
(Reuters) – Wimbledon champion Andy Murray will miss Britain’s Davis Cup quarter-final clash against Serbia with captain Leon Smith naming Kyle Edmund and James Ward as his two singles players on Wednesday.
NHL Las Vegas team name McPhee as first general manager
(Reuters) – The NHL’s new Las Vegas franchise named George McPhee as their first ever general manager on Wednesday as the expansion teamcontinues to build towards their debut in the 2017-18 season.
