Fan to wave chequered flag at Austrian GP
SPIELBERG, Austria (Reuters) – A lucky race fan will wave the chequered flag at the end of Sunday’s Austrian Grand Prix in a departure from Formula One convention.
Soccer: U.S. to meet Cuba in first friendly in 69 years
(Reuters) – The U.S. men’s national soccer team will play their first friendly against Cuba in 69 years when they meet in Havana’s Estadio Pedro Marrero on Oct. 7, U.S. Soccer said on Thursday.
Venus keeps her wits about her to down Greek upstart
LONDON (Reuters) – A time violation warning, a few spots of rain and the thunderous groundstrokes of her rival could not throw Venus Williams off her long-limbed stride as she reached the Wimbledon third round with a 7-5 4-6 6-3 win over Greek qualifie…
Regal Murray hurries into round three
LONDON (Reuters) – Andy Murray produced the kind of imperious form that has propelled him into two grand slam finals this year as he beat Taiwan’s Lu Yen-hsun 6-3 6-2 6-1 in the Wimbledon second round on Thursday.
Athletics: Injured Jeter, Symmonds to miss U.S. Olympic trials
EUGENE, Oregon (Reuters) – Olympians Carmelita Jeter and Nick Symmonds have withdrawn from the U.S. athletics trials for the Rio Olympics with injuries, they said on Thursday.
Tennis: Bouchard shows glimpses of best to oust Konta
LONDON (Reuters) – Eugenie Bouchard reminded a Centre Court crowd why not long ago she was billed as tennis’s new golden girl and why she still might be when crushing the Wimbledon hopes of Britain’s 16th seed Johanna Konta on Thursday.
McGirt sets early pace at Firestone
(Reuters) – Four weeks after winning his first PGA Tour title, William McGirt continued to ride a red-hot putter as he surged into an early three-shot lead in Thursday’s opening round of the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational in Akron, Ohio.
Court One a happy hunting ground for Cepelova
LONDON (Reuters) – Slovak qualifier Jana Cepelova drew on the memories of beating Simona Halep last year on the same court as she put paid to Garbine Muguruza’s hopes of adding the Wimbledon title to her trophy cabinet.
Muguruza stunned by qualifier, draw opens up for Serena
LONDON (Reuters) – Second seed Garbine Muguruza, gunning to add the Wimbledon crown to her French Open title, was sensationally beaten in the second round on Thursday by a Slovakian qualifier, removing one of the biggest obstacles to Serena Williams de…
Tennis: Vesely sinks eighth seed Thiem in battle of tiebreaks
LONDON (Reuters) – Unseeded Czech Jiri Vesely won a battle of the tiebreaks to sink Austrian eighth seed Dominic Thiem 7-6(4) 7-6(5) 7-6(3) in the Wimbledon second round on Thursday.
