CAS to consider Russian weightlifting bans on July 6: R-Sport
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Court of Arbitration for Sport will hear appeals against doping bans imposed on Russian weightlifters by the International Weightlifting Federation on July 6, R-Sport agency cited Russian weightlifting champion Alexei Lovchev as …
Water whisperer McEvoy will lead Australia charge: Thorpe
MUMBAI (Reuters) – Cameron McEvoy has that rare ability to bend water to his will and the sprinter could help Australia to a bumper haul of swimming medals at the Rio Games, five-time Olympic champion Ian Thorpe has told Reuters.
Park files for injunction against KOC, swim federation
SEOUL (Reuters) – Former Olympic swimming champion Park Tae-hwan will file for an injunction against the Korea Olympic Committee on Thursday while he awaits a Court of Arbitration for Sport ruling on a controversial doping suspension, his legal represe…
Russian athletes to file class action suit against IAAF ban next week: TASS
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian athletes will file a class action suit against a ban imposed by the International Association of Athletics Federations to the Court of Arbitration for Sport next week, TASS news agency cited Russian Athletics Federation Gener…
Russia says weightlifting ban is a ‘psychotic episode’ on someone’s orders: R-Sport
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Sport Minister Vitaly Mutko said a decision by the International Weightlifting Federation to ban Russia weightlifters from the Rio Olympics was like “a psychotic episode”, R-Sport news agency reported on Thursday.
Kane beats Crosby to Hart Trophy
(Reuters) – Chicago Blackhawks forward Patrick Kane became the first American-born player to win the Hart Memorial Trophy as the NHL’s Most Valuable Player on Wednesday.
Australian Tallent dismisses Schwazer doping defense
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Olympic race walk champion Jared Tallent has given short shrift to Alex Schwazer’s protests of innocence after the Italian’s latest positive drugs test.
Chile beat Colombia 2-0 to set up final against Argentina
(Reuters) – Chile beat Colombia 2-0 in the Copa America semi-final on Wednesday and will face Argentina in Sunday’s final after surviving a tumultuous match in Chicago that was halted for more than two hours due to a torrential rain storm.
Copa semi restarts after two-hour rain delay
(Reuters) – The second half of Wednesday’s Copa America semi-final between Chile and Colombia in Chicago has restarted after a delay of more than two hours due to torrential rain.
Quebec City vows to continue fight for NHL team
(Reuters) – Quebec City’s dreams of landing a National Hockey League team were crushed on Wednesday but the company behind the bid vowed to keep working on bringing the Nordiques back to Canada.
