Simmons, Ingram expected to go 1-2 in NBA Draft
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Ben Simmons and Brandon Ingram are the consensus cream of the crop in Thursday’s NBA Draft, making the Philadelphia 76ers and Los Angeles Lakers the likely winners of the night that can shape league futures.
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.
Brazil’s sailors say Rio water worries overblown
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – The last thing members of Brazil’s Olympic sailing team want to talk about is the water.
Golfer McIlroy pulls out of Rio over Zika fears
LONDON (Reuters) – Northern Ireland’s four-times major winner Rory McIlroy has decided to pull out of the historic golf tournament at the Rio Olympic Games in August because of health fears over the Zika virus.
Russia faces another Rio ban over dope tests
LONDON (Reuters) – Russia’s weightlifters face being banned from the Rio Olympics, subject to confirmation by the International Olympic Committee, in another collective doping punishment to hit the country.
Sad end for Ibrahimovic as Belgium advance
NICE, France (Reuters) – Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s international career ended in a damp squib when Sweden lost 1-0 to Belgium in their final Euro 2016 Group E match on Wednesday and failed to reach the last 16.
Las Vegas lands expansion franchise as NHL adds 31st team
(Reuters) – The National Hockey League decided on Wednesday to roll the dice on expanding to Las Vegas, making the league the first to put a major professional sports team in the resort city known primarily for gambling.
Brady’s late goal fires Ireland into last 16
LILLE, France (Reuters) – Robbie Brady scored a glorious late winner for Ireland to put them through to the knockout stages of the European Championship for the first time thanks to a 1-0 win over Group E winners Italy.
Heroic Iceland set up last-16 clash with England
PARIS (Reuters) – Iceland wrote the most glorious page in their sporting history when a stoppage-time winner gave them a deserved 2-1 victory against Austria for a place in the knockout stages of Euro 2016 on Wednesday.
Ronaldo on target as Portugal and Hungary go through
LYON, France (Reuters) – Hungary and Portugal reached the Euro 2016 knockout stages after a rip-roaring 3-3 draw in which Cristiano Ronaldo netted twice and became the first player to score at four European Championship finals on Wednesday.
