Grainger could go to Rio despite failing to make initial squad
LONDON (Reuters) – Katherine Grainger, Britain’s most successful female Olympic rower, still has a chance of making her fifth Games despite being left out of an initial squad of 43 named for Rio on Thursday.
Tennis-Tsonga pulls out of Queen’s Club tournament
LONDON (Reuters) – Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga has pulled out of next week’s Aegon Championships at Queen’s Club with an adductor injury, organizers of the grasscourt tournament said on Thursday.
Economic crisis pummels Venezuelan sport, hinders Olympics athletes
MARACAY, Venezuela (Reuters) – Every morning, Venezuelan archer Elias Malave picks up his old bow, attaches a handful of well-worn arrows to his belt and trains for five hours on an empty field, without a coach.
Ex-NFL star Aaron Hernandez signs new lawyers for double-murder trial
BOSTON (Reuters) – Former New England Patriots star Aaron Hernandez, who was found guilty last year of killing an acquaintance, has hired new lawyers, including the man who successfully defended a Florida woman accused of murdering her daughter, to rep…
South African court dismisses ex-tennis star Bob Hewitt’s appeal against rape conviction
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s Supreme Court of Appeal on Thursday dismissed an application by disgraced former grand slam doubles champion Bob Hewitt to challenge his conviction for rape and sexual assault.
Russia says doping cover-up stories are silly revenge
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko said allegations he had helped cover up a top footballer’s positive doping test were silly and that he and Russia were being smeared as payback for winning the right to host the 2018 World Cup.
Kremlin shrugs off new doping allegations, raps corrupt ‘fugitives’
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin on Thursday shrugged off new allegations of doping in Russian sport and slammed those giving such evidence to Western broadcasters as “well-known fugitive figures working off their 30 silver coins”.
Cavs crush Warriors to cut Finals deficit to 2-1
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers stormed back into the NBA Finals with a dominant 120-90 victory over the defending champion Golden State Warriors on Wednesday that cut the series deficit to 2-1.
Thitiphun thrilled by U.S. Open berth after Tiger takes off
(Reuters) – Emerging Thai player Thitiphun Chuayprakong is determined to make the most of his last minute call-up for next week’s U.S. Open at Oakmont after former world number one Tiger Woods withdrew from the tournament.
U.S. Open venue Oakmont ‘hardest ever’, says Mickelson
(Reuters) – Five-times major champion Phil Mickelson has declared the Oakmont Country Club, the venue for next week’s U.S. Open, as the toughest golf course he has ever played.
