Djokovic labors into French Open quarter-finals
PARIS (Reuters) – Novak Djokovic recovered from a mediocre start to reach the French Open quarter-finals on Wednesday with a 3-6 6-4 6-1 7-5 rain-delayed victory over plucky Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut.
Nadal pulls out of Queen’s due to wrist injury
LONDON (Reuters) – Rafael Nadal has pulled out of the Aegon championships at Queen’s Club, the traditional Wimbledon warm-up event, due to the wrist injury that forced the Spaniard to leave the French Open last week.
Bacsinszky battles past ‘inspirational’ Venus into quarters
PARIS (Reuters) – An eight-game winning streak helped Switzerland’s Timea Bacsinszky battle her way past a weary-looking Venus Williams on Wednesday into her second French Open quarter-final in a row.
Bertens outpaces Keys to reach Paris last eight
PARIS (Reuters) – Dutchwoman Kiki Bertens reached her first grand slam quarter-final when she outpaced American 15th seed Madison Keys 7-6(4) 6-3 at the French Open on Wednesday.
Professional boxers to compete at Rio: AIBA
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (Reuters) – Professional boxers will compete at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics after the international boxing association AIBA approved a constitutional change on Wednesday, its president said.
Sutton’s exit a loss but won’t affect Rio preparation: Trott
(Reuters) – Double Olympic gold medalist Laura Trott considers British Cycling technical director Shane Sutton’s resignation following a discrimination row a “loss” but does not think it would affect her preparation for the Rio Games.
China’s Suning leads race for soccer ‘super agent’ Stellar – source
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China’s Suning Commerce Group is leading a race to buy UK-based Stellar Group, one of the world’s leading soccer agencies, a person with knowledge of the talks said, even as the retail giant is set to also invest in Italian club In…
In-law of Mexico striker Pulido nabbed for alleged role in his kidnapping
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The cousin-in-law of Alan Pulido has been detained for his role in allegedly masterminding the kidnapping of the Mexican soccer player, authorities in northern Mexico said on Tuesday.
Rossi on top of world after slowing to Indy 500 win
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Indianapolis 500 winner Alexander Rossi literally coasted to victory at the Brickyard in the 100th running of the race on Sunday but his triumph was anything but worry free.
Cavs, LeBron find same title hope obstacle in Golden State
(Reuters) – LeBron James and the Cavaliers rested up and waited through a tumultuous Western Conference finals before finding themselves right back where they were last year, going against the Warriors for the NBA title.
