Penguins beat Lightning to force Game 7
(The Sports Xchange) – The Penguins stayed alive in the Eastern Conference finals with a 5-2 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 6 at Amalie Arena on Tuesday, setting up a series decider back in Pittsburgh.
Japan’s Murofushi makes one last throw for Rio
TOKYO (Reuters) – Olympic hammer throw gold medalist Koji Murofushi will return after a two-year absence from competition to bid for a place at the Rio de Janeiro Games at the age of 41.
Felix delays her season opener due to ankle sprain
(Reuters) – Olympic 200 meters champion Allyson Felix will miss opening her outdoor season at Saturday’s Prefontaine Classic in Oregon as she continues to recover from a five-week old ankle sprain, her coach told Reuters on Tuesday.
Ailing Nyquist to miss Belmont Stakes
(Reuters) – Kentucky Derby winner Nyquist will miss next month’s Belmont Stakes, the final leg of U.S. thoroughbred racing’s Triple Crown series for 3-year-olds, because of a high white cell count, his trainers said on Tuesday.
London’s Formula E round gets the green light
LONDON (Reuters) – London’s season-ending July round of the Formula E electric series in Battersea Park was given the green light on Tuesday after organizers agreed with local campaigners to hold it in a new location next year.
NFL to play 2021 Super Bowl in new Los Angeles stadium
(Reuters) – The NFL will stage the 2021 Super Bowl in Los Angeles, raising its profile in the country’s second-largest media market after making a celebrated return to the city with the relocation of the Rams franchise to the West Coast starting next s…
Baseball star Tony Gwynn’s family sues tobacco companies over death
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The family of the late baseball star Tony Gwynn, a Hall of Famer who played with the San Diego Padres, has filed a lawsuit in California accusing makers of dipping tobacco of causing his death from cancer by getting him hooked a…
Physics, engineering professors back Tom Brady ‘Deflategate’ appeal
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Ivory Tower has thrown its weight behind Tom Brady.
Easy for Djokovic and Nadal, Murray suffers, Kerber out
PARIS (Reuters) – Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Serena Williams barely got their shoes dusty at the French Open on Tuesday but two of the top five women’s seeds went out and Andy Murray survived the first round by the skin of his teeth.
Doping will be criminal offence in Russia
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia is to bring in legislation that will mean individuals found guilty of doping are punished under the country’s criminal code, according to Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko.
