Euro 2016 security chief ‘cool and confident’ despite militant threat
PARIS (Reuters) – The job of keeping millions of soccer fans safe at one of the world’s biggest sporting events would be enough to keep most people awake at night.
Honda extend Pedrosa’s contract to end of 2018
(Reuters) – Spanish MotoGP rider Dani Pedrosa will stay at Honda until the end of the 2018 season, the Japanese manufacturer said on Monday.
Resurgent Red Bull have plenty in the pipeline
BARCELONA (Reuters) – Red Bull are hoping that engine and chassis upgrades will help them beat Ferrari and Formula One champions Mercedes more often after Max Verstappen’s Spanish Grand Prix victory on Sunday.
FIFA finds it hard to give up five-star lifestyle
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – A few steps from the entrance to Mexico City’s imposing Presidente Hotel, where FIFA delegates are staying during this week’s Congress, a boy of around 10-years-old sells tamarind balls covered in chili powder from a cart for 10…
Japan 2020 bid leader says firm at center of questions is legitimate
TOKYO (Reuters) – The leader of Japan’s bid for the 2020 Summer Olympics and other Japanese officials on Monday said the company at the center of questions raised about payments by the bid committee was a legitimate firm and not a paper company.
Turkey to host ATP grass court tournament in 2017
LONDON (Reuters) – Another grass court tournament will be added to the calendar next year after the ATP announced on Monday that a World Tour 250 event would be staged in Antalya, Turkey in June.
Hayne’s Rio dream will not be derailed by doping rules
WELLINGTON (Reuters) – Fiji’s Olympic committee see no impediment to Jarryd Hayne joining their rugby sevens team for the Rio Games, even though he has not been subject to World Anti-Doping Agency accredited testing procedures while playing in the NFL….
Verstappen makes F1 history as Mercedes crash out
BARCELONA (Reuters) – Dutch teenager Max Verstappen made Formula One history as the youngest race winner on Sunday in a sensational Spanish Grand Prix that saw dominant Mercedes drivers Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg collide and crash out on the openi…
Berdych splits with coach Vallverdu days after Goffin mauling
(Reuters) – Tomas Berdych has split with coach Daniel Vallverdu days after a humiliating 6-0 6-0 defeat at the Italian Open.
Verstappen gives Ricciardo less to smile about
BARCELONA (Reuters) – Max Verstappen’s stunning victory on his Red Bull debut has given team mate Daniel Ricciardo a taste of his own medicine, according to 1997 world champion Jacques Villeneuve.
