Djokovic and Murray to face off in another final
ROME (Reuters) – Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray will face off in a second claycourt final within eight days at the Italian Open after the two in-form players proved on Saturday that they will be the ones to beat at the season’s second grand slam in Rol…
Ice hockey: Canada stay perfect, Hungary get first win in 77 years
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Canada made it five wins from five with an emphatic 5-0 victory over Slovakia at the ice hockey world championships on Saturday.
Hat-trick hero Suarez leads Barca to title glory
BARCELONA, (Reuters) – A ravenous Luis Suarez bagged a third hat-trick in five games as defending champions Barcelona won 3-0 at Granada to clinch their 24th La Liga title on Saturday.
Garcia suffers six-putt agony at Players Championship
(Reuters) – Sergio Garcia’s putting woes plumbed new depths when he six-putted the fifth hole in the third round of the Players Championship in Florida on Saturday.
Alonso hits ‘mini target’ for McLaren
BARCELONA (Reuters) – Fernando Alonso made a breakthrough for McLaren at his home Spanish Grand Prix on Saturday by joining the top 10 in qualifying for the first time since Honda returned as engine partners last year.
Irish great Christy O’Connor senior dies, aged 91
DUBLIN (Reuters) – Christy O’Connor senior, one of the towering figures of European golf, left Irish sport in mourning when he died on Saturday at the age of 91.
Time for FIFA to talk about the players, says union
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Soccer’s world governing body FIFA needs to start thinking about professional footballers and address their problems, according to the general secretary of the World Players’ Union FIFPro.
Brambilla snatches Giro pink jersey, Dumoulin suffers
LONDON (Reuters) – Home favorite Gianluca Brambilla seized the Giro d’Italia leader’s jersey from Tom Dumoulin after a brilliant ride on stage eight in Umbria on Saturday.
Happy Hamilton back on pole in Spain
BARCELONA (Reuters) – Triple world champion Lewis Hamilton looked forward to ending Mercedes team mate Nico Rosberg’s seven-race winning streak after denying the Formula One leader pole position at the Spanish Grand Prix on Saturday.
FIFA reformer Scala quits over loss of independence
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Domenico Scala, a Swiss businessman who led reforms to clean up scandal-plagued FIFA, quit his post at the global soccer body on Saturday, saying its watchdog committees had lost their independence and members would be under thr…
