Ryder Cup captains both hope Woods can make U.S. team
NEW YORK (Reuters) – United States Ryder Cup captain Davis Love III says he will cheer on assistant captain Tiger Woods to give him reason to put him on the team as a player once the former world number one returns to competition.
Over 200 Boca Juniors fans arrested after Paraguay clashes
ASUNCION (Reuters) – Paraguayan police said they arrested 237 fans of Argentina’s Boca Juniors soccer club for vandalism and street clashes after their Copa Libertadores game on Thursday.
Attitude versus analysis in Ryder Cup camps
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Ryder Cup often produces magical golf, team captains Davis Love III and Darren Clarke concur, but for 20 years it has mainly been European players wielding the magic wand.
Vegas in tie for lead at weather-hit New Orleans
(Reuters) – Jhonattan Vegas of Venezuela surged into a share of the lead at the weather-hit Zurich Classic of New Orleans when the thunderstorm-delayed first round was finally completed on Friday.
Ducks fire head coach Boudreau after early playoff exit
(Reuters) – The Anaheim Ducks fired head coach Bruce Boudreau on Friday after the team lost a Game 7 again in the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs.
Furyk to make PGA Tour return next week in Charlotte
(Reuters) – Jim Furyk will end a wrist injury absence of nearly eight months when he returns to competition at next week’s Wells Fargo Championship in Charlotte, North Carolina, the PGA Tour announced on Friday.
Rowing chief to lead investigation into British cycling
(Reuters) – Annamarie Phelps, Britain’s rowing chief, will head the independent review into the “extremely disturbing” claims of discrimination and bullying that have rocked British cycling, it was announced on Friday.
Top sports tribunal to decide Platini’s fate within 10 days
LAUSANNE (Reuters) – Suspended UEFA president Michel Platini said he was more optimistic of having his six-year ban from soccer overturned after his appeal hearing at sport’s highest tribunal on Friday, with a decision due within 10 days.
Formula One agrees cheaper power units from 2017
SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) – Formula One announced a deal with the sport’s four engine manufacturers on Friday to reduce prices over three years from 2017, ensure all teams are supplied and reduce performance gaps.
FIFA ethics panel bans Bahamas’ Havens for five years
ZURICH (Reuters) – FIFA’s ethics watchdog on Friday banned former Caribbean Football Union executive Lionel Haven from soccer for five years for failing to disclose information related to cash payments at a CFU event in 2011.
