With Olympic cleanup canceled, Rio resigned to dirty bay
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Visitors flocking to Rio de Janeiro for this summer’s Olympic Games will find both dramatic landscapes and polluted, junk-filled water in the finger-like inlet that forms the city’s shoreline and harbor.
Dallas grand jury indicts football’s Manziel for domestic violence
DALLAS (Reuters) – Former U.S. football star Johnny Manziel was charged on Tuesday with hitting his former girlfriend, the latest in a string of setbacks for a quarterback whose erratic play and partying prompted the Cleveland Browns to cut him from th…
After 27 years, police blamed for UK’s Hillsborough soccer stadium tragedy
WARRINGTON, England (Reuters) – Police were responsible for the deaths of 96 Liverpool soccer fans in the 1989 Hillsborough stadium crush, a jury concluded on Tuesday after two years of hearings into Britain’s worst sporting disaster.
Wimbledon to beef up measures against doping, corruption
LONDON (Reuters) – The Wimbledon championships will protect its squeaky clean image with enhanced anti-doping and anti-corruption measures for this year’s 130th tournament, organizers said on Tuesday.
Belgian cyclist banned for six years for motorized doping
(Reuters) – The Belgian cyclist caught during competition in January with an electric motor hidden in one of her bikes has been banned for six years and fined 20,000 Swiss francs ($20,603.69), the sport’s governing body said on Tuesday.
Russian Sirotkin joins Renault as test driver
LONDON (Reuters) – Russian Sergey Sirotkin has joined Renault as a Formula One test driver and will take part in the first practice session at his home grand prix in Sochi on Friday, the team said on Tuesday.
Schwartzel latest major winner to skip Olympics
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – Former Masters champion Charl Schwartzel of South Africa has opted out of this year’s Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, joining a fast-growing list of elite players that also includes compatriot Louis Oosthuizen.
Blues best Blackhawks, eliminate champs in Game 7
(The Sports Xchange) – All that mattered to Troy Brouwer was that the red light went on and the puck went in the net.
Westbrook responds in style to ‘not-superstar’ jibe
(Reuters) – Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban declared that Oklahoma City’s Russell Westbrook is “not a superstar” and then watched as the point guard eliminated the Mavs from the playoffs on Monday.
Clippers reeling after Game 4 loss, Paul injury
(The Sports Xchange) – The Los Angeles Clippers did not just lose Game 4 of their first-round playoff series with the Portland Trail Blazers on Monday at the Moda Center. They lost their point guard, leader and best player, too.
