Trump presidency would not hurt 2024 Olympics bid-LA mayor
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif (Reuters) – Even as U.S. presidential hopeful Donald Trump raises concerns among world leaders, the mayor of Los Angeles is confident that whoever reaches the White House will not hurt his city’s chances of landing the 2024 Olympic…
Trump presidency would not hurt 2024 bid: LA mayor
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif (Reuters) – Even as U.S. presidential hopeful Donald Trump raises concerns among world leaders, the mayor of Los Angeles is confident that whoever reaches the White House will not hurt his city’s chances of landing the 2024 Olympic…
U.S. F1 Grand Prix set for green light
(Reuters) – Organizers of the U.S. Formula One Grand Prix in Austin, Texas, are set to end months of uncertainty about their Oct. 23 race and confirm that it will go ahead after scheduling a news conference for Wednesday.
Phelps hopes Rio Games can lift troubled sports world
BALTIMORE (Reuters) – American swimmer Michael Phelps, the most decorated Olympian of all time, said on Tuesday he hopes this year’s Rio Olympics can help heal a sports world hit by recent doping and corruption cases.
Virginia becomes first U.S. state to regulate fantasy sports
(Reuters) – Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe has signed a bill that makes the state the first in the United States to regulate fantasy sports, a multibillion-dollar online business whose legality has been challenged across the country.
U.S. Olympians unsympathetic to Sharapova; fear Rio won’t be clean
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (Reuters) – U.S. Olympic athletes expressed little sympathy for tennis star Maria Sharapova’s revelation that she failed a drug test, saying they wanted sporting officials to raise the pressure for clean play.
Florida soccer consultant pleads guilty in FIFA probe
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A Florida-based sports marketing consultant pleaded guilty in a U.S. court on Tuesday as part of an investigation of corruption in soccer and FIFA, its world governing body, saying he had schemed to bribe some officials in the spor…
Henin headlines Hall of Fame’s Class of 2016
(Reuters) – Seven-times grand slam singles champion Justine Henin headlined the International Tennis Hall of Fame’s list of inductees for the Class of 2016 announced on Tuesday.
Russian Lovchev to miss Olympics due to positive drugs test
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian world weightlifting champion Alexei Lovchev will miss this year’s Rio Olympics after his ‘B’ sample for the banned substance Ipamorelin returned positive, R-Sport news agency reported on Tuesday. 
World champion Willis loses Rio slot due to after cancer treatment
LONDON (Reuters) – Double world champion yachtsman Elliot Willis has lost his slot in Britain’s Rio Olympic sailing squad due to ongoing treatment for bowel cancer, TeamGB said in a statement on Tuesday.
