Florida woman faces charges after crashing in Daytona racetrack infield
(Reuters) – A Florida woman faces drunk-driving and other charges after plowing through the infield at the Daytona International Speedway and injuring four people, police said.
Sharapova set to make ‘major announcement’
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Former tennis world number one Maria Sharapova will be holding a news conference in Los Angeles on Monday to make “a major announcement”, though no other details were given by her manager on Sunday.
Kristoffersen takes men’s slalom World Cup title
(Reuters) – Austrian Marcel Hirscher was the race winner but young Norwegian Henrik Kristoffersen took his first men’s Alpine skiing slalom World Cup title after finishing second in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, on Sunday.
Shiffrin wins, Hansdotter takes World Cup slalom title
(Reuters) – Olympic champion Mikaela Shiffrin of the United States took a dominant World Cup slalom victory in the Slovakian resort of Jasna on Sunday while Sweden’s Frida Hansdotter sealed the World Cup title in the discipline with a race to spare.
2012 broke disability ‘taboo’ for British sailor
LONDON (Reuters) – This year’s Paralympics in Rio will be different from previous competitions for British sailing gold medalist Helena Lucas as a taboo was broken when the Games “came home” to London in 2012.
Ticket sales under spotlight at six month mark of Rio’s Paralmpics
LONDON (Reuters) – With six months to go until the start of the Rio de Janeiro Paralympic Games, the first in Latin America, organizers are hoping a major publicity push will ease concerns about the slow pace of ticket sales.
Jang dances clear of rivals to win in Singapore
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Jang Ha-na sank a short eagle putt on the last and immediately broke into a Beyonce-inspired shimmy to celebrate her second win of the season with a brilliant four-shot triumph at the HSBC Women’s Champions on Sunday.
Ko bemoans slow start in Singapore but remains positive
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Lydia Ko was unusually sloppy by her own lofty standards in the opening rounds of the HSBC Women’s Champions but the world number one was keen to focus on the positives of her improvement over the weekend.
Beaten Tomic tees off at absent Davis Cup team mate Kyrgios
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Frustrated Australia number one Bernard Tomic questioned team mate Nick Kyrgios’s withdrawal from the Davis Cup tie against the United States in Melbourne after the hosts crashed out of the tournament’s first round on Sunday.
McGregor stunned by Diaz at UFC 196
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) – UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor was choked into submission by Nate Diaz in a stunning reverse at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
