U.S. looks to Olympic experience for World Cup success
TORONTO (Reuters) – Patrick Kane, the National Hockey League’s leading scorer this season, was among 12 Olympians named to Team USA’s 16-man preliminary roster for the World Cup of Hockey on Wednesday.
Australian rowing silver medalist Tait dies aged 33
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Australia’s former rowing world champion and Olympic silver medalist Sarah Tait has died of cancer at the age of 33.
No extra ‘Big Three’ buzz for Spieth at Doral
(Reuters) – Golf fans will be treated to the rare sight of the game’s top three players grouped together at this week’s WGC-Cadillac Championship in Miami, but world number one Jordan Spieth is not buying into any buzz over the ‘Big Three’.
McIlroy switches putting grip after missed cut last week
(Reuters) – Rory McIlroy will experiment with a new putting grip, with his left hand placed below the right, at this week’s WGC-Cadillac Championship in Miami after struggling on the greens and missing the cut in his previous PGA Tour start.
Button hails ‘biggest improvement’ in 14 months
BARCELONA (Reuters) – Jenson Button hailed Honda’s latest power unit as a good step forward for McLaren after completing 121 laps and finishing fifth fastest on the second day of Formula One’s final pre-season test on Wednesday.
Woods says feeling better, no timetable for return
(Reuters) – Former world number one Tiger Woods, sidelined from competition since August, said on Wednesday he is feeling “a lot better” as he continues his recovery from back surgeries but has no timetable for his return to the PGA Tour.
Ex-Guatemalan soccer chief pleads not guilty to U.S. bribery charges
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A former president of Guatemala’s soccer federation pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to charges that he participated in bribery schemes at the heart of a corruption investigation into world soccer’s governing body, FIFA.
Eatons looking for unprecedented double gold in Rio
(Reuters) – Ashton Eaton and Brianne Theisen-Eaton, athletics’ best-known couple, are not letting widespread concerns about the Zika virus stand in the way of a bid for unprecedented double gold medals at the Rio Olympics.
Up to 10 refugees to compete at Rio Games: IOC
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (Reuters) – A team of refugees that will compete at this year’s Rio de Janeiro Olympics could number as many as 10 athletes, International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach on Wednesday.
Fewer than half Rio Games tickets sold: organizers
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (Reuters) – Fewer than half the tickets for the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics have been sold with about five months to go until the first Games in South America, organizers said on Wednesday.
