Kenya seeks two more months to meet anti-doping demands
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenya wants two more months to show the global anti-doping agency it has cleaned up its athletics, hoping to avoid the risk of being barred from this year’s Olympic Games, its sports minister said on Friday.
Retired NASCAR great Gordon has Le Mans in mind
DAYTONA, Florida (Reuters) – Jeff Gordon, one of the greatest NASCAR drivers of all-time, may be recently retired but has not given up on the idea of one day competing in the Le Mans 24 Hours sportscar race.
Irish trio ruled out of Six Nations
(Reuters) – Ireland players Sean O’Brien, Mike McCarthy and Dave Kearney have been ruled out of the rest of the Six Nations tournament through injury, coach Joe Schmidt said on Friday.
Ferrari make the F1 title their 2016 target
(Reuters) – Ferrari showed off what they hope will be a Mercedes-beating car on Friday with the target of fighting for the Formula One championship right to the end of the season.
Williams hope new car is faster on slower tracks
LONDON (Reuters) – Former world champions Williams hope their new FW38 Formula One car, presented online on Friday, will address last year’s problems and be quicker on the slower tracks and in wet conditions.
FIFA faces day of reckoning as threats mount
ZURICH (Reuters) – The spotlight at next week’s FIFA Congress will fall on the presidential election – but the real key to the future of soccer’s beleaguered governing body is embedded in a document with the unglamorous title “Draft statutes – Congress…
Villegas leads by three, struggling Spieth cards 79
PACIFIC PALISADES, California (Reuters) – Colombia’s Camilo Villegas rebounded from missed cuts in his last four PGA Tour starts to seize a three-shot lead at the Northern Trust Open on Thursday, while world number one Jordan Spieth made a terrible sta…
Felix fixes formula for rare 200-400m Olympic bid
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Allyson Felix is honing in on her quest for a rare shot at gold in both the 200 and 400 meters at the Rio Olympics, tailoring her training to simulate the stress of her bid and leaning some who have achieved the feat.
N.J. man who faked New York Mets signatures pleads guilty to fraud
(Reuters) – A New Jersey man who forged signatures of New York Mets baseball officials, including Chief Operating Officer Jeffrey Wilpon, as part of an illegal office equipment leasing scheme pleaded guilty on Thursday to a federal wire fraud charge.
Rossi loses out to Indonesia but still hopeful
(Reuters) – American Alexander Rossi said he lost his chance of racing for Manor in Formula One this season because Rio Haryanto’s Indonesian backers had offered the team more money, but was hopeful the dream was not over.
