IAAF wants to ban us, Kenyan official says
NAIVASHA, Kenya (Reuters) – A top Kenyan athletics official said on Thursday he feared the sport’s governing body was preparing to ban his country, with the summer Olympics looming, to send a message about doping and corruption.
Blatter says won’t back any candidate in FIFA presidential election
PARIS (Reuters) – Sepp Blatter said he will not support any of the five candidates standing to succeed him as FIFA president, through all but one of them had spoken to him about their bids.
Golf-Allure of Brazil and Olympic gold drives Villegas
PACIFIC PALISADES, California (Reuters) – Unusually for a globe-trotting Colombian golfer, Camilo Villegas has never been to Brazil, giving him an even greater incentive to be there in August and represent his country at the Olympic Games.
Prince Ali invites Kofi Annan to lead new FIFA reform group
ZURICH (Reuters) – FIFA presidential candidate Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein of Jordan said he would set up an independent oversight group led by former United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan if elected.
Ricciardo sheds kilos ahead of F1 season
LONDON (Reuters) – Red Bull’s ever-smiling Australian Daniel Ricciardo is making sure he will go into the new Formula One season next month looking leaner, if no meaner.
Suspicious bets mostly around tennis in 2015, report says
LONDON (Reuters) – Tennis accounted for nearly three quarters of all the suspicious betting alerts issued last year, the European Sport Security Association (ESSA) said in a report published on Thursday.
Ex-NFL star Sharper denied NINE-year prison term in drug, rape cases
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – A federal judge in New Orleans rejected a plea deal on Thursday that would send former NFL player Darren Sharper to prison for roughly nine years, saying the sentence was too lenient for the drug and rape charges against him.
Haryanto becomes Indonesia’s first F1 driver
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Rio Haryanto will become Indonesia’s first Formula One driver this season after raising the funds to secure a seat with backmarkers Manor Racing on Thursday.
Life bans recommended for former Chile, Colombia soccer bosses
ZURICH (Reuters) – World soccer’s chief ethics investigator has recommended life bans for the former presidents of the Colombian and Chilean football federations after finding cases of misconduct under FIFA rules, including on bribery and corruption.
Pacquiao may still win senatorship after losing Nike in anti-gay outburst
MANILA (Reuters) – For all the criticism over his anti-gay comment and the loss of a lucrative endorsement deal with Nike Inc, Philippines world boxing champion Mann Pacquiao still looks set to win election to the country’s senate in May, according to …
