Shaq and Iverson among Hall of Fame finalists
TORONTO (Reuters) – Shaquille O’Neal and Allen Iverson headlined a list of 14 finalists for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announced on Friday.
Banned umpire worked at 2015 U.S. Open due to ‘flaw’
(Reuters) – A Croatian tennis umpire banned from officiating for 12 months after a corruption inquiry worked as a linesman at last year’s U.S. Open because of a “flaw in our system”, the United States Tennis Association said on Friday.
LA heat to test Rio hopefuls in U.S. marathon trials
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Unseasonably high temperatures will challenge runners at the U.S. Olympic marathon trials on Saturday with the top three finishers in the men’s and women’s races earning spots on the United States Olympic team.
League proud to be progressive, but more can be done
TORONTO (Reuters) – The NBA has long been considered the most progressive of North America’s four major professional sports leagues when it comes to gender equity but more work can be done, according to some owners and former players.
CSKA take Olympiakos revenge, Djokovic inspires Red Star
BELGRADE (Reuters) – Serbian guard Milos Teodosic helped six-time Euroleague winners CSKA Moscow secure a 92-85 home win over Olympiakos Piraeus on Friday to avenge three painful defeats by the Greek side.
Meal vouchers and water feed FIFA jamboree as austerity bites
MIAMI (Reuters) – As the princes, sheikhs and diplomats who would rule world soccer filed into a Miami airport hotel it struck an incongruous tone, a world away from the opulent jamborees of popular myth.
FIFA ethics committee bans Valcke for 12 years
ZURICH (Reuters) – Former FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke became the latest high-profile soccer official to be kicked out of the sport when he was banned for 12 years on Friday after causing “considerable financial damage” to its scandal-plagued g…
Amid WADA concerns, Kenya says stepping up anti-doping fight
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenya has increased efforts to root out doping ahead of the Rio Olympics, the Kenyan athletics federation chief said on Friday, rejecting concerns by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) that it is failing to tackle drugs cheats.
UCI raid Mediterraneenne race, find no hidden motors
LONDON (Reuters) – Cycling’s world governing body carried out unannounced spot checks on around 90 bikes at the La Mediterraneenne stage race on Friday, but found no evidence of mechanical doping.
Schwartzel surges into contention at Tshwane Open
PRETORIA (Reuters) – Four birdies and an eagle helped propel home favorite Charl Schwartzel to within two shots of the lead after a flawless 64 in the second round of the European Tour’s Tshwane Open on Friday.
