Denver streets run orange to welcome Super Bowl-winning Broncos
DENVER (Reuters) – Hundreds of thousands of cheering, orange-clad Denver Broncos fans lined the city’s streets on Tuesday for a parade and rally to welcome home the team after their upset victory in Super Bowl 50 over the Carolina Panthers.
Clippers suspend Griffin four games for punching incident
(Reuters) – The Los Angeles Clippers have suspended forward Blake Griffin four games and will withhold his pay for an additional contest for punching an equipment manager last month, the NBA team said on Tuesday.
Zika mosquitoes not guaranteed to lie low for Rio Olympics
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Alarmed by the growing global scare about the spread of the Zika virus, Brazilian officials and Olympic organizers are telling would-be visitors to the Games to fear not.
League bars violent offenders from rookie scouting combine
(Reuters) – The National Football League has decided individuals who have convictions for domestic violence, sexual assault or weapon offenses will no longer be allowed to participate in the NFL Scouting Combine.
Katusha team escape suspension after doping tests
(Reuters) – The Katusha World Tour cycling team have escaped suspension despite two of their riders failing drugs tests in the space of a year, the International Cycling Union (UCI) said on Tuesday after a disciplinary commission hearing.
Two umpires banned, four investigated over corruption: ITF
LONDON (Reuters) – Two tennis umpires were banned last year, one for life, for breaches of the sport’s Code of Conduct for Officials, governing body the International Tennis Federation (ITF) said on Tuesday.
Kenya says undecided over Olympics threat posed by Zika virus
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenya is monitoring health threats posed by the Zika virus ahead of the Olympic Games and it is too early to decide on its impact, Kenya’s Olympic committee said on Tuesday, playing down comments that had suggested it could pull ath…
Golfers say Zika virus will not put them off their stroke at Rio Games
LOS ANGELES/DUBAI (Reuters) – Leading male golfers say they will not allow fears about the Zika virus keep them away from Brazil when their sport returns to the Olympics after an absence of more than a century.
Murray joins fathers’ club after wife Kim gives birth
LONDON (Reuters) – Former Wimbledon champion Andy Murray has joined the fathers’ club at the top of men’s tennis after his wife Kim gave birth to a daughter at the weekend.
Third member of London 2017 board quits
LONDON (Reuters) – A third resignation in less than a week has hit the organizing committee for the London 2017 world athletics championships with managing director Sally Bolton the latest to leave her post.
