Russian weightlifters given four-year doping bans
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russians Ilya Atnabaev and Denis Kekhter have been given four-year doping bans, the International Weightlifting Federation said on its website www.iwf.net on Thursday.
Westwood fully focused on golf again after marriage breakdown
DUBAI (Reuters) – Former world number one Lee Westwood wants to focus fully on his golf again this season after being distracted by a painful split from wife Laurae in 2015.
Mile High City takes on Tobacco Road for Super Bowl 50
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Carolina has tobacco and NASCAR while Denver has legalized marijuana and the Rocky Mountains but come Sunday only one will also be called home of the Super Bowl 50 champions.
Heavyweight champion Fury ready to ‘walk away’
LONDON (Reuters) – World heavyweight champion Tyson Fury is struggling for motivation and could quit boxing, the controversial fighter told the BBC on Thursday.
Durant puts free agency talk on back burner to sink Magic
(Reuters) – Kevin Durant turned the conversation back to the court and away from his impending free agency with a final-second jump shot that lifted the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 117-114 victory over Orlando Magic on Wednesday.
Froome repays Kennaugh as Sky pair dominate stage
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Tour de France champion Chris Froome presented a token of appreciation to team mate Peter Kennaugh by allowing the 26-year-old to claim a stage victory and the overall lead of the Herald Sun Tour on Thursday.
Red-hot Curry helps Warriors run through Wizards
(The Sports Xchange) – Stephen Curry scored 25 of his 51 points in the first quarter and sank 11 three-pointers as the Golden State Warriors downed the Washington Wizards 134-121 for their eighth straight win on Wednesday.
Some 200 protest San Francisco’s Super Bowl homelessness response
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – As many as 200 demonstrators rallied in downtown San Francisco on Wednesday near where Super Bowl festivities are being hosted, protesting what they say are the city’s plans to clear away homeless people to make way for touris…
Younger Manning Eli says Peyton’s legacy safe, win or lose
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning says older brother Peyton has not talked to him about his playing future this week, adding that the legacy of the Denver Broncos quarterback is set, win or lose Super Bowl 50.
Carolina’s ‘Big Cat’ on the prowl for first Super Bowl
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (Reuters) – Jerry Richardson’s nickname is “Big Cat” but no one associated with the Carolina Panthers, the team he founded and owns, would dare to call him anything but “Mr. Richardson”.
