Tokyo Olympics organizers facing six-fold cost blowout: NHK
TOKYO (Reuters) – The Tokyo Olympics 2020 will cost the host organizing committee six times more than their original estimate, and come in at around 1.8 trillion yen ($14.85 billion), public broadcaster NHK said on its website on Friday, citing people …
Ellie Day defends Jason and King James after courtside crash
(Reuters) – Ellie Day, wife of Australian world number two golfer Jason Day, was battered and bruised but spent Friday defending her husband and LeBron James as she recovers from a heavy collision with the NBA great.
Inkster returns as U.S. captain for 2017 Solheim Cup
(Reuters) – Juli Inkster will return as captain of the United States Solheim Cup team for the 2017 event, the LPGA announced on Friday.
Ex-Costa Rica soccer chief pleads not guilty to U.S. bribery charges
(Reuters) – Former Costa Rican Football Federation President Eduardo Li on Friday pleaded not guilty in Brooklyn federal court to corruption charges connected to the ongoing scandal around FIFA.
Broncos shut down Manning in Friday practice
(Reuters) – The Denver Broncos had already ruled injured quarterback Peyton Manning out of Sunday’s game against Pittsburgh, but the news that he could not practice on Friday casts further doubt on when he might return to NFL action.
Diack says he asked Russia for money to fund Senegalese opposition – paper
PARIS (Reuters) – Former international athletics federation (IAAF) president Lamine Diack has told French police that he asked a Russian athletics boss for 1.5 million euros to finance political opposition in his native Senegal in 2011, the French dail…
Inkster returns as U.S. captain for 2017 Solheim Cup
(Reuters) – Juli Inksker will return as captain of the United States Solheim Cup team for the 2017 event, the LPGA announced on Friday.
Rockets guard Lawson suspended two games
(Reuters) – Houston Rockets point guard Ty Lawson has been suspended two games for driving while impaired, the National Basketball Association announced on Friday.
Tour organiser pulls races from 2017 calendar
PARIS (Reuters) – Tour de France organiser ASO is withdrawing its races from the International Cycling Union (UCI) calendar in 2017 because of a disagreement over the reform of the calendar and the selection of teams, it said on Friday.
Switzerland OKs extradition of soccer’s Figueredo to Uruguay
MONTEVIDEO (Reuters) – Switzerland has authorized the extradition of Eugenio Figueredo, the former head of South America’s CONMEBOL soccer body, to Uruguay to face trial on corruption charges, a source with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters o…
