Cotto stripped of WBC title before Alvarez pay-per-view
(Reuters) – Miguel Cotto has been stripped of his World Boxing Council middleweight title four days ahead of his big pay-per-view bout against Mexico’s Canelo Alvarez in Las Vegas, the sanctioning body said on Tuesday.
Germany game against Netherlands called off over bomb fears
HANOVER, Germany (Reuters) – A soccer game between Germany and Netherlands which German Chancellor Angel Merkel was due to attend in Hanover was called off two hours before its scheduled start on Tuesday over fears of a planned bombing.
Federer snaps Djokovic’s long unbeaten run
LONDON (Reuters) – Roger Federer turned on the style to end Novak Djokovic’s 23-match winning streak with a 7-5 6-2 defeat of the Serb to book his semi-final berth at the ATP World Tour Finals on Tuesday.
IAAF has studied alleged Kenyan cover-up since March
LONDON (Reuters) – Athletics’ world governing IAAF has countered suggestions it was lax in investigating claims of a doping cover-up in Kenya by reporting on Tuesday that its ethics commission has been studying the allegations for nine months.
Turkey fans boo minute’s silence for Paris victims
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish fans booed during the minute’s silence for the victims of the Paris attacks before their national team drew 0-0 with Greece in a friendly international soccer game on Tuesday.
FanDuel stops letting New Yorkers play paid games
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Daily fantasy sports site FanDuel said on Tuesday it would no longer let people in New York enter its paid contests in response to efforts by the state’s attorney general to declare the games illegal gambling.
Belgium vs. Spain friendly called off over security fears
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – A soccer friendly between Belgium and Spain scheduled for Brussels on Tuesday has been postponed for security reasons after the Paris attacks, the Belgian soccer federation (URBSFA) said.
Crucial WADA meetings begin under veil of secrecy
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado (Reuters) – The World Anti-Doping Agency’s crucial two-day meeting aimed at mapping out a future plan for the global war on drugs began on Tuesday under a veil of secrecy.
Paralympics to get tough on scrotum-squeezing ‘boosters’
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – Wheelchair-bound athletes could face tougher checks at next year’s Rio Paralympics to stop them risking their health by sitting on their scrotums, or clamping off catheters to fill their bladders, in order to boost adrenaline and …
McIlroy happy to be frontrunner ahead of season finale
DUBAI (Reuters) – Rory McIlroy is surprised to still be the frontrunner for a third European money list title in four years this week after sitting out this month’s BMW Masters in Shanghai.
