Anheuser-Busch extends Bud Light sponsorship of NFL until 2022
(Reuters) – Anheuser-Busch InBev SA said on Wednesday it had expanded Bud Light’s multi-year beer sponsorship deal with the National Football League and extended it until the 2022 Super Bowl season from its original expiry after the 2017 season.
Verizon signs content deal with NBA for video streaming app ‘Go90’ – NYT
(Reuters) – Verizon Communications Inc signed a deal with the National Basketball Association to bring daily league highlights to Verizon’s new mobile video streaming app Go90, the New York Times reported on Wednesday.
World athletics ex-head Diack investigated in corruption probe
PARIS (Reuters) – The international athletics federation’s former chief Lamine Diack has been put under formal investigation in France on suspicion of corruption and money laundering, the French financial prosecutor’s office said on Wednesday.
‘Dolus eventualis’ in spotlight again as South Africa court considers Pistorius’ fate
BLOEMFONTEIN (Reuters) – That South African Olympic and Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius killed his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp when he fired four shots through a locked toilet in his home is beyond doubt.
Stuckey, bench lift Pacers to first victory
(The Sports Xchange) – A spirited performance by the bench allowed the Indiana Pacers to notch their first victory of the season with a 94-82 win over the previously unbeaten Detroit Pistons at The Palace.
Late 12-0 run rallies Raptors past Mavericks
(The Sports Xchange) – Coming off the best regular season in franchise history, the Toronto Raptors are 4-0 for the first time ever.
McIlroy laid low by food poisoning
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Rory McIlory’s preparations for this week’s WGC-HSBC Champions event in Shanghai have been heavily disrupted by a bout of food poisoning which has kept the Northern Irishman from the course.
Ex-Brazil soccer chief pleads not guilty in U.S. after extradition
ZURICH/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Former Brazilian soccer chief Jose Maria Marin pleaded not guilty to bribery charges in a U.S. court after being extradited on Tuesday from Switzerland in the corruption case that shook world soccer’s governing body FIFA.
Djokovic downs Bellucci to reach third round in Paris
PARIS (Reuters) – World number one Novak Djokovic was given a decent workout by Brazilian Thomaz Bellucci as he opened his Paris Masters campaign with a 7-5 6-3 second-round win on Tuesday.
Prosecutors seek murder conviction for South Africa’s Pistorius
BLOEMFONTEIN (Reuters) – Prosecutors called on Tuesday for South Africa’s “Blade Runner” Oscar Pistorius to be convicted of murder and sent back to jail for shooting his girlfriend, challenging a court’s decision to sentence him for a lesser offense.
