McCutchen named Clemente Award winner
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Andrew McCutchen of the Pittsburgh Pirates was named winner of the Roberto Clemente Award on Friday for his contributions on and off the field, including community involvement.
Uchimura claims record sixth all-around world title
GLASGOW (Reuters) – When Kohei Uchimura capped a high-flying horizontal bar routine with a perfect landing on Friday, he instantly held up six fingers to the crowd confident that he had just won a record sixth all-around title at the gymnastics world c…
Stopchargingmaria wins Distaff in tight finish
(Reuters) – Stopchargingmaria held off Stellar Wind with a storming but controversial run down the stretch to win the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Distaff by a neck at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Kentucky on Friday.
Federer reaches Basel semis, Nadal also through
BASEL (Reuters) – Top seed Roger Federer stayed on course for a seventh title at his home tournament in Basel but was given a slight scare by David Goffin as he prevailed 6-3 3-6 6-1 on Friday to reach the Swiss Indoors semi-finals.
Uchimura claims record sixth all-around world title
GLASGOW (Reuters) – Japan’s Kohei Uchimura held up six fingers to the crowd after landing from his horizontal bar routine to indicate he had won a record sixth all-around title at the world gymnastics championships on Friday.
Mansell relives moment of magic in Mexico
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – A corner of Mexico’s Hermanos Rodriguez circuit will always have Nigel Mansell’s name on it, even if it is now a shadow of the one that witnessed one of the bravest overtaking moves in Formula One history.
Presidential candidate Champagne wants a more humble FIFA
ZURICH (Reuters) – FIFA presidential candidate Jerome Champagne wants soccer’s crisis-hit government body to be less formal and more humble in the future.
Doha replaces Rio as host of 2016 ANOC general assembly
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) will hold its 2016 general assembly in Doha, Qatar rather than as originally planned in Rio de Janeiro, general secretary Gunilla Lindberg told reporters on Friday.
Global game needs a bigger ball: top TV analyst
(Reuters) – Top-level professional golf is headed by an “extraordinary group of players” but the game urgently needs a bigger ball to keep it relevant for the average amateur, says former Ryder Cup player and television analyst David Feherty.
FIFA’s Blatter says attacks from sponsors politically motivated
LONDON (Reuters) – Embattled soccer boss Sepp Blatter has rejected complaints made by the sport’s biggest sponsors over a bribery and corruption scandal, saying they were politically motivated and made at the behest of the United States.
