Muguruza ready to take next step after stellar campaign
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Garbine Muguruza has been earmarked as a future star of women’s tennis and after a breakthrough season that saw the Spaniard reach a maiden grand slam final, the 22-year-old is happy to take her steady ascent toward the top in her…
Royals punch return ticket to World Series
KANSAS CITY (Reuters) – The Kansas City Royals advanced to the World Series for a second straight year after some daring base-running helped them beat the Toronto Blue Jays 4-3 in Game Six of the American League Championship Series on Friday.
Rookie Stegmaeir leads second round in Las Vegas
(Reuters) – PGA Tour rookie Brett Stegmaier vaulted into the lead when play was suspended in fading light late in the second round at the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open in Las Vegas on Friday.
Hamilton ready to scale his own Everest
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Lewis Hamilton will achieve the dream of a lifetime if he secures his third Formula One world championship in Austin on Sunday but he will then face a question as big as Texas: What next?
Red Bull had F1 talks with VW before emissions scandal
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Red Bull were talking to Volkswagen about a Formula One partnership before a diesel emissions scandal seemingly scuppered plans, team boss Christian Horner said on Friday.
Palmer follows his father into F1 with Lotus
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Britain’s Jolyon Palmer will follow in his father Jonathan’s footsteps and race in Formula One next season after signing a deal with the Lotus team.
Aldridge grabs early second-round lead in Vegas
(Reuters) – Tyler Aldridge birdied three of his last four holes to break clear of a congested leaderboard and edge a stroke in front early in the second round of the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open in Las Vegas on Friday.
Briton Palmer secures Lotus F1 seat for 2016
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – British driver Jolyon Palmer, whose father Jonathan competed in Formula One in the 1980s, will race for Lotus next season alongside Venezuelan Pastor Maldonado.
No doubting Tomas as champion Berdych wins in Stockholm
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Top seed and defending champion Tomas Berdych beat Grigor Dimitrov to book a place in the Stockholm Open semi-finals, his powerful serve helping to secure a 7-5 6-4 victory over the Bulgarian.
Cilic to face Donskoy in Kremlin Cup semi-finals
MOSCOW (Reuters) – World number 14 Marin Cilic is through to the semi-finals of the Kremlin Cup after the Croat easily beat Russia’s Andrei Kuznetsov 6-2 6-1 on Friday.
