Czech Safarova completes WTA Finals line-up
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Czech Lucie Safarova took the final qualifying spot for the end-of-season WTA Finals after Spain’s Carla Suarez Navarro was knocked out of the Kremlin Cup quarter-finals on Thursday.
Fast start in Vegas for exciting prospect Rodgers
(Reuters) – Patrick Rodgers, one of the most exciting prospects in the game, continued his impressive start to the 2015-16 PGA Tour by charging into contention at the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open in Las Vegas on Thursday.
Fast start in Vegas for exciting prospect Rodgers
(Reuters) – Patrick Rodgers, one of the most exciting prospects in the game, continued his impressive start to the 2015-16 PGA Tour by charging into contention at the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open in Las Vegas on Thursday.
Vettel engine penalty boosts Hamilton’s title hopes
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Lewis Hamilton’s hopes of winning his third Formula One world championship at the U.S. Grand Prix were boosted on Thursday when closest rival Sebastian Vettel said he would have a 10 place penalty on the starting grid.
U.S. sports can help F1 reach new fans: Hamilton
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Formula One should link up with mainstream American sports like basketball and football to reach new audiences in the United States, world champion Lewis Hamilton suggested on Thursday.
Atlas lured out of retirement to train Bradley
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Boxing guru Teddy Atlas had to think long and hard before he finally decided to come out of retirement as a trainer and help prepare Timothy Bradley for his WBO welterweight title defense against Brandon Rios next month.
Perez fears Magnussen will struggle to stay in F1
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Sergio Perez fears Kevin Magnussen, who replaced the Mexican at McLaren at the end of 2013, will struggle to keep his Formula One career alive now that the Dane has also been rejected by the team.
U.S. freeskier Kenworthy comes out as gay: ESPN
(Reuters) – U.S. Olympic skier Gus Kenworthy, who won a silver medal at last year’s Sochi Winter Games, came out as gay in a cover story for ESPN The Magazine published on Thursday, making him the first openly gay action sports athlete.
Mets complete sweep of Cubs, reach World Series
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The New York Mets completed a four-game sweep of the Chicago Cubs in the National League Championship Series with an 8-3 rout on Wednesday that put them into the World Series for the first time since 2000.
Renault upgrade not powerful enough for Ricciardo
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Renault look like having no takers for their upgraded engine in Sunday’s U.S. Grand Prix after Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo said it did not look enough of a step up and Toro Rosso said they would stick with the old one.
