In Chicago, Cubs baseball fans dare to dream as playoffs begin
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Every Chicago Cubs fan can recite the bitter moments over decades past when they dared to hope their eternally doomed team would make the playoffs or even win a World Series, only to see catastrophe strike.
Mercedes have the smell of success for Hamilton
SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) – McLaren had the vision but Mercedes have the smell of success, as far as Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton is concerned.
NBA player Sefolosha acquitted in New York nightclub case
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Atlanta Hawks player Thabo Sefolosha was acquitted by a jury on Friday of all charges related to an April confrontation with New York City police outside a nightclub that left him with a broken leg.
UCLA football player arrested on suspicion of rape, suspended from team
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A football player at the University of California, Los Angeles has been arrested on suspicion of raping a female student after an off-campus party last year, police said on Friday, and he was quickly suspended from the team.
Exclusive: FIFA mulls delaying presidential election, calls crisis meeting
ZURICH (Reuters) – FIFA is discussing delaying the election for its next president, two sources told Reuters, a move that could give Michel Platini more time to appeal against his ban from the game and then stand to replace departing leader Sepp Blatte…
Blatter, Platini face uphill struggle under scrutiny of appeal panel
ZURICH (Reuters) – FIFA’s Appeal Committee will never face a bigger task than ruling on the suspensions of Sepp Blatter and the man who has been most likely to succeed him as president, Michel Platini.
Japan’s history men ready to grasp the lifeline
CARDIFF (Reuters) – Japan’s Rugby World Cup fate could already be decided before they take on the United States in their final Pool B match in Gloucester on Sunday, but if Samoa throw them a lifeline they will be ready to grasp it.
United States team to play Japan
(Reuters) – United States team to play Japan in Rugby World Cup Pool B on Sunday:
Chip-ins delight co-leaders Kjeldsen and Fitzpatrick
WOBURN, England (Reuters) – Matthew Fitzpatrick, the youngest man in the field, again showed he could mix it with the European Tour’s elite by ending the second round of the British Masters in a tie for the lead with Soren Kjeldsen on Friday.
Mariners fire manager McClendon after two seasons
(Reuters) – The Seattle Mariners have fired manager Lloyd McClendon after failing to make the postseason during his two seasons in charge, the Major League Baseball team said on Friday.
