Rugby World Cup so far just a blip on U.S. media radar
(Reuters) – Rugby has become one of the fastest growing sports in the United States, yet the showpiece World Cup currently being staged in England and Wales has barely registered a blip in the U.S. media.
Oosthuizen withdraws from East Lake with injury
ATLANTA (Reuters) – Louis Oosthuizen of South Africa withdrew from the elite Tour Championship after 13 holes of Thursday’s first round because of a hamstring injury, and was concerned about his readiness for the upcoming Presidents Cup.
Blatter says failure to back reforms would be betrayal
ZURICH (Reuters) – Outgoing FIFA president Sepp Blatter told his scandal-plagued federation’s 209 member associations on Thursday that failure to support reform would amount to a betrayal of millions of soccer fans.
Texas football coach suspected of ordering hit on referee has lost job
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – The assistant San Antonio high school football coach thought to have ordered his players to blindside a referee during a game no longer works for the Texas school district that employed him, a school official told an investiga…
Allertova stuns top seed Halep in Guangzhou
(Reuters) – Czech Denisa Allertova stunned world number two Simona Halep 6-4 6-3 in the quarter-finals of the Guangzhou International Women’s Open on Thursday.
Pirelli react to tyre conspiracy theories
SUZUKA, Japan (Reuters) – Pirelli moved to counter some of Formula One’s wilder tyre conspiracy theories on Thursday after dominant world champions Mercedes struggled to get up to speed in Singapore last weekend.
F1 still too hard to watch for Bianchi’s father
SUZUKA, Japan (Reuters) – Jules Bianchi’s father says he can no longer bear to watch Formula One a year on from the Japanese Grand Prix accident that led to the French driver’s death last July.
Mercedes recognize Ferrari as a threat
SUZUKA, Japan (Reuters) – Formula One world champions Mercedes see resurgent Ferrari as a genuine threat and have done since early in the season, Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg said at the Japanese Grand Prix on Thursday.
Pyeongchang can’t afford to lose focus, says IOC commission
SEOUL (Reuters) – Pyeongchang’s preparation for the 2018 Winter Olympics received a thumbs-up from International Olympic Committee’s coordination commission but the organizers were told they cannot afford to relax yet.
Button gives nothing away despite retirement speculation
SUZUKA, Japan (Reuters) – Britain’s 2009 world champion Jenson Button was giving nothing away on Thursday despite mounting speculation that he is gearing up to leave Formula One at the end of the season.
