Our sport is more than ‘test tubes, blood and urine’: Coe
BEIJING (Reuters) – Part of Sebastian Coe’s new job as head of world athletics will be to shift the conversation about his “ostensibly clean” sport from doping to spectacular performances, he said on Sunday.
Sharapova pulls out of U.S. Open due to leg injury
(Reuters) – Five-times major winner Maria Sharapova has pulled out of the U.S. Open tennis championships due to a leg injury, the Russian said on Sunday.
Man falls 40 feet to death at Atlanta baseball stadium
(Reuters) – A 60-year-old man plunged headfirst to his death from the upper deck of a baseball stadium in Atlanta on Saturday, brushing past wires holding a protective net, according to police and witnesses.
Red-hot Day leads Barclays by four strokes after 11 holes
EDISON, New Jersey (Reuters) – PGA Championship winner Jason Day made four birdies in 11 holes to bolt to a four-stroke lead during Sunday’s final round of The Barclays, the opening event of the FedExCup playoffs.
Harman makes pair of aces at The Barclays
EDISON, New Jersey (Reuters) – Brian Harman never had a hole-in-one in 121 PGA Tour events but at The Barclays on Sunday he made up for lost time by achieving the rare feat of posting a pair of aces during the final round.
Dynamo stuns nine-man Whitecaps 2-0
(Reuters) – Ricardo Clark and Raul Rodriguez scored for Houston Dynamo to lead them to a 2-0 victory over the Vancouver Whitecaps in the Major League Soccer on Saturday.
Jamaica takes women’s 4×400 gold despite Felix heroics
BEIJING (Reuters) – – Jamaica stunned the United States in the last women’s track race of the world championships as Novlene Williams-Mills snatched the 4×400 meters relay gold by passing Francena McCorory in the final 10 meters of a thrilling race.
Kiprop hat-trick puts Kenya on top in Beijing
BEIJING (Reuters) – Asbel Kiprop produced a trademark sprint finish to win a third straight 1,500 meters gold and ensure Kenya topped the medals table at successive world championships after the final night of action on Sunday.
Merritt anchors U.S. to traditional 4x400m gold
BEIJING (Reuters) – LaShawn Merritt produced a perfectly-judged final leg to lead the United States to a sixth successive world 4×400 meters relay title and bring down the curtain on the 15th world athletics championships on Sunday.
Canada’s Drouin wins high jump gold in sudden death
BEIJING (Reuters) – Canada’s Derek Drouin won the men’s high jump gold medal with a 2.34-metre clearance in a sudden-death finale at the world championships on Sunday.
