Belgian Boeckmans in coma after Vuelta crash
MADRID (Reuters) – Belgian Kris Boeckmans is in an induced coma after crashing on the eighth stage of the Tour of Spain on Saturday, a 182.5-km ride from Puebla de Don Fadrique to Murcia.
Kvitova beats Czech mate Safarova in Connecticut final
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut (Reuters) – Petra Kvitova used a dominant serve to beat Lucie Safarova 6-7(6) 6-2 6-2 in their all-Czech final at the Connecticut Open on Saturday.
Anderson beats Herbert to win third ATP title
(Reuters) – Second seed Kevin Anderson used his powerful serve to end the unlikely run of qualifier Pierre-Hugues Herbert with a 6-4 7-5 victory in the final of the Winston-Salem Open in North Carolina on Saturday.
Bolt lands sprint sweep, Farah the treble double
BEIJING (Reuters) – Usain Bolt needed a bit of help from his American rivals to win a third gold medal but Mo Farah secured a unique “treble double” all on his own on a dramatic penultimate night of the world athletics championships on Sunday.
Bolt secures third sprint sweep as Jamaica win relay
BEIJING (Reuters) – Usain Bolt secured a sweep of the sprint golds at a world championships for the third time on Saturday when, aided by a U.S. disqualification, he anchored Jamaica to the 4×100 meters relay title.
Russian Kuchina takes high jump gold
BEIJING (Reuters) – Mariya Kuchina won the women’s high jump with a clearance of 2.01 meters on Saturday to become Russia’s second gold medalist at the Beijing world championships.
Rio 2016 organizers ‘extremely concerned’ over sick sailor
BERLIN (Reuters) – Organizers of the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympics said on Saturday they were “extremely concerned” after German sailor Erik Heil fell ill following his third place at the test event there.
Pole Malachowski takes long-awaited discus gold
BEIJING, (Reuters) – Piotr Malachowski of Poland claimed the discus gold medal at the world championships on Saturday with a throw of 67.40 meters.
Arzamasova holds on for 800 meters world title
BEIJING (Reuters) – Marina Arzamasova of Belarus outsprinted defending champion Eunice Sum down the home straight to win gold in the women’s 800 meters at the world athletics championships on Saturday.
Eaton overcomes fatigue to claim world record
BEIJING, (Reuters) – American Ashton Eaton retained the decathlon world title in the Bird’s Nest Stadium on Saturday, breaking his own world record by scoring 9,045 points. After just five hours sleep, however, the 27-year-old admitted he had doubts ov…
