Cakir-Alptekin stripped of Olympic gold for doping
BERNE (Reuters) – Turkey’s Asli Cakir-Alptekin has been stripped of the 2012 Olympic women’s 1,500 meters gold medal and banned for eight years for a doping offence, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) said on Monday.
Confident Bubka targets doping in IAAF role
BEIJING (Reuters) – Former Olympic champion Sergey Bubka thinks the fight against doping is the main task facing whoever triumphs in Wednesday’s IAAF presidential election, a vote he is still confident he will win.
Diack confident of sport’s future under new IAAF chief
BEIJING (Reuters) – Outgoing IAAF president Lamine Diack is confident about the future of athletics as the sport prepares to elect his replacement on Wednesday.
Platini too close to FIFA’s Blatter for top job, rival Chung says
PARIS (Reuters) – South Korea’s Chung Mong-joon said on Monday that his French rival for the presidency of FIFA, Michel Platini, was too close to outgoing chief Sepp Blatter to be right for the job as head of soccer’s scandal-hit governing body.
Emotions run high for family after Day wins PGA title
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Jason Day was just six years old when his father gave him a gift that would change his life forever.
FIFA to investigate alleged Platini smear
ZURICH (Reuters) – FIFA confirmed on Monday that they will investigate the alleged distribution from their headquarters of an anonymous heavily critical ‘dossier’ on UEFA president Michel Platini following a complaint from European soccer’s governing b…
Riding the waves on a futuristic trampoline
COWES, England, (Reuters) – The initial fear of being on a huge trampoline net the size of a tennis court as it tilts at 45 degrees is quickly replaced by the sheer exhilaration of flying across the water at more than 30 knots (55.56 km per hour) in one of the world’s fastest boats, the 70-foot trimaran Musandam-Oman Sail.
Murray ends drought against Djokovic with Montreal win
MONTREAL (Reuters) – Andy Murray recorded his first win over Novak Djokovic in more than two years on Sunday, beating the world number one 6-4 4-6 6-3 in the final of the Rogers Cup.
Nishikori to skip Cincinnati after slight hip injury
(Reuters) – Japan’s Kei Nishikori has pulled out of next week’s ATP 250 tournament in Cincinnati to rest a minor hip injury ahead of the U.S. Open.
India’s Lahiri optimistic of future after record finish
KOHLER, Wisconsin (Reuters) – Anirban Lahiri notched up India’s best-ever result at a major championship by finishing tied fifth at the PGA Championship on Sunday, leaving him in no doubt he belonged at golf’s top table with the game’s current crop of …
