Poor putting undermines Tiger’s opening round
KOHLER, Wisconsin (Reuters) – Near-perfect greens and an advantageous tee time did not help Tiger Woods’ cause at the PGA Championship on Thursday as the former world number one struggled to a three-over-par 75 in the opening round.
Halep struggles with serve but edges past Kerber in Toronto
TORONTO (Reuters) – Second seed Simona Halep struggled to overcome a predictably tough examination from Angelique Kerber before prevailing 6-3 5-7 6-4 in third-round action at the Rogers Cup in Toronto on Thursday.
NFL’s Enemkpali apologizes for breaking QB’s jaw in locker room scuffle
(Reuters) – IK Enemkpali, a second-year linebacker who broke the jaw of New York Jets starting quarterback Geno Smith in a locker room scuffle, apologized on Thursday for the incident that he said “should have never happened.”
Djokovic puts boot to Sock to reach quarters
MONTREAL (Reuters) – World number one Novak Djokovic stormed into the quarter-finals of the Rogers Cup with 6-2 6-1 demolition of Jack Sock on Thursday running his Masters 1000 winning streak to 28 matches.
League revamps schedule to provide more rest between games
(Reuters) – The Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers will reprise their championship clash in a Christmas Day showdown during a 2015-16 NBA schedule that slashes the number of times teams play four games in five days.
Kuchar cashes in on luck of draw at Whistling Straits
KOHLER, Wisconsin (Reuters) – Luck of the draw is often a significant factor at the majors and Matt Kuchar was grateful for an early tee time as he moved into contention for the PGA Championship at Whistling Straits on Thursday.
Kyrgios fined, apologizes for comment to Wawrinka
MONTREAL (Reuters) – Australian Nick Kyrgios has been fined $10,000 and may face further punishment for the insulting comment he directed at Swiss Stan Wawrinka during a match at the Rogers Cup, the ATP said on Thursday.
No Australian Open for McIlroy this year
KOHLER, Wisconsin (Reuters) – Rory McIlroy has ruled out competing in a third straight Australian Open later this year, the Northern Irish world number one has told Reuters.
Lawyers for NFL, players union in court again to talk ‘Deflategate’ deal
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Lawyers for the National Football League and its players union returned to federal court on Thursday to discuss a potential settlement of litigation over New England Patriots star quarterback Tom Brady’s “Deflategate” suspension.
Doping cases must be dealt with quicker: Bubka
BERLIN (Reuters) – Doping cases in athletics need to be dealt with quicker and cheats punished with tougher sanctions, IAAF vice president Sergey Bubka said on Thursday with his sport confronted by allegations of hundreds of suspicious past tests.
