Ledecky betters own 1500m freestyle world record
KAZAN, Russia (Reuters) – American teenager Katie Ledecky bettered her own 1500 meters freestyle world record with a superb display during the morning heats at the world championships on Monday.
Faroese soccer success steals limelight from Joensen
KAZAN, Russia (Reuters) – With a population of around 49,500, the windswept Faroe Islands has heralded distance swimmer Pal Joensen as their top sporting talent since he won triple gold at the European Junior Championships in 2008.
Key Olympic powerbroker urges U.S. bid for 2024
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – The most powerful people in the Olympic movement have urged the United States to quickly find a replacement for Boston and push ahead with plans to bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Blatter gives up IOC membership as FIFA exit nears
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – FIFA President Sepp Blatter was relieved of his International Olympic Committee ex officio membership on Monday, seven months before he will be replaced as the head of soccer’s governing body, IOC President Thomas Bach said on …
Ethier strikes twice as Dodgers sweep fallen Angels
(The Sports Xchange) – Andre Ethier hit a solo home run in the bottom of the eighth and a two-run shot in the 10th as the Los Angeles Dodgers completed a three-game sweep of the Freeway Series, handing the Los Angeles Angels a 5-3 defeat at Dodger Stad…
Matheny plays his Cards right as gamble comes up trumps
(The Sports Xchange) – St Louis manager Mike Matheny rolled the dice in the late innings of Sunday’s 3-2 win over Colorado, gambling that the Cardinals would win the game in nine innings.
With British Open in the bag, Park looks for new goals
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s Park In-bee had once hoped to win all the top tournaments in women’s golf before her career came to an end. After winning the British Open on Sunday, the 27-year-old now finds herself searching for new goals.
Accam and Maloney score as Chicago upset Dallas FC 2-0
(Reuters) – Chicago Fire clinched one of the big upsets of the Major League Soccer season when they beat Dallas FC 2-0 at home on Sunday.
Merritt wins first PGA Tour title at Quicken Loans
(Reuters) – Troy Merritt held firm and finished with a flourish to claim his first PGA Tour title with a three-stroke win on Sunday at the Quicken Loans National at Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Gainesville, Virginia.
Athletics roiled by mass doping allegations after blood test leak
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Endurance runners suspected of doping have been winning a third of Olympic and world championship medals, two news organizations said on Sunday, after a leak of thousands of blood test results from 2001-2012 threw global athlet…
