Despite concerns, full steam ahead for Russia World Cup
ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) – The preliminary round draw for the 2018 World Cup in Russia marked both a first and last step on the road to the finals.
Spieth may be the best putter ever, says Poulter
WOBURN, England, (Reuters) – U.S. Masters and U.S. Open champion Jordan Spieth could go down as the greatest putter golf has ever seen, Europe’s Ryder Cup talisman Ian Poulter told Reuters on Monday.
Boston mayor: ‘Cannot commit’ to Olympic bid if taxpayers at risk
BOSTON (Reuters) – Boston Mayor Marty Walsh on Monday said he would not “commit” to a deal to bid for the 2024 Olympic Games if doing so would leave city taxpayers vulnerable to the costs of hosting such a large-scale event.
Race to succeed Blatter is ‘poker’ game: FIFA executive member
AMSTERDAM, July 27 (Reuters) – The race to succeed Sepp Blatter as FIFA president is like a “poker game”, long-serving FIFA executive committee member Michel d’Hooghe said on Monday.
Mercedes need to sort out their starts
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – For the second race in a row it all went wrong at the start for Mercedes in Hungary and a rule change coming in after the August break will give the Formula One world champions even more to think about.
Ledecky primed to continue distance dominance in Kazan
(Reuters) – Katie Ledecky surprised a few people when she blew away the field to win the 800 meters freestyle at the 2012 London Games, becoming at the age of 15 the youngest winner of the longest event on the women’s Olympic schedule.
Australia exile Tomic goes back-to-back in Bogota
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Australian bad boy Bernard Tomic has shrugged off his Miami arrest and banishment from the Davis Cup team to successfully defend his ATP title in Bogota.
Pan Am party over, Toronto looks ahead to Olympic bash
TORONTO (Reuters) – A city that had been largely indifferent to the Pan American Games arrival did not want the party to end on Sunday, as Toronto bid a dazzling goodbye to the largest multi-sport event ever staged in Canada.
FIFA hopeful Chung meets potential rival Platini in U.S.
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s Chung Mong-joon, who is expected to announce his candidacy for the FIFA presidency next month, met potential rival Michel Platini in the United States on Sunday and called for a ‘fair competition’ should he enter the rac…
Pitchers and Pedro rule at Hall of Fame induction
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Randy Johnson, Pedro Martinez and John Smoltz became the first trio of pitchers inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in the same year as they joined Craig Biggio in Sunday’s Class of 2015 at Cooperstown, New York.
