Manchester United beat Barcelona 3-1 in friendly
(Reuters) – Manchester United kept up the positive momentum of their pre-season tour with a 3-1 victory over Barcelona in the International Champions Cup on Saturday in Santa Clara, California.
Salas surges four ahead at LPGA Classic
(Reuters) – American Lizette Salas, bidding for a second LPGA title, made a fast start and strong finish to take a commanding four-shot lead after the third round of the Meijer LPGA Classic in Grand Rapids, Michigan on Saturday.
U.S. go for Pan Am gold, look for Olympic home run
AJAX, Ontario (Reuters) – After the United States lost the softball gold to Japan at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Laura Berg and four teammates placed their cleats on home plate and walked away knowing they would never play again.
FIFA puts troubles aside at glitzy World Cup draw
ST PETERSBURG (Reuters) – FIFA put its problems to one side and began the countdown to the 2018 World Cup finals on Saturday when Russian president Vladimir Putin and FIFA chief Sepp Blatter re-assured the nation the tournament would go ahead as planne…
‘Human errors’ by Gold Cup officials, says CONCACAF
(Reuters) – CONCACAF, the governing body for soccer in North and Central America and the Caribbean, says “human errors” were “part of the game” after an officiating review of Panama’s controversial Gold Cup semi-final loss to Mexico.
Rookie Ollie Schniederjans finds inspiration in Jordan Spieth
OAKVILLE, Ontario (Reuters) – Ollie Schniederjans has put his name on the leaderboard at the RBC Canadian Open, picking up in his first tournament as a professional where he left off as an amateur at the British Open.
Froome poised to win Tour after Quintana attack
L’ALPE D’HUEZ, France (Reuters) – Chris Froome is poised to win a second Tour de France title after being forced to hang on desperately as Colombian Nairo Quintana attacked relentlessly in Saturday’s penultimate stage up the iconic Alpe d’Huez.
Cardinals’ rookie Powell shot in face outside his home
(Reuters) – Rookie Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Damond Powell is recovering after being hit in the face by gunfire outside his home in South Toledo, Ohio on Friday night, the Toledo Blade reported on Saturday.
Spain and Italy paired in 2018 World Cup draw
ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) – Spain and Italy were placed in the same qualifying group for the 2018 World Cup in Russia, as were the Netherlands and France, but holders Germany were handed a kinder campaign with the Czech Republic their chief rival…
Hamilton on cloud nine after Hungary pole
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton took pole position for the Hungarian Grand Prix on Saturday with a blistering lap more than half a second faster than downcast Mercedes team mate Nico Rosberg.
