Former NFL player missing after falling into Texas lake
DALLAS (Reuters) – Emergency crews are searching for former NFL receiver JaJuan Dawson, who went missing over the weekend after falling from a boat and into a lake in northern Texas, officials said on Monday.
Blatter to face media for first time since stepping down
ZURICH (Reuters) – Sepp Blatter is set to face the media in Zurich on July 20 for the first time since he announced last month that he would step down as president of soccer’s governing body FIFA.
I’ve got what it takes to win a major, says Johnson
ST ANDREWS, Scotland (Reuters) – Dustin Johnson refuses to get too downcast about his costly late blunder at last month’s U.S. Open and believes he has still “got what it takes” to land a breakthrough victory in a major championship.
Stronger, fresher Froome in charge as Pyrenees loom
PAU, France (Reuters) – Chris Froome is fresher, better prepared and stronger than he was when he won the Tour de France in 2013.
Spieth to partner Johnson and Matsuyama at St Andrews
ST ANDREWS, Scotland (Reuters) – Jordan Spieth, aiming to become the first golfer to win the year’s first three majors since 1953, will partner fellow American Dustin Johnson and Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama at the British Open on Thursday.
Tough as teak Graham sheds tears ahead of Fame induction
ST ANDREWS, Scotland (Reuters) – David Graham, the only Australian golfer to win two different major championships, wiped tears from his eyes as he prepared for an emotional induction to the World Golf Hall of Fame later on Monday.
Fatherhood the secret of Djokovic’s recent success
LONDON (Reuters) – Armed with what Goran Ivanisevic calls a “Balkan mentality” and “positive arrogance”, Novak Djokovic replaced the heartbreak of losing the French Open with the joy of hoisting the Wimbledon trophy in the space of just five weeks.
Tennis Australia apologizes for putting Tomic in ‘Hall of Shame’
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Tennis Australia has apologized for a ‘clerical error’ in a media release that said estranged local player Bernard Tomic was playing in a ‘Hall of Shame’ event against compatriot John-Patrick Smith.
South Korean Chun wins U.S. Women’s Open thriller
LANCASTER, Pennsylvania (Reuters) – Young South Korean Chun In-gee showed championship maturity on Sunday as she won the U.S. Women’s Open in a thrilling finish at Lancaster Country Club on Sunday for her first major title.
Spieth gets ready for British Open with playoff win
(Reuters) – Jordan Spieth sent a message to his critics he had not made a mistake by warming up for the British Open with a tournament in the United States and showed he was ready to challenge for the title by claiming the John Deere Classic in a playo…
