Jane Park joins Webb, Alex at top of U.S. Women’s Open leaderboard
LANCASTER, Pennsylvania (Reuters) – American Jane Park joined Karrie Webb and Marina Alex at the top of the U.S. Women’s Open leaderboard on Friday when she posted a four-under 66 after completing the weather-interrupted first round.
Smaller Formula one teams must decide on EU complaint
LONDON (Reuters) – Formula One’s struggling smaller teams have been told they will have to take action if they want the European Commission to investigate concerns about the sport’s governance and distribution of revenues.
Russia’s Loginov given two-year ban for doping
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian biathlete Alexander Loginov has been banned for two years for doping offences, the International Biathlon Union said on its website (www.biathlonworld.com) on Friday.
Rose hits spectator, causes boy to faint
GULLANE, Scotland (Reuters) – Justin Rose hit an elderly spectator on the head with a wayward drive at the Scottish Open on Friday and the sight of the wound caused a 14-year-old boy to faint.
Robredo replaces Ferrer in Spain’s Davis Cup team
MADRID (Reuters) – David Ferrer has pulled out of Spain’s Davis Cup team for next week’s Group I tie away to Russia after failing to recover sufficiently from an elbow injury and will be replaced by Tommy Robredo.
Bolt targets happy return at London Anniversary Games
LONDON (Reuters) – Usain Bolt will compete at the London Anniversary Games later this month, the six-time Olympic champion confirmed on Friday.
Adidas CEO favors UEFA chief Platini as next FIFA boss: Focus
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Adidas Chief Executive Herbert Hainer said he favored European soccer chief Michel Platini to succeed embattled FIFA President Sepp Blatter, according to a German magazine.
World Cup-winning Americans return to ranking summit
(Reuters) – The United States returned to the top of the FIFA women’s world rankings on Friday following their 5-2 World Cup final win over Japan on Sunday.
Exclusive: Miami company described in U.S. soccer case as agreeing to pay bribe – sources
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A Miami-based affiliate of Spanish media giant Imagina group is one of the unidentified sports marketing companies alleged in a U.S. indictment to have agreed to pay a bribe in a global soccer corruption scandal, sources told Reute…
Super Bowl-winning quarterback Ken Stabler dead at 69
(Reuters) – Super Bowl-winning Oakland Raiders quarterback Ken “The Snake” Stabler has died at the age of 69, his family announced on Thursday.
