France picks Mahut over Monfils for GB Davis Cup clash
PARIS (Reuters) – France have left Gael Monfils out of their team to play Great Britain in the Davis Cup next week, preferring lower-ranked Nicolas Mahut for his grasscourt and doubles skills – as predicted by Monfils himself.
You’re out the army now: Singapore’s Quah cleared to swim
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singaporean teenager Quah Zheng Wen has been cleared to compete at the world swimming championships and the 2016 Olympics after the Ministry of Defence approved a request to defer his mandatory national service.
Spieth hopes McIlroy can recover for British Open showdown
LONDON (Reuters) – Double major winner Jordan Spieth believes defending champion Rory McIlroy’s potential absence from the British Open through injury would “dampen” the occasion.
Kyrgios slams ‘racist’ Olympic great Fraser
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Nick Kyrgios has accused Olympic great Dawn Fraser of being a “blatant racist” after she said tennis players should “go back to where their parents came from” if they did not set a better example to Australian youth.
Back to obscurity for all but a few after World Cup
VANCOUVER (Reuters) – With the Women’s World Cup party over it was back to reality for many of the players who headed home on Monday to resume 9-to-5 jobs, school studies and raising families.
Scherzer, Bumgarner head National League All-Star pitchers
(Reuters) – Washington right-hander Max Scherzer and San Francisco left-hander Madison Bumgarner head a powerful 13-man National League pitching line-up for next week’s All-Star game.
Mayweather stripped of title he won in Pacquiao fight
(Reuters) – Floyd Mayweather Jr. has been stripped of the welterweight world title he won after beating Filipino Manny Pacquiao this year for failing to comply with rules, the World Boxing Organization said on Monday.
Back to obscurity for all but a few after World Cup
VANCOUVER (Reuters) – With the Women’s World Cup party over it was back to reality for many of the players who headed home on Monday to resume 9-to-5 jobs, school studies and raising families.
Obama congratulates U.S. women’s soccer team on World Cup win
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama called the U.S. women’s soccer team on Monday to congratulate them on winning the World Cup, the White House said in a statement.
Djokovic recovers as match suspended, Serena wins
LONDON (Reuters) – After three hours and two minutes of combat, Novak Djokovic and Kevin Anderson were forced off court in the twilight with their last 16 clash tantalizingly poised at two sets all and their Wimbledon audience begging for more.
