Confident Contador wins Route du Sud
(Reuters) – Giro winner Alberto Contador slipped nicely into gear ahead of the Tour de France with victory in the four-day Route du Sud on Sunday.
Rosberg gets the jump on Hamilton in Austria
SPIELBERG, Austria (Reuters) – Nico Rosberg won the Austrian Grand Prix for the second year in a row on Sunday with his championship-leading Mercedes team mate Lewis Hamilton losing out at the start and having to settle for second.
Murray outclasses Anderson to take fourth Queen’s title
LONDON (Reuters) – Andy Murray warmed up for Wimbledon by winning back-to-back matches at the Aegon Championships on Sunday as he scooped his fourth title at Queen’s Club by dismantling big-serving South African Kevin Anderson 6-3 6-4 in the final.
Kerber claims first grasscourt title
LONDON (Reuters) – Former Wimbledon semi-finalist Angelique Kerber claimed her first grasscourt title with a 6-7(5) 6-3 7-6(4) victory over Czech Karolina Pliskova at the Aegon Classic in Birmingham on Sunday.
Federer rules Halle for eighth time with win over Seppi
HALLE, Germany (Reuters) – Roger Federer won the Halle Open for a record-extending eighth time on Sunday by beating Italy’s Andreas Seppi 7-6(1) 6-4 in a successful dress rehearsal on grass ahead of Wimbledon.
Ferrari would be happy to supply Red Bull: Marchionne
SPIELBERG, Austria (Reuters) – Ferrari would be “more than glad” to provide engines to Formula One rivals Red Bull in place of Renault, the Italian company’s chairman Sergio Marchionne said on Sunday.
Gritty Day grabs share of U.S. Open lead
UNIVERSITY PLACE, Washington (Reuters) – Jason Day wrote his name into U.S. Open folklore on Saturday, grabbing a share of the third-round lead on a punishing Chambers Bay layout that had literally brought the Australian to his knees a day earlier.
Seattle stumble to home loss without Dempsey
(Reuters) – Superb goals either side of half-time by Sanna Nyassi and Matias Perez Garcia gave the San Jose Earthquake a 2-0 victory over the Seattle Sounders, who were without the suspended Clint Dempsey, in Major League Soccer on Saturday.
Rampant Germany, gritty China advance into quarters
EDMONTON, Canada (Reuters) – Twice champions Germany and a resurgent China reached the quarter-finals of the Women’s World Cup after contrasting victories the first matches in the knockout phase of the competition on Saturday.
China coach hails ‘warriors’ after gritty win
EDMONTON, Canada (Reuters) – China coach Chang Wei Wei hailed his team as “warriors” after a hard-earned 1-0 win over Cameroon on Saturday took them into the quarter-finals of the Women’s World Cup.
