Top two FIFA officials hire lawyers as Swiss probe bank transactions
BERNE/NEW YORK (Reuters) – FIFA’s embattled president, Sepp Blatter, and his second-in-command have hired high-powered lawyers to represent them as Swiss authorities identified suspicious bank transactions in a corruption probe engulfing soccer’s globa…
Hamilton wants real win in Austria after screen success
SPIELBERG, Austria (Reuters) – Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton is hoping to win Austria for real on Sunday after only previously mastering it as a video game.
Hamilton unmoved by Le Mans, others eager to try it
SPIELBERG, Austria (Reuters) – Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton bucked a trend on Thursday by expressing no interest in competing in the Le Mans 24 Hours race.
Second seed Nishikori eases into Halle quarter-finals
BERLIN (Reuters) – Second seed Kei Nishikori eased into the last eight of the Halle Open on Thursday, beating serve and volleyer Dustin Brown 7-5 6-1 to set up a clash with Poland’s Jerzy Janowicz.
Button hopes Alonso will make him look slow
SPIELBERG, Austria (Reuters) – No Formula One driver wants to be beaten by his team mate but McLaren’s Jenson Button is prepared to make an exception to the rule in Austria this weekend.
Webber says F1 is letting down fans and drivers
SPIELBERG, Austria (Reuters) – Formula One is failing both fans and drivers and needs to become more gladiatorial and less artificial, former Red Bull racer Mark Webber has warned as the sport considers its future direction.
Africa’s richest man, Nigeria’s Dangote, plans to bid for Arsenal soccer club
LAGOS (Reuters) – Africa’s richest man, Nigerian Aliko Dangote, announced on Thursday that he wanted to buy English soccer team Arsenal and would make a bid “at the right time”.
Copa America anti-discrimination campaign to meet its acid test
SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Copa America’s anti-discrimination campaign of asking fans to be respectful of the opposing team’s national anthem will face its acid test when Chile and Bolivia, South American neighbors embroiled in a bitter border dispute, face …
Murray stays on course for fourth Queen’s title
LONDON (Reuters) – Andy Murray eased past Fernando Verdasco at the Aegon Championships on Thursday but an expected quarter-final showdown with the man who beat him at Wimbledon last year was scuppered by Luxembourg left-hander Gilles Muller.
U.S. Open gets underway at Chambers Bay
UNIVERSITY PLACE, Washington (Reuters) – U.S. Open organizers were preparing for the likelihood of four days of mainly sunshine as the 115th edition of the year’s second major got underway on the links-style Chambers Bay layout on Thursday.
