Triple Crown winner American Pharoah gets deserved rest
ELMONT, New York (Reuters) – Less than 24 hours after joining the exclusive Triple Crown club, Belmont Stakes champion American Pharoah appeared ready for the next challenge.
South American soccer HQ could face raids if new law passes
ASUNCION (Reuters) – Lawmakers across Paraguay’s political divide are urging senators to approve stripping the headquarters of South American football of its legal immunity, a status that spotlights how soccer’s global governing body FIFA has often bee…
Wiggins smashes UCI world hour record
LONDON (Reuters) – Briton Bradley Wiggins added the UCI world hour record to his extensive cycling career honors tally on Sunday when he covered 54.526km in the London Olympic velodrome to smash the mark set by fellow Briton Alex Dowsett last month.
IOC suspends recognition of SportAccord
LAUSANNE (Reuters) – The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Sunday suspended its recognition of SportAccord, whose president Marius Vizer resigned last month after sparking a row over the control of international sports federations.
Leroux prepared for stormy World Cup reception in Canada
(Reuters) – Sydney Leroux, the Canadian-born striker on the U.S. national soccer team, has been jeered in her native country before but vows not to let that distract her at the Women’s World Cup.
Olympic champion Felix beaten on a photo finish in Birmingham
BIRMINGHAM, England (Reuters) – American Jeneba Tarmoh defeated compatriot and Olympic champion Allyson Felix by the narrowest of margins on Sunday after both athletes clocked the same time over 200metres at the Birmingham Diamond League meeting.
Tiger still bad, but better
DUBLIN, Ohio, June 7 (Reuters) – It was far from vintage Tiger Woods but at least the 14-times major champion rebounded on Sunday at the Memorial Tournament to beat his third round score by 11 shots. A day after posting a career-worst 13-over 85 at Mui…
Swede Noren seals Scandinavian Masters title
(Reuters) – Sweden’s Alex Noren won the Scandinavian Masters by four shots in Malmo after shooting a final round of 71 on Sunday.
Drive through penalty for Button
MONTREAL (Reuters) – McLaren’s Jenson Button, already starting last in Sunday’s Canadian Formula One Grand Prix after missing qualifying, collected an additional drive through penalty after the team changed parts of his Honda power unit.
Russia, Qatar might lose their World Cups: paper
ZURICH (Reuters) – Russia and Qatar could be stripped of their World Cup hosting rights if evidence emerges of bribery in the bidding process, Domenico Scala, the independent chairman of FIFA’s audit and compliance committee, told a Swiss newspaper.
