Cavaliers’ Irving has successful surgery on fractured kneecap
(Reuters) – Cleveland Cavaliers guard Kyrie Irving had surgery on Saturday to repair his fractured left kneecap, a procedure described as successful by the National Basketball Association team.
China’s Liu breaks women’s 20km walk world record
MADRID (Reuters) – China’s Liu Hong broke the women’s 20km walk world record by clocking one hour 24.38 minutes at the IAAF Race Walking Challenge in La Coruna on Saturday.
Woods shoots career-worst round of 85
DUBLIN, Ohio (Reuters) – Tiger Woods produced the worst round of his professional career, a 13-over-par 85 in the third round of the Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village on Saturday. The 14-time major champion finished off a bad day with a quadrupl…
Hamilton beats Rosberg to pole in Montreal
MONTREAL (Reuters) – Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton seized pole position on Saturday for the Canadian Grand Prix with Nico Rosberg, his disappointed Mercedes team mate, beaten into second place on the starting grid.
Dodig and Melo beat Bryans to land maiden major in Paris
PARIS (Reuters) – Croatia’s Ivan Dodig and Brazilian Marcelo Melo clinched their maiden grand slam title by defeating brothers Bob and Mike Bryan 6-7(5) 7-6(5) 7-5 in the French Open doubles final on Saturday.
Dettori savours ‘Golden’ moment after Derby glory
(Reuters) – Frankie Dettori’s journey back to the pinnacle of flat racing after a drugs ban and split from Godolphin was completed on Saturday when he rode his second English Derby winner as Golden Horn powered to victory at Epsom.
Rosberg first, Hamilton last in Canada practice
MONTREAL (Reuters) – Nico Rosberg topped the timesheets while world champion Mercedes team mate Lewis Hamilton propped them up in Saturday’s final Canadian Grand Prix practice.
Force India to have revised car for Silverstone
MONTREAL (Reuters) – Force India will test their heavily revised Formula One car in Austria this month with a race debut scheduled for Silverstone in July, deputy team principal Bob Fernley said on Saturday.
Djokovic downs Murray to reach French Open final
PARIS (Reuters) – World number one Novak Djokovic rediscovered a ruthless streak when it mattered most to stay on course for a career slam with a nail-biting 6-3 6-3 5-7 5-7 6-1 win over Andy Murray to reach the French Open final on Saturday.
Murray’s honeymoon on clay ended by Djokovic
PARIS (Reuters) – With his glinting gold wedding band looped around the black laces of left shoe, Andy Murray had been an unstoppable force on clay this season.
