Heisman winners Winston, Mariota go 1-2 in draft
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Jameis Winston was taken by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers with the first pick of the National Football League Draft on Thursday and was followed by fellow quarterback Marcus Mariota in a Heisman 1-2.
McIlroy, Spieth advance at WGC Match Play
SAN FRANCISCO, California (Reuters) – World number one Rory McIlroy and Masters champion Jordan Spieth won their matches on Thursday to set up mouth-watering showdowns for a place in the last-16 at the WGC-Match Play Championship.
Inkster surges into three-way tie for LPGA lead
(Reuters) – Juli Inkster, inspired by a pre-tournament dinner with former U.S. President George W. Bush, surged into a three-way tie for the lead after the opening round of the North Texas Shootout on Thursday.
Moss relives the madness and magic of Mille Miglia
LONDON (Reuters) – A 1,000 mile race through Italian towns and villages, with crowds of excited spectators lining the roads as cars flash past at breakneck speeds, sounds like a recipe for disaster nowadays.
Marquez fit to race in Spanish MotoGP
(Reuters) – MotoGP world champion Marc Marquez has been passed fit to race in his home Spanish Grand Prix at Jerez this weekend after fracturing a finger in training.
Stanford scratched, Frammento enters Derby
(Reuters) – Stanford, a 30-1 pick for Saturday’s Kentucky Derby, has been scratched from the race that kicks off the Triple Crown for 3-year-olds, race officials said on Thursday.
Trainers engage in verbal sparring ahead of megabout
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) – While trash-talking by the two fighters has been at a bare minimum ahead of Saturday’s welterweight showdown between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao, their trainers engaged in a war of words on Thursday.
Ex-Miss World hopeful swaps catwalk for caddying
LONDON (Reuters) – Former Miss World contestant Ingrid Martens has swapped the catwalk and high heels for knee-high rough and unflattering golf shoes as a Ladies European Tour caddie but the Norwegian would not have it any other way.
Belgian Mertens dies after collapsing on pitch
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Belgium under-21 international Gregory Mertens died on Thursday, three days after collapsing with heart failure during a match, a spokesman for his club, Lokeren, said.
Kenya’s athletics chief wants life bans for dope cheats
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenya’s long-serving athletics chief, Isaiah Kiplagat, has said he wants life bans for athletes who fail dope tests, a growing problem in the east African nation.
