Swafford one ahead in weather-hit New Orleans
(Reuters) – American Hudson Swafford, who has benefited from a change to his putting stroke over the past month, surged into a one-shot clubhouse lead in the weather-hit Zurich Classic of New Orleans second round on Friday.
Pan-American Six Nations planned for 2016 launch
MIAMI (Reuters) – Six nations from North and South America plan to launch a Pan-American annual championship based on the successful European model, USA Rugby announced on Friday.
Bouts from different eras can’t be ranked: Arum
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Next week’s fight between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao is expected to be the most lucrative ever in boxing but that does not necessarily make it the biggest of all time, veteran promoter Bob Arum told Reuters.
Former champ Lewis offers tips to Klitschko challenger
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Champion Wladimir Klitschko and challenger Bryant Jennings each had a special guest at Friday’s weigh-in for their heavyweight title clash, with former champions Vitali Klitschko and Lennox Lewis on hand.
Kerber beats another seed to march into Stuttgart semis
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s Angelique Kerber beat sixth seed Ekaterina Makarova 6-3 6-2 in the Stuttgart Grand Prix quarter-finals on Friday to record her second upset win in two days.
Navratilova ends coaching role with Radwanska
(Reuters) – Eighteen-times grand slam singles champion Martina Navratilova has quit as a part-time consultant to world number nine Agnieszka Radwanska after just five months in the role.
Spaniard Ferrer puts good form down to renewed confidence
BARCELONA (Reuters) – Spain’s David Ferrer has put his strong start to the season down to having rediscovered his confidence.
Woods commits to next month’s Players Championship
(Reuters) – Tiger Woods will make his next competitive start at next month’s Players Championship in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, the former world number one said on Friday.
Lawyer in NFL concussion deal says an appeal would be ‘selfish’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A major architect of the landmark concussion settlement reached with the National Football League on behalf of 20,000 retired players said on Thursday it would be “selfish” for anyone to appeal the deal.
France lose Rio 2016 Eventing slot after dope test
LONDON (Reuters) – France has been disqualified from the Eventing competition at the 2016 Rio Olympics due to a positive dope test, with Canada qualifying instead, the International Equestrian Federation has ruled.
