Sale of 7.5 million Olympic tickets begins in Rio
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Tickets for the 2016 Rio Olympics went on sale in Brazil on Tuesday, with top prices comparable to those at the London Games and more than half costing 70 Brazilian reais ($22) or less.
NZ lose pre-America’s Cup regatta, to challenge decision
(Reuters) – New Zealand’s America’s Cup challenge suffered another blow on Wednesday with organizers of the next event in Bermuda cancelling a pre-America’s Cup challenger regatta in Auckland that had been seen as crucial to funding of the team.
Djokovic survives Miami scare; Murray claims 500th win
MIAMI (Reuters) – Defending champion Novak Djokovic survived a scare from Alexandr Dolgopolov on Tuesday to reach the Miami Open quarter-finals while Andy Murray won the 500th match of his career to reach the last eight.
Venus falls to Suarez Navarro, Petkovic into Miami semis
MIAMI (Reuters) – Spain’s Carla Suarez Navarro came back from a dreadful first set to defeat three-times Miami Open champion Venus Williams 0-6 6-1 7-5 at Key Biscayne on Tuesday and set up a semi-final clash with Germany’s ninth seed Andrea Petkovic.
Woods plays 18 holes in practice at Augusta National
(Reuters) – The lingering ‘will he play/won’t he play?’ scenario with Tiger Woods ahead of next week’s Masters entered a new phase on Tuesday when the former world number one played a practice round at Augusta National.
Djokovic survives Miami scare; Murray claims 500th win
MIAMI (Reuters) – Defending champion Novak Djokovic survived a scare from Alexandr Dolgopolov on Tuesday to reach the Miami Open quarter-finals while Andy Murray won the 500th match of his career to reach the last eight.
Ko’s consistency a major topic at Mission Hills
RANCHO MIRAGE, California (Reuters) – World number one Lydia Ko has yet to win a major title but the 17-year-old prodigy has already achieved so much in golf that she enters this week’s ANA Inspiration envied by many of her rivals.
Petkovic into Miami semis after beating Pliskova
MIAMI (Reuters) – Germany’s Andrea Petkovic booked her place in the semi-finals at the Miami Open after a 6-4 6-2 win over 14th seeded Czech Karolina Pliskova on Tuesday.
Ex-NFL star ‘swore on his baby’s life’ he didn’t commit murder
FALL River, Mass. (Reuters) – Former New England Patriots star Aaron Hernandez insisted he had nothing to do with the shooting death of an acquaintance near his home when the team’s owner and security director confronted him, a jury at his trial heard …
U.S. Olympic Committee says committed to Boston bid for 2024 Games
BOSTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC) said on Tuesday it was committed to supporting Boston’s bid to host the 2024 Summer Games, denying a report that it may drop the bid if public support does not improve.
