Sponsor Saxo urges Tinkoff to find Riis solution
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Saxo Bank’s CEO has urged the Tinkoff-Saxo cycling team to find a solution to the crisis which has seen Danish team manager and former Tour de France winner Bjarne Riis suspended.
The gloves are off between Renault and Red Bull
LONDON (Reuters) – Renault F1 managing director Cyril Abiteboul posted a picture of a pair of boxing gloves on Twitter as he packed for Sunday’s ’round two’ of the Formula One season in Malaysia and he may need them.
Bolt to return to U.S. for New York race in June
(Reuters) – Olympic champion and world record holder Usain Bolt will make his first appearance in the United States in five years when he competes in the Adidas Grand Prix Diamond League meeting in New York City on June 13, organizers said on Wednesday…
Canoeist Cal, Spain’s most decorated Olympian, retires
MADRID (Reuters) – Canoeist David Cal, Spain’s most decorated Olympian with one gold medal and four silver, has called time on his career at the age of 32, the Spanish Olympic Committee (COE) said on Wednesday.
Munich would have got 2022 Games ‘on silver platter’
BERLIN (Reuters) – Munich would have easily defeated Beijing and Almaty in the race to stage the 2022 Winter Olympics if they had gone ahead with a bid, according to German sports chief Alfons Hoermann.
Woods confident of 2016 Ryder Cup spot, says captain Love
LONDON (Reuters) – Former world number one Tiger Woods expects to be challenging for a place on the U.S. team for next year’s Ryder Cup, according to skipper Davis Love III.
Beijing official says Chinese have no need for blocked websites
BEIJING (Reuters) – If Beijing is successful in its bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics then foreigners who attend will get uncensored Internet access, but this isn’t an issue for Chinese who “don’t like” sites like Facebook and Twitter, an official said …
Alonso return takes focus off Mercedes
SEPANG, Malaysia (Reuters) – Formula One rolls into Malaysia this week for the second round of the championship at the Sepang International Circuit, where talk surrounding the utter dominance of Mercedes will for once take a back seat to the belated ar…
All Malaysian athletes to have dope test before SEA Games
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – All Malaysian athletes taking part in Southeast Asian Games in June will have undergone a doping test before arriving in Singapore, the country’s sports minister said.
Apology the priority for Park, says swim federation
SEOUL (Reuters) – The head of South Korea’s swimming federation says there will be time to discuss Park Tae-hwan’s future but first and foremost the swimmer has to apologize for failing a doping test that resulted in an 18-month ban.
