Red Bull drivers sent to back of grid
ABU DHABI (Reuters) – Outgoing Formula One champion Sebastian Vettel and Australian team mate Daniel Ricciardo were sent to the back of the grid at the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Saturday after stewards ruled Red Bull had used an illegal fro…
Switzerland on the brink of Davis Cup glory after doubles win
LILLE France (Reuters) – Switzerland made a big step toward a maiden Davis Cup title when they took a 2-1 lead in the final against hosts France with Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka’s 6-3 7-5 6-4 win in the doubles against Richard Gasquet and Julien Be…
Rosberg beats Hamilton to Abu Dhabi pole
ABU DHABI (Reuters) – Nico Rosberg beat title favorite Lewis Hamilton to pole position for the decisive Abu Dhabi Formula One Grand Prix on Saturday as the dominant Mercedes team mates locked out the front row in qualifying.
Double-bogeys blunt McIlroy’s charge in Dubai
DUBAI (Reuters) – Rory McIlroy made double bogeys on successive holes in the third round of the $8 million DP World Tour Championship on Saturday, slipping four strokes behind joint-leaders Henrik Stenson and Rafael Cabrera-Bello.
Federer and Wawrinka to play Davis Cup final doubles
LILLE France (Reuters) – Switzerland’s Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka will pair up for Saturday’s doubles in the Davis Cup final against France, organizers said.
Smaller teams see progress in money talks
ABU DHABI (Reuters) – Formula One’s smaller teams felt at least a penny had dropped on Saturday after meeting the sport’s commercial supremo Bernie Ecclestone and rights holders CVC to discuss demands for more money.
Garcia weary as Dubai challenge falls flat, Els eyes 2015
DUBAI (Reuters) – Sergio Garcia admitted he was weary after failing to make up any ground on the leaders at the DP World Tour Championship on Saturday, carding a third-round 69 that gives the Spaniard little hope of claiming second spot on the European…
Mother’s death leads NFL player to fight domestic abuse
(Reuters) – Pittsburgh Steelers cornerback William Gay remembers arriving at the hospital as a confused 7-year-old trying to understand why members of his family were sobbing uncontrollably.
Hamilton ready to stand and deliver
ABU DHABI (Reuters) – Lewis Hamilton’s closest friends and family are elsewhere on the most important weekend of his life but the words of Martin Luther King are very much in mind as he bids for a second Formula One title.
Double trouble or double the excitement?
ABU DHABI (Reuters) – The fans do not like it, and even Bernie Ecclestone is now opposed to his own idea, but there can be no denying the unprecedented prospect of double points has spiced up Sunday’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
