Olympics: Hold your horses, Paris mayor tells Hollande on 2024 bid
PARIS (Reuters) – Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo has asked French president Francois Hollande not to jump the gun as the capital considers whether to bid for the 2024 Summer Olympic Games.
Soccer-Decision day looms for Nations Cup hosts Morocco
CAPE TOWN, Nov 7 (Reuters) – – Morocco will make a decision this weekend over whether to stage the 2015 African Nations Cup, juggling the threat of a possible spread of the Ebola virus with the likelihood of heavy sanctions against their football teams.
Olympic officials name best London and Sochi athletes
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Kenyan middle distance runner David Rudisha was named as the best male athlete of the 2012 London Olympics at the inaugural Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) awards ceremony on Friday.
Bach tells IOC members ‘it’s time’ for change
BANGKOK (Reuters) – International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has called on sports leaders to quit talking and start taking action to reform the way the body runs the Olympics.
Pistorius’ lawyers oppose verdict, jail sentence appeal
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Oscar Pistorius’ lawyers have formally opposed an appeal by the state against the South African athlete’s culpable homicide verdict and five-year jail sentence handed down last month, prosecutors said on Friday.
McDowell hits another 67 to extend WGC lead to three
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Northern Irishman Graeme McDowell continued to revel on a tough course set-up as he extended his lead to three strokes over Ryder Cup team-mate Ian Poulter after the second round of the $8.5 million WGC-HSBC Champions tournament on…
American Reed sorry for outburst
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – A contrite Patrick Reed vowed to clean up his verbal act after a microphone caught him muttering a profanity during the first round at the WGC-HSBC Champions tournament.
Hamilton and Alonso hope Button stays in F1
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Lewis Hamilton says McLaren would be making a mistake to ditch his former team mate Jenson Button at the end of the Formula One season and should focus instead on building a better car.
Browns tame Bengals to claim share of top spot
(Reuters) – The Cleveland Browns maintained their surprising push for a playoff berth with a dominant 24-3 road win over the Cincinnati Bengals on Thursday to climb into a rare share of first place in the division.
U.S. a sleeping giant of world rugby: Wallabies’ greats
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The United States was the ‘sleeping giant’ of world rugby and the exposure generated by a recent All Blacks test should only help develop the sport in the country further, according to a group of Australian rugby greats.
