DirecTV shareholders overwhelmingly approve AT&T acquisition
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – DirecTV’s shareholders overwhelmingly approved the company’s acquisition by AT&T Inc, DirecTV said on Thursday.
Isinbayeva says will not compete in 2015
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Double Olympic pole vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva will not compete next year but is fixing her sights on the Rio Olympics in 2016, the Russian said on Thursday.
Suarez included in Uruguay squad for friendlies
MONTEVIDEO (Reuters) – Luis Suarez has been included in a provisional Uruguay squad for next month’s friendlies against Saudi Arabia and Oman, the Uruguay Football Association (AUF) said on Thursday.
Phelps could make big splash in Rio, says Naber
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Michael Phelps could win two or three individual gold medals at the 2016 Rio Olympics and again return home as America’s top swimmer, former U.S. swimming great John Naber believes.
Ryder rookies in at deep end for fourball openers
GLENEAGLES Scotland (Reuters) – American captain Tom Watson has rolled the dice for Friday’s opening salvos at the Ryder Cup by teaming rookies Jordan Spieth and Patrick Reed together and throwing Jimmy Walker into the fray for the morning fourballs.
American rookies Reed and Spieth ready to take down Poulter
GLENEAGLES Scotland (Reuters) – American Ryder Cup rookies Patrick Reed and Jordan Spieth expressed supreme confidence of earning a point for their team after being paired for a morning fourball on the opening day.
At L.A. Clippers, Steve Ballmer prizes team tested by adversity
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – After Steve Ballmer plunked down $2 billion for the NBA’s Los Angeles Clippers, fans might expect the former Microsoft chief executive to be hitting the reset button on a team that has been through a nasty public fight over raci…
Media mismatch captures Ryder Cup’s glorious uncertainty
GLENEAGLES Scotland (Reuters) – A curious piece of scheduling seemingly threw the two Ryder cup teams into sharp relief on Thursday as the last three players from each camp took their turn to face the media.
Aching Simpson desperate to avenge Medinah misery
GLENEAGLES Scotland (Reuters) – Webb Simpson is so desperate to avenge the U.S. Ryder Cup capitulation two years ago that he was pleading for a pick from Tom Watson at 4:30am on the day the captain named his selections.
Kvitova ends Garcia’s dream run to enter Wuhan semis
(Reuters) – Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova ended the dream run of France’s Caroline Garcia with a clinical performance to reach the semi-finals of the Wuhan Open on Thursday.
