Washington Post editorial board no longer using word ‘Redskins’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Washington Post editorial board will generally avoid using the word “Redskins” when referring to Washington’s football team, it announced on Friday, saying the term denigrates Native Americans.
Briton Peaty breaks 50 meters breaststroke world record
BERLIN (Reuters) – Teenage Briton Adam Peaty, competing at his second major international event, broke the 50 meters breaststroke world record in the European championships semi-finals on Friday.
Chiefs Stephenson suspended four games
(Reuters) – Kansas City Chiefs starting right tackle Donald Stephenson has been suspended the first four games of the regular season for violating the league’s policy on performance enhancing substances, the National Football League team said on Friday…
Rossi feels closer than ever to racing in F1
SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS Belgium (Reuters) – American driver Alexander Rossi detected a silver lining in his disappointment on Friday after a Formula One race debut was snatched away at the last moment.
UEFA will not recognize Crimean clubs in Russian competitions
BERNE (Reuters) – UEFA will not recognize any matches played by Crimean clubs under the auspices of the Russian Football Union (RFS), European soccer’s ruling body said on Friday.
I have gone from ‘king of Manchester’ to ‘devil’: Van Gaal
LONDON (Reuters) – Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal has poured scorn on critics who he says have made a “devil” of him after one defeat in his new job.
Pragmatic Platini unlikely to enter FIFA race
LONDON (Reuters) – They play for high stakes in the casinos of Monte Carlo, but in the latest round of football politics UEFA president Michel Platini looks increasingly likely to stay away from the tables, preferring instead to bide his time before sh…
Liverpool match worth six points, says Pellegrini
LONDON (Reuters) – Monday’s match between Manchester City and Liverpool, the top two teams in last season’s Premier League, will effectively be worth six points to the winners, City’s manager Manuel Pellegrini said on Friday.
Former U.S. swim star Van Dyken takes first steps since paralysis
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Olympic swimming champion Amy Van Dyken took her first steps this week since being paralyzed from the waist down when she severed her spinal cord in an all-terrain vehicle crash earlier this summer.
South Korea’s new ice hockey coach shoots for the stars
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s new national ice hockey coach Jim Paek doesn’t know if success is the “chicken or the egg”, but he knows he needs it right away if the sport is to gather momentum ahead of the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics.
