Father of dead driver lashes out at Tony Stewart in newspaper interview
(Reuters) – The father of a race car driver fatally struck by NASCAR’s Tony Stewart over the weekend lashed out in a newspaper interview at the three-time champion for not seeing his son standing on the track.
Manfred rated favorite to succeed Selig as MLB boss
(Reuters) – Rob Manfred, Major League Baseball’s chief operating officer, is considered the favorite to succeed Bud Selig as MLB commissioner among three candidates facing a Thursday vote by club owners over a changing of the guard.
Former NBA top pick Oden trial date set on battery charges
(Reuters) – Former No. 1 NBA draft pick Greg Oden must stay away from an ex-girlfriend and remain on a GPS monitor as he awaits trial on battery charges but may travel outside Indiana, a judge ruled on Wednesday.
Suarez ‘an accident waiting to happen’, says Scudamore
LONDON (Reuters) – Barcelona forward Luis Suarez was an “accident waiting to happen” at former club Liverpool and the Premier League will be a better place without him, according to league chief Richard Scudamore.
Hong Kong-loving Jimenez confirms return for title defense
(Reuters) – Ageless Spaniard Miguel Angel Jimenez will return to defend his Hong Kong Open title in October, hoping to win the European Tour event for a fifth time, organizers said on Wednesday.
Djokovic pulls through in Cincinnati, Tsonga out
(Reuters) – World number one Novak Djokovic needed three sets to get past Gilles Simon in the Western and Southern Open second round on Tuesday, but Jo-Wilfried Tsonga lost to Mikhail Youzhny in his opener two days after winning the Rogers Cup in Toron…
With Clippers deal in hand, Ballmer turns focus to fans
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Steve Ballmer, the former head of Microsoft , completed a $2 billion purchase of the Los Angeles Clippers basketball team on Tuesday, ending an ugly saga involving former owner Donald Sterling who was banned for life over racist…
Martino takes reins of World Cup runners-up Argentina
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina named former Barcelona coach Gerardo Martino as the new manager of the national soccer team on Tuesday following Alejandro Sabella’s decision to step aside in the wake of their World Cup final defeat in July.
Martino named Argentina coach to replace Sabella
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Former Barcelona coach Gerardo Martino was named on Tuesday as Argentina’s national team manager in succession to Alejandro Sabella, the Argentine FA said in a statement.
Stewart’s lethal accident could cause NASCAR sponsors to rethink deals
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – NASCAR driver Tony Stewart’s involvement in a fatal on-track accident over the weekend may wave a caution flag for the big-money corporate sponsors backing the three-time champion’s team, industry analysts said.
