South African Impey fails drugs test
PARIS (Reuters) – South African Daryl Impey, who wore the yellow jersey on last year’s Tour de France, failed an anti-doping test for the masking agent Probenecid, the Orica-GreenEdge rider said on Wednesday.
Djokovic takes on Cilic in super-coach battle
LONDON (Reuters) – Two former Wimbledon champions will meet in the quarter-finals on Wednesday, but this battle will be in the stands as supercoaches Boris Becker and Goran Ivanisevic watch their players battle for a place in the last four.
Nadal-slayer Kyrgios sends Australia into a frenzy
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – The hype over tennis’s “next big thing” Nick Kyrgios exploded in Australia on Wednesday as news of the teenager’s stunning upset of 14-times grand slam champion Rafa Nadal at Wimbledon broke.
U.S. fans catch soccer fever, but team slumps to defeat
(Reuters) – American soccer fans decked out in red, white and blue flocked to stadiums and giant TV screens on Tuesday to see their team knocked out of the World Cup by Belgium in a heart-breaking game.
Nadal sent packing by Aussie ace machine Kyrgios
LONDON (Reuters) – Rafael Nadal’s charge towards a third Wimbledon title came to a juddering halt in the fourth round on Tuesday when he was sensationally beaten by 19-year-old Australian wildcard Nick Kyrgios 7-6 (5) 5-7 7-6 (5) 6-3.
Argentina, Belgium through after extra-time drama
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Argentina scored in the 118th minute to beat Switzerland and Belgium clung on to defeat the United States in another heart-stopping period of extra time to reach the World Cup quarter-finals amid more extraordinary drama on Tuesday…
U.S. fans catch soccer fever, but team slumps to defeat
(Reuters) – American soccer fans decked out in red, white and blue flocked to stadiums and giant TV screens on Tuesday to see their team knocked out of the World Cup by Belgium in a heart-breaking game.
Miller, Spezza and Iginla head busy free agency day
(Reuters) – American goaltender Ryan Miller, Canadian center Jason Spezza and veteran right wing Jarome Iginla were the biggest names on the move on Tuesday as National Hockey League’s free agency opened with a flurry of player signings.
Disbelieving mum fires up angry Kyrgios
LONDON (Reuters) – When Norlaila Kyrgios checks her mobile phone for messages on Wednesday morning in Canberra there will be a “smiley-face text” waiting for her.
Belgium strike in extra time to sink U.S
SALVADOR Brazil (Reuters) – Extra-time goals from Kevin De Bruyne and Romelu Lukaku sealed a thrilling 2-1 victory for Belgium over a spirited United States on Tuesday and set up a World Cup quarter-final clash with Argentina.
