Australian teenager Kyrgios stuns Gasquet with comeback win
LONDON (Reuters) – Australian teenager Nick Kyrgios staged a stunning comeback to beat French 13th seed Richard Gasquet 3-6 6-7(4) 6-4 7-5 10-8 in the second round of Wimbledon on Thursday after surviving nine match points.
IAAF will not appeal Gay’s one-year doping ban
(Reuters) – The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) will not appeal the one-year ban handed down to Tyson Gay for doping which has put the United States’s second-place finish in the 4×100 meters relay at the 2012 London Olympics i…
Portugal hopes hanging by a thread before Ghana clash
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Portugal must win big against Ghana in their final World Cup Group G match in Brasilia on Thursday and hope Germany and the United States do not draw in Recife to have any hope of progressing to the last 16.
Knicks send Chandler to Dallas in six-player trade
(Reuters – The Dallas Mavericks have acquired center Tyson Chandler in a six-player trade with the New York Knicks, the teams said on Wednesday.
Suarez and Uruguay sweat ahead of FIFA ruling on bite
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Soccer’s governing body FIFA has not yet decided whether to expel Uruguay striker Luis Suarez from the World Cup for biting an opponent with deliberations set to continue on Thursday.
Nadal meets Rosol in revenge match
LONDON (Reuters) – French Open champion Rafael Nadal will face his 2012 Wimbledon nemesis, Lukas Rosol, on Thursday, knowing he will have to up his game to avoid another second-round exit at the hands of the Czech world number 52.
Take the day off, Klinsmann urges U.S. fans
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – United States head coach Juergen Klinsmann has produced a cheeky hand-written letter for American fans who want to skip work on Thursday in order to watch his team’s World Cup game against Germany.
Messi shines again and Shaqiri joins the fun
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Argentina’s Lionel Messi continued his World Cup dual with Neymar by scoring twice in a 3-2 win over Nigeria while Switzerland’s Xherdan Shaqiri got in on the act with a magnificent hat-trick in a 3-0 win over Honduras on Wednesday.
Giants’ Lincecum throws no-hitter versus Padres
(Reuters) – San Francisco Giants pitcher Tim Lincecum threw a no-hitter against the San Diego Padres for the second time in less than a year with a masterful performance in a 4-0 home victory on Wednesday.
Giants’ Lincecum no-hits Padres
(Reuters) – San Francisco Giants pitcher Tim Lincecum threw a no-hitter against the San Diego Padres in a masterful 4-0 home victory on Wednesday.
