Klinsmann and Loew put friendship on hold for World Cup
RECIFE Brazil (Reuters) – No phone calls, no texts. For United States coach Juergen Klinsmann and his Germany counterpart Joachim Loew their friendship is on hold until after the World Cup.
Tennis-Assured Dimitrov reaches maiden Wimbledon third round
LONDON (Reuters) – Queen’s champion Grigor Dimitrov showed the value of extra grasscourt practice on Wednesday, when an assured 6-3 6-2 6-4 victory over Australian Luke Saville took him into Wimbledon’s third round for the first time.
Cycling-Ji to become the first Chinese rider in Tour de France
PARIS (Reuters) – Ji Cheng will be the first Chinese rider to take part in the Tour de France after he was picked by his Giant-Shimano team to ride the world’s greatest bike race on Wednesday.
Lawsuit over hot dog-tossing baseball mascot is revived
A longtime baseball fan has persuaded the Missouri Supreme Court to revive his negligence lawsuit against the Kansas City Royals over a detached retina he claimed to suffer when a hot dog tossed by the baseball team’s mascot struck him in the face.
Tennis-Champion Murray hands Rola a grand slam lesson
LONDON (Reuters) – Andy Murray gave Slovenian Blaz Rola a painful lesson in what it takes to be a grand slam winner, when he blasted the former college champion out of Wimbledon’s second round 6-1 6-1 6-0.
Li powers into Wimbledon third round
LONDON (Reuters) – Second seed Li Na proved too powerful for Austrian Yvonne Meusburger as she eased into the Wimbledon third round with a 6-2 6-2 win on Wednesday.
Fitness not an issue for Townsend in early Wimbledon exit
LONDON (Reuters) – Taylor Townsend’s hopes of repeating her French Open success at Wimbledon were snuffed out by Klara Koukalova but for her, the first round defeat had nothing to do with the issue that has made her a poster child for heavier-set women…
New Zealand finds funds to contest America’s Cup
WELLINGTON (Reuters) – New Zealand has confirmed it will contest the 35th America’s Cup in 2017, seeking to win a trophy it had within its grasp last year only to lose in one of the great sporting comebacks.
Suarez can stop biting, but it won’t be easy: psychologists
RECIFE Brazil (Reuters) – Luis Suarez can learn to stop biting opponents but it will not be a quick or easy process, senior psychologists have said following the Uruguay striker’s bite on the shoulder of Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini at the World Cu…
FIFA opens disciplinary proceedings against Suarez
MANAUS Brazil (Reuters) – FIFA said on Tuesday it had opened disciplinary proceedings against Uruguay forward Luis Suarez, who bit Italian defender Giorgio Chiellini during a game earlier in the day.
