Spurs fans fill San Antonio streets with peaceful celebrations
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) – Thousands poured into the streets of San Antonio in boisterous and mostly crime-free celebrations on Sunday night after the Spurs won their fifth National Basketball Association championship in 15 years.
British Open set for Royal Portrush return
DUBLIN (Reuters) – The British Open is set to be held outside England and Scotland for the first time in over 60 years when it returns to Northern Ireland’s Royal Portrush, tournament organizers the Royal & Ancient (R&A) said on Monday.
Berliners lug sofas to giant World Cup living room
BERLIN (Reuters) – While others cram into crowded bars or squeeze around the television set at home, Berliners can follow the World Cup from the comfort of their own sofas in a stadium-sized living room on a 700-inch screen.
Motor racing-Schumacher admitted to Lausanne hospital: spokesman
GENEVA (Reuters) – Formula One ex-champion Michael Schumacher was admitted on Monday to the University Hospital of Lausanne, in western Switzerland, after leaving a French hospital where he had been in a coma since a ski accident last December, a spoke…
Germany and Portugal clash in Group G showpiece
(Reuters) – Group G heavyweights Germany and Portugal will trade blows in the blazing midday heat of Salvador on Monday with goal machine Cristiano Ronaldo fit to take on the three-time World Cup winners.
San Antonio Spurs beat Miami Heat to clinch NBA title
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) – The San Antonio Spurs delivered a decisive end to LeBron James’ two-year reign atop the basketball world by routing the Miami Heat 104-87 on Sunday to win the NBA Finals four games to one.
The Spurs were simply better: James
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) – Minutes after the Miami Heat were beaten in the NBA Finals in a Game Five rout, LeBron James conceded the San Antonio Spurs were simply a better team.
Kaymer to come out of shell after second major win
PINEHURST North Carolina (Reuters) – Martin Kaymer tried to stay relatively low key after winning his first major title but after a runaway victory at the U.S. Open on Sunday will use his second to help promote golf in his homeland.
Kaymer romps to eight-shot win at U.S. Open
PINEHURST North Carolina (Reuters) – Germany’s Martin Kaymer, ice-cool in hot conditions, confirmed his status as one of the game’s very best by coasting to his second major victory by eight shots in Sunday’s final round at the U.S. Open.
No.10s Messi and Benzema share World Cup limelight
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Lionel Messi ended an eight-year wait for a World Cup goal on Sunday as Argentina edged past debutants Bosnia at the Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro, while fellow No. 10, France’s Karim Benzema, put two past Honduras in a man-o…
