Bolt to miss Paris and Ostrava meetings
(Reuters) – World and Olympic champion Usain Bolt will not compete at the Paris Diamond League meeting or the Golden Spike in Ostrava after his training was slowed by a now-healed foot injury, the Jamaican sprinter said on Friday.
No golden World Cup legacy for South Africa
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – (This story is refiled to correct attendance figures in paragraph 14)
Australia’s Sullivan pulls out of Commonwealth Games
(Reuters) – Eamon Sullivan has withdrawn from the Australian swimming team for next month’s Commonwealth Games due to an ongoing shoulder injury but has set his sights firmly on the 2016 Rio Olympics.
Sharapova, Halep set for guts and guile battle
PARIS (Reuters) – One has nothing to lose, the other is expected to win on Saturday.
Spurs prove stronger than Heat in the heat
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) – LeBron James may have been the only casualty but the sauna-like conditions in Game One of the NBA Finals caused a lot of pain, frustration and dehydration.
Green shoots of recovery lifts Spurs over Heat
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) – Some torrid fourth-quarter shooting led by Danny Green lifted the San Antonio Spurs to a come-from-behind 110-95 victory over the Miami Heat in the opening game of the NBA Finals on Thursday.
Crane spreads wings to lead in Memphis
(Reuters) – American Ben Crane defied recent poor form to post a bogey-free seven-under 63 and surge to a two-shot lead in a weather-affected first round of the FedEx St. Jude Classic in Memphis on Thursday.
Nadal and Djokovic eager to renew hostilities
PARIS (Reuters) – Andy Murray will draw on the experience of being a grand slam champion and Ernests Gulbis will rely on his “unhealthy diet full of ketchup” as they attempt to prevent a Rafa Nadal-Novak Djokovic final at the French Open.
64 years later, a new Brazil hosts the World Cup
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Today’s Brazil is a completely different country from the one that last hosted the World Cup in 1950 but some things have hardly changed even after 64 years.
Kings’ Doughty already trending to be among the best
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Drew Doughty, at 24 already one of the most inspirational players for the Los Angeles Kings, has proven himself to be the best two-way defenseman of the Stanley Cup playoffs.
