Kick U.S. out of World Cup, Russian politicians tell FIFA
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Two Russian politicians are demanding the United States be kicked out of this year’s World Cup and has its membership of world soccer’s governing body FIFA terminated.
Pistorius argued with cop who touched his gun, friend says
PRETORIA (Reuters) – South African track star Oscar Pistorius had a row with a policeman who picked up his gun after pulling over his friend for speeding, saying “You can’t just touch another man’s gun,” the friend told his murder trial on Tuesday.
Son unseats father to win Alaska’s Iditarod dog sled race
JUNEAU, Alaska (Reuters) – Dallas Seavey won his second Iditarod sled-dog race in three years on Tuesday, unseating his father, Mitch, as defending champion while breaking the race’s three-year-old record.
Olympic champion Samkova suffers concussion in training fall
PRAGUE (Reuters) – Czech Eva Samkova, the Olympic snowboarding cross champion at the Sochi Games, suffered a concussion as well as shoulder and ankle injuries after a crash in training in Switzerland on Tuesday, news agency CTK reported.
Sochi exceeding all expectations, IPC chief says
SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) – The world Paralympics chief praised Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday for staging a “fantastic” Winter Paralympic Games and said the competition in Sochi was on track to become the most successful ever.
Vettel behind off track as well as on it
LONDON (Reuters) – Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso is Formula One’s most marketable driver with Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel only fourth despite winning the last four world championships, according to a report published on Tuesday.
U.S.-Russian space trio lands safely despite bad weather
ALMATY (Reuters) – An American astronaut and two Russians who carried a Sochi Olympic torch into open space landed safely and on time on Tuesday in Kazakhstan, defying bad weather and ending their 166-day mission aboard the International Space Station …
Norway wealth fund made mistakes when buying F1 stake – CEO
OSLO (Reuters) – Norway’s $850-billion sovereign wealth fund made mistakes when it bought shares in Formula One and may try to sell them, its chief executive said on Tuesday according to a report in business daily Dagens Naeringsliv.
Nadal and Sharapova beaten at Indian Wells
(Reuters) – Rafa Nadal and Maria Sharapova were both knocked out of the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells on Monday after stunning upsets at one of the world’s biggest tournaments outside the four grand slams.
Game in Dallas postponed after player collapses
(Reuters) – The National Hockey League game between the Dallas Stars and the Columbus Blue Jackets on Monday was postponed when Dallas center Rich Peverley collapsed during the first period.
