Oosthuizen, Furyk and Garcia reach last eight
(Reuters) – South African Louis Oosthuizen delivered a sizzling display of golf to become the first player to reach the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship quarter-finals with a commanding 5&4 victory over American Webb Simpson on Friday.
Analysis: Rooney hands troubled United another soothing balm
LONDON (Reuters) – Manchester United’s season of turmoil received another huge lift when England striker Wayne Rooney committed his future to the Premier League champions on Friday.
Brazil must up its game to finish work for World Cup: FIFA
FLORIANOPOLIS, Brazil (Reuters) – Brazil still has a lot of work to do to finish stadiums and other infrastructure in time for the World Cup and needs to up its game in the 111 days before the kick off, FIFA’s Jerome Valcke said on Friday.
Kenseth, Hamlin favorites at crash-hit Daytona
DAYTONA BEACH, Florida (Reuters) – Joe Gibbs Racing team mates Matt Kenseth and Denny Hamlin surged into the roles of favorites for the Daytona 500 on Sunday after roaring to victories in preliminary races at Daytona Speedway.
Canada edge United States to reach final
SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) – Canada squeezed past arch-rivals the United States 1-0 on Friday to reach the final of the Sochi Winter Games men’s ice hockey competition as they bid to successfully defend their 2010 Olympic crown.
England’s Rooney signs new long-term United deal
MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) – England striker Wayne Rooney has signed a four-year contract extension that will keep him at Manchester United until June 2019, the Premier League champions said on their website (www.manutd.com) on Friday.
Man charged in fan beating death outside NFL game in Missouri
KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) – A Missouri man was charged with involuntary manslaughter on Friday in the beating death of a football fan in the stadium parking lot outside a Kansas City Chiefs game.
Two doping cases hit Games, Canadian men beat U.S. in hockey
SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) – Two athletes tested positive for banned substances on Friday in the Sochi Olympics’ first doping cases, but an emotional gold for crisis-torn Ukraine and ice hockey victory for Canada over the United States ensured sporting ac…
Red Wings’ Zetterberg has back surgery, out for eight weeks
(Reuters) – Detroit Red Wings captain Henrik Zetterberg, who last week was ruled out of Sweden’s bid for ice hockey glory at the Sochi Olympics with a herniated disc, had back surgery on Friday, the National Hockey League team said.
German, Italian thrown out in doping cases
SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) – Germany’s two-times Olympic cross-country skiing champion Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle and Italian police officer and four-man bobsledder William Frullani were thrown out of the Olympics on Friday after testing positive for drugs.
