Monfils beats holder Gasquet to win Montpellier title
PARIS (Reuters) – Frenchman Gael Monfils overwhelmed compatriot and defending champion Richard Gasquet 6-4 6-4 in the Montpellier International tournament final on Sunday to claim his first title in more than two years.
Coetzee comes from behind to seal maiden tour victory
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South African George Coetzee won his maiden European Tour title as he stormed past the overnight leaders with an early run of birdies to finish three shots clear at the Joburg Open on Sunday.
Scandals left lasting taint: Sale
SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) – Jamie Sale said figure skating was still suffering from its tainted past as Meryl Davis and Charlie White got a taste of being in the eye of a judging storm over allegations of an Olympic gold medal pact between the U.S. and R…
India elects new officials in bid to overturn ban
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The suspended Indian Olympic Association (IOA) elected a new set of officials on Sunday hoping to overturn an Olympic ban on the world’s second most populous nation.
Russia’s Putin says Olympic preparations helped avoid crisis
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s President Vladimir Putin praised the country’s Olympic preparations, which have been marred by allegations of wide-spread corruption, as a major boost for the economy at times of crisis.
Hippy Anderson stays calm for slopestyle gold
ROSA KHUTOR, Russia (Reuters) – Self-confessed California hippy Jamie Anderson kept calm in the frenzy of a dramatic women’s snowboarding slopestyle final to clinch the first Olympic gold medal in the event on Sunday.
Cheyenne Woods, Tiger’s niece, wins Australian Ladies Masters
(Reuters) – Cheyenne Woods, niece of 14-times major winner Tiger, claimed the biggest title of her professional career with a two-stroke victory in the Australian Ladies Masters on Sunday.
Snow joke: Britain wins a medal at last
ROSA KHUTOR, Russia (Reuters) – Snowboarder Jenny Jones secured Britain’s first-ever Olympic medal on snow on Sunday when the 33-year-old took bronze in a nerve-shredding slopestyle final.
Snow joke: Britain wins a medal at last
ROSA KHUTOR, Russia (Reuters) – Snowboarder Jenny Jones secured Britain’s first-ever Olympic medal on snow on Sunday when the 33-year-old took bronze in a nerve-shredding slopestyle final.
Miller’s golden dream obscured by the clouds
ROSA KHUTOR, Russia (Reuters) – Bode Miller’s dream of adding Olympic downhill gold to his chest of medals was obscured by the clouds on Sunday with the American cursing Mother Nature for his disappointing eighth place.
