Latvala wins in Sweden, leads championship standings
(Reuters) – Jari-Matti Latvala won his third Rally of Sweden on Saturday with the victory taking him to the top of the World Rally Championship standings.
Fernandez sticks to ‘lucky’ boots in Sochi
SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) – Javier Fernandez’s skates are barely holding together, the leather cracking a little more with every high-impact quadruple jump he lands in training at the Sochi Games.
Local pair will take lead into final round of Joburg Open
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africans Thomas Aitken and Justin Walters blitzed through the Royal Johannesburg and Kensington Golf Club course to take a joint third round lead at the Joburg Open on Saturday.
Smooth Sage leaves rivals bemused
ROSA KHUTOR, Russia (Reuters) – American Sage Kotsenburg was a surprise first gold medallist of the Sochi Games in the slopestyle on Saturday when his smooth and creative routine left his rivals bemused.
My bet’s on Shiffrin, says Picabo Street
ROSA KHUTOR, Russia (Reuters) – Former Olympic champion Picabo Street is putting her money on Mikaela Shiffrin for the women’s slalom, provided the U.S. teenager can put down a solid marker in the giant slalom three days earlier.
‘Iron Lady’ Bjoergen gets fourth gold with skiathlon win
ROSA KHUTOR, Russia (Reuters) – Marit Bjoergen fulfilled expectations by earning her fourth Olympic gold medal with victory in the skiathlon event on a bittersweet Saturday for Norway at the Sochi Winter Games.
Stylish Kotsenburg lands double first
ROSA KHUTOR, Russia (Reuters) – American Sage Kotsenburg laid down an almost flawless first run to win the first gold medal of the Sochi Games as snowboarding slopestyle made a spectacular Olympic debut on Saturday.
White has no regrets at missing slopestyle
SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) – An unrepentant Shaun White said he had no regrets about pulling out of the inaugural slopestyle snowboarding event at the Sochi Olympics despite being labelled a coward then seeing his American team mate Sage Kotsenburg win th…
Walker in early tie for lead at rain-hit Pebble Beach
(Reuters) – American Jimmy Walker edged one step closer to a third victory on the 2013-14 PGA Tour when he moved into an early tie for the lead in Friday’s rain-delayed second round of the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.
Judge keeps ex-NFL star Hernandez’s jail calls off limits
FALL RIVER, Massachusetts (Reuters) – A Massachusetts judge on Friday denied a request by prosecutors for recordings of phone calls made from prison by former National Football League star Aaron Hernandez, who is awaiting trial on a 2013 murder.
