Bayern’s Schweinsteiger to undergo more surgery
BERLIN (Reuters) – Bayern Munich’s Bastian Schweinsteiger will undergo further ankle surgery and will miss Germany’s friendlies against England and Italy this month after problems arose following the first operation in June, the Bundesliga club said on…
Rossi to split with ‘father in racing’ Burgess
(Reuters) – Valentino Rossi is to split with chief mechanic Jeremy Burgess, the Australian who has been the Italian’s close aide for 14 seasons and helped him win seven world championships in motorcycling’s top class.
2015 Tour de France to start in Utrecht – organizers
PARIS (Reuters) – The 2015 Tour de France will start in Utrecht, Netherlands, organizers of the world’s biggest cycling race said on Friday.
Stenson in three-way tie for Turkish lead, Woods six back
BELEK, Turkey (Reuters) – European money-list leader Henrik Stenson sprinted into a three-way tie for the lead while Tiger Woods was six shots off the pace after the rain-delayed Turkish Airlines Open first round was completed on Friday.
Green day on the Gold Coast as Scott soars into the lead
SYDNEY (Reuters) – U.S. Masters champion Adam Scott stormed to the top of the leaderboard at the Australian PGA Championship on the Gold Coast on Friday, firing a four-under-par 67 to take a two-shot lead at the halfway stage of the tournament.
Webber in no mood to slow down after Formula One
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Mark Webber has no intention of coasting when he calls time on his 12-year career in Formula One at the end of the season and is determined to put Porsche back on top of the podium at Le Mans sooner rather than later.
McNeill leads fog-hit McGladrey Classic after birdie binge
(Reuters) – American George McNeill rode eight birdies, including a stretch of five in a row, to grab a one-shot lead late in a fog-affected incomplete first round of the McGladrey Classic on the Seaside layout at Sea Island, Georgia on Thursday.
Analysis – ‘Teflon’ league will roll on despite controversy
(Reuters) – Bullying, racism and clubhouse culture are dominating all the talk about the National Football League (NFL) these days, but this too shall pass for the U.S. sporting juggernaut that seems impervious to controversy, experts say.
Tough nut Djokovic resists Del Potro, hope for Federer
LONDON (Reuters) – The hardest nut in men’s tennis again proved resistant to the heaviest of sledgehammers as Novak Djokovic absorbed the brute force of Juan Martin del Potro to book his place in the last four of the ATP World Tour Finals on Thursday.
Colombia give World Cup chance to two uncapped newcomers
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Outstanding River Plate defender Eder Alvarez Balanta is one of two uncapped players picked by Colombia for their World Cup warm-up games against Belgium and the Netherlands later this month.
