Practical joker Johnstone a likely trump Cup card
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – He will not hit one shot at next week’s Presidents Cup in Dublin, Ohio but the unpredictable and always funny Tony Johnstone could prove to be a trump card in the locker room for Internationals captain Nick Price.
New York City to host 2015 All-Star Weekend
(Reuters) – Hosting duties for the National Basketball Association’s 2015 All-Star Game will be shared between the New York Knicks and Brooklyn Nets, the league said on Wednesday.
Emergency declared around Olympic city Sochi because of floods
SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) – Regional authorities declared a state of emergency in Sochi and evacuated a village because of flooding and mudslides less than five months before the Russian city hosts the Winter Olympics.
Dragon Racing joins Andretti in Formula E
(Reuters) – Los Angeles-based Dragon Racing will compete against IndyCar rivals Andretti Autosport in electric racing next year after being announced on Wednesday as the fourth team to enter the new Formula E championship.
Lee handed 12-year ban for match-fixing
LONDON (Reuters) – British snooker player Stephen Lee was handed a 12-year ban for match-fixing on Wednesday that will effectively end his top level career in the game.
Team NZ must shed ‘scar tissue’, says Bertrand
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Emirates Team New Zealand face a huge challenge to deny Oracle Team USA a miracle comeback in Wednesday’s winner-takes-all showdown, but can still win if they forget their “scar tissue”, says former America’s Cup-winning skipper J…
British woman completes rowing trip from Japan to Alaska
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) – A British woman has completed a 150-day journey rowing solo from Japan to Alaska, local officials and an expedition spokeswoman said on Tuesday as the adventurer rested at one of the state’s remote Aleutian Islands.
European cyclists descend on North Korean port town
SEOUL (Reuters) – Dozens of European cyclists rolled into the North Korean port town of Rajin this week for the last leg of a rare two-stage race from China to North Korea.
U.S. boat pulls even in historic America’s Cup comeback
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Oracle Team USA won two more races against Emirates Team New Zealand to even up the America’s Cup finals on Tuesday, continuing an epic comeback in a regatta that once looked like a Kiwi cakewalk and will now be decided by a s…
Oracle CEO Larry Ellison skips keynote for America’s Cup races
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Oracle Corp CEO Larry Ellison skipped a keynote address at his software company’s massive annual customer conference on Tuesday to be on San Francisco Bay as his Oracle Team USA made a comeback in the America’s Cup.
