Kuchar assesses ‘best year’, fatigue and Woods
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Just like Tiger Woods, Matt Kuchar did not play well at the season-ending Tour Championship after succumbing to a hectic schedule but the American can still reflect on the “best year” of his career on the PGA Tour.
Cilic cited injury at Wimbledon to hide failed test
(Reuters) – Marin Cilic cited a knee injury at Wimbledon this year to hide the fact he had failed a dope test, the International Tennis Federation (ITF) has revealed after handing the Croatian a nine-month suspension.
Bolt signs $10 million deal to stay with Puma
LONDON (Reuters) – Olympic sprint champion Usain Bolt will earn an estimated $10 million a year in a sponsorship deal with German sportswear company Puma that will take him to the end of his career.
Watson is not wild on Ryder Cup wildcards
(Reuters) – Rival 2014 Ryder Cup captains Tom Watson and Paul McGinley were involved in their first public disagreement, albeit good natured, at Gleneagles on Tuesday.
Haye sets February date for Fury fight
LONDON (Reuters) – Former world heavyweight champion David Haye’s postponed fight with Tyson Fury has been rescheduled to February 8 in Manchester, promoters announced on Tuesday.
Miracle at Medinah pain can motivate U.S. – Watson
(Reuters) – United States captain Tom Watson wants his team to draw on the memory of their painful ‘Miracle at Medinah’ defeat when they bid to wrest the Ryder Cup back from Europe in Scotland next year.
Back in Seoul, Johnson hopes for ‘new chance’
SEOUL (Reuters) – Cheat. Disgrace. Canada’s shame: Ben Johnson has been called all these things and more in the last 25 years.
Disgraced Johnson no longer running from doping past
TORONTO (Reuters) – For 10 awe-inspiring seconds on September 24, 1988, Canadians held their breath then exhaled and exploded in the type of wild chest-thumping celebrations usually reserved for the hockey-mad nation’s greatest victories on the ice.
Johnson scandal stunted sport’s commercial growth
LONDON (Reuters) – Marketing experts fondly recall Seoul 1988 as the Games when the Olympic movement put behind it political boycotts and started to develop its true commercial potential.
Webber slams taxi ride rap as “comical”
LONDON (Reuters) – Australian Mark Webber has branded as “comical” the reprimand he was given for hitching a ride on Fernando Alonso’s Ferrari after Sunday’s Singapore Grand Prix.
