Hearts in mouths at home as Team NZ boat almost capsizes
AUCKLAND (Reuters) – A collective intake of breath and cries of anguish resonated around the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron (RNZYS) as almost 500 people watched in horror at the sight of the challengers almost capsizing in race eight of the America’s…
Canada win epic doubles to take lead over Serbia
BELGRADE (Reuters) – Daniel Nestor and Vasek Pospisil subdued Nenad Zimonjic and Ilija Bozoljac 6-7(6) 6-4 3-6 7-6 (5) 10-8 in a rip-roaring doubles on Saturday to give Canada a 2-1 lead against 2010 winners Serbia in their Davis Cup semi-final.
Battling McIlroy benefits from speedy third round
LAKE FOREST, Illinois (Reuters) – With his BMW Championship title defense in tatters after two poor scores over the first two days, Rory McIlroy made a welcome return to form during a lightning-fast display in Saturday’s third round.
Elissonde wins Tour of Spain stage, Horner keeps lead
ALTO DE L’ANGLIRU, Spain (Reuters) – Frenchman Kenny Elissonde won the penultimate stage of the Tour of Spain on Saturday, with American Chris Horner finishing second and tightening his grip on overall victory.
Berdych and Stepanek put Czechs in Davis Cup final
PRAGUE (Reuters) – Tomas Berdych and Radek Stepanek put defending champions Czech Republic into the Davis Cup final by beating Argentina’s Carlos Berlocq and Horacio Zeballos in the doubles on Saturday.
Britain’s Stanford wins world title in London
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Non Stanford was crowned the world triathlon champion after she overcame a 15-second penalty to win a dramatic grand final in London on Saturday.
Rookie Chan swings to one-stroke lead in Taiwan
(Reuters) – Korean-American Chan Kim appeared to have benefitted from his recent swing change as he carded a second consecutive bogey-free round to grab the third round lead at Asian Tour’s Yeangder Tournament Players Championship in Taiwan on Saturday…
Conviction of baseball’s Barry Bonds upheld by U.S. appeals court
(Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Friday upheld the felony conviction of baseball home run king Barry Bonds for obstruction of justice over his testimony to a grand jury probing the sale of steroids.
Fuming Woods docked two shots at BMW Championship
LAKE FOREST, Illinois (Reuters) – A livid Tiger Woods refused to speak to reporters following his second round at the BMW Championship on Friday after he was penalized two shots for a rules violation on his opening hole.
Forgotten man Snedeker dumbfounded by Furyk’s 59
LAKE FOREST, Illinois (Reuters) – Brandt Snedeker was the forgotten man at the BMW Championship on Friday, despite ending the second round tied for the lead, after he was totally overshadowed by co-leader Jim Furyk’s magical 59.
