Sizzling Snedeker takes control with a 63
LAKE FOREST, Illinois (Reuters) – Brandt Snedeker wielded a red-hot putter to pile up a PGA Tour season-best seven consecutive birdies on the way to a one-shot lead in Thursday’s opening round of the BMW Championship.
Kiwis win America’s Cup race 6, Oracle running out of options
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Oracle Team USA’s bid to turn the tide in its floundering America’s Cup campaign by bringing sailing supers tar Ben Ainslie aboard failed on Thursday, when Emirates Team New Zealand crushed them in a fifth race.
Armstrong returns Sydney Olympic medal to officials
(Reuters) – Disgraced retired cyclist Lance Armstrong has returned his 2000 Olympic medal to the U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC) nine months after he was stripped of it, USOC officials said on Thursday.
New coach wants Mexico hot potato to become gold
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Victor Vucetich, sacked as coach of club side Monterrey last month, was put in charge of World Cup strugglers Mexico on Thursday.
Alvarez a mere ‘stepping stone’ for Mayweather
(Reuters) – Five-division world champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. has written off Saul “Canelo” Alvarez as just “another stepping stone, another opponent” ahead of their much-hyped super welterweight title fight in Las Vegas on Saturday.
Pressure gets to Shevchenko as debutant slumps to an 84
(Reuters) – Former European Footballer of the Year Andriy Shevchenko plunged to a 12-over-par 84 on his debut on the continent’s second-tier Challenge Tour on Thursday.
Croatian 16-year-old ready to take on Murray
(Reuters) – It will be a battle of U.S. Open junior champions past and present when Andy Murray faces 16-year-old Borna Coric in Britain’s opening singles rubber against Croatia in a World Group playoff tie on Friday.
Three Spanish athletes test positive
MADRID (Reuters) – Tests conducted at the Spanish athletics championships in July returned three “adverse analytical findings”, the head of the country’s anti-doping agency (AEPSAD) told the lower house of parliament on Thursday.
Former Open champion Clarke taking up U.S. Tour card in 2014
(Reuters) – Former British Open champion Darren Clarke will divide his time between Europe and the United States next year after agreeing to take up his PGA Tour card.
Former athletes struggling with addiction and illness
LONDON (Reuters) – Almost a quarter of former sportsmen have battled with health, addiction or financial problems after retiring, according to a British survey published on Thursday.
