Bolt is the best in the world, ever – official
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Usain Bolt, already enshrined as one of the greatest Olympians of all time, became the most successful athlete in world championship history when he anchored Jamaica to victory in the 4×100 meters relay on Sunday.
Moscow worlds took time to get going, says Bolt
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Unlike triple sprint champion Usain Bolt, the Moscow world championships were a slow starter and earned the verdict of seven out of 10, could try harder from the Jamaican.
Bolt, Fraser-Pryce take third golds in relay sweep
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Usain Bolt and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce signed off from the Moscow world championships by claiming their third gold medals with the two 100m and 200m sprint champions anchoring Jamaica to victory in the 4x100m relays on Sunday.
Sum shocks Savinova to spoil Russian party
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Kenyan Eunice Sum silenced the Moscow crowd with her 800 meters victory over home favorite Mariya Savinova at the world championships on Sunday after being inspired by compatriot Asbel Kiprop’s 1,500 gold in the previous race.
Miami doping scandal casts pall over Dominican baseball
BOCA CHICA, Dominican Republic (Reuters) – The crack of bat on ball rings out as lithe young men dart around a baseball field hoping to catch the eye of Major League scouts looking for the next multi-million-dollar prospect.
Russia’s anti-gay law uproar an “invented problem”: minister
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The controversy over Russia’s law banning the promotion of homosexuality is an “invented problem” focused on by Western media, Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko said on Sunday.
Talk of boycotts, politics fight performances for airtime
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Yelena Isinbayeva’s silhouette was the image used to sell the world athletics championships to the Russian public and the pole vault queen certainly made an indelible impression on the 14th edition of the event that concluded on Sund…
Crooked start for new scrum laws in Rugby Championship
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Rugby’s new scrum law could simply see the crooked feed replace the collapse as the source of contention, and penalties, if the first outings at test level in the Rugby Championship on Saturday were anything to go by.
Canada belt United States to close in on rugby World Cup
Canada moved a step closer to a berth in the 2015 Rugby World Cup in England with a 27-9 opening leg victory in a qualifier over the United States in Charleston, South Carolina on Saturday.
Williams to face Azarenka for Cincinnati crown
CINCINNATI (Reuters) – World number one Serena Williams fought her way to a 7-5 7-5 win over defending champion Li Na to reach the final of the Western and Southern Open on Saturday and close in on one of the few titles to elude her.
