Patience pays off for 10,000 champion Dibaba
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Ethiopia’s Tirunesh Dibaba bided her time before letting loose on the final lap with an awesome display of speed to complete a hat-trick of world championship 10,000 meters titles on Sunday.
Serena Williams wins women’s Rogers Cup
TORONTO (Reuters) – Serena Williams crushed Romania’s Sorana Cirstea 6-2 6-0 in the final of the women’s Rogers Cup on Sunday to capture her 54th WTA singles title.
Discus favorite Perkovic delivers gold
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Croatian Sandra Perkovic went into the world championships as one of the hottest favorites in Moscow and duly delivered on Sunday as her 67.99 meter throw added the title to her Olympic gold of last year.
Eaton takes decathlon gold to complete dream treble
MOSCOW (Reuters) – American Ashton Eaton cemented his position as the world’s greatest athlete when he won the world decathlon title on Sunday, completing a spectacular hat-trick having won Olympic gold and broken the world record last year.
Clark records first ace of week at Oak Hill
ROCHESTER, New York (Reuters) – South African Tim Clark recorded the first ace at this week’s PGA Championship when he holed out with a hybrid three-wood at the 220-yard, par-three 11th in Sunday’s final round.
Bolt leads Jamaican quartet into 100 meters final
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A relaxed Usain Bolt led a quartet of Jamaicans into the world 100 meters final later on Sunday by flexing his legs to win his semi-final in 9.92 seconds.
Russia win gold as Ivanov takes men’s 20km race walk
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Aleksandr Ivanov brought a sparse Luzhniki stadium to its feet and claimed a third successive men’s 20-kilometre race walk gold for Russia on Sunday, becoming the youngest walk winner at a world championships.
Teenage Thai claims shock title, Super Dan wins again
(Reuters) – Teenage Thai Ratchanok Intanon won her first badminton world championship title when she upset Olympic champion Li Xuerui in the women’s singles on Sunday to end China’s decade of domination in the event.
Merritt puts safety first at worlds
MOSCOW (Reuters) – It was a case of safety first for Olympic 110 metres hurdles gold medalist Aries Merritt in the world championships heats on Sunday after his last race ended in a clatter with the barrier.
Gardner sets the pace with sub-11 first-heat 100m
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The long-running, high-octane battle between Jamaica and the United States in the women’s 100 meters shows no sign of easing after the two sprint superpowers dominated the first round of qualifying at the world championships on Sunda…
