Efimova sets world record in 50 breaststroke
BARCELONA (Reuters) – Russia’s Yuliya Efimova followed up Friday’s world championship gold medal in the women’s 200 meters breaststroke by setting a world record in the 50 meters version of the event in her heat on Saturday.
Rodriguez homers in rehab game, vows to fight on
NEW YORK (Reuters) – For a few moments on Friday, it was just like old times for Alex Rodriguez. He was standing at the plate, with a fastball coming toward him, and he swung his bat with all his might, smashing the ball 350 feet over the wall.
Franklin takes second shot at record-matching 5th gold
BARCELONA (Reuters) – American teenager Missy Franklin has another shot at a record-equaling fifth gold when she starts as the hot favorite in the 200 meters backstroke at the world championships on Saturday.
No jumping the gun for Bolt in Moscow
LONDON (Reuters) – That infamous false start is no longer of concern to Usain Bolt as the six-times Olympic gold medalist heads to the world championships in Moscow ready to regain the 100 meters title he lost so ignominiously in 2011.
Farah at the peak of his powers for double repeat
LONDON (Reuters) – As double Olympic champion Mo Farah knows he is there to be shot at. But such is his self-belief that it will take someone and something special to scupper the Briton’s bid to repeat the feat at the world championships in Moscow.
Bolt on board for worlds hit by withdrawals
LONDON (Reuters) – A year after athletics was at the heart of London 2012 the sport’s biennial world championships is in danger of losing its luster after a series of doping and injury withdrawals have robbed the Moscow event of much of its stardust.
Smile is back on Furyk’s face at Firestone
AKRON, Ohio (Reuters) – It took Jim Furyk only a week to get over the agony of his late collapse at last year’s WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, and he had a smile on his face after once again flourishing at the elite event on Friday.
Firestone record not in Tiger’s top 10
AKRON, Ohio (Reuters) – Tiger Woods matched his lowest ever score on the PGA Tour with a sizzling nine-under-par 61 at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational on Friday, but said he had produced several rounds of greater quality.
Olympians to march in gay parade as Sochi outrage grows
(Reuters) – Canadian Olympians will march in the Vancouver Pride Parade this weekend in a display of solidarity with the gay community that would land them in jail or kicked out of next year’s Sochi Olympics.
Woods takes command after flirting with 59
AKRON, Ohio (Reuters) – Tiger Woods came close to shooting only the sixth 59 on the PGA Tour with an electrifying display in Friday’s second round at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational before he ran out of steam with five holes to play.
