No time to rest on laurels for U.S. Open champion Rose
AKRON, Ohio (Reuters) – Winning his first major title at the U.S. Open in June has unquestionably been the golfing highlight of Justin Rose’s career, but the Englishman said it also taught him the lesson of never resting on his laurels.
China’s Sun wins 800 meters freestyle gold
BARCELONA (Reuters) – Sun Yang of China won a second consecutive men’s 800 meters freestyle gold at the world championships in Barcelona on Wednesday, his second title of the week following Sunday’s triumph in the 400 freestyle.
IOC to introduce entourage doping sanctions: Bubka
LONDON (Reuters) – International Olympic Committee presidential candidate Sergei Bubka expects the body to approve sanctions for doping offences by athletes’ entourages at a meeting of their executive board in August.
McIlroy once again looks to regain form at Firestone
AKRON, Ohio (Reuters) – Dispirited and frustrated after missing the cut at the British Open 12 days ago, Rory McIlroy was in a much more upbeat mood on Wednesday as he prepared for this week’s WGC-Bridgestone Invitational.
Van Der Burgh wins 50 meters breaststroke gold
BARCELONA (Reuters) – South Africa’s Cameron Van Der Burgh won the men’s 50 meters breaststroke gold at the world championships in Barcelona on Wednesday.
Colombia’s Duque wins inaugural men’s high diving gold
BARCELONA (Reuters) – Orlando Duque of Colombia became the first men’s world champion in the dizzying discipline of high diving when he launched himself from a 27-metre platform into Barcelona’s harbor to win gold in the inaugural competition on Wednes…
IOC’s Bach says wrestling on track for Olympic return
BERLIN (Reuters) – Wrestling, axed from the 2020 Olympic programme by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in February, has a good chance of coming back after making sweeping changes, IOC Vice President Thomas Bach said on Wednesday.
Franklin pulls out of backstroke to focus on freestyle
BARCELONA (Reuters) – American teenager Missy Franklin pulled out of the 50 meters backstroke semi-finals at the world swimming championships on Wednesday to focus on the 200 freestyle final, a spokeswoman for USA Swimming said.
Olympic heptathlon champion Ennis-Hill out of worlds
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Olympic heptathlon champion Jessica Ennis-Hill has ruled herself out of next month’s world championships because she has not fully recovered from an Achilles injury.
Second is best in race without a winner
(Reuters) – Runners-up may be ‘first of the losers’ in motor racing parlance but, as Canadian Robert Wickens has discovered, some races have no winners either.
