Australia’s O’Grady hangs up his lycra on a high
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Stuart O’Grady has decided to call time on nearly two decades as a professional cyclist after helping the Australian GreenEDGE team win a stage and claim the yellow jersey during his 17th Tour de France.
Analysis: Brewers’ Braun first to fall in MLB doping sweep
(Reuters) – Ryan Braun agreed to end his season and accept a 65-game ban in the first of an expected string of suspensions stemming from MLB’s probe into reports that players obtained performance enhancing drugs from a Florida clinic.
Redskins’ QB Griffin cleared by doctors to practice
(Reuters) – Quarterback Robert Griffin III, who had surgery on his right knee in January, gave Washington Redskins fans a massive pre-season boost on Monday when he said he had been cleared by team doctors to return to the practice field.
Radwanska upset by Polish uproar to nude photo shoot
STANFORD, California (Reuters) – Poland’s Agnieszka Radwanska is upset and surprised about the negative reaction in her home country after posing nude for ESPN The Magazine’s “Body Issue.”
Former MVP Braun banned rest of season for doping
(Reuters) – Major League Baseball (MLB) has suspended former National League most valuable player Ryan Braun for the rest of the 2013 season for violating the league’s joint drug prevention and treatment program.
Russia win fourth straight team technical gold
BARCELONA (Reuters) – Russia’s unstoppable synchronized swimming machine churned out a fourth consecutive team technical gold at the world championships in Barcelona on Monday as Spain lifted the home support by taking silver.
Strict testing means cycling cleanest sport, says Froome
PARIS (Reuters) – Stringent drug testing means cycling is now probably the cleanest sport, Tour de France champion Chris Froome said on Monday.
‘Spanish’ Li wins second straight gold for China
BARCELONA (Reuters) – China’s Li Shixin drew inspiration from the spectacular hilltop setting to help secure his second consecutive men’s one-meter springboard title at the world championships in Barcelona on Monday.
Babcock to coach Canada’s men’s ice hockey team in Sochi
(Reuters) – Mike Babcock will return as head coach of the defending champion Canadian men’s ice hockey team at next year’s Sochi Olympics, Hockey Canada said on Monday.
Rodriguez still on sidelines, now with strained quad
(Reuters) – Slugger Alex Rodriguez will have to wait a while longer before making his season debut as the New York Yankees revealed that the third baseman would not join them for their series against Texas because of a strained quadriceps.
