Gay delivers further body blow to troubled sport
LONDON (Reuters) – Former double world sprint champion Tyson Gay delivered a further body blow to his troubled sport on Sunday when he pulled out of next month’s Moscow world championships after failing an out-of-competition dope test.
Perry tastes more major success at US Senior Open
(Reuters) – Kenny Perry savored his “greatest round” of golf after firing a 63 to complete a record comeback victory at the U.S. Senior Open on Sunday and claim a second successive senior major.
Teen Spieth wins John Deere Classic on fifth playoff hole
(Reuters) – Teenager Jordan Spieth won the John Deere Classic on the fifth hole of a three-man, sudden-death playoff on Sunday to become the youngest player to win on the PGA Tour since 1931.
Sprinters Tyson Gay, Asafa Powell fail tests as doping scandal hits athletics
LONDON (Reuters) – Former double world sprint champion Tyson Gay delivered a further body blow to his troubled sport on Sunday when he pulled out of next month’s Moscow world championships after failing an out-of-competition dope test.
Mahut wins Hall of Fame championship
(Reuters) – Frenchman Nicolas Mahut won two matches in a day to capture the Hall of Fame Championship at Newport on Sunday, denying former world number one Lleyton Hewitt his first title in more than three years.
Perry rolls to another major success with U.S. Senior Open
(Reuters) – Kenny Perry fired a 63 to complete a record comeback victory in the U.S. Senior Open championship, winning by five strokes in Omaha, Nebraska, for his second successive senior major title.
Jamaican sprinters Powell and Simpson test positive
KINGSTON, Jamaica (Reuters) – Former world 100 meters record holder Asafa Powell and Olympic 4×100 relay silver medalist Sherone Simpson have both tested positive for the stimulant oxilophrine at last month’s Jamaican athletics championships.
Mickelson wins in Scotland before British Open
LONDON (Reuters) – American Phil Mickelson overcame a surprising loss of focus on the 72nd hole and held his nerve to beat South Africa’s Branden Grace in a playoff and claim a confidence-boosting maiden win at the Scottish Open at Inverness on Sunday….
Former record holder Powell tests positive
(Reuters) – Jamaica’s former world 100 meters record holder Asafa Powell said on Sunday he had tested positive for a banned stimulant at last month’s national championships.
Sprinter Gay fails dope test, pulls out of worlds
RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters) – Tearful former double sprint world champion Tyson Gay said on Sunday he had tested positive for a substance he could not identify and was pulling out of next month’s world championships in Moscow.
