Wimbledon title a springboard to more slams: Murray
LONDON (Reuters) – Andy Murray is getting a taste for grand slam titles and believes crushing Novak Djokovic to end Britain’s interminable wait for a men’s champion at Wimbledon will be a springboard to take his career to the next level.
Paris layout will produce great 2018 Ryder Cup: McDowell
(Reuters) – New French Open champion Graeme McDowell believes Le Golf National will deliver a thrilling Ryder Cup when it hosts the biennial team event in 2018.
British media rejoice with ‘History Boy’ Murray
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s ecstatic media trumpeted the end of the ‘longest yearning in British sport’ on Monday by celebrating Andy Murray’s Wimbledon success on the front and back pages of newspapers and much of the rest as well.
Corbin breaks drought to lead ‘Backs past Rockies
(Reuters) – Patrick Corbin earned his first win in more than a month as the Arizona Diamondbacks marched to a 6-1 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Sunday.
Blixt wins Greenbrier title by two shots
(Reuters) – Swede Jonas Blixt took advantage of a last-day collapse by overnight leader Johnson Wagner to win his second PGA Tour title by two shots at the Greenbrier Classic in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia on Sunday.
Blixt wins Greenbrier title by two shots
(Reuters) – Swede Jonas Blixt took advantage of a last-day collapse by overnight leader Johnson Wagner to win his second PGA Tour title by two shots at the Greenbrier Classic in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia on Sunday.
British media rejoice in ‘History Boy’ Murray’s triumph
LONDON (Reuters) – Andy Murray’s Wimbledon triumph was lauded in Monday’s British newspapers after he beat Novak Djokovic to deliver a long-awaited home success in the men’s singles with The Times calling the Scot ‘The History Boy’.
America’s Cup gets under way with one-boat race
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – The 34th America’s Cup sailing regatta began in San Francisco on Sunday with only one team competing in the first race as Italy’s Luna Rossa Challenge sat it out in protest of rule changes it says put it at a disadvantage.
Murray proves hiring Lendl was a masterstroke
LONDON (Reuters) – When Andy Murray lost his first three grand slam finals without winning a set, it seemed he was destined to join a long line of ‘Brave Brits’ whose career would be defined by near misses.
Murray reaches summit to enter British sporting folklore
LONDON (Reuters) – The last few heart-pounding strides towards the summit proved the most precarious for Andy Murray as he beat Novak Djokovic to end a 77-year British jinx at Wimbledon on a Sunday that will forever be etched in the nation’s sporting f…
