Nadal pulls out of Shanghai Masters with wrist injury
Rafa Nadal has pulled out of the Shanghai Masters due to a wrist injury that cut short his participation in last month’s Laver Cup, the world number two said on Friday.
Healthy Koepka falls behind at Shriners
Brooks Koepka is healthy again but his game was ailing as he shot a mediocre one-under-par 70 in his first start of the new PGA Tour season at the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open in Las Vegas on Thursday.
NHL roundup: Lightning win eighth straight home opener
Reigning NHL scoring leader Nikita Kucherov tallied a goal and an assist, and goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy recorded 35 saves to lead the Tampa Bay Lightning to a season-opening 5-2 win over the visiting Florida Panthers on Thursday night.
NFL notebook: Jets’ Darnold (mono) hopes to play Sunday
New York Jets quarterback Sam Darnold is preparing to return from mononucleosis to start Sunday’s game in Philadelphia, but he will yield to doctors if they determine that playing would risk his safety.
Husband and wife Uibo and Miller-Uibo each win silver
Estonian decathlete Maicel Uibo and his wife, Bahamian runner Shaunae Miller-Uibo, had two reasons to celebrate after they each won a silver medal at the world athletics championships on Thursday.
Athletics-Germany’s Kaul wins thrilling decathlon battle
Germany’s Niklas Kaul survived a grueling battle to win the world championship decathlon gold on Thursday after the event was blown wide open by the withdrawal of injured defending champion Kevin Mayer.
Heptathlete Johnson-Thompson captures Britain’s second gold
Katarina Johnson-Thompson clinched gold in the heptathlon with the year’s best performance after holding off the challenge of defending champion Nafissatou Thiam on Thursday to give Britain their second title at this year’s world championships.
Koepka healthy again after stem cell treatment but game rusty
Brooks Koepka is healthy again but his game was ailing as he shot a mediocre one-under-par 70 in his first start of the new PGA Tour season at the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open in Las Vegas on Thursday.
China’s Gong retains shot put title by eight cm
China’s Gong Lijiao retained her world shot put title but got a fright when Jamaica’s Danniel Thomas-Dodd nearly pipped her to gold with her last attempt on Thursday.
Germany’s Kaul wins thrilling decathlon battle
Germany’s Niklas Kaul survived a grueling final day to win the world championship decathlon gold on Thursday after the event was blown wide open by a competition-ending injury to defending champion Kevin Mayer.
