Athletics: Gold is gold even without my flag, says Russian champion Sidorova
Russian pole vaulter Anzhelika Sidorova said her victory at the world championships on Sunday had not been overshadowed by the absence of her country’s flag and the scandal surrounding its athletics federation.
Athletics: Felix takes 12th world title as U.S win first mixed relay
Allyson Felix won her 12th world title, and her first since becoming a mother, as the United States claimed the inaugural world championship 4×400 meters mixed relay on Sunday.
Athletics: Fraser-Pryce blazes to history with fourth world gold
Jamaica’s Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce powered her way to 100 meters gold on Sunday to become the first person to win four gold medals over the distance at the athletics world championships.
Multiple players’ drivers deemed non-conforming on PGA Tour
Several players were deemed to be using non-conforming drivers at this week’s Safeway Open in California as the new PGA Tour testing procedure swung into full gear, Reuters has learned.
Drake lends $185 million jet to Kings for long trip
The Sacramento Kings will be making the 20-hour trip to India in luxury.
Golf: Hur continues Korean LPGA dominance with second win of year
Hur Mi-jung recorded her second victory in less than two months, a four-stroke runaway at the Indy Women in Tech Championship in Indianapolis on Sunday.
Athletics: Nigerian pair cleared to race in 200 meters after rules confusion
Nigerian pair Divine Oduduru and Blessing Okagbare have been reprieved after an apparent bureaucratic mix-up and will race in the men’s and women’s 200 meters races respectively at the world athletics championships.
Cycling: Pedersen reigns in the rain to claim shock rainbow jersey
Denmark’s Mads Pedersen withstood everything a wild day in Yorkshire could throw at him to ride to a shock victory in a thrilling climax to the UCI Road World Championships on Sunday.
Moroccan king ill, forced to miss Chirac funeral service
Doctors have advised Morocco’s King Mohammed VI to rest for several days to recover from a viral lung infection that forced him to miss a remembrance ceremony in Paris for France’s late president Jacques Chirac, the palace said on Sunday.
Athletics: New champion Gayle can go on to break long jump world record, coach says
Tajay Gayle, Jamaica’s first world long-jump champion, can go on to break the world record, his coach Stephen Francis said on Sunday.
