Serena headed to Wimbledon seeking return to form
Serena Williams will bring her quest for a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam title to Wimbledon next week where she will try to shake off a nagging knee injury and show the tennis world that her window of opportunity is still open.
Australia, Indonesia held talks for joint 2034 World Cup bid
Australia has held talks with Indonesia about making a joint bid for the 2034 FIFA World Cup, despite the Southeast Asian nation’s involvement in another bid with regional neighbors for the same tournament.
U.S. beat Panama to set up Curacao tie in last eight
Jozy Altidore scored a memorable second half goal to help the United States to a 1-0 win over Panama on Wednesday and set them up for a quarter-final match against Curacao.
Former Olympic kayaker Ferguson to defend America’s Cup
Former Olympic swimmer and kayaker Steven Ferguson has become the latest top-class athlete to join Team New Zealand as they confirmed their squad for the defense of the America’s Cup in 2021 in Auckland.
Don’t care: Kyrgios the hottest ticket in town
Perhaps, in years to come, tennis fans will yearn for the days of “characters like Nick Kyrgios”, just as they do for John McEnroe, the one-time Superbrat everyone loved to hate who is now embraced as a lovable rogue from the golden age.
Angels’ Ohtani back on mound ahead of 2020 return
Los Angeles Angels two-way star Shohei Ohtani was finally back on the mound Wednesday — but don’t expect his actual pitching comeback to begin until 2020.
NBA notebook: Durant opts out, will hit free agency
NBA superstar Kevin Durant has declined his $31.5 million player option with the Golden State Warriors and will become an unrestricted free agent, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported Wednesday.
Dahl drives in five as Rockies top Giants
David Dahl drove in a career-best five runs, four on a third-inning grand slam, powering the Colorado Rockies to a 6-3 victory over the host San Francisco Giants in the finale of a three-game series Wednesday afternoon.
Trump signs order to allow military academy graduates to play pro sports
President Donald Trump ordered the Pentagon on Wednesday to allow graduates of the U.S. military academies to play professional sports before fulfilling their two-year active-duty military requirement.
Vettel still has what it takes at Ferrari, says Webber
Sebastian Vettel took the Formula One lead from Lewis Hamilton at last year’s Austrian Grand Prix but the Ferrari driver has now fallen so far behind there can be no repeat at Spielberg this weekend.




