[ad_1] LONDON (Reuters) – Usain Bolt’s final appearance on the track ended in agony on Saturday as he pulled up injured running the final leg of the World Championships 4×100 meters relay as Britain stunned…

[ad_1] CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (Reuters) – Chris Stroud, the last man to qualify for the PGA Championship, completed a three-under-par 68 on Saturday morning to join 2015 winner Jason Day in a tie for third…

[ad_1] (Reuters) – Caroline Wozniacki defeated world number one Karolina Pliskova 7-5 6-7(3) 6-4 in a marathon Rogers Cup quarter-finals match in Toronto marred by four rain delays on Friday. The delays, which all came…

[ad_1] (Reuters) – Roger Federer reached the Rogers Cup semi-finals on Friday after coming to the net early and often in a straight sets victory over Roberto Bautista Agut on a windy day in Montreal.…

[ad_1] PARIS (Reuters) – World-record signing Neymar looks set to make his debut for Paris St Germain on Sunday after the French football federation confirmed it had received the player’s transfer certificate. The Brazilian, whose…

[ad_1] LAS VEGAS (Reuters) – Floyd Mayweather has said he has done his homework on mixed martial artist Conor McGregor and promised their multi-million dollar fight in Las Vegas on Aug. 26 will not go…

[ad_1] LONDON (Reuters) – Shaunae Miller-Uibo put her 400 meters disappointment behind her to power into the 200m final at the World Championships on Thursday, saying she had simply lost her balance in the showpiece…

[ad_1] CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (Reuters) – The PGA Championship started on time under a cloudless sky at Quail Hollow on Thursday. The sun had barely peaked over the trees and hardly a breath of wind…

[ad_1] TORONTO (Reuters) – Karolina Pliskova began her reign as world number one with a ragged 6-3 6-3 second round win over Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova on a blockbuster Wednesday when eight of the top 10 ranked…

[ad_1] LONDON (Reuters) – Botswana’s Isaac Makwala reached the World Championship 200 meters final against all the odds on Wednesday, negotiating a solo heat before coming through his semi-final via the difficult inside lane after…

[ad_1] LONDON (Reuters) – Kenya’s Olympic and newly-crowned world 3,000 metres steeplechase champion, Conseslus Kipruto, said on Wednesday he would attempt a world record at the final Diamond League in Brussels on Sept. 1. The…

[ad_1] TORONTO (Reuters) – Eugenie Bouchard’s mid-season nosedive continued on Tuesday as the Canadian was swept aside 6-3 6-4 by Croatian qualifier Donna Vekic despite having home advantage and the backing of an excited crowd…

[ad_1] LONDON (Reuters) – World 100 meters champion Tori Bowie abandoned her bid to add the 200 meters gold when she withdrew from the heats of the longer event at the World Championships on Tuesday.…

[ad_1] LONDON (Reuters) – The London hotel at the center of an outbreak of sickness that has struck down scores of competitors at the World Athletics Championships said on Tuesday it was not the source…

[ad_1] (Reuters) – Venus Williams prevailed in a three-setter but French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko and 13th seed Kristina Mladenovic crashed out of Rogers Cup with first round defeats on Monday. Williams outlasted a lengthy…

[ad_1] LONDON (Reuters) – Anita Wlodarczyk hammered home her dominance to win a third world title at a canter on Monday, clinching the hammer gold at the World Championships. The Pole had been the one…

[ad_1] CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (Reuters) – Jordan Spieth has the chance to replace Tiger Woods as the youngest player to complete the career grand slam at this week’s PGA Championship but the 24-year-old is focused…

[ad_1] (Reuters) – Chris Stroud grabbed a tournament-best 20 points in the final round to force his way into a playoff for the Barracuda Championship on Sunday before going on to capture his first PGA…

[ad_1] LONDON (Reuters) – Double Olympic champion Elaine Thompson powered into the women’s 100 meters final at the World Championships on Sunday with another easy win in her semi. The Jamaican, who won Olympic gold…

[ad_1] (Reuters) – Julia Goerges made it through an all-German semi-final at the Citi Open on Saturday with a 5-7 6-4 7-5 win over Andrea Petkovic, setting up a title match against Ekaterina Makarova. In…

[ad_1] LONDON (Reuters) – Justin Gatlin ruined Usain Bolt’s farewell party when the 35-year-old American won the world 100 meters title on Saturday, beating the Jamaican superstar into third and sparking a chorus of boos…

[ad_1] (Reuters) – The MotoGP championship resumed after the mid-season break with world champion Marc Marquez taking pole position at the Czech Grand Prix for the third time in four years. On a dry Brno…

[ad_1] LONDON (Reuters) – World Athletics Championships organizers rebuffed criticism from Usain Bolt about his starting blocks in the 100 meters on Saturday, insisting they had been checked and were the same model used in…

[ad_1] LONDON (Reuters) – Mo Farah launched the World Athletics Championships in scintillating fashion on Friday with another consummate 10,000 meters triumph that further embellished his claim to being the greatest distance racer in the…

[ad_1] LONDON (Reuters) – The president of athletics’ world governing body the IAAF has vowed to continue efforts to stop athletes switching nationality and competing under ‘flags of convenience’. Speaking ahead of the opening of…

[ad_1] (Reuters) – Big-serving South African Kevin Anderson squandered two match points before finally overcoming Austrian top seed Dominic Thiem in a compelling three-set slugfest at the Citi Open in Washington on Thursday. The clock…

[ad_1] (Reuters) – Stephen Curry was not quite as accurate on the golf course as he is on the hardwood, but the NBA star did not embarrass himself when he teed it up on the…

[ad_1] LONDON (Reuters) – Brazil forward Neymar’s world record transfer to Paris St Germain is close to completion after his club Barcelona said on Thursday that the player’s representatives had paid the 222 million euros…

[ad_1] (Reuters) – The Indonesian Masters has been named the final event of this year’s Asian Tour, tournament organizers said on Thursday. The seventh edition of the tournament will be held from Dec. 14-17 at…

[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – In the middle of a sprawling construction site in equatorial Malaysia, over a dozen young men sporting ice skates and protective gear hit the skating rink to do their morning…