[ad_1] (Reuters) – World number four Stan Wawrinka has withdrawn from this month’s Rogers Cup in Montreal and the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati due to a knee injury, the Swiss said on Wednesday.…

[ad_1] (Reuters) – Two-times British road champion Peter Kennaugh will leave Team Sky at the end of the season after signing a two-year contract with German team Bora-Hansgrohe. Isle of Man-born Kennaugh, who turned professional…

[ad_1] (Reuters) – An agreement to award the 2024 and 2028 Summer Games simultaneously to Paris and Los Angeles may have provided the Olympics with some stability but the unprecedented move will not solve all…

[ad_1] BOBIGNY, France (Reuters) – The most deprived department in France is expected to be a big winner now Paris is in line to host the 2024 Olympics with thousands of homes and a new…

[ad_1] MOSCOW (Reuters) – If Russian hurdler Sergey Shubenkov retains his world title in London next week he will not be serenaded by his national anthem when he stands on the podium. Shubenkov and 18…

[ad_1] LOS ANGELES/ PARIS (Reuters) – Paris moved within a hair’s breadth on Monday of formally being chosen to host the 2024 Summer Olympics after rival candidate city Los Angeles agreed to accept the consolation…

[ad_1] MOSTAR, Bosnia (Reuters) – Lorens Listo’s name may not headline the world’s sports pages, but on the streets of his native Mostar he is hailed as a champion among champions in a sport that…

[ad_1] (Reuters) – Russia’s head of athletics Dmitry Shlyakhtin is traveling to London this week to address the sport’s governing body in a bid to have his country’s international ban lifted. Shlyakhtin, president of Russia’s…

[ad_1] (The Sports Xchange) – Texas Rangers third baseman Adrian Beltre became the 31st player in Major League Baseball history to record 3,000 hits Sunday when he ripped a bouncing double on a 3-0 pitch…

[ad_1] BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Sebastian Vettel won a tense Hungarian Grand Prix on Sunday in a Ferrari one-two that stretched his championship lead to 14 points after Mercedes rival Lewis Hamilton sportingly surrendered third place…

[ad_1] SYDNEY (Reuters) – A war of words has broken out between two of Australia’s fastest swimmers with dual world 100 meters freestyle champion James Magnussen standing by criticism of the team’s relay tactics at…

[ad_1] BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Caeleb Dressel of the United States became the first swimmer to win three gold medals in a single evening at the world championships after producing a trio of storming performances on…

[ad_1] BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Ferrari’s Formula One championship leader Sebastian Vettel took pole position at the Hungarian Grand Prix on Saturday as Mercedes title rival Lewis Hamilton missed out on a record-equalling career 68th. The…

[ad_1] (Reuters) – Denver Broncos linebacker Shane Ray could miss the start of the NFL season after sustaining a ligament tear in his left wrist that will sideline him for six to eight weeks. Ray…

[ad_1] BUDAPEST (Reuters) – – Russia took triple gold across the 200-metre events at the world championships on Friday, thanks to Anton Chupkov and Yuliya Efimova in a breaststroke double and Evgeny Rylov in the…

[ad_1] LONDON (Reuters) – The world athletics championships in London next month are expected to have the highest attendance figures in the event’s history after organisers announced on Friday that more than 650,000 tickets have…

[ad_1] (Reuters) – Former United States coach Bob Bradley has been named the inaugural manager of the Los Angeles Football Club, the Major League Soccer expansion team that will start playing next year. For Bradley,…

[ad_1] (Reuters) – A Baltimore Ravens offensive lineman pursuing a doctorate in mathematics announced his retirement from professional football on Thursday, and team officials said a study linking NFL players to brain disease was a…

[ad_1] MADRID (Reuters) – Team Sky rider Mikel Landa has spoken of his anger at missing out on the Tour de France podium by one second, saying he sacrificed his chances on the Col d’Izoard…

[ad_1] (Reuters) – Manchester United ended their pre-season tour of the United States with a defeat to Barcelona but manager Jose Mourinho was satisfied with his team’s overall performance and fitness level ahead of the…

[ad_1] BUDAPEST (Reuters) – The international swimming governing body FINA will not revert to ‘synchronized swimming’ after the name of the sport was changed to ‘artistic swimming’ last week, FINA executive chairman Cornel Marculescu told…

[ad_1] BELGRADE (Reuters) – Twelve-times grand slam champion Novak Djokovic will miss the rest of the tennis season to recover from an elbow injury, the Serbian said on Wednesday. The 30-year-old posted a video statement…

[ad_1] SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian golfer Jarrod Lyle is in hospital undergoing tests in Melbourne, his family said on Wednesday, prompting fears he is facing a third battle against acute myeloid leukemia. The 35-year-old, who…

[ad_1] BUDAPEST (Reuters) – The world championships came alive on Tuesday as Lilly King of the United States won the women’s 100 meters breaststroke title in one of three world-record swims at the end of…

[ad_1] MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian forward Danis Zaripov, a three-time world champion who played at the 2010 Olympics, has been suspended for two years after he failed a doping test last season in the Kontinental…

[ad_1] (Reuters) – Former world number one Novak Djokovic is in doubt for the U.S. Open due to his elbow injury, Serbian media reported, citing the country’s Davis Cup team doctor. Djokovic retired hurt during…

[ad_1] (Reuters) – With one week to go before next Monday’s trade deadline, Major League Baseball’s haves and have-nots are sizing each other up for a pennant push this season or a build-up for the…

[ad_1] PARIS (Reuters) – Chris Froome put on a near-perfect performance to claim his fourth Tour de France and move within one title of cycling’s greatest on Sunday as Team Sky tightened their grip on…

[ad_1] (Reuters) – A Kemar Lawrence free kick two minutes from time gave Jamaica a surprise 1-0 win over Mexico on Sunday and took the Caribbean side into their second consecutive Gold Cup final. Jamaica…