Djokovic, Del Potro withdraw from Montreal, Nadal gets top seed
AFP, Montreal :Wimbledon champion and world number one Novak Djokovic has withdrawn from next month’s US Open hardcourt tuneup event in Montreal, saying he needs...
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Lochte to swim at US nationals after 14-month ban
Agency :Six-time Olympic swimming gold medalist Ryan Lochte, fresh off a 14-month suspension, will make his return to competition at next week’s American national championships,...
Arsenal stars fend off ‘knife-wielding car-jackers’
Agency :Arsenal footballers Sead Kolasinac and Mesut Ozil fought off knife-wielding car-jackers in a terrifying ordeal in London captured on video circulating Friday on social...
Felix happy to be back, Gatlin, Coleman cruise
AFP, United States :Allyson Felix struggled through her first race in 13 months but declared herself happy to be back after scraping into the 400m...
Dressel smashes 100m butterfly world record
Agency :American Caeleb Dressel broke the world record in the men’s 100 metres butterfly on Friday, obliterating Michael Phelps’s old mark with a jaw-dropping semifinal...
American Dressel romps to 100m freestyle world title
American Caeleb Dressel retained his world men’s 100 metres freestyle crown Thursday, collecting his third gold medal of the week. The 22-year-old, who swept to...
Campbell stalks Manuel at swimming worlds after doping row
Defending champion Simone Manuel set the pace in the women’s 100 metres freestyle Thursday as normal service resumed at the swimming world championships after a...
American King disqualified in 200m breaststroke heat at Worlds
AP, Gwangju :American Lilly King was disqualified from the 200-meter breaststroke preliminaries at the World Swimming Championships on Thursday.King won the third heat in 2...
Catch me if you can, warns Milak after smashing Phelps record
Hungarian teen sensation Kristof Milak said Wednesday he was “honoured” to beat his hero Michael Phelps’s 200 metres butterfly world record and vowed to be...
Six of the worst: Swim star Sun’s catalogue of controversy
AFP, South Korea :The Swimming World Championships in Gwangju this week have been dominated by Sun Yang and renewed doping allegations that have sparked podium...
Jordan Ayew signs for Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace have completed the permanent signing of Ghana forward Jordan Ayew from Swansea, the Premier League club announced on Thursday.Ayew, 27, spent last season...