DOHA (Reuters) - American world indoor sprint favorite Ivory Williams has withdrawn from this weekend's IAAF championships because of a positive test for marijuana, his manager said on Wednesday.
"He had a marijuana positive," Ray Flynn told Reuters in a telephone call from the United States.
"To the best of ...More
AURILLAC, France (Reuters) - Slovakian prodigy Peter Sagan claimed a shortened third stage of the Paris-Nice race Wednesday while Alberto Contador showed in a nervy finale he had regained confidence two days after crashing.
The twice Tour de France champion lost balance in the final sprint after 153 km from St ...More
MIAMI (Reuters) - Two-times British Open winner Padraig Harrington will be a guest of U.S. president Barack Obama at the White House St Patrick's Day party next week, the Irish golfer told reporters on Wednesday.
"I got an invite to go to the St Patrick's Day celebrations at ...More
GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (Reuters) - Double Olympic gold medalist Maria Riesch handed Lindsey Vonn a rare downhill defeat on Wednesday and also forced her American friend to put her third successive overall World Cup title on hold.
Vonn, who has already clinched the World Cup downhill title, finished second, only the second ...More
GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (Reuters) - Switzerland's Carlo Janka went back to the top of the overall World Cup standings by winning a thrilling downhill at Garmisch-Partenkirchen in which 0.07 seconds separated the top four.
The Olympic giant slalom gold medalist beat Austria's Mario Scheiber by 0.02 seconds to ...More
GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (Reuters) - Switzerland's Carlo Janka won the downhill at Garmisch-Partenkirchen on Wednesday to go back to the top of the overall World Cup standings.
Janka, the Olympic giant slalom champion, beat Austria's Mario Scheiber by 0.02 seconds to set off a cacophony of cowbells and rattles ...More
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Kobe Bryant delivered yet another game-winning shot to help the Los Angeles Lakers snap a three-game losing streak with a 109-107 victory over the Toronto Raptors on Tuesday.
Bryant netted 32 points and made a fade-away 17-foot jump shot along the baseline with 1.9 seconds remaining ...More
BEIJING (Reuters) - The Chinese company ordered to stop making soccer World Cup mascots because of poor working conditions in their factory hit back at the accusations on Wednesday, saying they were victims of South African politicking.
FIFA's branding company Global Brands Group (GBG) said on Tuesday that Shanghai Fashion ...More
DENVER (Reuters) - Mikael Samuelsson's hat-trick inspired a stirring fightback for the Vancouver Canucks in a 6-4 victory over Northwest Division rivals the Colorado Avalanche on Tuesday.
The Canucks trailed 3-0 in the second before Samuelsson tallied three times in 12 minutes to pull the visitors to within 4-3 by ...More
MIAMI (Reuters) - Media reports that Tiger Woods is working with his swing coach Hank Haney have leading golfers talking of a possible return to action for the world number one.
The websites of the Golf Channel and Golf Digest have both reported that Woods was seen working with Haney on ...More
