• Lions pride wounded ahead of first Australia test

    Lions pride wounded ahead of first Australia test

    Reuters - 21 minutes ago
    Lions pride wounded ahead of first Australia test

    By Ian Ransom CANBERRA (Reuters) - If managing players' fitness and keeping morale high are the ultimate balancing act for a long and arduous rugby tour, British and Irish Lions coach Warren Gatland took a plunge off the high-wire after his team's shock loss to the ACT Brumbies. The 14-12 disappointment at a sodden Canberra Stadium torpedoed captain Sam Warburton's hopes of a 'perfect 10' wins and an unbeaten tour, while handing Robbie Deans' Wallabies extra belief ahead of Saturday's first …

  • US, Jamaican sprinters look to Moscow

    US, Jamaican sprinters look to Moscow

    AFP News - 29 minutes ago
    US, Jamaican sprinters look to Moscow

    Sprint hierarchy could be established this week as the United States and Jamaica hold their trials for the athletics World Championships scheduled for Moscow August 10-18. …

  • Record-tying Altidore lifts US over Honduras

    Record-tying Altidore lifts US over Honduras

    AFP News - 49 minutes ago
    Record-tying Altidore lifts US over Honduras

    Jozy Altidore matched an American record by scoring a goal for the fourth match in a row to give the United States a 1-0 victory over Honduras in a World Cup 2014 North American qualifier. …

  • Massachusetts police search NFL player's home in homicide probe: report

    Massachusetts police search NFL player's home in homicide probe: report

    Reuters - 1 hour 0 minutes ago
    Massachusetts police search NFL player's home in homicide probe: report

    (Reuters) - Massachusetts State Police searched the home of New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez on Tuesday as part of a probe into a suspected homicide, according to ABC News. Hernandez was initially uncooperative with police after the body of a 27-year-old man was found in an industrial park near his home in North Attleborough on Monday, ABC News said, citing unnamed law enforcement sources. A police spokesman confirmed there was a homicide investigation under way in North …

  • Blake out of Jamaican champs, to run just 100 metres at worlds

    Blake out of Jamaican champs, to run just 100 metres at worlds

    Reuters - 1 hour 21 minutes ago
    Blake out of Jamaican champs, to run just 100 metres at worlds

    By Kayon Raynor KINGSTON (Reuters) - Olympic double sprint silver medallist Yohan Blake will only run in the 100 metres at the World Athletics Championships in Moscow after he withdrew from this weekend's Jamaican national championships, his manager said on Tuesday. Blake suffered a hamstring injury in April and due to fitness issues was withdrawn from the Jamaican championships, his manager Cubie Seegobin said. "Yohan's coach is not satisfied with the progress of his injury and hence his level …