Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) Sports News (Master Feed)
Golf-Morikawa brings precision game to mount PGA Championship title defence
By Amy Tennery (Reuters) - World number six Collin Morikawa goes into the PGA Championship in South Carolina this week hungry to mount a title defence and prove his early career major triumph was no f...
May 17, 2021
Panthers’ Sam Bennett to have hearing with NHL
Florida Panthers center Sam Bennett is scheduled to have a hearing with the NHL Department of Player Safety on Monday. Bennett is facing potential discipline for boarding Tampa Bay forward Blake Colem...
May 17, 2021
Hitting it out of the park: Baseball card legacy could smash records
By Jill Serjeant LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - When Florida physician Thomas Newman died of COVID-19, he left his family a huge legacy - a collection of sports cards worth some $20 million, including a Babe...
May 17, 2021
Venezuela battle inner demons ahead of Copa America
By Jordan Florit LONDON (Reuters) - Last November, players of Venezuelan first division football team Trujillanos took to the pitch with a banner demanding their long unpaid salaries and then stood st...
May 17, 2021
Factbox: Venezuela’s journey from maligned ‘Cinderella’ to FIFA Top 30
(Reuters) - For decades, Venezuela's national football team were disparagingly nicknamed "Cinderella" for perennially failing to attend, being the first to depart, or finishing bottom of the pile in t...
May 17, 2021
Tennis-Beaten Djokovic hits right notes on clay in Rome
(Reuters) - Novak Djokovic was disappointed to fall at the final hurdle against Rafa Nadal at the Rome Masters on Sunday but the world number one said his level of play last week has filled him with c...
May 17, 2021
Transgender women allowed to play women’s rugby in France – federation
PARIS (Reuters) - The French rugby federation (FFR) will allow transgender women to play women's rugby as of next season, going against governing body World Rugby's guidelines, it said on Monday. Last...
May 17, 2021
NHL roundup: Brayden Point strikes twice as Lightning top Panthers
Brayden Point's second goal of the game with 74 seconds remaining was the winner and Nikita Kucherov tallied two goals and an assist in his first game of the season as the visiting Tampa Bay Lightning...
May 17, 2021
Olympics-Party-free Tokyo will be heaven for the socially distant: NZ runner Willis
By Ian Ransom MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Strict COVID-19 rules will kill the party vibe at the Tokyo Olympics Athletes' Village and that is just fine for New Zealand's veteran middle distance runner Nick W...
May 17, 2021
Tennis-Nadal heads to Roland Garros with confidence and a clear mind
(Reuters) - After warming up for the French Open in style by beating world number one Novak Djokovic in the Rome Masters final on Sunday, Rafa Nadal said he is heading to Rolland Garros with confidenc...
May 17, 2021
