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MLB roundup: Blackmon, Rockies slam past Angels
Charlie Blackmon's two-out grand slam in the bottom of the ninth capped a five-run rally and lifted the Colorado Rockies to an 8-4 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Friday night in Denver. The Ro...
Sep 12, 2020
Falcons name late civil rights icon Lewis honorary captain against Seahawks
(Reuters) - The Atlanta Falcons will pay tribute to late civil rights leader John Lewis by naming him the honorary captain for their National Football League (NFL) season-opener against the Seattle Se...
Sep 12, 2020
Gunning for a Grand Slam title, Thiem hopes fourth time’s the charm
By Amy Tennery NEW YORK (Reuters) - Austria's Dominic Thiem hopes fourth time's the charm after seizing on yet another chance to win his first-ever Grand Slam title, this time at Flushing Meadows. The...
Sep 12, 2020
MLB postpones two Padres-Giants games after positive COVID-19 test
(Reuters) - Two games between the San Diego Padres and San Francisco Giants at Petco Park have been postponed after a member of the Giants organization tested positive for COVID-19, Major League Baseb...
Sep 12, 2020
Australia owed Fahey a debt of gratitude for Sydney Games: AOC
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia owed former New South Wales Premier John Fahey, who has died aged 75, an "enormous debt of gratitude" for bringing the Summer Games to Sydney in 2000, prominent Olympics a...
Sep 12, 2020
Thiem playing as consistently as the ‘Big Three’: Medvedev
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Playing Dominic Thiem at the moment is like facing some of the game's all-time greats, Russia's Daniil Medvedev said after the Austrian beat him on Friday to reach the U.S. Open f...
Sep 12, 2020
South Korea, Indonesia latest to withdraw from Thomas & Uber Cup
(Reuters) - South Korea and Indonesia have withdrawn from next month's Thomas and Uber Cup Finals in Denmark, the Badminton World Federation (BWF) said in a statement on Saturday. The two countries jo...
Sep 12, 2020
Scoreboard check helped propel Zverev into U.S. Open final
NEW YORK (Reuters) - It was nothing more than a glance at the scoreboard in the third set that pushed Alexander Zverev to raise the level of his play against Pablo Carreno Busta on Friday and help him...
Sep 11, 2020
Siegemund’s U.S. Open women’s doubles triumph marred by personal loss
(Reuters) - Laura Siegemund said she was filled with mixed emotions after capturing the U.S. Open women's doubles crown with Russia's Vera Zvonareva on Friday, the day of her aunt's funeral. Siegemund...
Sep 11, 2020
Thiem grinds through two tiebreaks to reach U.S. Open final
By Amy Tennery NEW YORK (Reuters) - Dominic Thiem advanced to his second Grand Slam final of 2020, digging out a win over third seeded Russian Daniil Medvedev 6-2 7-6(7) 7-6(5) at the U.S. Open on Fri...
Sep 11, 2020
