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Murray produces gutsy fightback to beat Nishioka in five sets
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former champion Andy Murray produced an astonishing fightback to outlast Japan's Yoshihito Nishioka 4-6 4-6 7-6(5) 7-6(4) 6-4 in his long-awaited return to Grand Slam singles acti...
Sep 01, 2020
Horse racing: Tiz the Law arrives, Art Collector exits at Churchill Downs
(Reuters) - Kentucky Derby favorite Tiz the Law arrived in Churchill Downs on Tuesday to find that one of the Belmont Stakes winners' biggest threats, Art Collector, had withdrawn ahead of the race wi...
Sep 01, 2020
Tennis: Thiem through to second round after Munar retires
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Austrian second seed Dominic Thiem advanced to the second round of the U.S. Open on Tuesday when Spaniard Jaume Munar retired after dropping the first two sets. Thiem, who reached...
Sep 01, 2020
Muguruza shakes off rust to reach U.S. Open second round
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Spain's Garbine Muguruza looked determined to overcome her U.S. Open jinx on Tuesday, overcoming a sluggish start to collect a snappy 6-4 6-4 first round win over Japan's Nao Hibi...
Sep 01, 2020
Baseball: Athletics-Mariners series postponed due to COVID-19
(Reuters) - The entire three-game series between the Oakland Athletics and host Seattle Mariners has now been postponed to allow for further COVID-19 testing of the visiting team, Major League Basebal...
Sep 01, 2020
‘Black Lives Matter’ banners swapped out as U.S. Open honors ‘frontline workers,’ NYPD
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Large banners with the words "Black Lives Matter" were removed from Arthur Ashe Stadium at the U.S. Open on Tuesday as part of a routine rotation and replaced with signage honorin...
Sep 01, 2020
Highlights: U.S. Open day two
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Highlights of the second day at the U.S. Open on Tuesday. The Grand Slam is being held in New York without spectators due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Times ET; GMT-4) 1241 MUGURUZA...
Sep 01, 2020
Suarez Navarro diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma
(Reuters) - Former world number six Carla Suarez Navarro said on Tuesday she has been diagnosed with early stage Hodgkin lymphoma, a type of cancer, and will need to go through six months of chemother...
Sep 01, 2020
Roglic wins Tour de France stage four, Alaphilippe retains yellow jersey
ORCIERES MERLETTE, France (Reuters) - Slovenian Primoz Roglic showed no ill effects of his crash earlier this month as he prevailed in the first mountain-top finish of the Tour de France in the fourth...
Sep 01, 2020
Alpine skiing: Germany’s Olympic champion Rebensburg retires
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's leading skier and 2010 Olympic giant slalom champion Viktoria Rebensburg is retiring after a dip in form, she said on Tuesday. Rebensburg, 30, added that her performances ...
Sep 01, 2020
