Karolyis' Texas ranch flips to USA Gymnastics after Rio (Yahoo Sports) The face at the top of U.S. women's gymnastics will change next month when longtime national team coordinator Martha Karolyi retires following the Summer Olympics. USA Gymnastics has reached an agreement with Karolyi and husband Bela to purchase the training facility the couple owns in Huntsville, Texas. Financial terms … [Read more...]

No suspense at Tour? Blame Team Sky (The Associated Press) Chris Froome's superiority at the Tour de France was under threat for only a brief moment. A few minutes of suspense over 21 days of racing shed a light on Team Sky's dominance in cycling's toughest race. Apart from crashes at the Mont Ventoux and in the penultimate Alpine stage, the 31-year-old Froome enjoyed a very quiet Tour. … [Read more...]

Russia says at least 8 athletes to miss Rio under IOC rule (Yahoo Sports) At least eight Russian athletes are set to miss next month's games in Rio de Janeiro under new IOC rules prohibiting former dopers from competing, Russia's top Olympic official said. Alexander Zhukov had said earlier that only eight athletes would be affected, but acknowledged after a meeting of his Russian Olympic … [Read more...]

Archery federation approves 3 Russian athletes for Rio Games (Yahoo Sports) The international archery federation has approved the entry of three Russian archers for the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro after determining they have no links to doping. World Archery made the announcement Monday, a day after the IOC decided against imposing a total ban on Russian athletes and authorized individual … [Read more...]

Kremlin hails IOC decision to allow clean Russian athletes to compete in Rio (Reuters) The Kremlin said on Monday it welcomed the decision by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) which allowed clean Russian sportspeople to compete in next month's Rio Olympics. "Certainly, we welcome the main decision which allows the so-called clean athletes to take part in the Olympic Games, given the … [Read more...]

Cycling-Tour de France champion Froome to race in London (Reuters) Tour de France champion Chris Froome will make his RideLondon-Surrey Classic debut next Sunday before heading out to the Rio Olympics, race organisers confirmed on Monday. The 31-year-old clinched his third Tour de France victory on Sunday to become the first rider to defend his title since Spain's Miguel Indurain won the … [Read more...]

Tour de France champion Froome to race in London (Reuters) (Reuters) - Tour de France champion Chris Froome will make his RideLondon-Surrey Classic debut next Sunday before heading out to the Rio Olympics, race organizers confirmed on Monday. The 31-year-old clinched his third Tour de France victory on Sunday to become the first rider to defend his title since Spain's Miguel Indurain won … [Read more...]

Patriots Rule rallies to win California Dreamin' Stakes (The Associated Press) Long-shot Patriots Rule rallied from last to beat Ambitious Brew by a half-length Sunday in the $150,000 California Dreamin' Stakes at Del Mar. Patriots Rule ran 1 1/16 miles on the turf course in 1:41.78 and paid $35.80, $12.40 and $6.60 his sixth victory in 21 starts. … [Read more...]

Durant leads US to second exhibition rout, 106-57 over China (Yahoo Sports) Just two games into the U.S. basketball team's pre-Olympic tour, coach Mike Krzyzewski already sees the start of something big. Kevin Durant scored 19 points, Klay Thompson added 17 and the Americans rolled to a second straight blowout exhibition victory, 106-57 over China on Sunday night. DeMar DeRozan scored 13 … [Read more...]

United States rallies to win UL International Crown From worst to first. The United States was shut out in Day 1 of the UL International Crown, but by the time the matches at Merit Club near Chicago wrapped on Sunday, the American quartet had claimed the second title in the team-based event. The U.S. team of Gerina Piller, Stacy Lewis, Lexi Thompson and Cristie Kerr managed to win three of … [Read more...]