Australian veteran Gerrans ruled out of Rio (Reuters) MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australia's Olympic road cycling medal hopes have suffered a blow with world silver medalist Simon Gerrans forced out of the Rio de Janeiro Games after breaking a collarbone at the Tour de France. The 36-year-old Orica-BikeExchange rider underwent surgery in Barcelona over the weekend after being ruled out of the … [Read more...]

Hewitt, Gerrans out of Australian Olympic team (Yahoo Sports) Tennis coach Lleyton Hewitt and injured road cyclist Simon Gerrans are out of the Australian team for the Rio de Janeiro Olympics. Gerrans was officially ruled out Sunday after undergoing surgery on the weekend for a broken collarbone suffered in a crash in the Tour de France. The 36-year-old Gerrans would have been a key figure … [Read more...]

She's Not Here wins Yellow Ribbon again at Del Mar (The Associated Press) DEL MAR, Calif. (AP) -- She's Not Here won the $200,000 Yellow Ribbon Handicap for the second straight year Saturday, holding off Fresh Feline by a neck in the Del Mar turf race for fillies and mares. … [Read more...]

Control The Moment wins Meadowlands Pace by a nose (The Associated Press) Control The Moment held off Racing Hill by a nose Saturday in the $732,050 Meadowlands Pace for 3-year-olds. The colt trained by Brad Maxwell has won three of his last four starts, including last week's Meadowlands Pace elimination. Brian Sears, on the ballot in August for harness racing's Hall of Fame, drove the … [Read more...]

Wilder retains WBC heavyweight title, stopping Arreola (The Associated Press) Despite fighting mostly one-armed for half the fight, Deontay Wilder remained in control in the ring before quickly heading to the hospital. Wilder retained his WBC heavyweight title with a technical knockout when Chris Arreola's corner stopped the fight after the eighth round Saturday night at Legacy Arena. … [Read more...]

Cycling-Australian veteran Gerrans ruled out of Rio (Reuters) MELBOURNE, July 17 (Reuters) - Australia's Olympic road cycling medal hopes have suffered a blow with world silver medallist Simon Gerrans forced out of the Rio de Janeiro Games after breaking a collarbone at the Tour de France. The 36-year-old Orica-BikeExchange rider underwent surgery in Barcelona over the weekend after being … [Read more...]

Felix Diaz unanimously outpoints Sammy Vasquez (The Associated Press) Felix Diaz unanimously outpointed Sammy Vasquez on Saturday night in a super lightweight bout. The 10-round fight was initially announced as a majority draw, bringing boos from the Legacy Arena crowd. After a recount, Diaz (18-1) was ruled the winner, and Vasquez applauded him and pointed to Diaz when the final outcome … [Read more...]

British Open, final round: What to watch for Your browser does not support iframes.   The 145th British Open at Royal Troon has reached its final day, and after all the wind and rain and bunkers and gorse, we’re in for a treat. We’ve got two of the game’s finest at the top of the leaderboard, and stars both new and old lurking right on the margins. Here’s what to watch for during Sunday’s … [Read more...]

Cycling-Road-Tour de Pologne classification after stage 5 (Reuters) July 16 (Gracenote) - Classification from Tour de Pologne after Stage 5 on Saturday 1. Tim Wellens (Belgium / Lotto) 23:16:53" 2. Davide Formolo (Italy / Cannondale) +4:05" 3. Tiesj Benoot (Belgium / Lotto) +4:50" 4. Fabio Felline (Italy / Trek) +5:04" 5. Alberto Bettiol (Italy / Cannondale) +5:12" 6. Andrey Zeits … [Read more...]

Phil Mickelson stands on the edge of the greatest major win in decades Your browser does not support iframes.   Nothing Phil Mickelson does comes easy. He’ll get himself into trouble and wriggle right back out of it time after time after time. He’s wrung birdies out of certain bogeys. He’s hit balls into galleries and watched them kick off patrons into the fairway. He’s created a … [Read more...]