PODCAST: What Rory McIlroy got right and wrong about Olympic golf Rory McIlroy took a blow torch to Olympic golf in his news conference ahead of the Open Championship. In this week’s podcast, we look at what McIlroy said and assess where he was right and where he was wrong in his assessment of Olympic golf, its potential impact and his role, if any, in growing golf. Be sure to subscribe to … [Read more...]

Louis Oosthuizen makes ace on Royal Troon's par-3 14th hole Your browser does not support iframes. Louis Oosthuizen didn’t get off to the hottest start at the British Open on Thursday, failing to take advantage of any of the first six holes, which play the easiest at Royal Troon. He even dropped a shot at the 123-yard par-3 eighth and an understandable bogey on the difficult 10th. The … [Read more...]

While You Were Sleeping: Early highlights from Day 1 at the British Open Each morning of the British Open at Royal Troon, we’ll get you up to speed the minute you wake up with some highlights, facts and color that happened While You Were Sleeping. Patrick Reed is the clubhouse leader Reed eagled the third, made the turn in 31 and balanced two bogies with a pair of birdies on the back to fire … [Read more...]

Cycling-Froome loses Tour lead in Mont Ventoux chaos (Reuters) * Froome's bike broken in incident involving motorbike * Team Sky rider seen running up the Ventoux * Loses yellow jersey to fellow Briton Yates (Adds details, quotes) By Julien Pretot MONT VENTOUX, France, July 14 (Reuters) - Chris Froome lost his Tour de France overall leader's yellow jersey after an incident involving a … [Read more...]

'Better than Beijing' is Britain's main medal target (Reuters) By Alan Baldwin LONDON (Reuters) - Britain is unlikely to improve on the home haul of 65 medals in London four years ago and the main target for next month's Rio Olympics is 'better than Beijing', UK Sport said on Thursday. The high performance sports agency said its target was to come home with at least 48 medals. The 2008 … [Read more...]

Habana misses out on South Africa's Olympic rugby squad (Yahoo Sports) JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- World Cup winner Bryan Habana has missed out on a place on South Africa's Olympic rugby sevens squad. … [Read more...]

Wind blowing at 125 kph on Mont Ventoux for Stage 12 of Tour (The Associated Press) MONT VENTOUX, France (AP) -- The wind is blowing at 125 kph (nearly 80 mph) on Mont Ventoux as the peloton sets out for the weather-shortened Stage 12 of the Tour de France, which coincides with Bastille Day. … [Read more...]

Triathlon world champion Gomez Noya to miss Olympics (Yahoo Sports) MADRID (AP) -- Five-time triathlon world champion Javier Gomez Noya will miss the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro after breaking his arm during training. … [Read more...]

Small loses arbitration case for spot on US cycling team (The Associated Press) Carmen Small had her Olympic dreams crushed for the second time in less than a month. The veteran cyclist lost her arbitration case Wednesday for a spot on the four-member U.S. team headed for Rio, and will be forced to watch from the sidelines as the powerhouse women's squad rides for gold. Megan Guarnier was … [Read more...]

Small loses arbitration case for spot on US cycling team (Yahoo Sports) Carmen Small had her Olympic dreams crushed for the second time in less than a month. The veteran cyclist lost her arbitration case Wednesday for a spot on the four-member U.S. team headed for Rio, and will be forced to watch from the sidelines as the powerhouse women's squad rides for gold. Megan Guarnier was the only … [Read more...]