Sports News

Tue, May 22, 2012

Cities vying for 2020 Games try to avoid IOC axe

By Steve Keating

QUEBEC CITY (Reuters) - The race to host the 2020 Summer Olympics reaches the first hurdle on Wednesday with five cities trying ...

Tue, May 22, 2012

Boxing federation chief earns IOC board nomination

By Steve Keating

QUEBEC CITY (Reuters) - Amateur boxing chief Wu Ching-Kuo was nominated for a spot on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) executive board ...

Tue, May 22, 2012

Ukraine official suspended amid ticket scandal

By Steve Keating

QUEBEC CITY (Reuters) - The Ukraine National Olympic Committee launched an investigation on Tuesday and suspended a top official accused of offering ...

Tue, May 22, 2012

Scandal prompts N.Y. to take control of horse racing association

By Jonathan Allen

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The New York Racing Association has been temporarily placed under state control following the suspension last month of ...

Tue, May 22, 2012

Golden State Warriors moving back to San Francisco

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The Golden State Warriors will return to San Francisco, where the National Basketball Association franchise's owners plan to build a ...

Tue, May 22, 2012

Paterno's Penn State pension to top $13 million

By Hilary Russ

(Reuters) - The late Joe Paterno, the Penn State University football coach whose six-decade career ended abruptly last year in controversy, earned ...

Tue, May 22, 2012

Eight shot outside NBA playoff game in Oklahoma

By Steve Olafson

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK (Reuters) - Eight people were wounded, one critically, by gun shots fired as thousands of sports fans left a ...

Mon, May 21, 2012

Rangers put Feliz on DL, search for replacement

(Reuters) - The division-leading Texas Rangers face a nervous wait for Neftali Feliz to recover fitness after placing the starting pitcher on the disabled list ...

Mon, May 21, 2012

Ortiz blast helps extend Boston's hot streak

(Reuters) - David Ortiz sparked a dramatic comeback with a sixth-inning home run to help the Boston Red Sox beat the first-place Baltimore Orioles 8-6 ...

Mon, May 21, 2012

I'll Have Another settled in New York for Belmont

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Kentucky Derby winner I'll Have Another has arrived safely in New York to begin his preparations to try and win ...