Category Archives: Sports
IOC will not sign off on Tokyo's $20b budget for 2020 Games
TOKYO - Calling Tokyo’s proposed $20 billion budget unacceptable, IOC vice-president John Coates urged Japanese organizers on Friday to find ways to make the 2020 Olympics more affordable. Coate...
Dec 01, 2016
Neil Leifer photographic prints going to auction in NYC
NEW YORK - Hundreds of Neil (LY-fur) Leifer photographs, including his iconic images of Muhammad Ali, will be auctioned in New York City. Guernsey’s is offering 700 lots Friday and Saturday from...
Dec 01, 2016
Milos Raonic parts ways with coach Carlos Moya
LONDON - Milos Raonic has parted ways with coach Carlos Moya after the Spaniard helped guide the Canadian player through his most successful year on the tour. In a statement on his Facebook account, R...
Dec 01, 2016
10 suspects identified in sex-abuse case in British soccer
MANCHESTER, England - Ten suspects have been identified by one of the 17 police forces investigating a sex-abuse scandal in youth soccer that is engulfing the British game. Greater Manchester Police s...
Dec 01, 2016
Olympic hero Michael Phelps looks to dip his toes in tech
SAN JOSE, Calif. - Michael Phelps wants to dive into Silicon Valley’s investment opportunities as he tries to make the transition from Olympic swimming star and product pitchman to entrepreneur....
Dec 01, 2016
Tiger's returns from a layoff not what they used to be
NASSAU, Bahamas - Tiger Woods used to have no trouble returning to golf after a long layoff. That was when he was much younger, before the injuries and surgeries began piling up, before the annual arr...
Dec 01, 2016
All-Star Game no longer determines Series start
NEW YORK - The league that wins baseball’s All-Star Game no longer will get home-field advantage in the World Series, which instead will go to the pennant winner with the better regular-season r...
Nov 30, 2016
Scores and Schedule
Wednesday’s Games (All Times Eastern) Major League Soccer Eastern Conference final Second leg Toronto 5 Montreal 2 (Toronto wins series 7-5 on aggregate) — NHL N.Y. Islanders 5 Pittsburgh ...
Nov 30, 2016
Wednesday's Games
Wednesday’s Games (All Times Eastern) Major League Soccer Eastern Conference final Second leg Toronto 5 Montreal 2 (Toronto wins series 7-5 on aggregate) — NHL N.Y. Islanders 5 Pittsburgh ...
Nov 30, 2016
MLB players, owners reach tentative labour deal
IRVING, Texas - Baseball players and owners reached a tentative agreement Wednesday on a five-year labour contract that will extend the sport’s industrial peace to 26 years. After days of near r...
Nov 30, 2016
