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Thomas tames Winged Foot in search for second career major
MAMARONECK, N.Y. (Reuters) - Winged Foot has humbled many great golfers in the past but Justin Thomas was not intimidated by its brutal reputation as he breezed through the U.S. Open first round on Th...
Sep 17, 2020
Duplantis produces highest-ever outdoor pole vault jump
ROME (Reuters) - American-born Swede Armand Duplantis produced the highest-ever outdoor pole vault jump on Thursday when he cleared 6.15 metres to win gold at the Rome Diamond League meeting. The 20-y...
Sep 17, 2020
Flawless Azarenka hands rare double bagel to Kenin in Rome
ROME (Reuters) - Victoria Azarenka produced a masterclass on centre court at the Italian Open to knock out third seed Sofia Kenin with a dominant 6-0 6-0 victory in the second round on Thursday. Azare...
Sep 17, 2020
French Open attendance reduced to 5,000 fans per day: report
(Reuters) - The French Open will permit only 5,000 spectators per day following a recent spike in COVID-19 cases in the country, L'Equipe reported on Thursday. The French Tennis Federation (FFT) had a...
Sep 17, 2020
Roglic team’s sports director kicked out of Tour for insulting official
LA ROCHE SUR FORON, France (Reuters) - Merjin Zeeman, a sports director with overall leader Primoz Roglic's Jumbo-Visma team, was excluded from the Tour de France for intimidating and insulting a memb...
Sep 17, 2020
ATP, WTA cancel Kremlin Cup in Moscow due to COVID-19
(Reuters) - The men's ATP Tour and women's WTA Tour on Thursday announced the cancellation of this year's Kremlin Cup in Moscow due to the rising COVID-19 infection rate in the Russian capital. The AT...
Sep 17, 2020
Only 5,000 spectators allowed onto Champs-Elysees for Tour de France final stage
PARIS (Reuters) - Only 5,000 spectators will be granted access to the Champs-Elysees to watch Sunday's finale of the Tour de France due to health protocols that have been put in place to control the s...
Sep 17, 2020
Exclusive: Russian agency plans to suspend figure skater over doping document forgery: sources
By Gabrielle Ttrault-Farber MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's anti-doping agency plans to hand Olympic figure skater Maria Sotskova a lengthy suspension for submitting a forged document to explain a doping ...
Sep 17, 2020
Kwiatkowski wins Tour de France 18th stage, Roglic retains yellow
LA ROCHE SUR FORON, France (Reuters) - Poland's Michal Kwiatkowski won the 18th stage of the Tour de France, a 175-km ride from Meribel on Thursday. His Ineos-Grenadiers team mate, Richard Carapaz of ...
Sep 17, 2020
Amateur Thompson leading the way at U.S. Open
(Reuters) - Amateur Davis Thompson was leading the way as some of golf's biggest names worked through the turn at the opening round of the U.S. Open on Thursday, as early starters took advantage of id...
Sep 17, 2020
