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Tennis: Medvedev has no concerns about U.S. Open COVID precautions
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Russia's Daniil Medvedev had no doubts about playing this year's U.S. Open in New York despite the novel coronavirus pandemic causing several high-profile players to withdraw from...
Aug 29, 2020
Golf: Distracted McIlroy ready to walk out as awaits birth of first child
(Reuters) - Defending FedEx Cup winner Rory McIlroy acknowledged being distracted over the last few weeks but says it is because he is ready to walk out on the season-ending Championships to attend th...
Aug 29, 2020
Golf: Johnson, Matsuyama share lead at unforgiving Olympia Fields
(Reuters) - World number one Dustin Johnson and Japan's Hideki Matsuyama will share a two-stroke lead going into the final round of the BMW Championship on Sunday after shooting one-under-par 69s on S...
Aug 29, 2020
Gauff’s game is ‘best it’s ever been’ ahead of U.S. Open
By Amy Tennery NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sixteen-year-old Coco Gauff said her game is the "best it's ever been," as she aims to build on her Grand Slam success as the U.S. Open kicks off on Monday. Gauff, ...
Aug 29, 2020
Bucks finish off Magic to reach Eastern semifinals
Giannis Antetokounmpo and Khris Middleton recorded double-doubles Saturday afternoon as the Milwaukee Bucks returned to the court and made short work of the Orlando Magic 118-104 to finish off a 4-1 w...
Aug 29, 2020
Murray ready to have fun again at U.S. Open
By Amy Tennery NEW YORK (Reuters) - Andy Murray is fighting fit and ready to banish memories of his last visit to the U.S. Open, when a painful hip contributed to a second-round demise in 2018, as he ...
Aug 29, 2020
King hails Osaka as sport’s latest torchbearer for change
By Amy Tennery NEW YORK (Reuters) - At the end of a week when Naomi Osaka brought the fight for racial justice to sport's front door, it seemed fitting that another great tennis pioneer Billie Jean Ki...
Aug 29, 2020
Quiet please! U.S. Open players bemoan the sound of silence
By Amy Tennery NEW YORK (Reuters) - As chatty spectators so often learn the hard way, silence is golden in the sport of tennis. Yet facing the prospect of empty stands at the first fanless Grand Slam ...
Aug 29, 2020
Unstoppable Djokovic downs Raonic to clinch Western & Southern Open title
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Novak Djokovic kept his unbeaten streak in 2020 alive as he survived a terrible start to defeat Milos Raonic 1-6 6-3 6-4 in the final of the Western & Southern Open on Saturday. T...
Aug 29, 2020
Cycling: Rowe hits out at Astana’s treacherous Tour de France descent
By Julien Pretot NICE, France (Reuters) - Briton Luke Rowe hit out at Astana after the riders from the Kazakh team piled on the pressure -- and then paid the price --on a wet descent during the first ...
Aug 29, 2020
