SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (Reuters) - American Skip Kendall had a one-shot lead over Sweden's Richard Johnson at the Puerto Rico Open on Friday after completing just nine holes of the delayed first round.
Thursday's opening round was washed out by rain and there was another long stoppage on ...More
By Mark Lamport-Stokes
INDIAN WELLS, California (Reuters) - Second seed Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark battled back from 4-1 down in the third set to scrape past American Vania King 5-7 6-2 6-4 at the Indian Wells WTA tournament on Friday.
The 19-year-old Dane broke her unseeded opponent in the seventh and ...More
MIAMI (Reuters) - South African Ernie Els held a one-stroke lead in the clubhouse at the WGC-CA Championship after a six-under 66 in Friday's rain-affected second round.
Els, who has not won a tournament in two years, delivered a confident display that augurs well ahead of next month' U.S ...More
CLEVELAND (Reuters) - The Cleveland Browns continued to rebuild their roster by signing free-agent tight end Ben Watson to a multi-year contract on Friday as the team looks to snap a seven-season playoff drought.
Watson, 29, has spent his six-year National Football League career with the New England Patriots, who drafted ...More
GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (Reuters) - Lindsey Vonn of the United States won the women's overall Alpine ski World Cup title for the third year running on Friday.
Vonn won the super-G at the World Cup finals to make sure of the title with one race left in the season.
(Reporting by ...More
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's 'flyaway' policy, which allows top tennis players independence from the state system, is working well but may not be suitable for all sports, former grand slam doubles champion Yan Zi said. The Olympic bronze medalist, who made her debut appearance as a member of the advisory ...More
CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - Miikka Kiprusoff made 33 saves to lead the in-form Calgary Flames to a 2-0 victory over the Ottawa Senators on Thursday.
Kiprusoff recorded his 30th win of the season for the fifth consecutive year and team mates Jamal Mayers and Christopher Higgins scored a goal each to ...More
By Mark Lamport-Stokes
INDIAN WELLS, California (Reuters) - Roger Federer and former tennis greats Pete Sampras, Martina Navratilova and Steffi Graf will play in exhibition matches on Friday to raise money for victims of the Haiti earthquake.
Federer and Sampras will take on Andre Agassi and Rafael Nadal in a men ...More
By Mark Lamport-Stokes
INDIAN WELLS, California (Reuters) - Former world number one Carlos Moya survived a shaky second set to scrape through 7-6 7-6 against American qualifier Tim Smyczek in the first round of the Indian Wells ATP tournament on Thursday.
American Mardy Fish, runner-up here to Serb Novak Djokovic in ...More
ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - The Orlando Magic stormed to a season-high seventh consecutive win with a 111-82 rout of the Chicago Bulls on Thursday.
Vince Carter scored a team-high 23 points in just 26 minutes as the Magic outscored their opponents 65-33 during the first half to quickly put the contest ...More
