A day after announcing his decision to resign, Sepp Blatter was back at work at FIFA headquarters on Wednesday as the worst corruption crisis in the governing body’s 111-year history continued to unfold. Interpol added six men with ties to FIFA to its most wanted list, while South African officials denied they made a $10 million bribe to secure the 2010 World Cup. Blatter spoke to FIFA staff for about
”It felt good to be back in the building, to be around the fellas,” Peterson said Tuesday after his first workout at Vikings headquarters since Sept. 12, a practice that took place hours before his indictment on the child abuse charge that forever changed his life, disordered Minnesota’s 2014 season and became part of the frame of an ugly fall for the NFL amid persistent domestic violence problems. Despite his
Joey Gallo walked into the Texas Rangers clubhouse after his major league debut carrying three baseballs. There was also the home run hit into the upper deck his next time up, and the double that ricocheted off the top of the wall in right-center field. ”I was just going to be happy to get on base the first game, so I definitely over-achieved my goals there.” The top prospect in
Chris Archer was in the zone in more ways than one, toying with the Los Angeles Angels’ hitters with his fastball and slider to a point where they didn’t know what to swing at. Archer tied a franchise record with 15 strikeouts over eight innings, overcoming another milestone home run by Albert Pujols and leading the Rays to a 6-1 victory Tuesday night.
NBA players and brothers Pau and Marc Gasol on Wednesday were awarded Spain’s Princess of Asturias award for sport for their succesful basketball careers and extensive community services. The award foundation hailed Chicago Bulls centre Pau, 34, and his younger brother Marc, 30, as “extraordinary sportsmen who have combined major sporting achievements with exemplary social work”. The 50,000-euro ($54,000) award is one of eight prizes handed out yearly by a
(Reuters) – Yahoo Inc will broadcast the Oct. 25 National Football League game between the Buffalo Bills and Jacksonville Jaguars in London in the first live-stream of an NFL game, the league said. The International Series game will be streamed exclusively free of charge on Yahoo properties including Yahoo Sports, Yahoo Screen and Tumblr, the NFL said on Wednesday. Yahoo paid at least $20 million for the streaming rights, technology
Cleveland’s LeBron James and Golden State’s Stephen Curry have powered their teams into an NBA Finals showdown, but only one club can complete a fairy-tale run to a long-awaited crown. James, a four-time NBA Most Valuable Player, is on the brink of realizing the dream that pushed him to leave the Miami Heat last July and return to the Cavaliers, who could become Cleveland’s first major team sports champion since
By Peter Rutherford SEOUL (Reuters) – An Byeong-hun’s victory at last month’s BMW PGA Championship could help open the door to Olympic and Presidents Cup berths, but the South Korean golfer knows he has a long way to go to match the exploits of his sporting parents. An achieved the biggest win of his career in the lucrative European Tour event at Wentworth and his subsequent vault up the world
By Peter Rutherford SEOUL, June 3 (Reuters) – An Byeong-hun’s victory at last month’s BMW PGA Championship could help open the door to Olympic and Presidents Cup berths, but the South Korean golfer knows he has a long way to go to match the exploits of his sporting parents. An achieved the biggest win of his career in the lucrative European Tour event at Wentworth and his subsequent vault up
-It was only a matter of time. – After hitting the rev limiter at “only” 195 mph in a black supercharged 2015 Mustang GT with 717 horses, the folks at Hennessey Performance had one singular goal in mind: – The 200 mph barrier. – Clearly, the 717 horsepower provided by the tuner’s HPE700 kit wasn’t enough—never mind that the limitation seemed to be gearing, not power. Enter the HPE750 Supercharged