With techno music blaring, Dallas Keuchel emerged from a thick fog in the darkened clubhouse as multicolored beams of light danced around him, illuminating his bushy beard and he smiled. Keuchel had just wrapped up a four-hitter where he struck out a career-high 11 to lead the Houston Astros to a 3-0 win over the Chicago White Sox on Saturday. Afterward, the Astros celebrated Keuchel’s win by transforming the clubhouse
By Bernie McGuire NEWCASTLE, Northern Ireland (Reuters) – Four-time major winner Ernie Els feels his four testing rounds at the Irish Open have been the perfect preparation for next month’s U.S. Open, he told Reuters. Els endured a trying time at the Royal County Down course in Newcastle, Northern Ireland, finishing on Sunday with a one-over-par 72 for a 10-over-par tally in bright but windy conditions. The South African recorded
By Karolos Grohmann BERLIN (Reuters) – SportAccord president Marius Vizer resigned on Sunday, conceding defeat in a row with the International Olympic Committee over control of international sports federations. Vizer had challenged the IOC’s grip on global sports, accusing it of being dated and blocking the creation of new events as well as lacking transparency. Many of the departing federations accused Vizer of a unilateral move and not speaking on
By Bernie McGuire NEWCASTLE, Northern Ireland, May 31 (Reuters) – Four-time major winner Ernie Els feels his four testing rounds at the Irish Open have been the perfect preparation for next month’s U.S. Open, he told Reuters. Els endured a trying time at the Royal County Down course in Newcastle, Northern Ireland, finishing on Sunday with a one-over-par 72 for a 10-over-par tally in bright but windy conditions. The South
May 31 (Infostrada Sports) – Scores from the U.S. PGA Tour Byron Nelson Championship at the par-69 course on Saturday in Irving, Texas -13 Steven Bowditch (Australia) 62 68 65 -11 Jimmy Walker (U.S.) 64 66 67 Dustin Johnson (U.S.) 67 68 62 Jon Curran (U.S.) 67 63 67 Scott Pinckney (U.S.) 69 64 64 Jonathan Randolph (U.S.) 69 63 65 -10 Joe Affrunti (U.S.) 68 63 67 Ryan Palmer
Australia’s Steven Bowditch fired a four-under par 65 to seize a two-stroke lead after the third round of the rain-soaked US PGA Byron Nelson tournament. Bowditch, whose only US PGA win came at last year’s Texas Open, on Saturday stood on 13-under 195 after 54 holes. Sharing second were Americans Dustin Johnson, Jon Curran, Scott Pinckney, Jonathan Randolph and Jimmy Walker with Americans Charley Hoffman, Joe Affrunti and Ryan Palmer
By Mahmoud Mourad and Yara Bayoumy CAIRO (Reuters) – In his battle against militant Islam, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is relying not just on bomber planes and soldiers but on white-turbaned clerics from Al-Azhar, Egypt’s 1,000-year-old center for Islamic learning. In a televised speech in January at an Al-Azhar conference center in Cairo, Sisi called for “a religious revolution” in Islam.
By Louis Charbonneau, John Irish and Parisa Hafezi NEW YORK/PARIS/ANKARA (Reuters) – Six world powers have agreed on a way to restore U.N. sanctions on Iran if the country breaks the terms of a future nuclear deal, clearing a major obstacle to an accord ahead of a June 30 deadline, Western officials told Reuters. The new understanding on a U.N. sanctions “snapback” among the six powers – the United States,
In a forthcoming report triggered by an Associated Press investigation, the top watchdog at the Social Security Administration found the agency paid $20.2 million in benefits to more than 130 suspected Nazi war criminals, SS guards, and others who may have participated in the Third Reich’s atrocities during World War II.
“I just made two phone calls in a row without going mute, and so far no feelings of nausea.”