Rory McIlroy was on crutches Monday with an ankle injury from playing soccer, leaving in doubt the prospects of golf’s No. 1 player defending his British Open title next week at St. Andrews. Just as excitement was building toward a potential clash at the Old Course between McIlroy and Jordan Spieth, McIlroy posted a jarring photo on Instagram showing him on crutches with a walking boot on this left ankle.
Serena Williams extended her mastery over big sister Venus, and kept alive her bid for Grand Slam history. In the 26th career meeting between the siblings, Serena dominated with her steady serve and big hitting from the back of the court to win 6-4, 6-3 on Centre Court, extending her Grand Slam winning streak to 25 matches. The win sent the top-ranked Serena into the Wimbledon quarterfinals as she bids
Down 3-0 after the third inning on the heels of two uneven starts, Gerrit Cole didn’t get angry or flustered. Instead, the Pittsburgh ace became dominant. Cole overcame a rocky start for his major league-best 12th win and Andrew McCutchen’s two-run double capped a five-run fifth inning as the Pirates rallied past the Cleveland Indians 5-3 Sunday.
A horrific last-lap accident that left drivers fearing for Austin Dillon’s safety muted Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s victory in the rain-delayed race at Daytona International Speedway. Earnhardt crossed the finish line at 2:41 am Monday morning filled with dread after Dillon’s car sailed upside down into the fence then shot back onto the track. A stunned Earnhardt seemed speechless as he crossed the finish line.
Lloyd scored three goals to lead the United States to a 5-2 victory over Japan for the team’s record third World Cup title – and first since 1999. When it was over, the captain of the U.S. team collapsed to her knees and pumped her fists. Come visit the White House with the World Cup soon,” President Barack Obama posted to Twitter.
-We get a lot of pricing-related press releases around here, but not many of them announce a price lowering, and even fewer of those involve a current Car and Driver 10Best winner. But this is one of those times, so we’re happy to announce a lower price on one of our favorite current automobiles, the winsome Mazda 3. – The base 2016 Mazda 3 i Sport model, which is powered
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– When former Volkswagen CEO Ferdinand Piëch left the company’s supervisory board in a huff, it was the culmination of a power battle between himself and parts of the family on the one side, and the Porsche branch of the family, the workers council, and current CEO Martin Winterkorn on the other. One of the criticisms voiced by Piëch was the lack of creativity and vision at VW. – Winterkorn seems
ATHENS/FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Greece’s outspoken finance minister resigned on Monday, removing one major obstacle to any deal to keep Athens in the euro zone after Greeks voted resoundingly to back the government in rejecting the austerity terms of a bailout. Leftist Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras promised German Chancellor Angela Merkel that Greece would bring a proposal for a cash-for-reforms deal to an emergency summit of euro zone leaders on Tuesday,
By Parisa Hafezi and Louis Charbonneau VIENNA (Reuters) – A dispute over U.N. sanctions on Iran’s ballistic missile program and a broader arms embargo were among issues holding up a nuclear deal between Tehran and six world powers on Monday, the day before their latest self-imposed deadline. “The Iranians want the ballistic missile sanctions lifted. The foreign ministers of the six powers – Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia and the
