Category: Sports News

Kenya’s Jepchirchir and Chebet Win Boston Marathon

BOSTON—Reigning Olympic champion Peres Jepchirchir won the women’s race at the Boston Marathon on Monday, as fellow Kenyan Evans Chebet won the men’s race. Jepchirchir won a see-saw sprint in the final mile on Monday as the world’s most prestigious 26.2-mile race returned to its traditional Patriots’ Day spot in the schedule for the first…


Britain’s Olympic 4×100 Team Told to Hand Back Tokyo Silvers

LONDON—Britain’s men’s 4x100m relay team have been told to hand back their Tokyo 2020 silver medals after Chijindu Ujah’s doping violation, the British Olympic Association (BOA) said on Thursday. Ujah and team mates Zharnel Hughes, Richard Kilty, and Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake finished second behind Italy last August but were stripped of the silver in February after…


Mike Bossy, Islanders Great, 4-Time Cup Champion, Dies at 65

Mike Bossy, one of hockey’s most prolific goal-scorers and a star for the New York Islanders during their 1980s Stanley Cup dynasty, has died after a battle with lung cancer. He was 65. TVA Sports, the French-language network in Canada where he worked as a hockey analyst, confirmed Bossy died Thursday night. An Islanders spokesman…


Reports: Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson Enter US Open

Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson put their names into contention for the U.S. Open Championship, multiple outlets reported Thursday. That doesn’t mean that either, or both, are confirmed to participate in the tournament, scheduled for The Country Club in Brookline, Mass., from June 16–19. Wednesday night was the deadline to reserve their spots should they…


American Felix Says She Will Run Final Track Season

Seven-times Olympic gold medallist Allyson Felix said on Wednesday that she would run one final track season, months after competing in her fifth Games. The most decorated American track and field Olympian picked up bronze in the 400 metres and gold in the 4×400 metres relay in Tokyo last year, having already confirmed that it…


Djokovic Says He Ran Out of Gas in Monte Carlo Defeat

MONTE CARLO—Novak Djokovic said he felt drained of energy towards the end of his loss to Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in the second round of the Monte Carlo Masters on Tuesday, admitting that the defeat was almost inevitable going into the final set. Playing in his fourth match of the season after he was denied a…


Soccer-Blatter, Platini to Face Swiss Justice in June Fraud Trial

ZURICH—Former FIFA President Sepp Blatter and ex-UEFA President Michel Platini will go on trial in June to face Swiss corruption charges over a $2 million payment that world soccer’s governing body made to Platini in 2011, the court announced on Tuesday. Both Blatter and Platini have repeatedly denied wrongdoing in the past over the incident,…


Djokovic Vows to Use Tough Experiences to Fuel His Season

Novak Djokovic plans to use the challenging experiences he has endured this year due to being unvaccinated against COVID-19 as fuel for the rest of the season, the world number one said on Sunday ahead of his return to action in Monte Carlo. The 20-times Grand Slam champion was unable to defend his Australian Open…


Steelers Quarterback Dwayne Haskins Killed in Auto Accident

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.—Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Dwayne Haskins was killed Saturday when he was hit by a dump truck while he was walking on a South Florida highway. Florida Highway Patrol spokeswoman Lt. Indiana Miranda confirmed the accident on westbound Interstate 595. Haskins was pronounced dead at the scene. Miranda didn’t say why the 24-year-old Haskins…


Tiger Woods Makes Bogey Start to Masters Second Round, Schwartzel Leads

AUGUSTA, Ga.—South Korea’s Im Sung-jae takes a one-shot lead into the second round of the Masters on Friday but the spotlight remains locked on Tiger Woods as he looks to take the next step in his comeback from a career-threatening car crash by making the cut at the year’s first major. Woods had Augusta National…