Sports News

Thu, May 17, 2012

Ice hockey: Canada, U.S. and Sweden eliminated by late goals

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Jesse Joensuu scored a late winner as Finland dumped the United States out of the world ice hockey championships at the quarter-final ...

Thu, May 17, 2012

Preakness appears to be a two-horse race

By Steve Ginsburg

BALTIMORE (Reuters) - While the Preakness Stakes appears to be a two-horse affair between Kentucky Derby champ I'll Have Another and ...

Thu, May 17, 2012

Rangers bank on "short-term memory" after playoff loss

(Reuters) - The New York Rangers refuse to spend time thinking about missed opportunities after failing, for the third time, to capitalize on series-opening victories ...

Thu, May 17, 2012

Leishman soars with two eagles at the Byron Nelson

(Reuters) - Australian Marc Leishman soared into an early one-shot lead with a pair of eagles on the back nine in Thursday's opening round ...

Thu, May 17, 2012

London receives flame in rainy Athens

By Alan Baldwin

ATHENS (Reuters) - The flame for the London Olympics, which start on July 27 after a 70-day torch relay around Britain, was ...

Lleyton Hewitt of Australia changes his shirt during a break in between games during his match against Novak Djokovic of Serbia at the Austr

Thu, May 17, 2012

Hewitt handed a wildcard for the French Open

PARIS (Reuters) - Former world number one Lleyton Hewitt, currently ranked 178th, has been granted a wildcard to enter the French Open main draw along ...