MIAMI (Reuters) - Two-times British Open winner Padraig Harrington will be a guest of U.S. president Barack Obama at the White House St Patrick's Day party next week, the Irish golfer told reporters on Wednesday.
"I got an invite to go to the St Patrick's Day celebrations at the White House, ...
MIAMI (Reuters) - Media reports that Tiger Woods is working with his swing coach Hank Haney have leading golfers talking of a possible return to action for the world number one.
The websites of the Golf Channel and Golf Digest have both reported that Woods was seen working with Haney on a driving ...
DOHA (Reuters) - American world indoor sprint favorite Ivory Williams has withdrawn from this weekend's IAAF championships because of a positive test for marijuana, his manager said on Wednesday.
"He had a marijuana positive," Ray Flynn told Reuters in a telephone call from the United ...
AURILLAC, France (Reuters) - Slovakian prodigy Peter Sagan claimed a shortened third stage of the Paris-Nice race Wednesday while Alberto Contador showed in a nervy finale he had regained confidence two days after crashing.
The twice Tour de France champion lost balance in the final sprint after ...
The Milram rider beat off second-placed Spaniard Pablo Lastras of Caisse d'Epargne while Denmark's Matti Breschel was third for Saxo Bank.
The 148km stage from Livorno on the west coast to Rosignano Solvay was characterized by cold temperatures and rain, making it difficult for top sprinters such ...
Bryant netted 32 points and made a fade-away 17-foot jump shot along the baseline with 1.9 seconds remaining to give the defending NBA champions a much-needed win.
"We put a lot of points on the board and our offense looked fine but you don't' win championships by your offense winning ...
The Canucks trailed 3-0 in the second before Samuelsson tallied three times in 12 minutes to pull the visitors to within 4-3 by the start of the final period after Peter Mueller had added a fourth goal for the Avalanche.
Alexandre Burrows scored from a wrist shot at 8:04 in the third to tie the ...
The 35-year-old pitcher will rest and then do rehab work before making a decision on whether the injury requires surgery, said a report on the team's official website (http://minnesota.twins.mlb.com).
The former All Star faced one batter in the Spring training game against the Boston Red Sox on ...
GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (Reuters) - Double Olympic gold medalist Maria Riesch handed Lindsey Vonn a rare downhill defeat on Wednesday and also forced her American friend to put her third successive overall World Cup title on hold.
Vonn, who has already clinched the World Cup downhill ...
DALLAS (Reuters) - Filipino ring king Manny Pacquiao said his lightning fast speed will be enough to nullify Joshua Clottey's size advantage when the two meet in Dallas on Saturday.
"My quickness will be the key, my speed," the seven-time world champion told Reuters as he prepared for a ...
