NEW YORK (Reuters) - Despite a tumultuous year on and off the course for Tiger Woods, the world number one will have one more chance for golfing glory after being named Tuesday as one of four wildcard picks for next month's Ryder Cup.
Woods, who failed to gain automatic selection for the biennial ...
"Effective immediately, Jeff Ireland will assume full control over all aspects and decisions in regard to the Miami Dolphins football team and support staff," the team said in a statement. "This was the intent of the structure put in place in the past.
Parcells, the team's executive ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Roger Federer hopes a return to one of his favorite surfaces will help him avenge his only defeat to Robin Soderling when they clash in the quarter-finals of the U.S. Open on Wednesday.
Federer won his first 12 matches with the big-serving Swede but spoiled his perfect record ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - American Sam Querrey bowed out of the fourth-round of the U.S. Open on Tuesday and then said he was annoyed at the European domination on the men's tour.
The 20th seed fell 7-6 6-7 7-5 4-6 6-4 to Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka in the fourth round at Flushing Meadows, leaving no ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Number 12 seed Mikhail Youzhny of Russia reached the fourth grand slam quarter-final of his career with a convincing 7-5 6-2 4-6 6-4 victory over Spain's Tommy Robredo at the U.S. Open Tuesday.
Youzhny, a semi-finalist at Flushing Meadows in 2006, successfully landed 62 ...
MIAMI (Reuters) - The last time the New Orleans Saints played at their home venue, the Louisiana Superdome, they won the NFC championship after battering and bruising Minnesota Vikings quarterback Brett Favre.
On Thursday, the Super Bowl champions return to action and, in the perfect piece of ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Venus Williams kept the American flag fluttering at the U.S. Open on Tuesday when she beat French Open champion Francesca Schiavone 7-6 6-4 to become the first player through to the semi-finals.
Williams, promoted to third seed this year after her sister and world number one ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former world number one Martina Hingis said on Tuesday she may make a second return to the women's tour, this time on the doubles circuit.
The 29-year-old Swiss, who won Wimbledon at the age of 16 and picked up four other grand slam singles titles, quit the sport for a second ...
Quarterback Leinart, the 10th overall pick in the 2006 draft, was released by the Arizona Cardinals on Saturday after entering their training camp as the starter.
"He's obviously a talented young man to have been the 10th pick in the draft," Texans coach Gary Kubiak told the team's ...
"I think some of the international community underestimates the passion for the game in the United States," Gulati told a news conference in New York at the start of a four-day inspection visit by FIFA delegates.
"When we start talking about the landscape in the U.S. they're ...
