(Reuters) – Team by team analysis of Sunday’s season-ending Abu Dhabi Formula One Grand Prix (listed in championship order): – MERCEDES (Lewis Hamilton 1, Valtteri Bottas 4) Hamilton’s 11th win of the season, fifth in Abu Dhabi and 84th of his career. He start... More »
ABU DHABI (Reuters) – Six times world champion Lewis Hamilton did not deny meeting Ferrari chairman John Elkann when asked on Sunday about speculation linking the Mercedes driver with a move to the Italian team in 2021. The 34-year-old Briton will be out of co... More »
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Max Verstappen won a thrilling Brazilian Formula One Grand Prix for Red Bull on Sunday after the Ferraris collided and Mercedes’ six-times world champion Lewis Hamilton was demoted from third to seventh. In a race of safety cars and surpr... More »
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Team by team analysis of Sunday’s Brazilian Grand Prix, penultimate race of the 21-round Formula One season (listed in championship order): – MERCEDES (Lewis Hamilton 7, Valtteri Bottas retired) Hamilton finished third on track but collec... More »
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Ferrari reminded Sebastian Vettel and Charles Leclerc of their responsibilities to the team after they put each other out of Sunday’s Brazilian Grand Prix, the penultimate race of the Formula One season. The collision between the pair, on... More »
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal judge in New York rejected Sotheby’s bid to dismiss a $380 million lawsuit where Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev accused the auction house of helping his longtime art dealer’s scheme to overcharge him on dozens of masterwor... More »
MONACO (Reuters) – Lewis Hamilton withstood lap after lap of intense pressure on worn tires to win a nail-biting Monaco Grand Prix on Sunday in a triumphant tribute to his Mercedes team’s late Formula One great Niki Lauda. The Briton, who now has 77 career win... More »
MONACO (Reuters) – Mexican Sergio Perez expressed his relief after narrowly avoiding two marshals who ran across the track ahead of him during a safety car period in Sunday’s Monaco Grand Prix. The Racing Point driver posted a video on Twitter showing him leav... More »
MONTE CARLO (Reuters) – Flamboyant Italian Fabio Fognini followed up his shock victory over Rafael Nadal with a 6-3 6-4 final win over Serbian Dusan Lajovic to claim his maiden Masters title in Monte Carlo on Sunday. The 31-year-old triumphed despite suffering... More »
MONACO (Reuters) – Russia’s athletics federation will learn on Tuesday whether its ban for widespread doping, in place for the last three years, will be lifted by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). The IAAF’s Council will vote on Ru... More »
BAKU (Reuters) – Lewis Hamilton celebrated one of the luckiest wins of his career on Sunday after a crash-strewn and chaotic Azerbaijan Grand Prix that catapulted him into the lead of the Formula One world championship. The surprise victory, after team mate Va... More »
(Reuters) – Mischa Zverev overcame a mid-match blip to defeat Canadian teenager Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-2 6-7(4) 6-1 and reach the second round of the Monte Carlo Masters on Sunday. German Zverev converted six out of 14 break points against the world number 17... More »
Formula One – Abu Dhabi Grand Prix – Yas Marina circuit, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates – November 26, 2017 Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas celebrates with the trophy after winning the race REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed ABU DHABI (Reuters) – Valtteri Bottas won the Abu ... More »
A judge in Mexico ordered on Thursday that bank accounts linked to businesses owned by soccer star Rafa Marquez be unfrozen, following a designation in August by the U.S. government that the sportsman was linked to a suspected drug trafficker. More »
As Hurricane Irma battered Florida, the cream of the insurance world -- gathered under the Mediterranean sun in Monte Carlo -- was assessing the costs of the storm for the global industry. More »
Asbel Kiprop failed in his bid for a fourth consecutive 1,500 meters gold medal at the World Championships on Sunday - but Kenya still celebrated a dazzling one-two with new champion Elijah Manangoi leading home his friend Timothy Cheruiyot. More »
2016 Rio Olympics – Athletics – Final – Men’s 5000m Final – Olympic Stadium – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – 20/08/2016. Mo Farah (GBR) of Britain celebrates winning the race. Mo Farah will bring down the curtain on his championship career with a bid for yet another... More »
Former Namibian sprinter and IAAF Council member Frankie Fredericks has been provisionally suspended from athletics pending an investigation into a potential ethics violation, the sport’s governing body said on Monday. More »
The Sauber Formula One team appointed Frederic Vasseur as their new boss on Wednesday, with the former Renault team principal set to join after the weekend’s British Grand Prix at Silverstone. More »
By Will Boggs MD(Reuters Health) – Having higher than average levels of male hormones known as androgens – whether they occur naturally or by “doping More »
FILE PHOTO: Former Formula 1 world champion Nigel Mansell poses for photographs after being presented with his Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) medal at Buckingham Palace in London February 14, 2012. REUTERS/Yui Mok/pool Formula One world cha... More »
May 28, 2017- Indianapolis, IN, USA- IndyCar Series driver Fernando Alonso walks to the garage after his car failed during the 101st Running of the Indianapolis 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Mandatory Credit: Thomas J. Russo-USA TODAY Sports Fernando Alo... More »
Formula One – F1 – Monaco Grand Prix – Monaco – 25/05/2017 – Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton in action during the first free practice session. REUTERS/Max Rossi Lewis Hamilton lapped faster than ever at Monaco as the Mercedes driver and Ferrari’s championship leader ... More »
Formula One – F1 – Monaco Grand Prix – Monaco – 24/05/2017 – A mechanic works on the suspension of Sebastian Vettel’s Ferrari inside the pits. REUTERS/Max Rossi Formula One teams have been told to change the rear jack points on their cars for safety reasons af... More »
With every step down the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival, Chinese social media star Lili Xu reckons she is getting ever closer to her dream of a career in the movies. More »
Britain Athletics – IAAF Press Conference – London Marriott Hotel, West India Quay, Canary Wharf – 13/4/17 IAAF President Sebastian Coe during the press conference Action Images via Reuters / Paul Childs Livepic IAAF chief Sebastian Coe said on Thursday he was... More »
Britain Athletics – IAAF Press Conference – London Marriott Hotel, West India Quay, Canary Wharf – 13/4/17 IAAF President Sebastian Coe during the press conference Action Images via Reuters / Paul Childs Livepic IAAF president Sebastian Coe said on Thursday he... More »
FILE PHOTO: Football Soccer – Borussia Dortmund v AS Monaco – UEFA Champions League Quarter Final First Leg – Signal Iduna Park, Dortmund, Germany – 11/4/17 The Borussia Dortmund team bus is seen after an explosion near their hotel before the game. Reuters / K... More »
Football Soccer – Borussia Dortmund v AS Monaco – UEFA Champions League Quarter Final First Leg – Signal Iduna Park, Dortmund, Germany – 11/4/17 The Borussia Dortmund team bus is seen after an explosion near their hotel before the game Reuters / Kai Pfaffenbac... More »
Formula One – F1 – Test session – Barcelona-Catalunya racetrack in Montmelo, Spain – 1/3/17. Renault’s Jolyon Palmer in action. REUTERS/Albert Gea Jolyon Palmer, by his own admission, did not make much of a mark on Formula One last season. More »
The Formula One season starts in Australia on March 26, the first of 20 races. Race times are 1200 GMT unless stated. More »
U.S. President Donald Trump faces a news conference at the White House in Washington, U.S., February 16, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque Oil executives cautioned it is too soon to gauge the impact of President Donald Trump’s policy proposals on their businesses, ... More »
A technician holds a test tube with a blood sample at the Russian anti-doping laboratory in Moscow. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin The track and field circuit wants Russia to eradicate doping so the country’s athletes can return to action in full force, the head of ... More »
FILE PHOTO: IAAF President Sebastian Coe attends a news conference after the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) council meeting in Vienna, Austria, June 17, 2016. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger/File Photo Three Russian athletes, including the w... More »
2016 Rio Olympics – Opening Ceremony – Maracana – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – 05/08/2016. The Refugee Olympic Athletes’ team arrives for the opening ceremony. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach A refugee team that competed at the 2016 Rio Olympics with 10 athletes from coun... More »
Formula One – F1 – Italian Grand Prix 2016 – Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza, Italy – 4/9/16Mercedes’ Nico Rosberg crosses the line to win the raceReuters / Max Rossi Retired Formula One world champion Nico Rosberg has warned his Mercedes replacement Valtteri... More »
U.S. President Barack Obama speaks about counter-terrorism during his visit to MacDill Air Force Base, home to U.S. Central Command and U.S. Special Operations Command, in Tampa, Florida, U.S. December 6, 2016. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque U.S. President Barack Obam... More »
Formula One – F1 – Abu Dhabi Grand Prix – Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates – 26/11/2016 – Mercedes’ Formula One driver Nico Rosberg of Germany is seen at the pit lane during the third practice session. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah Factbox on Formu... More »
Formula One – F1 – Brazilian Grand Prix – Circuit of Interlagos, Sao Paulo, Brazil – 13/11/2016 – Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton of Britain raises his trophy during the victory ceremony after winning the race. REUTERS/Nacho Doce Triple world champion Lewis Hamilton ... More »
Team by team analysis of Sunday’s U.S. Formula One Grand Prix (listed in championship order): More »
BUENOS AIRES By the end of President-elect Mauricio Macri’s first four-year term, Argentina will have doubled wheat shipments and surpassed Russia and Brazil as a corn exporter, by some estimates, as the abandonment of years-long trade restraints unleashes the... More »
TOKYO Tug of war, sumo wrestling, surfing and frisbee throwing are among 26 sports leading the charge for an Olympic place after Games officials opened the door for new attractions at the 2020 Tokyo Games. The 26, which also include korfball, billiards, orient... More »
MONTREAL Fernando Alonso warned McLaren they were making him look like an amateur after another dismal afternoon at the Canadian Grand Prix on Sunday. After being told over the car radio by his race engineer to save fuel after just 24 of the 70 scheduled laps,... More »
MONACO Germany’s Nico Rosberg celebrated a surprise hat-trick of Monaco Grand Prix victories on Sunday after Mercedes blew championship-leading team mate Lewis Hamilton’s chances with a needless pitstop. The result, with Hamilton finishing third after leading ... More »
