Reuters Sports News Summary

08/15/2016 19:53

Following is a summary of current sports news briefs.

Boxing: U.S. coach angered by judging after Mayer defeat

U.S. coach Billy Walsh questioned the judging after his lightweight Mikaela Mayer lost her quarter-final on points to Russian Anastasia Beliakova at the Rio Games on Monday. "To be honest, I've just had a look at the judging. It was crazy," Walsh told reporters. "Are they looking at the same bloody fight or what?

Imperious Bolt completes amazing 100m triple

For 9.81 glorious seconds on Sunday, all the ills that have dogged athletics recently were forgotten as Usain Bolt stormed to victory in the 100 meters final to become the first man to win three successive Olympic titles on the track. The Jamaican superstar trailed arch-rival Justin Gatlin, roundly booed by the Rio crowd for his doping past, until the 70 meter mark but then swept past the American, finding time to pat his chest as he crossed the line a meter clear.

Golf: Day, Scott head powerful Australian team for World Cup

Current world number one Jason Day and former world number one Adam Scott will form a powerful two-man Australian team for the World Cup of Golf in November. They will be playing at home in the 58th staging of the event, to be held at Kingston Heath in Melbourne from November 23-27.

Volleyball: U.S. men down Mexico to reach quarter-finals

Current men's volleyball Olympic champions and medal favorites United States won the chance to defend their title by securing a quarter-final slot with a 3-0 victory over Mexico on Monday. The U.S. has clawed back from the brink of elimination after losing its first two games to Canada and Italy and began its comeback with a stunning 3-1 win over hosts Brazil.

You can run but you can't hide, IOC tells doping cheats

Doping cheats using designer drugs or gene doping at the Rio Olympics should know they will eventually be found out, the International Olympic Committee said on Monday. The Rio Games are taking place under the cloud of doping with the Russian track and field team virtually excluded after a state-backed systematic doping program was revealed, and three more athletes having tested positive since the opening of the Games village on July 24.

Russia's Stepanova: 'No accident' if something happens to me

The Russian runner who helped expose a system of state-backed doping in her country says she fears for her life and has been forced to move after hackers tried to find her location. The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) said on Saturday Yulia Stepanova's online doping management account had been illegally accessed. The doping scandal she lifted the lid on has rocked sport and cost over 100 Russians their place at the Rio Games.

Gymnastics: Biles beam slip crushes five-gold dream

As expected, gymnast extraordinaire Simone Biles picked up her fourth medal at the Rio Olympics. Only problem was it was not the color the American wanted.

Ultimate survivor Sauers claims U.S. Senior Open triumph

Five years after defying the odds and surviving a rare and potentially fatal skin disease, Gene Sauers clinched the biggest victory of his golfing life, a one-shot win at the U.S. Senior Open in Ohio on Monday. Sauers suffered the heartbreak of losing in a playoff to Colin Montgomerie in the same event in 2014, but the diminutive American went one better this time when he sank a short par putt on the last hole to edge Miguel Angel Jimenez and Billy Mayfair.

Serena withdraws from Cincinnati with shoulder injury

Serena Williams, fresh off a third-round upset loss at the Rio Olympics, has pulled out of this week's Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati with a shoulder injury, the tournament's two-times defending champion said on Monday. Williams, who had accepted a wild card into the tournament last week after competing at the Olympics, made the decision to skip the key U.S. Open tuneup after a morning practice in Ohio.

U.S. pole vault champion Suhr falls ill in Rio

Reigning Olympic pole vault champion Jenn Suhr has contracted a serious virus in Rio de Janeiro that could affect her jumping, her husband and coach Rick Suhr said on Twitter on Monday. The American has no plans to withdraw from the competition which begins with the qualifying round on Tuesday.

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