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Squash: World team championship results

Agence France-PresseJune 16, 2013 06:46
Results from squash world team championships on Saturday: Final England 2 Egypt 1 Daryl Selby (ENG) bt Tarek Momen (EGY) 11-5, 11-3, 11-7 Nick Matthew (ENG) lost to Ramy Ashour (EGY) 11-5, 6-11, 9-11, 9-11 James Willstrop (ENG) bt Karim Darwish (EGY) 11-3, 11-13, 11-3, 11-4 Bronze medal France 2 Australia 0 5th/6th place Germany 2 South Africa 0 7th/8th place India 2 Malaysia 0 9th/10th place Scotland 2 Pakistan 1 11th/12th place Canada 2 USA 0

Cycling: Team Sky set for USA Challenge

Agence France-PresseJune 11, 2013 13:33
British Team Sky, whose riders include 2012 Tour de France winner Bradley Wiggins, will race in the USA Pro Cycling Challenge over the Rocky Mountains from August 19-25. Organisers of the eight-day journey, almost 600 miles (965 kilometres) across Colorado from Aspen to Denver, announced a team line-up for the race on Tuesday. It includes six world-class professional teams, including that of British Olympic star Wiggins and Kenyan-born Briton Chris Froome, last year's Tour de France runner-up.

Cycling: Froome boosts Tour de France hopes with Dauphine win

Agence France-PresseJune 9, 2013 14:31
British rider Chris Froome reinforced his status as favourite for this year's Tour de France on Sunday when he won the testing warm-up race, the Criterium du Dauphine. The 28-year-old, second behind Team Sky team-mate Bradley Wiggins in last year's Tour de France, claimed victory after Italian Alessandro de Marchi won the 155.5km eighth and final stage from Sisteron to Risoul.

Cycling: Froome boosts Tour de France hopes with Dauphine win

Agence France-PresseJune 9, 2013 14:30
British rider Chris Froome reinforced his status as favourite for this year's Tour de France on Sunday when he won the testing warm-up race, the Criterium du Dauphine. The 28-year-old, second behind Team Sky team-mate Bradley Wiggins in last year's Tour de France, claimed victory after Italian Alessandro de Marchi won the 155.5km eighth and final stage from Sisteron to Risoul.

Cycling: Froome boosts Tour de France hopes with Dauphine win

Agence France-PresseJune 9, 2013 11:34
British rider Chris Froome reinforced his status as favourite for this year's Tour de France on Sunday when he won the testing warm-up race, the Criterium du Dauphine. The 28-year-old, second behind Team Sky team-mate Bradley Wiggins in last year's Tour de France, claimed victory after Italian Alessandro de Marchi won the 155.5km eighth and final stage from Sisteron to Risoul.

Cycling:Wiggins should use Evans as example:former coach

Agence France-PresseJune 2, 2013 17:49
Britain's Olympic time-trial champion and Tour de France winner Bradley Wiggins should use Australian cyclist Cadel Evans as an example as he seeks to rebound from his present problems. Former Team Sky and British cycling coach Shane Sutton told 'The Observer' newspaper on Sunday that 33-year-old Wiggins was undoubtedly at a crossroads in his career after he announced on Friday he would not be defending his Tour de France crown later this month.

Cycling: Wiggins absence will boost Froome's Tour bid

Agence France-PresseJune 1, 2013 09:19
British Cycling head coach Shane Sutton claims Bradley Wiggins' absence from the Tour de France will prove a major boost to Chris Froome's hopes of winning the race. Wiggins has decided against defending his Tour title in this year's race, which begins on June 29, after a chest infection and a knee injury left him unable to train. The Olympic gold medallist had already been lined up for a support role by his team this year, with Froome the man Team Sky are hoping can secure the yellow jersey.

Injury forces Wiggins to skip Tour de France

Agencia EFEMay 31, 2013 17:30
London, May 31 (EFE).- British cyclist Bradley Wiggins, winner of the 2012 Tour de France, will not defend his title in this year's race due to an "ongoing knee condition," his Team Sky said Friday. "With illness, injury and treatment Brad has gone past the point where he can be ready for the Tour," team principal Dave Brailsford said. "It's a big loss but, given these circumstances, we won't consider him for selection." Cycling's most prestigious race begins June 29.

Cycling: Tour de France setback for injured Wiggins

Agence France-PresseMay 31, 2013 09:15
Bradley Wiggins' preparations for the defence of his Tour de France crown have been hampered by a knee injury that is preventing him from training properly, Team Sky principal Dave Brailsford revealed on Friday. The British cyclist's challenge at the Giro d'Italia faded after he was hit by a chest infection and a knee problem. Wiggins is scheduled to ride in support of Team Sky leader Chris Froome in the 100th edition of the Tour de France, which starts in Corsica on June 29, but Brailsford says he is currently short of fitness.

Semenya targets world championships but coach unsure

May 30, 2013 11:20
By Mark Gleeson CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - Olympic silver medalist Caster Semenya says she is still keen to compete in this year's athletics world championships but her coach says the 800 meters specialist might have to considering giving up on the season. The mixed messages from the Semenya camp came a week after the 22-year-old was removed from the list of elite athletes who are funded by South Africa's Olympic committee because she was allegedly not training.
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