Australian sprinter Gout Gout thought he was in trouble when his school’s “cranky” track coach called him over for a chat six years ago. But track coach Di Sheppard had no intention of scolding Gout, who she’d spotted running around with friends. Sheppard thought Gout was a star in the making and, in the years …
Last month, 18-year-old Australian sprinting sensation Gout Gout set up on the blocks of a sky-blue lane in Sydney for the final 200m event of the day. And then he made history: the teen thundered down the straightaway at a top speed of nearly 25 mph, gliding through the last 100 meters with massive strides, …
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Norway’s Kristoffer Reitan shot 2-under 69 on Sunday to earn a two-shot win over Rickie Fowler and Nicolai Hojgaard at the Truist Championship for his first victory on the PGA Tour. Reitan, who chose golf over soccer at a young age, won twice previously on the European Tour. He finished at …
CARACAS (AP) — Venezuela ’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez arrived in the Netherlands on Sunday where she will defend her country’s claim to a mineral- and oil-rich region in western Guyana before the United Nations highest court in a dispute that has spanned decades. Venezuela has considered Essequibo its own since the Spanish colonial period, …
BOSTON (AP) — Red Sox left-hander Payton Tolle took the Fenway Park mound on Sunday afternoon with a heavy heart. Pitching two years and a day after his mother, Jina, died following a nearly eight-year battle with colon cancer, the 23-year-old Tolle wore his pant legs near his knees showing his pink socks on Mother’s …
WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. (AP) — With an impressive late-race charge, Shane van Gisbergen remained NASCAR’s king of the road courses Sunday at Watkins Glen International. Starting from the pole position, the Trackhouse Racing driver scored his seventh Cup Series victory — all on road or street courses — by leading 75 of 100 laps in …
Union Berlin’s Marie-Louise Eta became the first female head coach to win a game in European soccer’s top five men’s leagues as she oversaw a 3-1 victory against Mainz in the German Bundesliga on Sunday. Eta punched the air and joined her players to applaud Union’s fans as she celebrated her first win in the …
CASABLANCA, Morocco (AP) — The remains of a U.S. soldier who went missing during military exercises in Morocco a week ago were recovered in the Atlantic Ocean, the army said Sunday. Military teams were still searching for a second missing soldier. The remains were those of 1st Lt. Kendrick Lamont Key Jr., a 14A Air …
By Alicia Fernandez and Leila Miller MEXICO CITY, May 10 (Reuters) – Thousands of people, led by mothers of those who have disappeared during decades of drug violence, marched in Mexico’s capital on Sunday, protesting the violence and impunity plaguing the country as it prepares to co-host the FIFA World Cup. Collectives of mothers of …
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Barcelona coach Hansi Flick was in the dugout for Sunday’s clasico against Real Madrid following the death of his father. Barcelona is hosting Madrid at Camp Nou with the opportunity to seal a second straight Spanish league title by avoiding defeat against its fiercest rival. The death of Flick’s father was …