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French Open: Djokovic through to final after win over Thiem

Edit Press TV 04 Jun 2016
The world No.1 Novak Djokovic has eased past Austrian youngster Dominic Thiem to reach the French Open final, and is now just one win away from the only Grand Slam title he lacks! ... the 22-year-old Austrian on Friday....

Djokovic toys with Thiem

Edit The Telegraph India 04 Jun 2016
Novak Djokovic was in unplayable mode as he cantered into the French Open final by crushing Austrian tyro Dominic Thiem 6-2, 6-1, 6-4 on Friday, moving closer to the only Grand Slam title missing from his collection ... ....

Euro 2016: Which is the greatest team in history of international football?

Edit BBC News 04 Jun 2016
West Germany had come close to winning the World Cup twice in the preceding decade, losing 4-2 to England at Wembley in 1966 and 4-3 to Italy in a spectacular semi-final in Mexico four years later - so the stage was set for it to be third time lucky for veteran coach Helmut Schoen and his team as the host country in 1974 ... It was a group consisting largely of the players who won France's first World Cup in 1998, but with a few tweaks....

Flooding in Europe Kills 7, Shuts Museums and Castles

Edit Chosun Ilbo 04 Jun 2016
The Orsay Museum, on the left bank of the river, also will be closed ... German Chancellor Angela Merkel, meanwhile, promised continued help for affected areas of southern Germany, where five people were killed in floods that swept through the southern towns of Simbach am Inn and Triftern near the Austrian border ... ....

The DoD spent $170k on a study about why walking with coffee makes it spill

Edit Business Insider 04 Jun 2016
Do you know why coffee spills when you walk while holding a cup of it? Do you care? ... Researchers set out to systematically explore the conditions under which coffee spills, "for various walking speeds and initial liquid levels in the cup," the study, which was published by the American Physical Society, noted....

Klinsmann starts 8 World Cup veterans in Copa America opener

Edit The Miami Herald 04 Jun 2016
Brad Guzan earned his fifth straight start in goal after beating out 2014 World Cup star Tim Howard for the starting job ... All appeared in the 2014 World Cup except Guzan, ......

FIFA office raided amid new revelations on Blatter payments

Edit The Himalayan 04 Jun 2016
Valcke and Kattner have both been fired in recent months over World Cup ticket scandals and payments they received. Switzerland’s Office of the Attorney (OAG) General said its investigators “carried out a search of FIFA’s headquarters” on Thursday as part of its inquiry into the football world governing body’s mismanagement and the awarding of World Cup tournaments....

Shooter Corey Cogdell-Unrein Strikes World Cup Silver In San Marino (United States Olympic Committee)

Edit Public Technologies 04 Jun 2016
(ET) Corey Cogdell-Unrein competes in women's trap at the ISSF World Cup Shotgun on June 3, 2016 in San Marino. Just nine days after earning a spot on her third Olympic team, Corey Cogdell-Unrein won silver in women's trap at the ISSF world cup event in San Marino ... The silver is Cogdell-Unrein's seventh world cup medal, the fourth since the London 2012 Olympic Games, where she placed 11th....

Despite Injuries, Brazil Expect Copa America success

Edit The Miami Herald 04 Jun 2016
Copa America presents a mix of expectations, pressure and status for Brazil as the five-time World Cup champions prepared for their opener against Ecuador on Saturday ... Brazil won the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup but finished in fourth at home in the 2014 World Cup, when it was embarrassed with a 7-1 loss to Germany in the semifinals ... But at the senior level, Brazil has won a record five World Cups ... We have to play to win ......

U.S. looks to build World Cup buzz at home in Copa America

Edit Denver Post 04 Jun 2016
coach Jurgen Klinsmann realizes full well that a strong Copa America run on home soil could mean much to this country hosting another World Cup. The biggest soccer showcase in the United States since the 1994 World Cup kicks off when the 31st-ranked Americans take on No ... that we are ready for another World Cup.”....

Sharks energized for first Stanley Cup Final in San Jose

Edit The Miami Herald 04 Jun 2016
The Sharks host their first-ever Stanley Cup Finals game Saturday night neck-deep in trouble ... Only five teams have rallied from 0-2 deficits in the Stanley Cup Final out of 49 that have faced the predicament ... But they should be buoyed by the fact that two of the five Stanley Cup comebacks in NHL history have occurred in the last seven years....

Rojas ready for key role (New Zealand Football)

Edit Public Technologies 04 Jun 2016
Pint-sized playmaker Marco Rojas has been playing catch-up since coming into the All Whites camp but is confident he is now up to speed and ready to make an impact as the OFC Nations Cup enters the crunch stages ... All Whites midfielder Marco Rojas on the OFC Nations Cup and his club career in Europe ... Group B, OFC Nations Cup....

Tampa Bay Rowdies balance Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, NASL ambitions

Edit Tampa Bay Times 04 Jun 2016
ST. PETERSBURG — Cup competitions in soccer can be a tricky proposition. Out of necessity they intertwine with the regular season, and if a squad has a key game in three days, the cup contest can take a backseat ... ....
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