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R&A; drops men-only Muirfield from Open rota (Golf Australia)

Edit Public Technologies 20 May 2016
The R&A; has reacted swiftly to Muirfield's ongoing ban on female members, dropping the Scottish club from The Open Championship rota ... 'The R&A; has considered today's decision with respect to The Open Championship. The Open is one of the world's great sporting events and going forward we will not stage the championship at a venue that does not admit women as members....

Selectors announce Australian Life Saving Team for World Championships (SLSA - Surf Life Saving Australia Ltd)

Edit Public Technologies 20 May 2016
Reigning Nutri-Grain Series champion Jordan Mercer will spearhead the Australian Life Saving Team's bid to regain supremacy at the 2016 Lifesaving World Championships in The Netherlands. After featuring at youth level, Mercer will represent the Open national team at a World Championships for the first time in the city of Eindhoven and Noordwijk from September 1 - 18....

How other countries choose their grapplers

Edit Indian Express 20 May 2016
It will seem particularly cruel on Narsingh Yadav who has consistently fought in that weight division, earned a quota and a World Championship medal — as against Sushil — who’s been away from international meets for a season and a half ... The United States boasts of consistent procedures of qualifying for World Championships and Olympic Games ... He then won a World Championship ... He won the last two World championships,” Bryant informs....

FIU wins in 10, seals spot in C-USA tourney

Edit The Miami Herald 20 May 2016
Thomas (38-21) over No. 1 seed Tennessee Wesleyan (47-13) 4-1 in the opening round of the NAIA Baseball National Championship in Kingsport, Tennessee. The win sets up a championship game between the same schools at 9 a.m ... The winner of Friday’s game will advance to the Avista-NAIA World Series ... Nova Southeastern’s Richard Mansell finished fifth at the 2016 NCAA Division II Championship with an 8-under total in Denver....

Five Vikings Announced as Entrants for NCAA West Preliminary Rounds in Lawrence (PSU Vikings)

Edit Public Technologies 20 May 2016
... the Big Sky Championships last weekend ... Settle's time in the 200 beat the old record of 23.46, set by former world championship qualifier Karene King in 2011, and would have set a new Big Sky Conference record if not for Weber State's Aaliyah Crawford, who won the Big Sky title in the 200 in 23.41 seconds, one-hundredth of a second ahead of Settle....

European Taekwondo Championships Get Underway in Montreux (WTF - World Taekwondo Federation)

Edit Public Technologies 20 May 2016
WTF - World Taekwondo Federation). MONTREUX, Switzerland (May 19, 2016) - The best taekwondo athletes from across Europe assembled in Montreux, Switzerland with the hope of winning gold this week as the opening day of European Taekwondo Championships got underway ahead of four days of world-class competition ... During the opening ceremony of the Championships, mixed-team competitions were held for the first time....

Usain Bolt

Edit Indian Express 20 May 2016
Olympic sprint champion Usain Bolt said the finding of 31 positive doping samples from the 2008 Beijing Olympics marked a rough point for athletics, but backed the World Anti-Doping Agency in its effort to crackdown on drug use in the sport....

Jack Freestone falls just short at 2016 Rio Pro, losing to John John Florence

Edit Sydney Morning Herald 20 May 2016
He fell just short of a maiden surfing world tour victory, but Australian rookie Jack Freestone showed why he's regarded as one of the hottest talents on the circuit at the Rio Pro ... The Hawaiian outclassed Freestone, banking scores of 9.70 and 9.27 to comfortably claim the win 18.97 to 16.13 and move to third on the championship....

Villanova to play exhibitions in Spain this summer

Edit Philadelphia Daily News 20 May 2016
The national championship team in college basketball is going to get to see some of the world this summer....

WTF Appoints WTF and THF Athletes Ambassadors (WTF - World Taekwondo Federation)

Edit Public Technologies 20 May 2016
WTF - World Taekwondo Federation) ... Lisa Lents, a former Miss Denmark, and a former European Championships gold medalist, qualified WTF International Referee and former National Coach of Iceland was appointed as a WTF Goodwill Ambassador ... WTF - World Taekwondo Federation published this ......

Lucchino's induction caps his Red Sox legacy

Edit MLB 20 May 2016
Along with championships and deep connections to the city, Lucchino said his work toward keeping the character of Fenway Park through renovations is a key part of his career ... The 2004 World Series championship title -- the Red Sox's first after 86 years -- resonates not only with Wakefield and Varitek, but for Lucchino as well....

Phil Mickelson to forfeit nearly $1 million in SEC case

Edit WPXI 20 May 2016
Federal prosecutors announced criminal charges Thursday against a gambler named William Walters and a former director of Dean Foods, Thomas Davis, alleging that the pair used inside information about the company to make millions of dollars in illicit stock trades between 2008 and 2012 ... Mickelson, 45, was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2011....

Twenty-Six Headed To NCAA East For No. 21 Track Noles (Florida State Seminoles)

Edit Public Technologies 20 May 2016
- More than two dozen Florida State track & field athletes will have their season extended as the NCAA released the list of accepted entries to next week's East and West Preliminary meets, which are essentially the opening rounds of the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships ... They will be joined by 11 Seminole men, who have also qualified a relay team following last week's share of fourth place at the ACC Championships....
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