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September 5, 2021 Cornerback Riley Moss returned two interceptions for touchdowns and Tyler Goodson rushed for 99 yards and one score, lifting No. 18 Iowa to a 34-6 win over No. 17 Indiana on Saturday in Big Ten play at Iowa City. The Hawkeyes (1-0, 1-0 Big Ten) jumped to a 31-3 halftime lead and […]

September 5, 2021 NEW YORK (Reuters) – Fourth seeded Czech Karolina Pliskova rocketed 20 aces past third-round foe Ajla Tomljanovic to win 6-3 6-2 on Saturday, keeping her bid for a maiden major title on track at the U.S. Open. The Wimbledon runner-up had 20 winners in the first set and fended off all five […]

September 5, 2021 (Reuters) – Team Europe’s Madelene Sagstrom struggled to keep her emotions in check after a rules controversy erupted on the first day of the Solheim Cup on Saturday. The United States’ Nelly Korda was putting for an eagle on the par-five 13th during the afternoon fourball session, when her ball stopped on […]

September 4, 2021 By Amy Tennery NEW YORK (Reuters) – Reaching the second week of the U.S. Open on Saturday, British star-on-the-rise Emma Raducanu’s biggest problem may be that she didn’t pack enough wristbands. The 18-year-old reached the fourth round of Wimbledon in a stunning Grand Slam debut this year, outlasting more experienced compatriots including […]

September 4, 2021 NEW YORK (Reuters) – Second seed Daniil Medvedev resumes his bid for his first Grand Slam title against Britain’s Dan Evans at the U.S. Open on Sunday, while Aryna Sabalenka faces her good friend and doubles partner Elise Mertens in the fourth round. Russia’s Medvedev, a losing finalist at Flushing Meadows in […]

September 4, 2021 (Reuters) – Brooks Koepka withdrew from the Tour Championship on Saturday after injuring his left wrist hitting a ball out of the rough, prompting questions about whether the American will be fit enough to compete at the upcoming Ryder Cup. Koepka injured his wrist on the 10th hole at East Lake when […]

September 4, 2021 PARIS (Reuters) – Arnaud Lagardere, the CEO of Lagardere, denied on Sunday that he is having a conflict with luxury goods billionaire Bernard Arnault, who recently confirmed he was effectively cutting ties with Lagardere’s personal holding company. “There is no divorce. On the contrary, we have been discussing it for a few […]

September 4, 2021 (Removes reference to eight states joining deal) By Nate Raymond (Reuters) – Three large U.S. drug distributors and the drugmaker Johnson & Johnson will move forward with a proposed $26 billion settlement resolving claims that they fueled the opioid epidemic after “enough” states joined the deal, according to letters on Saturday reviewed […]

September 4, 2021 WELLINGTON (Reuters) – New Zealand has tried for years to deport the knife-wielding militant who wounded seven people at a mall in Auckland last week, the government said after it released more details on the attacker following the lifting of a court suppression order. Court documents made public on Sunday named the […]

September 4, 2021 By Steve Keating NEW YORK (Reuters) – After tackling two U.S. Open debutants Novak Djokovic faced an old foe on Saturday, reaching the fourth round with a 6-7(4) 6-3 6-3 6-2 win over Kei Nishikori to stay on course for a record 21st major title that would complete the calendar Grand Slam. […]

September 4, 2021 NEW YORK (Reuters) – British teenager Emma Raducanu extended her dream run at Flushing Meadows with a stunning 6-0 6-1 win over Spain’s Sara Sorribes Tormo to race into the U.S. Open last 16 on Saturday. The 18-year-old Raducanu, who burst onto the scene earlier this year by reaching the fourth round […]

September 4, 2021 (Reuters) – Boeing Co’s delivery of 787 Dreamliners will likely remain halted until at least late October as the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has rejected the company’s recent proposal to inspect them, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday. The FAA confirmed on July 12 that some undelivered Boeing 787s have a […]

September 4, 2021 ALGIERS (Reuters) – An Algerian court on Saturday ordered former Tunisian presidential candidate Nabil Karoui to be placed in custody on a charge of illegally crossing a border, a judicial source said. The court in the eastern city of Constantine also ordered the detention of four Algerians on people-smuggling charges, the source […]

September 4, 2021 By David Ljunggren VANCOUVER (Reuters) – The head of Canada’s opposition Conservative Party, who has a chance of beating Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in an election, on Saturday pushed back against charges he plans to weaken gun controls, an issue that could prove costly. Conservative leader Erin O’Toole has been pressed repeatedly […]

September 4, 2021 NEW YORK (Reuters) – Olympic champion Belinda Bencic put on a serving masterclass to beat Jessica Pegula 6-2 6-4 and reach the last 16 of the U.S. Open on Saturday. The 11th-seeded Swiss won 85% of her first serve points and smacked four aces to improve to a 3-0 record against Pegula, […]

September 4, 2021 NEW YORK (Reuters) – American Sloane Stephens received a torrent of angry messages on social media, including racist and sexist abuse, following her third round loss to Angelique Kerber at the U.S. Open, the tournament’s 2017 champion said on Saturday. Stephens, who is Black, said she got over 2,000 messages of abuse […]

September 4, 2021 (Reuters) – Order of play on the main show courts on the seventh day of the U.S. Open on Sunday (play starts at 1500 GMT/11 AM ET unless stated, prefix number denotes seeding): ARTHUR ASHE STADIUM (1600 GMT/12 PM ET) 5-Elina Svitolina (Ukraine) v 12-Simona Halep (Romania) 24-Dan Evans (Britain) v 2-Daniil […]

September 4, 2021 NEW YORK (Reuters) – Italian sixth seed Matteo Berrettini survived a third-round test from Ilya Ivashka to win 6-7(5) 6-2 6-4 2-6 6-3, firing off 27 aces in front of an adoring Grandstand crowd on Saturday. A handful of unforced errors cost the first-set tiebreak for the Wimbledon runner-up, who got the […]

September 4, 2021 LONDON (Reuters) – Former British prime minister Gordon Brown accused rich countries of committing a “moral outrage” by stockpiling COVID-19 doses while poor countries are struggling to get supplies. Brown, who is a United Nations special envoy, called on U.S. President Joe Biden and other Group of Seven leaders to urgently ship […]

September 4, 2021 DUBAI (Reuters) – Ariana Afghan Airlines resumed some flights in Afghanistan between Kabul and three major provincial cities on Saturday, the carrier said, after a technical team from Qatar reopened the capital’s airport for aid and domestic services. Flights between Kabul and the western city of Herat, Mazar-i Sharif in northern Afghanistan […]