NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York Mets third baseman David Wright suffered concussion after being hit in the head by a pitch from San Francisco Giants pitcher Matt Cain on Saturday.
Wright was struck in the fourth inning by the fast ball on the left side of his helmet by his ear. Although a CT scan [...]

By Liu Zhen and Nick Mulvenney
BEIJING (Reuters) – Harbin is awaiting approval from China’s cabinet before launching a bid to host the 2018 Winter Olympics, an official at the city’s sports bureau told Reuters.
The northern metropolis of nearly 10 million people, which failed to make the shortlist for the 2010 Games, wants to bring the [...]

ATLANTA (Reuters) – A bases-loaded single at the bottom of the ninth inning from Omar Infante and a game to forget for Phillies closer Brad Lidge gave the Atlanta Braves a 4-3 win over Philadelphia on Saturday.
Infante’s game-winning hit capped a two-run rally off Lidge (0-5), who picked up his eighth blown save of the [...]

By Nick Mulvenney
TIANJIN, China (Reuters) – The Chinese were adjusting to the realities of the post-Yao Ming era on Monday after their long dominance of continental basketball was broken by Iran in the final of the Asian championship.
Iran were defending champions but their title triumph in 2007 came as China rested their top players with [...]

By Simon Cambers
CINCINNATI, Ohio (Reuters) – A rejuvenated Jelena Jankovic upset world number one Dinara Safina 6-4 6-2 to win the Cincinnati Open on Sunday.
The fifth-seeded Serb took advantage of an error-strewn display from the Russian to clinch her second title of the year.
“I’ve played some great tennis this week and it’s been a while [...]