NEW YORK (Reuters) - Defending champion Kim Clijsters held off a gritty challenge from fifth-seeded Australian Samantha Stosur, surviving an error-filled three-set battle on Tuesday to reach the semi-finals of the U.S. Open.
With both players struggling to hold serve in tricky winds on Arthur Ashe ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former champion Venus Williams ended the run of French Open champion Francesca Schiavone at the U.S. Open when she beat the flamboyant Italian 7-6 6-4 in the quarter-finals on Tuesday.
The 30-year-old American, seeded third and champion at Flushing Meadows in 2000 and 2001, ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former world number one Martina Hingis said on Tuesday she may make a second return to the women's tour, this time on the doubles circuit.
The 29-year-old Swiss, who won Wimbledon at the age of 16 and picked up four other grand slam singles titles, quit the sport for a second ...
Quarterback Leinart, the 10th overall pick in the 2006 draft, was released by the Arizona Cardinals on Saturday after entering their training camp as the starter.
"He's obviously a talented young man to have been the 10th pick in the draft," Texans coach Gary Kubiak told the team's ...
Scola, who as a 10-year-old boy mopped the court during timeouts at the 1990 world championship in his country, poured in 37 points and grabbed nine rebounds in a rip-roaring contest against the Brazilians.
Argentina, the 2004 Olympic champions, will face Lithuania for a place in the last four ...
"I think some of the international community underestimates the passion for the game in the United States," Gulati told a news conference in New York at the start of a four-day inspection visit by FIFA delegates.
"When we start talking about the landscape in the U.S. they're ...
MIAMI (Reuters) - The last time the New Orleans Saints played at their home venue, the Louisiana Superdome, they won the NFC championship after battering and bruising Minnesota Vikings quarterback Brett Favre.
On Thursday, the Super Bowl champions return to action and, in the perfect piece of ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Rafa Nadal will lead the Spanish Armada into the fourth round of the U.S. Open on Tuesday as he continues his bid to capture the only grand slam to have eluded him.
Spain have strength in numbers and are already assured of having at least one men's semi-finalist after filling ...
The Padres used a committee of seven pitchers to end their suffering with their first win since Aug, 25, helping the team maintain a one-game edge over the San Francisco Giants.
With ace pitcher Mat Latos scratched due to stomach flu, regular reliever Tim Stauffer filled in and pitched the first ...
Uncertainty has clouded the Steelers at the quarterback position after two-time Super Bowl champion Ben Roethlisberger was suspended by the NFL for the first four games of the regular season following accusations of sexual assault.
Backup QB Byron Leftwich was injured Thursday in the team's last ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The easy part is over for Roger Federer. The U.S. Open is about to get a lot harder for the Swiss master.
The 16-times grand slam champion is through to the quarter-finals and in majestic form, but most of his main rivals are too. Only Andy Murray has made an early exit.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Roger Federer brushed aside Austrian Jurgen Melzer in straight sets Monday to set up a revenge match against Sweden's Robin Soderling in the quarter-finals of the U.S. Open.
Five-time U.S. Open winner Federer dismissed Melzer 6-3 7-6 6-3, taking the second-set tiebreaker by ...
With five wins and just two goals conceded in their opener against South Africa, Argentina secured a semi-final against the second-placed team in Pool A, almost certainly Germany or Australia.
Penalty corner specialist Noel Barrionuevo took her tally to five when she put Argentina ahead in the ...
NORTON, Massachusetts (Reuters) - Charley Hoffman charged to a commanding five-stroke victory at the Deutsche Bank Championship on Monday but it remains to be seen whether it was enough to earn a spot on the American Ryder Cup team.
Hoffman was a class apart as he compiled 11 birdies in a ...
Rodriguez became the first major leaguer to reach the milestone with a sacrifice fly in the sixth inning of New York's 4-3 loss to the Baltimore Orioles.
"It feels good," Rodriguez told reporters after breaking clear of a four-way tie with Ruth, Gehrig and Foxx, who had each achieved the ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Top-seeded Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark elicited a barrel full of errors from former champion Maria Sharapova to post a 6-3 6-4 victory on Monday and advance to the quarter-finals of the U.S. Open.
Wozniacki, runner-up last year to Kim Clijsters, showed poised and patience as ...
Houshmandzadeh, who was released by the Seattle Seahawks on Saturday, will beef up Baltimore's receiving corps as he enters his 10th season in the league.
In a related move, the Ravens traded wide receiver Mark Clayton to the St. Louis Rams for an undisclosed draft pick.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - France's Gael Monfils overpowered Richard Gasquet 6-4 7-5 7-5 in a fourth-round encounter at the U.S. Open Monday and then chided his compatriot for buckling under pressure.
Monfils, the number 17 seed, praised Gasquet as the stronger player before the pair stepped on court ...
The Americans, looking for their first world title since 1994, will start as favorites against Russia, the 2007 European champions, when they meet for a semi-final berth in the Sinan Erdem Dome Thursday.
An athletic Angolan team displayed glimpses of raw talent and physical ability with rare ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former U.S. Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova hit out at tournament organizers Monday after she was beaten in the fourth round by unseeded Slovakian Dominika Cibulkova, the lowest ranked player left in the women's draw.
Kuznetsova, who won the title in 2004 and was runner-up ...
Roethlisberger, who has been suspended by the NFL for the first four games of the regular season following accusations of sexual assault, had been a captain the previous two years.
The 28-year-old, a Super Bowl winner with Pittsburgh in 2006 and 2009, is not permitted to be at the team's practice ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Serbian third seed Novak Djokovic successfully countered big-hitting American Mardy Fish's service game Monday to reach the U.S. Open quarter-finals.
Djokovic, who survived a five-set struggle in the first round, shifted into top gear for his best performance of the tournament ...
DETROIT (Reuters) - They name streets after their NFL greats in Green Bay and quarterback Aaron Rodgers could soon be on the map if he can put the Packers on the road to the Super Bowl.
Visit Green Bay and sooner-or-later, you will find yourself on Lombardi Avenue, Holmgren Way or even Brett Favre ...
DETROIT (Reuters) - Peyton Manning may be in the final year of his contract but jittery Indianapolis Colts fans can sleep easy because their Pro Bowl quarterback has no plans to follow LeBron James's playbook and look for greener pastures.
No doubt there will be a long line of suitors with check ...
MIAMI (Reuters) - They became the new 'America's team', winning hearts by taking a city devastated by Hurricane Katrina to Super Bowl glory, but the New Orleans Saints know just how tough a repeat performance is in the NFL.
The team coached by Sean Payton and led on the field by quarterback Drew ...
MIAMI (Reuters) - The hard road to the Super Bowl starts on Thursday with the established NFL powers facing challenges from old foes and some fresher faces looking to get their hands on the Vince Lombardi trophy.
The 16-game regular season kicks off with a mouthwatering clash -- the defending ...
"This is an intermediate step to what we hope will be an entire career of Darrelle as a Jet, for him to retire as a Jet and for him to hopefully go to the Hall of Fame as a Jet," said general manager Mike Tannenbaum on the team's website (newyorkjets.com).
Although contract terms were ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former world number one Jim Courier said on Monday he is interested in taking over as the United States Davis Cup captain when Patrick McEnroe steps down later this month.
McEnroe, the longest-serving captain for the U.S., announced on Monday that he is to leave the role after ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Samantha Stosur saved four match points in a thrilling third set as she fought back to beat Russian Elena Dementieva 6-3 2-6 7-6 and reach the quarter-finals of the U.S. Open in the early hours of Monday morning.
The fifth-seeded Australian won the climactic tiebreaker 7-2 to ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Andy Murray hobbled out of the U.S. Open Sunday, beaten 6-7 7-6 6-3 6-3 in the third round by Switzerland's Stanislas Wawrinka after his ailing body and his mind failed him when he needed it most.
Struggling to run at full speed after requiring treatment to his legs, elbow and ...
The setback extended San Diego's longest losing streak since a 13-game skid in 1994. The Padres owned a 6.5-game lead in the division back on August 25 and seemed assured of reaching the post-season before their recent collapse.
"We're not playing well enough to win right now," Padres ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - An ailing Andy Murray suffered a shock exit from the U.S. Open when he beaten 6-7, 7-6, 6-3 6-3 by Swiss 25th seed Stanislas Wawrinka in the third round on Sunday.
The fourth-seeded Scot served for a two sets to love lead but then suffered a left thigh problem and Wawrinka, ...
Major League Baseball does not have a disabled list during the month of September but Hamilton will be out of the lineup for an undetermined amount of time after slamming into the wall while making a catch Saturday against the Twins.
"It's not good. All signs point to not soon," Hamilton ...
The Turks, roared on by the home crowd, romped to a 95-77 win over France while the Slovenians, who are looking for their first medal in any major event, blew away Australia 87-58.
Slovenia, the smallest nation in the 24-team event with a population of just over two million, demonstrated trademark ...
The word number one started the day seven strokes off the lead and while a two-under-par 69 was credible in windy conditions, it was not enough to lift him into contention at the Boston TPC.
"Today was a bit of a struggle," Woods, who has not won this year while going through divorce in ...
Doctor Claudio Costa, part of the motorcycling world championship's medical team, told reporters the news.
Riders in the premier MotoGP class were also informed after their race, won by Dani Pedrosa.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The man for all occasions, Roger Federer provided a masterful demonstration of skill and precision in gale-force winds to breeze into the fourth round of the U.S. Open on Saturday.
On a day when the swirling gusts teased and tormented the world's best players, the Swiss master ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Svetlana Kuznetsova chalked up her 100th grand slam win in singles by beating her fellow Russian Maria Kirilenko 6-3 6-4 at the U.S. Open on Saturday.
The 2004 Flushing Meadows champion used all her big match experience to blunt most of the effects of the swirling winds at ...
Cardinals second baseman Aaron Miles missed a ground ball that should have led to a double-play to finish the first inning, but instead allowed one run to score, and Jonny Gomes later hit a two-run double to open a 3-0 lead.
"I think it just came up on him, the ball took a funny hop or ...
"In fairness to Matt, I think it would be a tough position for him to be in a backup role," Cardinals head coach Ken Whisenhunt told local media. "Maybe a fresh start for him would be a good for all of us."
Leinart, 27, had stood to make $2.5 million this year and $7.4 million ...
Serbia'a Ana Ivanovic has been one of the feel-good stories of this year's championship. The former world number one has been struggling for the past year but is suddenly starting to rediscover her best form.
Clijsters has been following Ivanovic's comeback closely and wants her to do well, but ...
NORTON, Massachusetts (Reuters) - American Brandt Snedeker putted brilliantly to take a share of the lead with Australian Jason Day after the second round of the $7.5 million Deutsche Bank Championship on Saturday.
Tiger Woods, who struggled with an opening round of 72, hit back with a six-under ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Roger Federer has warned Rafa Nadal that he must win the U.S. Open to stand any chance of being labeled as the greatest to ever play the game.
Nadal has captured eight grand slam titles and time is on the 24-year-old Spaniard's side as he bids to catch the record total of 16 ...
The Sunday newspaper has quoted Hameed as saying that some of his team mates were fixing "almost every match."
"They were doing it (fixing) in almost every match. God knows what they were up to," he is quoted as saying.
Spain, who beat Serbia comfortably last year to capture their first European championship, will start as favorites again after coasting to an 80-72 victory over Greece, the team they beat in the 2006 world final.
Serbia's young team, though, will be brimming with confidence after a dramatic 73-72 ...
NORTON, Massachusetts (Reuters) - Tiger Woods ensured he would make the halfway cut at the Deutsche Bank Championship with a six-under 65 in Saturday's second round.
After an opening 72 the world number one knew he needed a low score to maintain his involvement in the remainder of the FedExCup ...
The NHL rejected Kovalchuk's initial 17-year $102 million deal with the Devils, believing it was a blatant attempt to circumvent the league's salary cap.
But after more than five weeks of negotiations, a new agreement was reached, paving the way for the 27-year-old to resume playing next season.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Andy Murray need not have worried. The forecasters got it wrong on both fronts at the U.S. Open on Friday.
While the wind picked up and there were a few fleeting drops of rain that caused a stoppage in play, Hurricane Earl never quite made an appearance at Flushing Meadows.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A stylish Venus Williams gave a commanding performance with little sister Serena looking on as she trounced qualifier Mandy Minella of Luxembourg to reach the fourth round of the U.S. Open on Friday.
Third-seeded Williams needed two service games to find her bearings and then ...
NORTON, Massachusetts (Reuters) - Australia's Jason Day and American Zach Johnson shot eight-under 63s to take a one-stroke lead after the first round of the $7.5 million Deutsche Bank Championship on Friday, but Tiger Woods faces an uphill battle to stay in the tournament.
The world number one ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - French Open champion Francesca Schiavone said she wants a DVD copy of the Roger Federer-like trick shot she produced on her way to the fourth round of the U.S. Open on Friday.
The Italian sixth seed replicated Federer's stunning between-the-legs shot in the second set of her ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Dustin Brown likes to hit it big on the tennis court, and the rangy Jamaican hopes his U.S. Open showing enables him to hit it big back home.
The 6-foot, 5-inch (1.96 meter) Brown notched his first grand slam match win in the opening round and gave Andy Murray a tough time in ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Fourth-seeded Andy Murray of Britain dodged some rain drops and some sizzling serves before quickly reaching the third round by outshining Jamaican Dustin Brown 7-5 6-3 6-0 at the U.S. Open Friday.
Murray ended a briefly rain-delayed opening set against the 123rd-ranked Brown ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Australian Sam Stosur extended her best-ever run at the U.S. Open by reaching the fourth round on Friday and then said she now feels like she belongs among the game's elite.
The fifth seed had never been beyond round two in New York but turned in an impressive display to beat ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Kim Clijsters erased an early first-set deficit and put her hopes of defending her U.S. Open title back on track with a 6-3 6-0 win against Petra Kvitova on Friday that secured the Belgian a spot in the fourth round.
The second seed's hopes of extending her winning streak at ...
Marlins pitcher Chris Volstad received a six-game ban and a fine for his role in a clash with Morgan and others during the fracas, MLB said Friday in a release.
The league ruled that Volstad had intentionally thrown the ball at Morgan on two occasions and that he was involved in fighting after ...
ORIHUELA, Spain (Reuters) - Italian Alessandro Petacchi put his legal problems to one side to roar to a landmark 20th stage victory in the Tour of Spain on Friday.
The veteran Lampre rider accelerated away in a bunch sprint in Orihuela that decided the 187.1-km seventh stage.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Number 11 seed Elena Dementieva recovered from a first-set slump to continue her strong record against Slovakia's Daniela Hantuchova with 7-5 6-2 win Friday.
It was the 16th career meeting in a decade between the two and the Russian took her tally of wins against Hantuchova to ...
The 28-year-old Roethlisberger, who won Super Bowls with Pittsburgh in 2006 and 2009, was suspended in April for the first six games of the upcoming regular season without pay although no charges were filed.
Roethlisberger was told to undergo a behavioral evaluation as part of his suspension and ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - There was an old-fashioned fight at the U.S. Open on Thursday but not the one tournament officials wanted to see.
Instead of happening on the court, the scuffle broke out in the upper deck, high above Arthur Ashe Stadium where Novak Djokovic and Philipp Petzschner were locked ...
Passion will also be running high when holders Spain take on Greece, also on Saturday, in a repeat of the 2006 final. Favorites the United States play Angola on Monday while Argentina and Brazil lock horns in a South American derby on Tuesday.
The Serbians have had more success than the Croats ...
BEIJING (Reuters) - Former Olympic figure skating champion Yevgeny Plushenko is still determined to compete at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics despite the indefinite ban imposed on him last month.
The Russian was banned by the International Skating Union (ISU) for skipping the world championships ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Maria Sharapova joined a stampede of easy center court winners at the U.S. Open on Thursday when the former champion trampled Iveta Benesova of the Czech Republic 6-1 6-2 to reach the third round.
The 2006 Open winner did not face a single break point in her demolition of ...
ROVERETO, Italy (Reuters) - A woman carrying pole vaults in a purpose-built bag struggles to make her way through a crowd of screaming children at an athletics meeting in northern Italy.
Caster Semenya, the women's 800 meters world champion is alongside 2004 Olympic men's 100 gold medalist Justin ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Rejuvenated by the familiar surroundings of the U.S. Open, New Yorker James Blake promised to deliver some inspired tennis if his broken-down body will allow him to compete at a higher level.
Blake, who defied a host of ailments to beat Canada's Peter Polansky 6-7 6-3 6-2 6-4 ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - It looms as a mismatch of classic proportions. Andy Murray, the world number four and one of the favorites to win the U.S. Open title against Dustin Brown, a dreadlocked Jamaican ranked 123rd in the world.
When they enter Arthur Ashe Stadium on Friday to play for a spot in the ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A year after her surprise exit from the U.S. Open, Maria Sharapova will have another showdown with a little-known American teenager who will be battling for her own share of the Flushing Meadows spotlight.
Last year a then 17-year-old Melanie Oudin eliminated the Russian in ...
ROVERETO, Italy (Reuters) - A woman carrying pole vaults in a purpose-built bag struggles to make her way through a crowd of screaming children at an athletics meeting in northern Italy.
Caster Semenya, the women's 800 meters world champion is alongside 2004 Olympic men's 100 gold medalist Justin ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Russian sixth seed Nikolay Davydenko said he had thrown all his rackets in the bin and was considering going "somewhere to get my brain changed" after he was upended at the U.S. Open on Thursday.
The Masters Cup champion became the highest seed to fall in the men's ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Roger Federer sent a warning shot to anyone trying to deny him a 17th Grand Slam title when the Swiss master said on Thursday he is feeling well rested at a sun-baked U.S. Open and has all the answers he needs.
Federer said his bid for a sixth U.S. Open title is off to an ...
There will also be no love lost when the Argentines clash in the last 16 with traditional rivals Brazil, who finished ahead of the Croats in Group B after beating them 92-74.
The United States made it five wins in a row in the same group with a 92-57 drubbing of Tunisia and should have an equally ...
TAUNTON, England (Reuters) - The International Cricket Council (ICC) charged Pakistan test captain Salman Butt and opening bowlers Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif Thursday under its anti-corruption code.
The sport's world governing body said in a statement that the trio had been provisionally ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Nice and easy works fine for top seed Caroline Wozniacki, who said Thursday she is happy with her smooth ride through the first two rounds at the U.S. Open where a potential match-up with Maria Sharapova looms.
The 20-year-old Dane, runner-up in Flushing Meadows last year, ...
NORTON, Massachusetts (Reuters) - Hurricane Earl has prompted PGA Tour officials to bring tee times forward by 40 minutes for the first round of the Deutsche Bank Championship on Friday.
The first groups will tee off at 7 a.m. local time (1100 GMT) because officials are fearful foul weather will ...
Beckham has been sidelined since March when he suffered an Achilles tendon injury, while playing on loan for AC Milan, that cost him a place in the England squad at the World Cup in South Africa.
"The doctors' original date was October 1 but I always kind of said I want to be ready before ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Mardy Fish woke up to the news Thursday that his close friend Andy Roddick had bowed out of the U.S. Open prematurely and in acrimonious fashion.
Fish did not stay up late to watch fellow American Roddick get bounced from the tournament by Janko Tipsarevic since he had a ...
The victory stretched the Yanks' lead in the American League East to 1.5 games over the idle Tampa Bay Rays.
Sabathia (19-5) pitched eight innings, allowing one-hit with five strikeouts, and did not allow a runner past second base after the third inning.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former U.S. Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova produced a far stronger second performance at Flushing Meadows with a routine 6-2 6-3 win over Latvia's Anastasija Sevastova Thursday.
Kuznetsova had been taken the distance in her previous match against Japan's Kimiko Date Krumm, ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wimbledon runner-up Vera Zvonareva battled her way into the third round of the U.S. Open with a 6-1 7-6 win over Germany's Sabine Lisicki Thursday.
The Russian seventh seed raced through the first set but world number 94 Lisicki served for the second before Zvonareva hit back ...
Francesco, 27, qualified automatically for the European team that will take on the U.S. holders at Celtic Manor in Wales from October 1-3.
Edoardo was one of captain Colin Montgomerie's three wildcard picks, along with Padraig Harrington and Luke Donald, after the 29-year-old Italian won the ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former U.S. Open champion Andy Roddick stumbled to a bad-tempered early exit from his home grand slam on Wednesday, the American losing 3-6 7-5 6-3 7-6 to unseeded Serb Janko Tipsarevic in the final match of the day.
The 44th-ranked Tipsarevic served magnificently and peppered ...
Niemi became the Chicago Blackhawks starter midway through the 2009 season and went 26-7-4 in 39 games with a 2.25 goals-against average and seven shutouts.
He then backstopped the Blackhawks to their first Stanley Cup since 1961 with a six-game series win against the Philadelphia Flyers.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Andy Murray sent an ominous warning to his U.S. Open rivals when he breezed through his first match at Flushing Meadows on Wednesday before home hope Andy Roddick made an undignified exit in the last match of the day.
In the women's draw, former champions Kim Clijsters and ...
The 50-year-old Couples, who won the Green Jacket at Augusta National in 1992, will join champion Adam Scott of Australia, five-time winner Greg Norman, Geoff Ogilvy and John Daly for the December 2-5 tournament at The Lakes Golf Club in Sydney.
"I am very much looking forward to playing in ...
The American world number one, who announced his long-expected divorce from his Swedish wife Elin nine days ago, has yet to win this season but felt he was close to his best at Ridgewood Country Club last week.
"If I would have putted a little bit better in the middle two rounds, then I would ...
TORONTO (Reuters) - Though it is the National Hockey League's (NHL) ultimate prize, the Stanley Cup has been left at the bottom of a swimming pool, used as a flower pot and a popcorn bucket and carried into a Finnish sauna.
As the NHL allows members of every winning team their own day with the ...
The Cardinals did not disclose details of the terms but Dockett told a news conference that he believed he was now up with the best paid players in his position.
Local media reports said the two-times Pro Bowl selection could earn up to $50 million with $31 million guaranteed.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Venus Williams kept the flag flying for American tennis' most famous family at the U.S. Open on Wednesday when she beat Canada's Rebecca Marino 7-6 6-3 in the second round.
Marino gave the third seed a brief scare when she pushed the opening set to a tiebreak but Williams was ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Britain's Andy Murray made a belated start to his U.S. Open with a straight-sets victory over Lukas Lacko Wednesday and said the cramped schedule will not hamper his chances of a first grand slam title.
The Scot was the last of the top four seeds to play in the first round but ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Czech Tomas Berdych became the first big casualty of the U.S. Open after being outclassed 7-6 6-4 6-4 by France's Michael Llodra on Wednesday.
Playing on his favorite surface, the Wimbledon finalist had been expected to dominate the match against Llodra, who is better known as ...
Serbia also reached the knockout rounds with a match to spare after a 94-79 victory over Australia and holders Spain avoided an early exit, overcoming a poor start to demolish Lebanon 91-57.
The eagerly-awaited Group B clash between the U.S. and Iran was played in sporting fashion, with pockets of ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Andre Agassi headlined a list of nominees for the International Tennis Hall of Fame following a sparkling career highlighted by eight grand slam titles and an Olympic gold medal.
Agassi, who shocked the sporting world late last year when he admitted using the highly addictive ...
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Cheerleaders donned black leggings and white T-shirts for a World Championship basketball match between Iran and the United States in Istanbul on Wednesday to respect cultural sensitivities.
Some Iranian officials still left the arena shortly before their routine began, ...
