Sports News Daily Online

July, 2016

Hideki Matsuyama has added his name to the growing list of golfers pulling out of the Summer Olympics in Brazil because of fears over the Zika virus. "I cannot be 100 percent sure about my safety, and my team's safety, from the Zika virus," Matsuyama said in a statement. Matsuyama, who posted his second career USPGA Tour win earlier this year, shot a final round 67 to finish tied for 42nd at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational on Sunday.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/zika-fears-force-japanese-golfer-matsuyama-skip-olympics-042953496–oly.html

Lars Lagerback admits he might be back in “some capacity” after his Iceland tenure ended with a 5-2 defeat by France in the Euro 2016 quarter-final.

Source: http://www.skysports.com/football/news/12040/10332998/lars-lagerback-may-return-to-iceland-in-some-capacity-after-departure

Euro 2016 hosts France thrash Iceland to set up an intriguing semi-final with world champions Germany.

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36632457

Monaghan’s reign as Ulster SFC champions is over after Donegal powered their way through to the provincial final for the sixth year in a row with a 0-17 to 2-10 in Kingspan Breffni Park.

Source: http://www.skysports.com/gaelic-football/news/12040/10332084/donegal-end-monaghans-reign-as-ulster-sfc-champions

Sudanese-born British forward Luol Deng has agreed to a four-year NBA free agent deal worth $72 million (64.6 million euros) with the Los Angeles Lakers, according to multiple media reports Saturday. Deng averaged 12.3 points, 6.0 rebounds and 1.9 assists in 74 games last season for the Miami Heat. "Congrts my brother," tweeted Miami star guard Dwyane Wade.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/britains-deng-makes-rich-four-nba-deal-lakers-180005870–nba.html

Novak Djokovic is out of Wimbledon after defeat by American Sam Querrey – ending his hopes of a calendar-year Grand Slam.

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/36691155

1888PressRelease – Lila Dooley penned this collection of poems when she was 13 as a way to cope with bullying and feeling like an outcast. She hopes that reading these poems will help other teens cope with it as well.

Source: http://www.1888pressrelease.com/bullying/teenager-helps/a-13-year-old-poet-wrote-each-step-i-take-which-walks-us-fu-pr-592916.html

1888PressRelease – A legally blind, certified personal trainer is crowdfunding on Indiegogo to develop a customizable fitness app. The app will solve the “one size fits all problem” in fitness today and eliminate the reasons people quit.

Source: http://www.1888pressrelease.com/a-legally-blind-personal-trainer-is-crowdfunding-to-develop-pr-592910.html

Ryan Giggs ends his 29-year stay at Manchester United by agreeing a settlement with the Old Trafford club.

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36665691

Proposed changes to a controversial North Carolina law requiring residents to use public restrooms corresponding to their gender at birth don't go far enough, the National Basketball Association said. The US professional basketball league has threatened to relocate the NBA All-Star weekend, which is scheduled to take place next year in Charlotte, North Carolina, unless the bill that has been slammed by rights groups as discriminatory is revoked. North Carolina legislators circulated a draft bill this week showing some minor changes in the law, but keeping the controversial bathroom provisions intact.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/nba-rejects-north-carolinas-revised-transgender-bathroom-law-051424932–nba.html