Afleet Alex, the star of the Triple Crown series with his acrobatic Preakness victory and overpowering Belmont victory, was sidelined with a fractured left-front canon bone July 21. Surgery was performed less than a week later, and a screw was inserted in the bone.
"The horse is doing very well clinically and has progressed remarkably well ... We feel it is in Alex's best interests to miss the Breeders' Cup races," Ritchey and Hogan said in a joint statement on Afleet Alex's official website. "Unfortunately, the timing is just a little too close to demand the enormous athletic effort that would be required to race at that elite level of competition."
After New York lost out on the 2012 Olympics, there's no guarantee an American city will bid for the 2016 Games. The U.S. Olympic Committee would like to try, but chairman said international rules have changed, and Americans need to take a long, hard look at their bid process. Unless an American city can present a clear partnership between city, state and federal officials, and the public sector, Ueberroth said it's not worth making a bid.
"We don't want cities spending an awful lot of money and not have a full chance to be victorious," Ueberroth said Monday at the 2006 U.S. Olympic team media summit in Colorado Springs.
Ueberroth also said the USOC will definitely move ahead on its efforts to restore softball to the Summer Olympics. Ueberroth said the effort should not be construed as the U.S. trying to tell the IOC what to do, but an effort to address some misunderstandings about the sport.
Turin Olympics officials expressed alarm over a government proposal to cut $19.43 million from the budget for the Winter Games only four months before they open. The reduction is part of $26.59 billion in spending cuts and revenue-raising measures designed to bring Italy's budget deficit within limits set by the European Union. The measures must be passed by the end of the year.
Argentine doubles specialistacknowledges testing positive for the banned drug finasteride at the French Open. According to media reports, Hood had been taking the substance for nine years in pill form to prevent hair loss.
Fifth-seeded of Switzerland rallied to beat Russian teenager 2-6, 6-2, 7-5 in the first round of the Kremlin Cup in Moscow. In the men's draw, fourth-seeded of Belarus advanced by winning in straight sets.
, a member of the Lithuanian national tennis team, died Sunday night in Boca Raton, Fla., after a pickup truck crashed into him and another Lynn University student as they pushed a car. Balzekas, 23, and , 21, from Turkey, were pushing a car early Saturday when a pickup driven by , 24, of Boca Raton, plowed into them, police said. No charges have been filed.
Sixth-seeded of Chile beat of the Czech Republic 6-2, 6-2 in the first round of the BA-CA Trophy in Vienna. Former champion also reached the next round.
upset second-seeded 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 in the first round of the Stockholm Open. Ferrer had been one of the favorites to win the event afterpulled out because of an injury.
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