Reuters Sports News Summary

Following is a summary of current sports news briefs. Malta challenge withdrawn from 2021 America's Cup: organizers

The next America's Cup regatta in New Zealand in 2021 suffered a blow on Friday with its organizers confirming that a challenge from Malta has been withdrawn. The withdrawal of the Malta Altus challenge leaves just syndicates from Britain, the Netherlands, Italy and two from the United States competing to race holders Team New Zealand (TNZ) for sport's oldest trophy. Instructor Haney suspended by PGA Tour Radio for insensitive remarks

Tiger Woods' former instructor Hank Haney has been suspended by the SiriusXM PGA Tour Radio channel, a day after making disparaging remarks about women's professional golf during his program. Speaking on the eve of the U.S. Women's Open, Haney said he didn't know where the championship was being held, couldn't name six players, and predicted that a Korean would win. Woods shoots 70 as Moore leads Memorial after round one

Tiger Woods hit some loose shots but still carded a respectable two-under-par 70 in the first round at the Memorial tournament as fellow American Ryan Moore plundered the soft Muirfield Village course in Dublin, Ohio on Thursday. Moore birdied five of the first seven holes to set a cracking pace, posting a seven-under 65 to head Jordan Spieth by one stroke as Woods ended the round equal 23rd. Blues C Sundqvist suspended one game for boarding

The NHL suspended St. Louis Blues forward Oskar Sundqvist for one playoff game for boarding Boston Bruins defenseman Matt Grzelcyk during Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final. The league's Department of Player Safety announced the ruling Thursday, one day after the Blues evened the series at one game apiece. Game 3 is scheduled for Saturday night in St. Louis. MLB roundup: Homer-happy Rockies sweep D-backs

Trevor Story had four hits and scored the winning run in the 10th inning, and the Colorado Rockies beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 11-10 on Thursday in Denver to sweep a four-game series. David Dahl had four hits, including a home run, Ryan McMahon and Ian Desmond also homered, and Daniel Murphy drove in three for the Rockies, including the game-winner on his third hit of the day. Raptors beat Warriors in NBA Finals opener

The Toronto Raptors stunned the two-time defending champion Golden State Warriors 118-109 in the opening game of the NBA Finals on Thursday. In the first ever NBA Finals game played outside of the United States, Toronto were led by Cameroonian forward Pascal Siakam's 32 points while Golden State's sharp-shooting duo of Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson failed to find their groove. NBA notebook: D’Antoni reportedly halts contract talks with Rockets

Houston Rockets head coach Mike D'Antoni ended talks geared toward a new contract, ESPN reported Thursday. D'Antoni remains under contract for next season and said recently he plans to continue coaching beyond the 2019-20 campaign. Joshua calls challenger Ruiz as dangerous as Wilder

Anthony Joshua's long-awaited U.S. debut on Saturday may not be the mega-fight with Deontay Wilder the boxing world is waiting for but the British heavyweight champion is taking his Mexican opponent just as seriously. Joshua will defend his IBF, WBA and WBO titles at New York's Madison Square Garden against Andy Ruiz Jr., who is looking to become the first Mexican heavyweight champion, and the Briton is not taking his opponent lightly. NFL notebook: Browns coach Kitchens changes tune on OBJ

Browns head coach Freddie Kitchens changed his tune on Odell Beckham Jr. missing all but one of Cleveland's 10 workouts permitted under NFL rules for organized team activities. Kitchens previously said the Browns did not expect Beckham to attend all voluntary workouts with the understanding he was dealing with logistical matters related to his move from New York to Ohio. Osaka lives to fight another day, Djokovic cruising

Naomi Osaka stayed on course for a third successive Grand Slam title and Novak Djokovic a fourth at the French Open on Thursday but their paths to the third round could not be more different. For the second match in a row Osaka had to battle back from a shocking start, this time losing the first four games against former world number one Victoria Azarenka before winning a titanic tussle 4-6 7-5 6-3 in just under three hours.