Golf: Turkey has withdrawn its bid to stage the Ryder Cup in 2022, leaving five nations in the running. Germany’s bid was inspected yesterday with visits to Spain and Italy scheduled for next week. Ryder Cup officials plan to visit Austria at the end of the month, while there is no date confirmed for the visit to Portugal.

Motor Racing: There will be no German Grand Prix this year, Hockenheim circuit boss Georg Seiler said yesterday in a decision that ended months of uncertainty over the country’s Formula One race. The absence of Germany, home of reigning world champions Mercedes, for the first time since 1960 leaves the calendar with 19 races. “We have no hope any more of having a Formula One race here (this year),” Seiler told reporters. “We did everything in the last few years to keep the fans happy.” Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone had kept the door ajar but Seiler said time had run out because “quality would now suffer” if they went ahead with the 10th round of the championship.

Basket, NBA: Sportswear group Adidas AG will not renew its contract to supply kit to the US NBA, saying it feels it would be better to invest its money in new products and players. Adidas has been losing market share in the US to Nike Inc. Adidas has provided apparel for the NBA since 2006 and its 11-year deal, worth an estimated $400 million, expires at the end of the 2016-2017 season.

American Football: San Francisco 49ers player Chris Borland, a leading rookie last season, is retiring from the NFL over health concerns related to re-peated head trauma, ESPN said. “From speaking with Chris, it was evident that he had put a great deal of thought into this decision. He was a consummate professional from day one,” 49ers general manager Trent Baalke said in a statement. The 49ers did not specify in its statement why Borland, 24, chose to leave. ESPN reported he was retiring over health concerns related to head trauma, an issue that has rattled the league and prompted a massive lawsuit against the NFL.