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Second Russian Track Athlete Exempted From Ban by the Sport’s Governing Body – New York Times

Monday, July 11, 2016

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Pirates Lithuanian prospect Neverauskas proud of h… – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Monday, July 11, 2016

SAN DIEGO — The small flag stitched to right-hander Dovydas Neverauskas’ jersey Sunday was layered yellow, green and red. He was at Petco Park as the Pirates’ only prospect in the All-Star Futures Game. On his chest, above his heart, were the colors of his home country, Lithuania. Neverauskas, 23, ​tossed a scoreless eighth ​for the World team, which beat the United States, 11-3. He…

BenFred: Alex Reyes made baseball hyperventilate – STLtoday.com

Monday, July 11, 2016

He made Peter Gammons tweet “omg.” Perhaps that’s the best way to describe the Internet reaction Cardinals pitching prospect Alex Reyes caused with his Sunday night start in the Futures Game at San Diego’s Petco Park. The flame-throwing 21-year-old righty started and totaled four strikeouts in 1 2/3 innings before other Team World arms got their turn. He surrendered two hits — a triple to Astros prospect Alex…

Community rallies behind youth baseball team from Mexico stranded in California – KABC-TV

Monday, July 11, 2016

A baseball team from Central Mexico has much to cheer about after the greater Los Angeles community rallied to help them stay in California to finish their tournament. The Hornets baseball team traveled to California from Aguascalientes, Mexico with the help of a sponsor, but said the sponsor backed out at the last minute, leaving them without money to pay for most of the trip. MORE: Young baseball team from…

Second Russian Track Athlete Exempted From Ban by the Sport’s Governing Body – New York Times

Monday, July 11, 2016

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Rogers: Amanda Nunes becomes UFC’s newest star as sport’s first openly gay champion – USA TODAY

Monday, July 11, 2016

Amanda Nunes celebrates after defeating Miesha Tate during their women’s bantamweight championship mixed martial arts bout at UFC 200, Saturday, July 9, 2016, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher) ORG XMIT: otk102(Photo: John Locher, AP) LAS VEGAS – Few sports deliver upsets with such regularity as mixed martial arts, and it was perhaps fitting that the groundbreaking 200th pay-per-view of the Ultimate Fighting Championship ended with a shock. Amanda Nunes’…

Sky Sports to screen the first day of the Open Championship for free – Telegraph.co.uk

Monday, July 11, 2016

A free day pass is being offered for Thursday’s play, which begins at 6.35am and which will also be transmitted on Sky One. With the BBC having never shown the opening tee shot of the Open live, it means Sky will not only be the first UK broadcaster to do so but will be the first to do so free of charge. Today also sees the launch of Sky’s dedicated…

Euro 2016: Cristiano Ronaldo becomes true great with Portugal win – BBC News

Monday, July 11, 2016

Media playback is not supported on this device Highlights: Portugal 1-0 France Cristiano Ronaldo wept tears of despair then tears of joy as the Euro 2016 final took him on an emotional journey from his lowest low to the high of lifting Portugal’s first major trophy. The 31-year-old Real Madrid superstar carried his country’s hopes into the final against hosts France in Paris not only as Portugal’s captain but also…

Confirmed: UFC Sold for $4 Billion – Yahoo News

Monday, July 11, 2016

All the controversy and denials are about to come to an end, as the Ultimate Fighting Championship is expected to announce its sale on Monday. MMAWeekly.com on Sunday night confirmed the news, which was first reported by the New York Times. According to the initial report, the UFC “sold itself to WME-IMG for about $4 billion, according to people with direct knowledge of the matter. Backing the deal are the private equity heavyweights…

Portugal breaks into jubilation after Euro soccer win – AOL News

Monday, July 11, 2016

LISBON, July 10 (Reuters) – Portugal erupted into jubilation on Sunday as the country defeated France to win the Euro 2016, its first major international soccer championship. “It’s crazy,” said Lucas, a young fan in the crowds at Praca do Comercio, the main square in Lisbon where the game had been shown on huge screens. “I’m going to party tonight.” Fireworks and music broke out across the capital, where the…

Second Russian Track Athlete Exempted From Ban by the Sport’s Governing Body – New York Times

Monday, July 11, 2016

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Chinese Billions Flood Into Soccer, Snaring Hulk in Record Deal – Bloomberg

Monday, July 11, 2016

Hulk had quite the welcome to China. Shortly after his plane landed at Shanghai’s Pudong International Airport, hundreds of chanting fans mobbed the Brazilian soccer star as he pushed his way through the crowd on June 29. Hulk, who recently inked a record-breaking deal with Shanghai SIPG, is just the most recent soccer star to sign up. Long a soccer backwater, China has gone on a buying spree unprecedented in the…

Rickie Fowler tweets he’s going to Olympics – NBC Olympics

Monday, July 11, 2016

TROON, Scotland (AP) — Rickie Fowler took to Twitter to say he’s going to the Olympics. Patrick Reed confirmed at the Scottish Open that he will join him in Rio. Now it’s up to Jordan Spieth. With one day before the deadline to submit the American team for Rio, Spieth still has not made up his mind whether the threat of Zika and other security concerns are enough to keep…

Martin Truex Jr.’s run fueled by NASCAR’s call: ‘I was mad’ – FOXSports.com

Monday, July 11, 2016

Despite his eighth top-10 finish of the season in the Quaker State 400 Saturday night, Martin Truex Jr. left Kentucky Speedway still fuming about a ruling NASCAR made that went against him. Truex was running second in the race behind leader Kevin Harvick when both came to pit road during a caution on Lap 196. As he came down pit road and approached his pit stall, Truex dove in front…

Rogers: Amanda Nunes becomes UFC’s newest star as sport’s first openly gay champion – USA TODAY

Monday, July 11, 2016

Amanda Nunes celebrates after defeating Miesha Tate during their women’s bantamweight championship mixed martial arts bout at UFC 200, Saturday, July 9, 2016, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher) ORG XMIT: otk102(Photo: John Locher, AP) LAS VEGAS – Few sports deliver upsets with such regularity as mixed martial arts, and it was perhaps fitting that the groundbreaking 200th pay-per-view of the Ultimate Fighting Championship ended with a shock. Amanda Nunes’…

Second Russian Track Athlete Exempted From Ban by the Sport’s Governing Body – New York Times

Monday, July 11, 2016

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TLC concert forces pro soccer game to be played in ridiculously tiny field – CBS sports.com (blog)

Sunday, July 10, 2016

The quality of a soccer field is so important. From the length of the grass to even the type, it makes a difference as to how the ball rolls and how you should play it. But what about when the field is nowhere near the size it needs to be? A normal soccer field is between 110-120 yards long and 70-80 yards wide. However, during an NWSL match on Saturday…

Martin Truex Jr.’s run fueled by NASCAR’s call: ‘I was mad’ – FOXSports.com

Sunday, July 10, 2016

Despite his eighth top-10 finish of the season in the Quaker State 400 Saturday night, Martin Truex Jr. left Kentucky Speedway still fuming about a ruling NASCAR made that went against him. Truex was running second in the race behind leader Kevin Harvick when both came to pit road during a caution on Lap 196. As he came down pit road and approached his pit stall, Truex dove in front…

Fowler Tweets He’s Going to Olympics – ABC News

Sunday, July 10, 2016

Rickie Fowler took to Twitter to say he’s going to the Olympics. Patrick Reed confirmed at the Scottish Open that he will join him in Rio. Now it’s up to Jordan Spieth. With one day before the deadline to submit the American team for Rio, Spieth still has not made up his mind whether the threat of Zika and other security concerns are enough to keep him out of the…

2016 Rio Olympics men’s basketball field set – SB Nation

Sunday, July 10, 2016

The men’s basketball field for the 2016 Rio Olympics is set, and the 12 teams have been broken into two groups for competitions. The final three teams — France, Serbia and Croatia — earned spots by winning qualifying tournaments Saturday and Sunday. The teams have been separated into Group A and Group B with the former consisting of the United States, Australia, China, Venezuela, France and Serbia and…