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RELATED: Race results | Updated Chase Grid SHOP: Suarez gear DOVER, Del. — With a dominant car that opened leads of more than six seconds after the final restart on Lap 152 of 200, Daniel Suárez won Sunday’s rain-delayed Drive Sober 200 at Dover International Speedway and earned a spot in the Round of 8 in the inaugural NASCAR XFINITY Series Chase. The Mexican-born driver grabbed the top spot from eventual…

8:54 AM ET Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email print comment People say a lot of things about the postseason. Here’s one thing that I completely agree with: Anything can happen. Everyone has tried to find a Holy Grail for predicting the playoffs. In recent years, popular explanations have focused on contact rate for offense and bullpen dominance on defense. If those are trends that continue to translate, then it’s worth noting…

The small wearable device, which pairs with a smartphone via Bluetooth, fits inside a leg sleeve that’s part of the retail bundle. In fact, there are two sleeves included in the box, one small-medium size and a medium-large. Unlike its other sensors, Zepp says the Play Soccer version isn’t about the company helping you train with video tutorials or tips from professional athletes. Instead, you’re supposed to use the raw…

ISTANBUL—For nearly four years, Said Alpsoy recruited dozens of Turkey’s top soccer stars into the network of supporters of the reclusive Turkish cleric Fethullah Gulen. Mr. Alpsoy spent hours counseling rising stars in Turkey’s most popular sport, many from poor families, on how Mr. Gulen’s teachings could help them stay grounded and cope with the lures of fame. In return, they donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to the…

Juba, South Sudan – On an early Saturday morning on the outdoor court next to thed Nimra Talata basketball stadium in Juba, 19-year-old Rebecca Pascual, together with 30 other girls and boys, prepares for handball practice before the South Sudanese sun becomes too strong to bare. They fetch the balls, measure and mark the sandy uneven court full of small pebbles and fix an old, worn net on the poles. “You…

The small wearable device, which pairs with a smartphone via Bluetooth, fits inside a leg sleeve that’s part of the retail bundle. In fact, there are two sleeves included in the box, one small-medium size and a medium-large. Unlike its other sensors, Zepp says the Play Soccer version isn’t about the company helping you train with video tutorials or tips from professional athletes. Instead, you’re supposed to use the raw…

ISTANBUL—For nearly four years, Said Alpsoy recruited dozens of Turkey’s top soccer stars into the network of supporters of the reclusive Turkish cleric Fethullah Gulen. Mr. Alpsoy spent hours counseling rising stars in Turkey’s most popular sport, many from poor families, on how Mr. Gulen’s teachings could help them stay grounded and cope with the lures of fame. In return, they donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to the…

RELATED: Race results | Chase Grid   DOVER, Del. — The final margin was of little consequence. Tony Stewart would either be in or out after 400 miles at Dover International Speedway. In, and he would be one those advancing to the Round of 12, the second elimination round in this year’s Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup. Out and he would have no chance to end his NASCAR Sprint Cup…

In this sporting era where individuals and occasions are proclaimed as the greatest of all time with bemusing regularity, there is quite a clamour at the top of the pile. The core emotions, and the level of talent, on display as the USA won the 41st Ryder Cup served as a reminder that precious little can class itself as superior to this biennial team‑golf tournament. The nudge was timely. Football’s…

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Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email print comment With five teams playing for the final three postseason spots and all the action unfolding at the same time, we know you couldn’t possibly watch every minute of baseball’s Sunday sprint to the finish. There’s no need to worry, though: We’ve got it all covered for you. Blue Jays hold on, and the playoff field is complete The Blue Jays held on for a…

Photo Credit: Getty Images / Jim McIsaac It’s the last day of baseball’s regular season, and all division titles have been clinched for the better part of a week now, but the wild cards leave plenty of meaningful matchups today. Three spots are open, with some home-field advantage up for grabs in the American League, so six of today’s 15 games have postseason implications on the line. And they’re all…

ISTANBUL—For nearly four years, Said Alpsoy recruited dozens of Turkey’s top soccer stars into the network of supporters of the reclusive Turkish cleric Fethullah Gulen. Mr. Alpsoy spent hours counseling rising stars in Turkey’s most popular sport, many from poor families, on how Mr. Gulen’s teachings could help them stay grounded and cope with the lures of fame. In return, they donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to the…

If any coach, player or parent feels inclined to lose their composure and start yelling at football official Thomas Harris, trying to provoke a response, good luck. He has been trained to be cool under pressure. That’s because when you’ve gone through Navy boot camp and served in a nuclear submarine as a sonar technician, you’re ready for anything. Harris, 42, is a first-year football official and part of a pilot…

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email print comment With five teams playing for the final three postseason spots and all of the action unfolding at the same time, we know you can’t possibly watch every minute of baseball’s Sunday sprint to the finish. There’s no need to worry, though: We’ve got it all covered for you. Follow along as every thrilling moment of the regular season’s final day unfolds. So about that…

When Derek Jeter retired two years ago, it was the “end of an era” in baseball. David Ortiz will call it quits whenever the Red Sox finish their season and you’ll hear those same four words used. It’s the same when Peyton Manning or Tom Brady retires or when a league changes television networks (like when Fox grabbed the NFC from CBS in the mid-’90s), its playoff format or major…

8:34 AM ET Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email print comment If you’re a careful reader, you’ll note the headline above reads “playoff baseball.” It’s not really playoff baseball yet, but it feels like it. Saturday’s games in St. Louis and San Francisco and Philadelphia and Seattle and New York and Boston were certainly filled with tension and drama. Four of those six games were decided in the eighth inning or later….

Photo Credit: Getty Images / Jim McIsaac It’s the last day of baseball’s regular season, and all division titles have been clinched for the better part of a week now, but the wild cards leave plenty of meaningful matchups today. Three spots are open, with some home-field advantage up for grabs in the American League, so six of today’s 15 games have postseason implications on the line. And they’re all…

Alex Bellos and Ben Lyttleton identified a complex problem, and addressed it with a deceptively, elegantly simple solution. How to address the growing problem of boys stopping reading, while keeping them engaged enough to tear eyes away from videogames and television and the plethora of immediate entertainment 21st century life is set up to provide? Their answer was to write a football book, in name only—football presented in an entertaining,…

The latest sports phenomenon sweeping the globe wasn’t represented at the Olympic Games in Rio; it doesn’t require an intense physical training regimen or even traditional sports equipment. We’re talking about e-sports — competitive video gaming — and the opportunities for huge windfalls for players and advertisers are immense. Corporations plan to spend $325 million on sponsorships and marketing of e-sports this year, hoping to reach gaming’s huge millennial demographic as the…