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Media playback is not supported on this device Pint-sized TMS: Wonderful Woakes & a brush with the law England face a difficult run chase against Pakistan after the tourists ended the third day of the first Test with a lead of 281. The previous highest chase by England at Lord’s is 282-3 against New Zealand in 2004, meaning Alastair Cook’s men are likely to face a record target. Asad Shafiq…

Rock climbing is expected to be catapulted on to the world stage by becoming an Olympic sport. Though an official announcement is still a few weeks off, sport insiders say it is to feature at the Tokyo Olympics. Sport climbing was one of five sports recommended for the Olympics by organisers of the 2020 Games, along with skateboarding, surfing, baseball/softball and karate. Under new rules, host cities can pick sports…

Some of the sports stories The Associated Press is covering Saturday. A full Sports Digest will be sent by about 3 p.m. All times EDT: – TROON, Scotland – Phil Mickelson enters the windy third round of the British Open one shot ahead of Henrik Stenson. Jordan Spieth, who just made the cut, is 15 strokes behind. – VILLARS-LES-DOMBES, France – Chris Froome and the other race leaders observe a…

Fans watched from the new rail seating at Celtic Park Celtic opened their new 2,900-capacity safe standing section in their first home game under Brendan Rodgers. Rail seating has been installed in the north-east corner of Celtic Park and fans populated the area for Saturday’s 2-1 friendly win over Wolfsburg. The Scottish champions were granted a safe-standing licence in June last year by Glasgow City Council. “This is another step…

I’ve long maintained that truth is far stranger than fiction when it comes to NASCAR.  Who would have believed the first Daytona 500 in 1959 would end in a photo finish that wasn’t settled until three days later? What were the odds that a last-lap crash and a fistfight between Cale Yarborough and the Allison brothers in 1979 would thrust NASCAR into the national spotlight? The triumph and the tragedy…

The Wimbledon finalist Milos Raonic has pulled out of the Rio Olympics citing health concerns, including the Zika virus. The Canadian, ranked seventh in the world, reached his first grand slam final at the All England Club on Sunday, losing in straight sets to Andy Murray. He wrote on his Facebook page: “It is with a heavy heart that I am announcing my withdrawal from participation in the Rio 2016…

The International Olympic Committee has been playing with a lake of fire, and it’s everybody else that’s going to get burned. You can feel it coming, can’t you? One of these days there’s going to be a catastrophe. The Olympics will be lucky to escape a large-scale disaster in Rio de Janeiro, and if it happens we’ll all wonder why we didn’t do more to stop IOC officials from dragging…

Studying has always been high on my list. I got my degree from Cardiff University in bioscience. Halfway through it I decided I wanted to focus on judo more,’ says Powell, whose parents are the ‘most influential people’ in her career, outside coach Darren Warner. ‘My mum would take me anywhere. She was touring the country most weekends. ‘I always wanted to be a doctor when I was younger. But…

RELATED: Full starting lineup | See every car in the field LOUDON, N.H. — After one of the roughest stretches in his career, Jimmie Johnson got a welcome boost on Friday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Saving his fastest lap for the third and final round of knockout qualifying, Johnson won the Coors Light Pole Award for Sunday’s New Hampshire 301 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race (1:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN),…

From Sammy Sosa’s sneeze to Jeremy Affeldt’s frozen hamburger patties to Glenallen Hill’s fear of spiders, there’s a long history of weird and downright dumb baseball injuries. Our latest example? Rangers reliever Jake Diekman, c’mon down, you’re the next contestant! And just how did Jake Diekman cut his left index finger? A souvenir mug he bought from Cheers in Boston broke and a piece of glass got him. — Jeff…

Welcome to Saturday’s daily fantasy post! Remember that you can find our posts on the brand-spanking new DFS home page, as well as the fantasy page. Bookmark those sites now! Let’s get to today’s interesting facts, using DraftKings prices. Five Things to Watch: 1. Here are the three highest-projected over/unders, provided by OddsShark… BOS-NYY: 9.5 MIL-CIN: 9.5 NYM-PHI: 8.5 2. Weather: Should be all clear for Saturday. 3. You down with BvP? Evan…

Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff Sean Ma, in character as the Lowell Spinners’ “Canaligator” mascot at a Liam Nation-Tewksbury Youth Baseball event last month, first put on the suit as a Spinners intern. Sean Ma can start to overheat after more than an hour in the Canaligator mascot costume. That’s the downside of being a 6-foot-4 fuzzy green alligator with a huge yellow snout. But the adoring fans and cheering crowds are…

Kante scored once during his season at Leicester Chelsea have signed Leicester City midfielder N’Golo Kante on a five-year deal for a fee believed to be in the region of £30m. The defensive midfielder joined from Caen last summer for £6m and went on to make 40 appearances in Leicester’s Premier League-winning campaign. Kante, 25, was part of the France squad that reached the final of Euro 2016. “I am…

Rock climbing is expected to be catapulted on to the world stage by becoming an Olympic sport. Though an official announcement is still a few weeks off, sport insiders say it is to feature at the Tokyo Olympics. Sport climbing was one of five sports recommended for the Olympics by organisers of the 2020 Games, along with skateboarding, surfing, baseball/softball and karate. Under new rules, host cities can pick sports…

Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff Sean Ma, in character as the Lowell Spinners’ “Canaligator” mascot at a Liam Nation-Tewksbury Youth Baseball event last month, first put on the suit as a Spinners intern. Sean Ma can start to overheat after more than an hour in the Canaligator mascot costume. That’s the downside of being a 6-foot-4 fuzzy green alligator with a huge yellow snout. But the adoring fans and cheering crowds are…

From Sammy Sosa’s sneeze to Jeremy Affeldt’s frozen hamburger patties to Glenallen Hill’s fear of spiders, there’s a long history of weird and downright dumb baseball injuries. Our latest example? Rangers reliever Jake Diekman, c’mon down, you’re the next contestant! And just how did Jake Diekman cut his left index finger? A souvenir mug he bought from Cheers in Boston broke and a piece of glass got him. — Jeff…

Chicago — Former Dartmouth College pitcher Kyle Hendricks and four relievers combined on a five-hitter, Addison Russell had a two-run single to key a five-run sixth inning, and the Chicago Cubs beat the Texas Rangers 6-0 on Friday in a matchup of slumping division leaders. The Cubs returned from the All-Star break to win for the seventh time in 22 games, while the Rangers lost their eighth in 10…

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Biloxi’s journey to land the Shuckers started in backyards near Orlando, Fla., as Tim Bennett mowed lawns after moving from San Francisco. Bennett, who helped bring minor league baseball back to the Jackson area, was instrumental in bringing the Shuckers to Biloxi in 2015. Friday he told the audience at the “Our Love Affair with Baseball” luncheon at the Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art how he got into baseball and how…

NFL FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) Tom Brady said he will not ask the U.S. Supreme Court to block his four-game ”Deflategate” suspension, ending his fight in a scandal that tested the power of the NFL commissioner and tarnished the reputation of one of the sport’s greatest players. The decision by the four-time Super Bowl champion comes two days after his case was turned aside by the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of…