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Rosberg battled with Red Bull’s Max Verstappen for second place Nico Rosberg and Mercedes have been penalised 10 seconds for breaking radio transmission rules during the British Grand Prix. The decision drops the German to third place, behind team-mate Lewis Hamilton and Red Bull’s Max Verstappen and cuts his points lead over Hamilton to one. Mercedes were found to have gone beyond the degree permitted to help a driver solve…

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…

The race to make the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup took another interesting twist Saturday night at Kentucky Speedway, where Brad Keselowski nursed his fuel mileage in the final laps to win the Quaker State 400 over Carl Edwards. Keselowski’s victory was his second straight and fourth of the year, tops in the Cup series. Eleven drivers have won races already this year and are all but…

​The MLB All-Star Game is one of the most prestigious games on the major league calendar every season. This year’s game will be played Tuesday at Petco Park, home of the San Diego Padres. But there’s a lot on the schedule before it, like the Futures game and Home Run Derby. And since Thursday, the city had been full of events big and small that celebrate baseball, encourage staying active,…

Baseball, the national pastime, has a long history dating back to the 1840s. The game evolved from older bat-and-ball games from England such as cricket and Colonial America era games like one-o-cat, two-o-cat. When most of us think of Arizona history, however, the game of baseball is not the first image that comes to mind. …

This week’s spin around the baseball blogosphere… Inside the ’Zona has a plan for the Diamondbacks as the trade deadline nears. Outside Pitch MLB suggests the Braves should trade right-hander Julio Teheran. BaseballDocs believes the Red Sox and Dodgers are the teams likeliest to land Teheran. Chin Music Baseball analyzes Astros second baseman Jose Altuve’s offensive brilliance. BP Toronto details how Marco Estrada has become the Blue Jays’ ace. Brew…

“The most important tournament for me every year. I’ve had some great moments here and some tough losses. I’m glad to get my hands on the trophy again. I played really good stuff but Milos has had a great few weeks on the grass and had some unbelievable wins. His match against Roger was a great match and he is one of the harder workers out there. Each time we’ve…

LAS VEGAS — The final disappointment in the letdown that was UFC 200 took 196 seconds. The so-called main event between Miesha Tate and Amanda Nunes, thanks to Jon Jones getting the boot days earlier, was as underwhelming as the card it led. Saturday night simply didn’t live up to the hype of being the greatest UFC card of all time. That’s what we’d been sold — and I’d believed…

<!– FOOTBALL GOSSIP Rangers boss Mark Warburton believes Joey Barton can be the best player in the Premiership in the new campaign. (Sunday Herald) Warburton insists Barton is smart enough not to get into any trouble in Glasgow. The former Burnley midfielder has already sparked a war of words with Scott Brown by claiming he is in a different league to the Celtic skipper. (Sunday Mail) Rangers striker Martyn Waghorn…

Buy Photo Gazelle Sports CEO Chris Lampen-Crowell is photographed at the Gazelle Sports store in Northville in August 2015.(Photo: Salwan Georges, Detroit Free Press)Buy Photo While studying biomedical science at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Chris Lampen-Crowell worked in a running store. Most of his life, starting in elementary school, Lampen-Crowell was a runner. In middle school, he ran cross country. In high school, he was captain of the track team. He set a speed…

Carl Edwards fully expected Brad Keselowski to run out of fuel in the closing stages of Saturday night’s NASCAR race at Kentucky Speedway, and Keselowski thought his tank had hit empty with two laps remaining. But Keselowski had enough fuel in reserve and managed to cross the finish line on fumes to take the Quaker State 400, his series-best fourth victory of 2016 and second consecutive win. Keselowski need…

LAS VEGAS — The final disappointment in the letdown that was UFC 200 took 196 seconds. The so-called main event between Miesha Tate and Amanda Nunes, thanks to Jon Jones getting the boot days earlier, was as underwhelming as the card it led. Saturday night simply didn’t live up to the hype of being the greatest UFC card of all time. That’s what we’d been sold — and I’d believed…

Media playback is not supported on this device Thierry Henry praises French unity The France team have brought the nation together during Euro 2016 and restored a bond lost after the 2010 World Cup, says former striker Thierry Henry. France finished bottom of their group in 2010 amidst a player revolt, but on Sunday they face Portugal in the final of their home European Championship. “We have a team again,”…

  A father videotaped his young son crying and passed it along to Kevin Durant via social media with a message: Thanks for ruining my son’s day. Grown men burned Durant jerseys in fits of anger, a reaction that looks even sillier given the somber events taking place in our country at present. Websites compared Durant to Benedict Arnold. Why? Because he changed NBA jobs. He exercised his contractual right…

UK Anti-Doping (Ukad) has begun an investigation and expressed “grave concern” over claims by two Kenyan doctors they gave banned performance-enhancing drugs to British athletes. The medics were secretly filmed by the Sunday Times, which has investigated allegations of doping in the African country in collaboration with German broadcaster ARD/WRD. Kenya’s Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has also reportedly made arrests in connection with the claims. Ukad has also sent…

Klishina won European bronze in 2014 and was 10th in last year’s World Championships in Beijing Russian long jumper Darya Klishina has been cleared to compete as a “neutral” athlete at the Rio Olympics. In total, 136 Russians applied to an IAAF doping review board for “exceptional eligibility”, as the country’s athletics federation is banned from international competition. But the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) has told the state-run TASS news…

Bernard Lagat crosses the line first in the 5000 meters on Saturday, ahead of Hassan Mead. The 41-year-old Lagat will compete in his fifth Olympics.(Photo: Kirby Lee, USA TODAY Sports) Bernard Lagat showed that his 41-year-old legs still have some spring. And speed. The veteran came from behind with a 52.8-second final lap to win the 5,000 meters at the U.S. Olympic trials on Saturday in Eugene, Ore., and he will…

Six-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson spun and hit the wall in Turn 4 on Lap 31 of 267 in the Quaker State 400 Presented by Advance Auto Parts on Saturday at Kentucky Speedway, one of multiple wrecks in the race. For Johnson it was the second time during the race weekend that the No. 48 Chevrolet SS found the wall at the 1.5-mile track. Johnson wrecked during…