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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’…

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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…

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…

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…

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…

American golfer Dustin Johnson is citing concerns over the Zika virus as his reason for withdrawing from the upcoming Rio Olympics. Johnson, 32, is the father of an 18-month-old son, Tatum, with fiancée Paulina Gretzky, daughter of hockey great Wayne Gretzky. The couple plan to expand their family. “This was not an easy decision for me, but my concerns about the Zika virus cannot be ignored,” the U.S. Open…

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’…

Media playback is not supported on this device Wimbledon 2016: Andy Murray beats Milos Raonic to take second title Britain’s Andy Murray became Wimbledon champion for the second time with a superb performance against Canadian sixth seed Milos Raonic in the final. The Scot, 29, dismantled the Raonic serve in a 6-4 7-6 (7-3) 7-6 (7-2) victory to repeat his triumph of 2013 and claim a third Grand Slam title….

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…