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Chinese retail giant Suning has taken a controlling stake in iconic Italian soccer club Inter Milan — the latest high-profile overseas acquisition by Chinese investors increasingly dabbling in the so-called beautiful game. Suning, a household name in China comparable to America’s Best Buy, has secured a 69% stake in the 108-year-old club — officially called Internazionale Milano, but nicknamed I Nerazzurri (the Black and Blues) — for $307 million. “Football…

Golden State Warriors point guard Stephen Curry will not participate in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Brazil, and he might not be the only one from the team to opt out. Various sources told Marcus Thompson of Bay Area News Group that Curry “has already told USA Basketball that he will not be playing for a gold medal. He will let his right knee heal.” Curry has played through…

KIEV Ukraine’s state security service said on Monday a French citizen detained in late May on the border with Poland had been planning attacks in France to coincide with the Euro 2016 soccer championship it is hosting. The Ukrainian border guard service reported on Saturday that the unnamed 25-year-old had been arrested with an arsenal of weapons and explosives including rocket launchers and Kalashnikov assault rifles in his vehicle. SBU…

GIF via Fox Sports Brad Keselowski’s car was held in the pits longer than it’s crew would have hoped at Pocono Raceway this afternoon thanks to a fender slam by one of his crew members that got caught by NASCAR officials. NASCAR told them to put the fender back, and the crew was just like, “What? No.” Dents on the side of the car increase aerodynamic sideforce and improve handling…

On a recent vacation in Tokyo, my wife and I had the opportunity catch a Yakult Swallows game. The vibe in the stadium on a weekday night felt like a cross between watching live college football and European soccer, mixing the volume of the former with the chants of the latter. While American baseball columnists endlessly debate the unspoken rules of the sport, drawing lines on just how much fun…

June 6, 2016 2:04 p.m. ET On the Pearland Little League team in Texas just about every 12- and 13-year-old takes his turn on the pitcher’s mound. This is one strategy coach Andrew Solomon, whose team placed second in the country in the 2015 Little League World Series, has taken to avoid the increasingly common elbow and shoulder injuries that plague youth baseball players. Mr. Solomon’s rigidity with adhering to…

Andre Jernigan’s solo home run in the first inning of Sunday’s win over Washington marked his 14th of the season, moving him into a tie for third in the XU single-season record books with Matt Watson (1999).(Photo: David Wegiel / Xavier Athletics) With a 7-5 win over Washington late Sunday in Nashville, Xavier’s baseball team clinched a spot in an NCAA tournament regional championship for the first time in program history….

Kyle Muller is the 2015-16 Gatorade National Baseball Player of the Year (Photo: Trent Musho, Gatorade) The Jesuit College Prep (Dallas) baseball team photo Monday became even more of a memorable souvenir for senior pitcher Kyle Muller when Texas Rangers ace Cole Hamels ducked into the frame and handed Muller the 2015-16 Gatorade National Baseball Player of the Year trophy. “This is overwhelming,” said Muller, 18, a Texas signee who is projected…

Baseball’s 2016 First-Year Player Draft, in which some of the best college and high school talents around will be selected by major-league organizations, is scheduled for June 9-11. To set the scene for all of that, CBS Sports recently chatted with Baseball Prospectus draft expert Chris Crawford. Needless to say, this time of year is an ideal one to give Crawford a follow on Twitter (@CrawfordChrisV) or check out his…

Sports Direct founder Mike Ashley is to be questioned by MPs on Tuesday over the treatment of staff at his retail group, with pay and working conditions among the issues expected to come under scrutiny. Last year, the Guardian placed two undercover reporters inside Sports Direct’s warehouse in Shirebrook, Derbyshire. They found that temporary workers there were receiving an effective hourly pay rate below the minimum wage, after being subjected…

Muhammad Ali’s coming out as an athletic, political, and media star happened in 1964, when the boxer, still using his given name, Cassius Clay, beat Sonny Liston to claim the heavyweight title. But the persona had been in development. During a victory over Doug Jones at Madison Square Garden a year earlier, the announcer Chris Schenkel called Clay “the man who has captured the imagination of everybody across the country,”…

For a man known as “Beast Mode,” news of Marshawn Lynch‘s retirement was quite the understatement. Amidst the Super Bowl 50 hype in February, the star running back for the Seattle Seahawks tweeted a photo of a pair of cleats hanging on a line and an emoji of a peace sign, and that was all. ✌🏿 pic.twitter.com/wesip4IhOR — Shawn Lynch (@MoneyLynch) February 8, 2016 Since then, Lynch has spoken…

Tiffany Bartholomew is all about building relationships. It’s what helped the St. David’s School senior navigate through high school while playing five different sports. Because she was one of about 625 Warriors roaming about the intimate St. David’s campus and its various playing fields, Bartholomew could put a name to nearly every face. She’ll attend Pfeiffer University next year to play her final seasons of organized softball, so the team…

One of the few positives to take from USA’s 2-0 loss to Colombia on Friday came 15 minutes after the final whistle. Despite an anemic performance from the US, the American Outlaws, the team’s most famous supporters’ group, remained behind to sing for the team, in the hope of motivating them for Tuesday’s match against Costa Rica. For the Outlaws, these shows of diehard support are nothing new. They sold…

Chinese retail giant Suning has taken a controlling stake in iconic Italian soccer club Inter Milan — the latest high-profile overseas acquisition by Chinese investors increasingly dabbling in the so-called beautiful game. Suning, a household name in China comparable to America’s Best Buy, has secured a 69% stake in the 108-year-old club — officially called Internazionale Milano, but nicknamed I Nerazzurri (the Black and Blues) — for $307 million. “Football…

Tinley Park parents Dave and Lisbeth Becvar have deep roots in Venezuela: Dave spent seven years living in the country, and Lisbeth was born and raised there. The couple has been searching for ways to instill their love of Venezuela in their young children, 5-year-old Christopher and 2-year-old Davy. So when news came out that the Venezuela-Jamaica match of the Copa America Centenario would take place at Soldier Field, the…

Virginia and Vanderbilt have comprised each of the last two College World Series Finals. Both of them were gone less than 48 hours into the 2016 NCAA Tournament. A day after Vanderbilt’s heartbreaking weekend came to an end against Washington, Virginia was bounced out of its own regional by William & Mary — the same team the Cavs trounced by 13 runs on Friday. On Saturday, Virginia’s bullpen coughed…