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Soccer’s authorities have announced plans to test in-game video replays in an attempt to end blown calls. The sport’s international governing body FIFA and The International Football Association Board (IFAB), which oversees soccer’s rules, revealed the plans Thursday. Starting next year, experiments with so-called video assistant referees (VARs) will run in a number of competitions, including Major League Soccer and Germany’s Bundesliga. Subject to initial tests, the technology…

Enlarge Image Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure is bringing a Major League Soccer team to Miami. Troy Tomas/Sprint Billionaire Marcelo Claure is a mega soccer fan. The Sprint CEO’s love of the game, known internationally as football, extends to his personal investments. He owns a powerhouse team in Bolivia, his homeland, and has partnered with soccer legend David Beckham to bring a Major League Soccer team back to Miami. “I love…

This week, a public pool in Brooklyn became the diving-off point for a new clash over religious law and religious coercion in New York City. For decades, the Metropolitan Recreation Center in Williamsburg has offered gender-separated swimming hours in an accommodation to the heavily Hasidic Jewish community that it serves. After an anonymous complaint was lodged about its summer schedule, which includes two primetime hours of women-only swimming on Sunday…

By Tom McGowan and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, Shasta Darlington, Ivan Watson, Vasco Cotovio, CNN Updated 7:10 AM ET, Fri June 3, 2016 MUST WATCH (CNN) MUST WATCH They have got a lot of problems to deal with in these final 60-odd days. Ed Hula, Olympics expert MUST WATCH MUST WATCH MUST WATCH MUST WATCH MUST WATCH

A chance encounter at a Bible study session last month led to the discovery of a divine collection of baseball cards that stunned memorabilia experts have dubbed “The Texas Find.” One of the largest private baseball card collections ever assembled surfaced as a result of a chance conversation between members of a Texas Bible study group. The trove includes virtually every card printed from the 1940s through the last…

Baseball appears set to return to the Olympics for the 2020 Tokyo Games. Major leaguers may balk. “It’s not going to happen. I don’t think it’s fathomable,” Los Angeles Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw said. Astros shortstop Carlos Correa wasn’t sure he’d play for a gold medal even if he could. “2020 will be my year before free agency,” he said. “We’ll see in 2020 what my situation is, and we’ll…

1. The first round of the NCAA Tournament is like baseball on crack. I get it. You’re one of those “baseball is boring” folks. And hell, when you’re watching some June afternoon MLB game one third of the way through a 162-game season, I can’t say I disagree. But the pace is way faster during the college tournament. During the first round alone, 64 teams across 16 cities will…

State Schedule Class 1A Softball At Eastside Centre, East Peoria Today’s Games Trico vs. Hardin Calhoun, 10 a.m. Princeville vs. Fisher, 12:30 p.m. Saturday’s Games Third-Place Game, 10 a.m. Championship Game, 12:30 p.m. Class 2A Softball At Eastside Centre, East Peoria Today’s Games Dupo vs. Elgin St. Edward, 3 p.m. Carterville vs. Taylor Ridge Rockridge, 5:30 p.m. Saturday’s Games Third-Place Game, 3 p.m. Championship Game, 5:30 p.m. Class…

For the first time, you may open a pack of baseball cards and find one that contains a swatch from a cap worn by Bryce Harper. Or Buster Posey. Or Andrew McCutchen. Or Marcus Stroman. New Era Cap and Topps announced on Friday a first-of-its-kind baseball card set that will appeal to both cap lovers and baseball-card collectors. They’re making a limited-edition set of cards that feature the nine New Era…

For an arena that will soon play host to more than 17,500 fans nightly, the new Golden 1 Center doesn’t make a huge first impression. Sacramento Kings owner Vivek Ranadive may have likened his team’s new arena to the Roman Colosseum, and it may be a much-needed cultural centerpiece for a city that desperately needs one, but the arena feels almost modest in its proportions. Except for what’s underneath. Construction…

The year started off with a flourish as Denny Hamlin narrowly edged Toyota teammate Martin Truex Jr. to win the closest finish in Daytona 500 history, a margin of victory measured by a scant 0.010 seconds. Twelve races later NASCAR’s Sprint Cup Series is set to begin its second half in a similar tone, with the Toyotas holding the top positions and those not in the Joe Gibbs Racing camp…

Baseball appears set to return to the Olympics for the 2020 Tokyo Games. Major leaguers may balk. “It’s not going to happen. I don’t think it’s fathomable,” Los Angeles Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw said. Astros shortstop Carlos Correa wasn’t sure he’d play for a gold medal even if he could. “2020 will be my year before free agency,” he said. “We’ll see in 2020 what my situation is, and we’ll…

Bryce Harper’s campaign to “Make Baseball Fun Again” is admirable and important. But while Harper, fast becoming baseball’s most recognizable superstar at only 23 years old, rightfully seizes an opportunity to make his sport more entertaining and less stuffy, he’s hardly the first slugger to dare enjoy himself on the field in recent seasons. For Boston fans, David Ortiz has been making baseball fun for more than a decade. The…

Last June the World Baseball and Softball Confederation (WBSC) announced that it had officially applied for inclusion in the 2020 Olympic Games, which will take place in Tokyo, Japan. Thursday, the International Olympics Committee announced that it will recommend both sports be added in a vote by the general assembly in Rio de Janeiro this coming summer the night before the 2016 games begin. According to The Associated Press, IOC…

We enter Day 4 of the DII Baseball Championship in Cary, North Carolina. Wednesday’s games feature a win or go game against Cal Poly Pomona and Central Missouri at 11 a.m. followed by Lander and Southern Indiana at 3 p.m. ET. MORE: Nine players to watch at the DII championship The games will be played at the USA Baseball complex, which has served as the site for…

Bryce Harper’s campaign to “Make Baseball Fun Again” is admirable and important. But while Harper, fast becoming baseball’s most recognizable superstar at only 23 years old, rightfully seizes an opportunity to make his sport more entertaining and less stuffy, he’s hardly the first slugger to dare enjoy himself on the field in recent seasons. For Boston fans, David Ortiz has been making baseball fun for more than a decade. The…

SAN FRANCISCO – The Pac-12 Conference announced today the baseball All-Pac-12 honors for the 2016 season, as determined by a polling of the Conference coaches. CALIFORNIA’s Brett Cumberland was voted Pac-12 Player of the Year, while OREGON STATE’s Logan Ice was tabbed Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year. Fellow Beaver Nick Madrigal was named Pac-12 Freshman of the Year while WASHINGTON’s Troy Rallings was voted Pac-12 Pitcher of the Year….

SCHEDULE FRIDAY Game 1: No. 2 UNCW vs. No. 3 Duke, 1 p.m. Probable pitchers: UNCW- Ryan Foster (12-1, 2.41 ERA); Duke- Brian McAfee (7-4, 3.40 ERA) Game 2: No. 1 USC vs. No. 4 Rhode Island, 7 p.m. Probable pitchers: USC-Clarke Schmidt (9-3, 2.96 ERA); RI-Tyler Wilson (12-1, 2.08 ERA) SATURDAY Game 3: Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser, Noon Game 4: Game 1 winner vs. Game 2…