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Qualifying and the race are live on 5 live, sports extra and the BBC Sport website Red Bull’s Max Verstappen headed title contenders Sebastian Vettel and Lewis Hamilton in a tight final practice session at the Singapore Grand Prix. The Dutchman was 0.072 seconds quicker than Vettel, who was 0.07secs up on Hamilton, setting up a potentially close three-way fight in qualifying. Verstappen’s team-mate Daniel Ricciardo may have been near…

NASCAR is my favorite brand of racing, but sadly, no developer/publisher has taken full advantage of the license. Monster Games is trying hard to change that narrative, and NASCAR Heat 2 is the beginning of a new chapter. Credit: Monster Games NASCAR Heat 2 After a rocky start with NASCAR Heat, Monster and 704 Games offer an imperfect but drastically improved sequel. Here’s the best, the worst and the bottom…

England The eight mile, family-friendly Brean Down Way in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, opened in July 2017 after 18 months of volunteer work and fundraising. It follows a newly-opened sluice-top road, crosses the River Axe, skirts a wetland nature reserve and mud flats, and takes in numerous cafes, before finishing at Brean Down Fort. Originally built to defend against Napoleonic invasions, the fort is now a National Trust site documenting life on…

Seattle Brad Evans makes the list of the 11 most in-demand soon-to-be free agents in MLS at the end of this season. Major League Soccer RSL Soap Box is back again with their Power Ranking Averages, and the top three are holding strong, with Atlanta United making moves right behind. Atlanta United is looking to break some attendance records, including the single-match MLS record (previously held by LA Galaxy’s inaugural…

RELATED: Full qualifying results | See every car, team rosters | Scenes from Chicago JOLIET, Ill. – Fresh from a Twitter war with Brad Keselowski, Kyle Busch proved a point with his pole run at Chicagoland Speedway—and may just have proved Keselowski’s. “We are all in for a rude awakening,” Keselowski tweeted two hours before Friday’s knockout qualifying session at the 1.5-mile track, site of Sunday’s Tales of the Turtles 400,…

It’s been a particularly busy news week for driver Aric Almirola, as his Richard Petty Motorsports team announced neither he nor longtime sponsor Smithfield Foods will return to the organization next season. Speaking to NASCAR.com, Almirola said he was informed he would not return to RPM weeks ago and has been looking at employment opportunities with other Monster Energy Series teams ever since. “Actually I was rather shocked when I…

Kershaw had the Dodgers’ only victory in their miserable run. In the 16 losses, the starters had a 7.11 earned run average and averaged about four and a third innings per game. The Dodgers lost all 10 games they played against the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Colorado Rockies, who are on track to meet in the National League wild-card playoff game on Oct. 4. If the standings hold, the Dodgers…

It’s been a particularly busy news week for driver Aric Almirola, as his Richard Petty Motorsports team announced neither he nor longtime sponsor Smithfield Foods will return to the organization next season. Speaking to NASCAR.com, Almirola said he was informed he would not return to RPM weeks ago and has been looking at employment opportunities with other Monster Energy Series teams ever since. “Actually I was rather shocked when I…

DETROIT (AP) The record-setting Cleveland Indians have earned the admiration of an old rival – former Detroit manager Jim Leyland. ”Not at the Tigers’ expense, obviously, but I’m enjoying that Cleveland run,” Leyland said Friday. ”I think it’s exciting. It’s great for the city of Cleveland. It’s great for baseball. I wish it was the Tigers and not the Indians, but hey, it’s great what’s going on.” Cleveland had its…

“ESPN is about sports.” It is “not a political organization.” That’s what ESPN president John Skipper said in a memo to staffers on Friday afternoon, after a bruising week for the sports network. Skipper’s memo came in the wake of anchor Jemele Hill’s calling President Trump a “white supremacist” in a series of tweets on Monday that triggered days of news coverage, criticism, and a presidential broadside against the network….

“Wait, did you just say you believe in the First Amendment and … wait, hold on, hold on,” she said. “I just want to make sure I heard you correctly as a woman anchoring this show. Did you say — what’d you just say? You believe in the First Amendment and B-O-O-B-S?”

Furniture Row Racing owner Barney Visser told SiriusXM NASCAR Radio on Thursday night that he is selling the charter for his No. 77 Toyota team. “It’s being sold right now,” Visser said. “We think there’s going to be a lot of charters on the market.” “It’s sold,” Visser added later in the interview. “It’s all contracted for right now.” The No. 77 has an open seat for next year as…

Ovechkin in Sochi in 2014. Photo: Bruce Bennett/Getty Images All along it’s been clear that NHL players wouldn’t take part in the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, and all along, Alexander Ovechkin insisted that he’d play for Russia, no matter what the NHL said. But in a statement released by the Capitals today, Ovechkin admitted that it just won’t be possible. It’s a long statement, and I like…

Cycling Australia has been forced into an embarrassing backflip over selections for next week’s road world championships in Norway after drawing criticism for failing to fill its quota of female riders. Selectors picked a five-woman team for the championships in Bergen, two less than its quota, prompting complaints from the country’s top cyclists. Chloe Hosking and Rachel Neylan successfully appealed their omissions to an independent panel on Wednesday and the…

Alexander Zhukov is president of the Russian Olympic Committee and an IOC board member Russia expects to compete at the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang next year, the country’s Olympic chief has said. Last year, an independent report commissioned by the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) found evidence of state-sponsored doping in the country. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is yet to issue sanctions, but 17 national anti-doping organisations want Russia banned…

3:58 PM ET Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment Quickly jump to any page for specific intel Projected starting pitchers Starting pitcher rankings Hitting matchup ratings On tap: The penultimate week of the fantasy baseball season begins at 7:05 p.m. ET on Monday, with that day’s schedule highlighted by a preview of the currently projected American League wild-card game, Minnesota Twins at New York Yankees. Ervin Santana, the…

Cleveland Indians’ Jay Bruce, right, celebrates with Edwin Encarnacion and Francisco Lindor celebrate after Bruce hit a double off Kansas City Royals pitcher Brandon Maurer during the 10th inning of a baseball game, driving in the winning run, Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017, in Cleveland. The Indians won 3-2. (AP Photo/David Dermer)(Photo: David Dermer, AP) Jose Ramirez rounded third base Thursday and trotted his way across home plate and into history….

Reggie Christiansen remembers well his first trip to Philadelphia. How could he forget it? It was the summer of 1998. He had just graduated from Menlo College in California. What better way to mark the occasion than by jumping in a Volkswagen bus with four buddies and making a tour of ballparks around the country? “We saw almost every minor-league and major-league park,” Christiansen said. “Fifty days. Five guys. Twenty-three…

DETROIT (AP) The record-setting Cleveland Indians have earned the admiration of an old rival – former Detroit manager Jim Leyland. ”Not at the Tigers’ expense, obviously, but I’m enjoying that Cleveland run,” Leyland said. ”I think it’s exciting. It’s great for the city of Cleveland. It’s great for baseball. I wish it was the Tigers and not the Indians, but hey, it’s great what’s going on.” Cleveland entered Friday night’s…