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15 of Britain’s best wild cycling routes – Telegraph.co.uk
After a mile and a half go right to Weeting, then join the road, and turn right, then left, on to All Saints. This takes you past Weeting Castle, a ruined medieval manor. The metalled road merges into an off-road track at Holme Farm. Follow this track to the A1065, where you turn right, then first left, on to a long, straight lane with trees either side. Take care here:…
Cycling magazine apologizes for captioning photo of female rider ‘token attractive woman’ – Washington Post
A popular British cycling magazine has apologized for including a photo caption that read “token attractive woman” in its latest print edition. The caption in Cycling Weekly appears superimposed above the head of Hannah Noel, a member of the Hinckley Cycling Race Club in Leicester, England. “I made it into Cycling Weekly, it seems not for my ability as a female cyclist but as a ‘token attractive woman’ – I’m absolutely gutted and…
Women’s soccer: No. 6 West Virginia holds off No. 4 Penn State in 2-1 win – NCAA.com
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The No. 6 Mountaineers earned a hard-fought 2-1 victory over No. 4 Penn State tonight at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium. First-half goals from forwards Sh’Nia Gordon and Lauren Segalla, combined with a strong showing from the backline, pushed the Mountaineers (3-1) to the monumental victory. “Tonight was a great growth opportunity for us to see if we could hang on to a lead,” Mountaineer…
Russian team wins 7 out of 8 gold medals at 2017 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships – TASS
PESARO /Italy/, September 3. /TASS/. Team Russia has won seven out of eight possible gold medals of the 2017 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships that ended in Italy’s Pesaro on Sunday. Thus, Russia tops the championship’s medal standings, with seven gold, five silver and one bronze medals. Italy is second, with one gold medal and Japan is third, with one silver and three bronze medals. Dina Averina took gold in individual…
NASCAR, IndyCar community assisting Hurricane Harvey relief efforts – USA TODAY
x Embed x Share CLOSE SportsPulse: Athletes, past and present, have come together in the wake of Hurricane Harvey to help generate millions of dollars for those affected and recovering from the devastating storm. USA TODAY Sports NASCAR driver Joey Logano and his wife Brittany donated $25,000 to the Red Cross to help victims of Hurricane Harvey.(Photo: Timothy T. Ludwig, USA TODAY Sports) While Houston Texans star J.J. Watt continues…
US Open: Maria Sharapova, Venus Williams and more – live! – The Guardian
3.10pm EDT15:10 A harder game for Sharapova on her own serve and Sevastova gets advantage to bring up her first break point. The Russia hits a strong serve down the middle though that Sevastova can’t land in play and we’re back to deuce. Sevastova has hit a few weak drop shots today, and another one brings up gamepoint for Sharapova – another good serve helps her hold. Sharapova leads 4-1….
15 of Britain’s best wild cycling routes – Telegraph.co.uk
After a mile and a half go right to Weeting, then join the road, and turn right, then left, on to All Saints. This takes you past Weeting Castle, a ruined medieval manor. The metalled road merges into an off-road track at Holme Farm. Follow this track to the A1065, where you turn right, then first left, on to a long, straight lane with trees either side. Take care here:…
Cycling magazine apologizes for captioning photo of female rider ‘token attractive woman’ – Washington Post
A popular British cycling magazine has apologized for including a photo caption that read “token attractive woman” in its latest print edition. The caption in Cycling Weekly appears superimposed above the head of Hannah Noel, a member of the Hinckley Cycling Race Club in Leicester, England. “I made it into Cycling Weekly, it seems not for my ability as a female cyclist but as a ‘token attractive woman’ – I’m absolutely gutted and…
Women’s soccer: No. 6 West Virginia holds off No. 4 Penn State in 2-1 win – NCAA.com
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The No. 6 Mountaineers earned a hard-fought 2-1 victory over No. 4 Penn State tonight at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium. First-half goals from forwards Sh’Nia Gordon and Lauren Segalla, combined with a strong showing from the backline, pushed the Mountaineers (3-1) to the monumental victory. “Tonight was a great growth opportunity for us to see if we could hang on to a lead,” Mountaineer…
South Jersey college a step closer to bringing back sports programs – NJ.com
CARNEYS POINT TWP. — A South Jersey college may be a step closer to bringing back athletic programs to its campus. Salem Community College axed the last of its intercollegiate sports three years ago because of financial problems, but officials there are now reassessing whether the time is right for some of those programs to be brought back. With an athletics feasibility study ordered earlier this year now completed, the college…
Venus, Serena Williams are American sports royalty of a level we will never see again – New York Daily News
Roger Federer was a wonder this year in tennis before he got to the big, bad city, winning his 18th major at the Australian Open and then his 19th at Wimbledon, two months short of his 36th birthday, the oldest man to win Wimbledon in 108 years and the oldest since Arthur Ashe won there at the age of 31 in 1975. But Venus Williams is as…
F1: Lewis Hamilton wins Italian Grand Prix – as it happened – The Guardian
Lewis Hamilton leads from start to finish, recording a comfortable victory and moving to the top of the drivers’ championship for the first time this season; Valtteri Bottas was second and Sebastian Vettel third • Read Giles Richards’ race report
Rajyavardhan Rathore appointed India’s new sports minister – Times of India
NEW DELHI: Athens Olympic silver medallist shooter Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore was on Sunday appointed the new sports minister in place of Vijay Goel, who has been made the minister of state for parliamentary affairs. The 47-year-old Rathore was till now serving as minister of state for information & broadcasting. Rathore takes over from the pro-active Goel following a major cabinet reshuffle by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Colonel Rathore first stepped…
No. 1 Alabama suffocates No. 3 Florida State in the second half – Yahoo Sports
No. 3 Florida State’s chances against No. 1 Alabama started slipping away bit by bit in the second half. If this sounds familiar, it’s because it is. The Seminoles were simply Alabama’s latest victim in the Tide’s 24-7 win Saturday night in Atlanta. College football’s most anticipated Week 1 game in years lived up to the billing for the first half. Florida State was Alabama’s equal for the entirety of…
15 of Britain’s best wild cycling routes – Telegraph.co.uk
After a mile and a half go right to Weeting, then join the road, and turn right, then left, on to All Saints. This takes you past Weeting Castle, a ruined medieval manor. The metalled road merges into an off-road track at Holme Farm. Follow this track to the A1065, where you turn right, then first left, on to a long, straight lane with trees either side. Take care here:…
Cycling magazine apologizes for captioning photo of female rider ‘token attractive woman’ – Washington Post
A popular British cycling magazine has apologized for including a photo caption that read “token attractive woman” in its latest print edition. The caption in Cycling Weekly appears superimposed above the head of Hannah Noel, a member of the Hinckley Cycling Race Club in Leicester, England. “I made it into Cycling Weekly, it seems not for my ability as a female cyclist but as a ‘token attractive woman’ – I’m absolutely gutted and…
Women’s soccer: No. 6 West Virginia holds off No. 4 Penn State in 2-1 win – NCAA.com
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The No. 6 Mountaineers earned a hard-fought 2-1 victory over No. 4 Penn State tonight at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium. First-half goals from forwards Sh’Nia Gordon and Lauren Segalla, combined with a strong showing from the backline, pushed the Mountaineers (3-1) to the monumental victory. “Tonight was a great growth opportunity for us to see if we could hang on to a lead,” Mountaineer…
Kevin Harvick earns second Monster Energy NASCAR Cup pole at Darlington – Autoweek
Kevin Harvick ended Saturday’s Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series knockout qualifying session at Darlington Raceway with an excellent omen for Sunday night’s Bojangles’ Southern 500 (on NBCSN at 6 p.m. ET). Covering the 1.366-mile distance in 27.669 seconds (177.730 mph) in the final round, Harvick earned his second career pole at the Lady in Black. The first time Harvick was the top qualifier at Darlington was in 2014. He went on…
Astros return with hope baseball can help heal their ailing city – ESPN
11:30 PM ET Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment HOUSTON — That they were playing baseball at all seemed something like a miracle. It was just a week ago that Hurricane Harvey made landfall on the Texas shore, unleashing more rain that any storm ever had over the continental United States. More than 50 inches of the stuff, leading to catastrophic floods all over the region, displaced thousands…
For storm-ravaged Houston, a presidential visit and baseball’s return – Reuters
HOUSTON (Reuters) – The city of Houston on Saturday witnessed two milestones on its road to recovery from Hurricane Harvey: a visit from the president of the United States and the return of baseball a week after deadly floodwaters engulfed the metropolis. President Donald Trump, in a widely watched test of his handling of the disaster, distributed food and played with children at a center for evacuees in his first…