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BUDAPEST — As the Hungarian government continues to spar with Brussels and other EU capitals, it is turning to sport as an avenue for boosting its international profile and popularity at home. Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives in Budapest Monday for the opening of the World Judo Championships. And in July, the country hosted the International Swimming Federation (FINA) championships, drawing elite swimmers and thousands of visitors to the capital. While the…

LAS VEGAS — It’s approaching 2:30 on Sunday morning and Conor McGregor is standing on an elevated stage on top of a DJ booth, looking down at an endless expanse of his adoring fans. The group pushes forward, their bodies mashing against one another. Some stand on couches or tables, climb aboard shoulders or railings, scale pillars and palm trees, just to catch one glimpse. They stretch thousands in all…

Aug 27, 2017 at 7:50p ET Watch as Charissa Thompson gives Tony Gonzalez an NFL team and he chooses whether they are trending up or down. NFL More NFL Videos Troy Aikman expects Dalton, Bengals to have a fine year 5 hours ago Tony Gonzalez breaks down his Top 10 NFL season trends 7 hours ago Bengals punter nearly pulls off a miraculous play after going behind-the-back with the football…

CHICAGO (CBS) — When 16-year-old Anuva Shandilya was a freshman, she and her 11-year-old brother went door-to-door in their neighborhood looking for donated sports equipment. “We went door-to-door, putting up flyers, asking if anyone had anything to donate. Just that summer, we collected more than 200 pieces — just my brother and I,” she said. Anuva Shandilya. (Photo provided to CBS/WBBM) And that’s how Chance for Sports was born. “I played…

BUDAPEST — As the Hungarian government continues to spar with Brussels and other EU capitals, it is turning to sport as an avenue for boosting its international profile and popularity at home. Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives in Budapest Monday for the opening of the World Judo Championships. And in July, the country hosted the International Swimming Federation (FINA) championships, drawing elite swimmers and thousands of visitors to the capital. While the…

GIF via RPM NASCAR NASCAR Xfinity Series driver Jeremy Clements had an unlikely first win in more ways than one. Clements had never won in his 256 Xfinity Series starts. When his No. 51 car spun out into Matt Tifft’s No. 19 car on the penultimate lap of Sunday’s race at Road America, the race still wasn’t over. Clements kept going to nab the win. Clements is an oval guy,…

Every August, Williamsport, Pa., becomes the center of the baseball universe, thanks to an army of volunteers. We peeked behind the scenes to see how the city comes together to host the Little League World Series, a festival of competition and goodwill. The Little League World Series fields in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, are a place of joy and civic pride for the townspeople and a shrine to youth baseball for the…

These challenges bring out the best in people. But there has never been anything like the terrifying floodwaters and churning bayous that have brought Houston to a standstill as Hurricane Harvey rumbles inland. •  Astros thoughts with Houston Homes have been ripped apart, hospitals flooded and emergency services overwhelmed as a great American city flirts with its breaking point. “It’s catastrophic, unprecedented, epic — whatever adjective you want to use,”…

ANAHEIM, Calif. – There are people filling and hoisting sandbags and paddling dinghies and breathing against their fears and wondering what’s next in Houston, and some are their wives and children and neighbors, and in a clubhouse 1,500 miles away the Houston Astros are watching on their phones. The city that is their baseball home is under water and taking on more, and people are dying, and people are being…

The Minnesota Baseball Association’s state amateur baseball tournament has entered its second weekend at fields in Green Isle Hamburg and Norwood Young America. In Class C, 48 teams from around the state started the tournament and were being cut to 16 during the second weekend of play (August 26-27). The Minnetonka Millers have already been crowned Class A champion. The Class B and C tournaments will be decided on Labor…

Paris Saint-Germain’s Brazilian forward Neymar is being sued by his former club, FC Barcelona. (Photo: THOMAS SAMSON/AFP/Getty Images) Neymar Sued For Switching Clubs FC Barcelona is suing soccer superstar Neymar, alleging that he breached a contract by signing with competitor Paris Saint Germain. Barcelona wants Neymar to pay at least 8.5 million euro in damages based on a “loyalty bonus” that was paid out by Barcelona last year. Neymar’s new team,…

LAS VEGAS — Conor McGregor got tired. He got woozy. He ended up on the ropes, staggering around, futilely attempting to grab Floyd Mayweather and struggling to stay standing. But the proud Irish UFC champion refused to go down. And referee Robert Byrd stopped the fight anyway, mercilessly ending the punishment, even if McGregor thought it was ended too early.  One minute and five seconds into the 10th round. About…

The sports world turned its collective eye to the Conor McGregor-Floyd Mayweather fight on Saturday night (and into Sunday morning), and NASCAR Nation was no different. Current and future Joe Gibbs Racing drivers Kyle Busch and Erik Jones attended the bout in Las Vegas, and Jeff Gordon was shown on the red carpet during pre-fight coverage. McGregor, a Mixed Martial Arts star from Ireland, and Mayweather, who entered Saturday’s fight…

NASCAR doesn’t have much of an offseason, with the first race in February and last in November, so off time is hard to come by. This weekend was the first that drivers had off since April and last until the season wraps up at Homestead around Thanksgiving. With the NASCAR playoffs just a few weeks away, the Monster Energy Cup Series drivers are taking full advantage of their week off….

LAS VEGAS — In the end, the equation we all knew coming in turned out to be true: The best boxer in the world beat one of the best mixed martial artists in a boxing match.  How we got there, however, was completely surprising.  In his return from a two-year retirement, Floyd Mayweather improved to 50-0 with a 10th-round TKO over an incredibly game Conor McGregor in their pay-per-view superfight…

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NASCAR doesn’t have much of an offseason, with the first race in February and last in November, so off time is hard to come by. This weekend was the first that drivers had off since April and last until the season wraps up at Homestead around Thanksgiving. With the NASCAR playoffs just a few weeks away, the Monster Energy Cup Series drivers are taking full advantage of their week off….

Elliott Sadler practices Saturday at Road America for Sunday’s Johnsonville 180.(Photo: Getty Images) ELKHART LAKE – As teammates go, these three from JR Motorsports cover quite the spectrum. Elliott Sadler is a Virginia boy through and through who loves his hunting dogs about as much as his racing. At 42 he has been in NASCAR for more than half of his life. Justin Allgaier is 31 and from Illinois, where…

IOWA CITY, Iowa — The No. 11-ranked Michigan field hockey team surged early in the second half and used a late-game defensive stand to knock off No. 1 North Carolina 3-2 in its season opener at the annual ACC/Big Ten Challenge on Saturday afternoon at Iowa’s Grant Field. It was Michigan’s second straight season-opening win over the top-ranked Tar Heels in as many seasons. The Victors!…