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BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Two years after 10-year-old Bahraini swimmer Alzain Tareq caused a media frenzy as the youngest ever competitor at a world championships, up stepped her best friend to continue the trend in the Hungarian capital. Ritaj Amin finished 58th of 59 competitors in the women’s 50 meters butterfly heats on Friday morning, the same event that Tareq raced in at the 2015 championships in Kazan. The 13-year-old, the…

More than 300 amateur and professional bicyclists are expected to race in downtown Detroit for the inaugural Detroit Cycling Championship, hosted by the Detroit Athletic Club on Sept. 9, where $45,000 in cash prizes will be at stake. Cyclists will race in a dozen categorized races, including youth and military veterans. Participants will compete for what is billed as one of the top purses in the country: $45,000 in cash…

Chicago will soon have a new baseball team in which to sink its teeth. A new minor-league team is coming to Rosemont and named the Chicago Dogs. The team will play in the American Association of Independent Professional Baseball and play its games in the new 6,300-seat stadium built at the intersection of Balmoral Ave. and Pearl St. starting in 2018. The franchise is owned by former Phoenix Coyotes owner Steven…

(Reuters Health) – – Just two out of 28 international sports federations focus on promoting physical activity as a way to reduce disease, according to a new study that surveyed the international organizations represented at the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. Only FIFA and FINA, the international soccer and aquatics governing bodies, make universal exercise messages a priority, researchers found. “The global epidemic of non-communicable diseases is an important public health…

After earlier declining to join a game of football, telling one of the coaches he was not wearing boots, the Prince happily joined in the handball game. When he was thrown the ball by a coach, he held it aloft and the young players, all aged six to eight, put their arms up in anticipation. Harry picked one lucky girl to receive the pass and start the game, and she…

Chinese sportswear maker Li Ning Company (2331.HK) has sprinted ahead of rivals Anta Sports Products (2020.HK) and Xtep International (1368.HK) with its 28% year-to-date return. Still, analysts at Jefferies think Li Ning’s stock could have another 15% or so upside in its locker. The broker just upgraded the shares from Hold to Buy, with a bumped up price target of HKD7.2. Jefferies says it expects the company’s earnings to recover…

Prince Harry turned into a suburban dad struggling to get a bunch of hyper kids to listen to him — but at least it was just for a day … and for charity. Harry was coaching a handball match for toddlers at an East London charity event. Most of the kids didn’t seem to pay much attention to the Prince — in other words … he’s ready to coach youth soccer…

Tara Reid definitely turned a few heads when she hit the red carpet on Thursday night. The Sharknado star appeared to be braless in a see-through chainmail mini-dress that she paired with sky-high nude stilettos. The style was so see-through that her underwear was visible, but Reid seemed quite confident in the risque ensemble. WATCH: Tara Reid Wears Super Skimpy Greek Goddess Costume to Halloween Party See Tara Reid’s shocking…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) Kevin Quackenbush’s full beard needed a little attention considering he had gone since spring training in February without a trim. Mark McGwire decided on the fly to get his hair cut upon arriving to work last week at AT&T Park, something unheard of during his old slugging days. The San Diego Padres relief pitcher and his bench coach, Big Mac, only had to walk out of the…

Chinese sportswear maker Li Ning Company (2331.HK) has sprinted ahead of rivals Anta Sports Products (2020.HK) and Xtep International (1368.HK) with its 28% year-to-date return. Still, analysts at Jefferies think Li Ning’s stock could have another 15% or so upside in its locker. The broker just upgraded the shares from Hold to Buy, with a bumped up price target of HKD7.2. Jefferies says it expects the company’s earnings to recover…

There was a time when an England cricket team winning the Women’s World Cup was an “And finally …” item, the sort of thing the news presenter announced with an ironic smile. Not so last week, when Heather Knight’s cricketers pulled off a dramatic turnaround against India. Expect even more excitement if the football team pull off a similar coup in Euro 2017. These days, women’s sport makes headlines. What…

Chinese sportswear maker Li Ning Company (2331.HK) has sprinted ahead of rivals Anta Sports Products (2020.HK) and Xtep International (1368.HK) with its 28% year-to-date return. Still, analysts at Jefferies think Li Ning’s stock could have another 15% or so upside in its locker. The broker just upgraded the shares from Hold to Buy, with a bumped up price target of HKD7.2. Jefferies says it expects the company’s earnings to recover…

Twenty races into 2017, it appears that Joey Logano’s NASCAR Cup Series season has been halved into two distinct pieces, one successful, one not. In the first 10 races, he ran like a championship contender as he led nine races for a total of 250 laps, including a season-high 82 at Phoenix. In the second 10 races of the season, he raced like an also-ran as he led only one…

Jul 27, 2017 at 6:51p ET Joe Gibbs Racing has suspended two Furniture Row Racing crew members after their involvement in a verbal altercation with Adam Stevens at Indianapolis. nascar-race-hub page-type-video Truck video-contentType-news video-network-fox_sports_1 video-origin-national_fox_cable video-primary-auto_nascar video-show-nascar_race_hub Xfinity More Race Hub Videos Barney Visser 1-on-1 with Jeff Hammond | NASCAR RACE HUB 2 hours ago Joe Gibbs Racing suspends two Furniture Row Racing crew members | NASCAR RACE HUB 2…

Two Tennessee Soccer Club teams are going to the U.S. Youth Soccer National Championship in July 24-30 in Texas. Shelley Mays/The Tennessean

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump presented the Medal of Valor on Thursday to five of the first responders who were injured in a shooting on a congressional baseball practice last month that critically wounded Rep. Steve Scalise. The three Alexandria, Virginia police officers and the two U.S. Capitol police officers received a standing ovation when they entered the East Room at the White House. Last month, a heavily armed gunman…

July 27 (UPI) — President Donald Trump on Thursday is scheduled to take part in a 3 p.m. ceremony honoring the first responders at the shooting at a baseball practice for Republican members of Congress. The shooting on June 14 severely injured House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., food lobbyist Matt Mika and congressional aide Zack Barth. Capitol Police officer Crystal Griner also sustained a gunshot wound in the ankle…

The mountain of evidence connecting professional football and long-term brain damage grew this week with publication of a new study that examined the brains of former NFL players. Boston University scientists found 110 of the 111 post-mortem brains showed signs of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a degenerative brain disease linked to repeated hits to the head. Linemen had it the worst, while punters seemed to escape relatively unharmed. This kind…

Shortly before 6am on Sunday, the first of about 25,000 intrepid cyclists will set off from the Olympic Park in east London on a 100-mile trip through the capital and into the hills of Surrey, finishing on the Mall. It is the fifth year of an event which has so far lived up to its billing of a London marathon for two wheels, part of a wider and much-enjoyed weekend…

Shortly before 6am on Sunday, the first of about 25,000 intrepid cyclists will set off from the Olympic Park in east London on a 100-mile trip through the capital and into the hills of Surrey, finishing on the Mall. It is the fifth year of an event which has so far lived up to its billing of a London marathon for two wheels, part of a wider and much-enjoyed weekend…