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This is a summer of great opportunity for the promotion of women’s sport, with four major championships in cricket,football,rugby and hockey. But beyond the enjoyment of elite-level competition, these events are equally important in providing inspiration and a legacy for grassroots sport. Women’s Sport Week (19-25 June) provides a platform for governing bodies to boost female participation across all age ranges and abilities, so here are just some of the…

Bruce Arena with Christian Pulisic and Michael Bradley after the 1-1 draw in Mexico City last weekend. (Eduardo Verdugo/Associated Press) With the U.S. World Cup qualifying campaign on stable ground, Bruce Arena will set aside global aims for a few weeks and turn attention to regional ambitions: the CONCACAF Gold Cup, a biennial competition with no bearing on next year’s grand tournament in Russia. The national team coach has promised…

Kyle Larson took control on a restart with five laps remaining and raced to his second NASCAR Cup Series victory of the season, holding off Chase Elliott on Sunday at Michigan International Speedway. It was the third Cup win of Larson’s career — and second in a row at Michigan. Larson and Elliott also finished 1-2 at MIS in August. Elliott was second in both Michigan races last year, and…

FireKeepers Casino 400 Sunday results NASCAR Monster Energy Cup At Michigan International Speedway Brooklyn, Mich. Lap length: 2.00 miles (Start position in parentheses) 1. (1) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 200 laps, 0 rating, 57 points. 2. (10) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, 200, 0, 40. 3. (7) Joey Logano, Ford, 200, 0, 36. 4. (5) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 200, 0, 44. 5. (8) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 200, 0, 32. 6. (2) Martin Truex…

x Embed x Share CLOSE Dakarai Moore, 12, of Detroit, who has had both of his legs amputated, did a pace car lap and hung out with NASCAR Cup Series driver David Ragan before Sunday’s race at Michigan International Speedway. Video by George Sipple/DFP Kyle Larson raises his arms after exiting his car after winning a NASCAR Sprint Cup series auto race, Sunday, June 18, 2017, in Brooklyn, Mich.(Photo: Carlos…

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Both candidates in the hotly-contested race for Georgia’s 6th Congressional District condemned an ad that claimed the “unhinged left” endorses attacks like the one that severely wounded House Majority Whip Steve Scalise. The Atlanta Journal Constitution reported an ad from a group called the Principled Leadership PAC surfaced Sunday, just two days before the vote, tying progressives to the attack in northern Virginia that left four people shot, two others…

More than 80% of sports now pay equal prize money The gender prize money gap in sport is closing with more sports than ever achieving parity at the top level, a BBC Sport study has found. A total of 83% of sports now reward men and women equally, according to the study commissioned for Women’s Sport Week. Cricket, golf and football showed some of the biggest disparities although prize money…

Who takes the checkered flag on the fast track at Michigan International Speedway? Here are our picks for Sunday’s race Winner: Joey Logano It’s hard to bet against Logano this week especially after he won this race last year. The No. 22 has already been to Victory Lane once this season along with eight top-10 finishes. Logano is set to start seventh and will have his teammate, Pocono winner Ryan…

Soccer’s rule-making panel wants debate on moving to 60-minute games and stopping the clock when the ball is not in play. Playing two halves each of 30 minutes’ actual playing time would be a “radical change” to the Laws of Football, the FIFA-supported International Football Association Board acknowledged. It features in a five-year strategy document of talking points and proposals with three goals — to increase respect, playing time and…

“I don’t care what side you’re on, no one deserves to have the violence we experienced just four days ago,” Rep. Rodney Davis said. | AP Photo By Hanna Trudo 06/18/2017 09:53 AM EDT Rep. Rodney Davis on Sunday called the shooting he witnessed last week while practicing for the congressional charity baseball game an act of “political terrorism.” Appearing on “Fox News Sunday,” the Illinois Republican said the shooter,…

Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.) watched a Louisiana State University baseball game Saturday evening as he recovers from a gunshot wound. “Steve is watching @LSUbaseball, rooting hard for a big Tigers win tonight! #CWS #LSU,” the House majority whip’s Twitter account said. LSU, which beat Florida State, 5-4, in the College World Series, is the congressman’s alma mater. Steve is watching @LSUbaseball, rooting hard for a big Tigers win tonight! #CWS…

Saint Joseph’s High School celebrated its first state baseball title Saturday.(Photo: Stock art.) Nearly four months ago, St. Joseph’s High School in South Bend was celebrating a Class 3A girls basketball title. Saturday, it celebrated its first baseball championship. Michael Dunkelberger pitched a complete game shutout, allowing only three hits and giving up two walks in a 4-0 victory over Jasper at Victory Field. Jasper threatened early but could not get on…

The College World Series brings together the best eight teams in the nation for an egalitarian battle of double-elimination baseball that often pushes teams and rotations to their breaking points. No one will ever forget the 2016 CWS, when Coastal Carolina had to pitch a damn closer as a starter in the series’ final game just to eliminate pesky Arizona. Long live the Chanticleers. And so Florida State and LSU…

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Alexandria shooting victim and Michigan native Matt Mika is showing “positive results” after undergoing additional surgery over the weekend, and is expected to make a full recovery, his family said. “While we know there will be difficult and challenging days ahead for Matt and our family, the physicians and specialists at Matt’s side expect a full recovery,” the family said. Mika, of Oakland County, is the current…

For me, the burning desire has always been about building what my family had — Jeanie Buss Jeanie Buss sits next to NBA championship trophies in her El Segundo office. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times) She is shy but assumes an outgoing persona when her job calls for it. She got married once, for three years, in the 1990s, and doesn’t think she’ll do it again. She likes children…

A defiant Rick Pitino is poised to take on the NCAA after its punishment of Louisville. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images) NCAA Drops Hammer On Louisville For Sex Act Scandal The NCAA has released its official decision on the case concerning Louisville, finding that a former director of basketball operations acted unethically by organizing striptease dances and sex acts for basketball prospects as well as athletes at the university, and…

4:00 PM ET Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment BROOKLYN, Mich. — After three scary wrecks because of brake failures during the past month, NASCAR decided to do nothing to require teams to run more durable packages. And that appears to be just the way the teams want it. Joey Logano, Jimmie Johnson and Jamie McMurray all have had brakes fail at high speed, Logano at Kansas triggering…

A member of the “raspberry” team retrieves the ball after it went out of bounds during the final match of the World Refugee Day Cup, an event organized by Soft Landing Missoula to benefit, and celebrate, Missoula’s refugees, on Saturday evening.

El Camino Real baseball Coach Josh Lienhard has put together a 16-team summer  tournament for this coming week that he’s calling the Battle of the Valley. It begins on Wednesday and the championship game will be Saturday at Birmingham. First-round games at 5 p.m. on Wednesday: Crespi at El Camino Real; Poly at Taft; Sherman Oaks Notre Dame at San Fernando; Burroughs at Cleveland; Calabasas at Birmingham; Kennedy at Alemany;…