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Two brothers who trafficked vulnerable men from Poland to work in a Sports Direct warehouse have been jailed for six years each under the Modern Slavery Act. Erwin Markowski, 38, and his brother Krystian, 35, lured 18 men from Poland to work at Sports Direct’s Shirebrook warehouse, Nottingham crown court heard. Poor working conditions at the factory, including body searches and pay below the legal minimum were exposed by an…

Bell was injured in the second quarter of Sunday’s game and did not return. Before he left, Shannon didn’t like some of Pittsburgh’s play-calling, which went away from its all-world running back. On a 3rd-and-1 at their own 31 on their opening drive, the Steelers threw a deep ball to Sammie Coates that fell incomplete instead of handing off to Bell. “Just turn around, hand the ball to Le’Veon…

The crackdown has largely failed because local governments have encouraged the building of clubs to boost tourism and increase development opportunities. They are often submitted to planners as parks or other green areas, before they are later transformed into golf clubs. Golf is apparently popular among local bureaucrats, but the Communist Party has previously attempted to distance its members from the sport, banning officials in the southern province of Guangdong…

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Say goodbye to the traditional Cup Series race format. According to ESPN, NASCAR is making changes to the way races are run and the way points are awarded in the Cup Series in 2017. The announcement of the changes is reportedly set for 6 p.m. ET. From the report: NASCAR is expected to divide races into segments, and drivers would get points depending on their running order at the end…

The crackdown has largely failed because local governments have encouraged the building of clubs to boost tourism and increase development opportunities. They are often submitted to planners as parks or other green areas, before they are later transformed into golf clubs. Golf is apparently popular among local bureaucrats, but the Communist Party has previously attempted to distance its members from the sport, banning officials in the southern province of Guangdong…

A pond hockey tournament held in Keystone featuring eight rinks and over 900 players.

8:27 AM ET Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment Go ahead, run your formulas and spit out your projections. But good luck predicting what’s going to happen in the American League West. Consider what has happened in recent seasons: In 2012, the A’s came out of nowhere, improving from 74 wins to 94 and catching the Rangers on the final day of the season to stunningly win the…

NEW DELHI (AP) — Fans of a traditional bull-taming ritual in southern India attacked a police station with stones and set some vehicles on fire Monday in anger at being forcibly evicted from the beach where they been protesting for the past week in support of the sport. Jallikattu involves releasing a bull into a crowd of people who attempt to grab it and ride it. It is popular in…

Liberum also counts four other founder-owned retailers, Joules, Ted Baker, Hotel Chocolat and Majestic Wine, on its list of brokerships, suggesting that it is used to companies with an entrepreneurial flair. City sources said that the move to dump heavyweight firms Goldmans Sachs and Citi highlighted that “Ashley was not too fussed about playing the City game”. “It suggests that he will be taking a break from buying more businesses…

The crackdown has largely failed because local governments have encouraged the building of clubs to boost tourism and increase development opportunities. They are often submitted to planners as parks or other green areas, before they are later transformed into golf clubs. Golf is apparently popular among local bureaucrats, but the Communist Party has previously attempted to distance its members from the sport, banning officials in the southern province of Guangdong…

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The 2017 NFL playoffs have not been very entertaining if you’re a fan of close games. One game (Cowboys-Packers) was fantastic, another one (Chiefs-Steelers) was alright and the rest were boring. We need Super Bowl LI to make up for it, and Vegas appears to believe that could happen, if the line for the matchup in Houston on Sunday, Feb. 5 is any indication. It appears the Patriots will be…

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On Sunday, The Dome — usually a gleaming white structure 85 feet high at its tallest point — was completely collapsed. Chunks of insulation could be seen scattered around the wreckage, and vending machines, bleachers and turf playing fields were exposed to the still-falling snow. The huge fabric covering that inflates over the field like a balloon was crumpled like a piece of paper, ripped in places.

During the Anaheim Supercross event on FS1 Saturday night, one of the sport’s biggest stars, Ken Roczen, was involved in a wild crash. Roczen was running third when he went down hard after falling off his bike and catching major air during the 450SX Main Event. The cause of the incident appeared to be a softened rhythm section due to rain earlier in the night. In a statement…

NASCAR will hold a press conference at 6 p.m. ET Monday in the Charlotte Convention Center to discuss the 2017 season.   The event will be live-streamed on NASCAR.com at this link, and also on Facebook Live on the official NASCAR Facebook account.   A media alert stated that NASCAR executives, team representatives, track representatives and Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series drivers would be on hand for the press conference….

Jimmie Johnson leads a pack of Chevrolet SS race cars at Phoenix International Raceway in 2016. Photo credit: Chris Trotman/Getty Images The Chevrolet SS was always an odd choice for Chevy’s entry in the top division of NASCAR, seeing as nobody—seriously, almost nobody—in the U.S. bought the thing. But it was a nice enthusiast car to have in NASCAR, racing alongside the vanilla Fusions and Camrys of the world. Sadly,…

In strictly statistical terms, the Australian sport and physical recreation sector is a “fringe player” in the national economic game. In 2010, the Australian Bureau of Statistics found that spending on sport accounted for only 1.6% of total household spending. Another interesting result from the ABS was that spending on sport accounted for just over 12% of total leisure and recreation spending – a sector that included the arts, cinema,…