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Since 1959, when Fidel Castro started the new process or post-revolutionary approach to sports, one of the main goals was to bring sports and physical education to all of the people on the island. Fidel considered access to sport and recreation a basic human right and an indispensable attribute in order for society to be better and for the people to have sound body and mind. At that time, professional…

RELATED: Timeline of Junior’s injury, recovery   For so many years we have been impressed with Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s performance on the race track — the 26 NASCAR premier series wins, the pair of emotional Daytona 500 victories, the absolutely extraordinary 14 Most Popular Driver awards.   However, what is most remarkable — and equally as important — to his legacy is the way he handled a concussion diagnosis and…

South African Chad le Clos delivered a near-perfect swim on Thursday to break his own world record in the men’s 100m butterfly final at the FINA short course world swimming championships in Windsor, Ontario. After making a loose start with his legs splayed apart as he dove into the pool, le Clos powered into the lead and stayed out in front with brilliantly executed turns before finishing the race in…

Popular NASCAR driver Matt DiBenedetto tweeted on Thursday that he would not return to BK Racing for the 2017 Cup Series season. The 25-year-old spent the past two years with the underfunded Toyota outfit and has experienced both highs and lows during his first 68 races at the highest level. The former Joe Gibbs Racing development driver earned a hard-fought sixth-place finish at Bristol Motor Speedway in April…

UK Anti-Doping is expected to release a statement soon concerning its investigation into “allegations of wrongdoing in cycling”. Anti-doping officers have been investigating the transportation of a Jiffy bag by a British Cycling team member out to the Team Sky bus in France on the final day of the 2011 Criterium du Dauphine. The race had just been won by Sir Bradley Wiggins. The investigation has been slow going, partly…

The full findings of the report are unprecedented and astonishing. They strike right at the heart of the integrity and ethics of sport. We wholeheartedly agree with Professor McLaren that the best course of action is to work together to fix the broken and compromised anti-doping system in Russia. The recently appointed IPC Taskforce looks forward to working closely with our member the Russian Paralympic Committee to do just that.

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OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — All-Star closers Aroldis Chapman, Mark Melancon and Wade Davis moved to different bullpens. Chris Sale boosted a big rotation in Boston. And the Washington Nationals got their fans talking – a lot. As teams packed up along the Potomac River and headed home Thursday, a look at what did and didn’t happen this week at the winter meetings: — WHO’S LEFT? Major league home run…

Of all the major sports, baseball has been the one most closely tied to player performance data. Whether that has been PitchFx, Statcast, or other advanced metrics that are now fully adopted in the game, when it comes to statistics, baseball rules them all. So, it may come as no surprise that the use of wearable technology has quietly worked its way into Major League Baseball. The league and players…

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Baseball’s annual Winter Meetings are a surreal place. Practically everyone in the baseball industry converges into a mega hotel for an event that’s a combination of general managers and agents trying to woo each other, reporters looking for scoops, front-office job seekers looking for a gig and trade-show people trying to sell their latest products. That absurdity isn’t helped by the fact that the days run upward…

For three days last month, the brain trusts of all 30 Major League Baseball teams gathered at a ritzy resort in the wealthy desert suburb of Scottsdale, Ariz., and tried to find common ground. The start of a baseball offseason is traditionally slow, and before the new collective bargaining agreement is due, the action was even quieter. But, when these general managers met, more and more of them saw reflections….

OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — All-Star closers Aroldis Chapman, Mark Melancon and Wade Davis moved to different bullpens. Chris Sale boosted a big rotation in Boston. And the Washington Nationals got their fans talking – a lot. As teams packed up along the Potomac River and headed home Thursday, a look at what did and didn’t happen this week at the winter meetings: — WHO’S LEFT? Major league home run…

RELATED: Dale through the years | Recovery timeline CAIN: Dale Jr.’s strong stand makes him, sport better NASCAR premier series driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. has received medical clearance to resume his racing career, Hendrick Motorsports announced Thursday. Earnhardt Jr., 42, was sidelined for the final 18 races of the 2016 season after suffering a concussion. On Wednesday, he participated in an on-track testing session at Darlington Raceway under the supervision…

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Andy Woodward was the first to come forward in a November interview with the Guardian, revealing that while at Crewe Alexandra in the 1980s, that club’s youth coach Barry Bennell allegedly groomed, exploited, and sexually abused him. Bennell had a house in the country set up like “a treasure trove, a child’s dream,” including “a little monkey upstairs in a cage” and “a wild cat,” to which he would lure…

OXON HILL, Md. (AP) All-Star closers Aroldis Chapman, Mark Melancon and Wade Davis moved to different bullpens. Chris Sale boosted a big rotation in Boston. And the Washington Nationals got their fans talking – a lot. As teams packed up along the Potomac River and headed home Thursday, a look at what did and didn’t happen this week at the winter meetings: — WHO’S LEFT? Major league home run leader…

The Winter issue of CNET Magazine is out! Photo by Josh Miller I love cycling. It’s the only form of exercise strenuous enough to be worthwhile yet fun enough to keep me motivated. I burn a lot of calories while riding — a lot of calories, enough to erase the most egregious of Chipotle indiscretions in less than an hour when I’m really cranking. But cycling isn’t just about staying…

It is partly down to this curiosity of grassroots players to see themselves in action that Pitchero, which is a long-running club website service across various sports, has this year launched Pitchero Play where clubs can record and host videos in real time – both to supporters and the other 70,000 teams that are part of the Pitchero network. The Pitchero club websites allow teams to manage payments and memberships, and share…

While some other pupils at the school chose to wear burkinis to the lessons, the girl who brought the case refused, arguing the costume did not provide sufficient coverage. She also claimed she was offended by the sight of boys and men in swimming costumes, and called for the lessons to be single-sex. But the court found that she failed to give a “reasonable case for why the burkini does…