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Two bombs exploded less than a minute apart, killing 29 people and wounding 166 outside a soccer stadium in Istanbul on Saturday night, in a co-ordinated attack on police shortly after a match between two of Turkey’s top teams. First a car bomb exploded outside the Vodafone Arena, home to Istanbul’s Besiktas soccer team, leaving flaming wreckage on the street. Forty-five seconds later, a suspect wearing explosives detonated them while…

Whatever the Boston Red Sox need or want, the Boston Red Sox seem to get these days. As a result, that’s prompted one prominent baseball writer with Hall of Fame credentials and Boston connections to anoint the Red Sox as baseball’s new “Evil Empire.” During an appearance on the Rich Eisen Show last week, Peter Gammons, currently of MLB Network, suggested the Red Sox now represent everything they used to…

The Syracuse Stars dressed to impress. The Stars, a minor league team in the New York State League, had equipment packed for opening day in Rochester, N.Y., on May 3, 1885, but their uniforms weren’t ready. Team management kept asking a local seamstress about the omitted outfits. Their needling questions went unanswered. MORE: The 2-foot home run “The Stars played while attired in nine different suits,” the Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball reported….

Share this story: I’m not very good at playing baseball, but that hasn’t dampened my love of the sport. I started playing baseball when I was eight, and the game was my life. While my friends battled with Pokemon, I collected baseball cards. I had trouble memorizing multiplication times tables, but could name at least one player from every major league baseball team. Despite my passion for baseball, I was never…

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<!– For the latest rumours, gossip and debate, check out our Sportsday rolling news service every weekday, and for a list of all the completed deals, see our transfers page. Jose Mourinho has ordered his Manchester United team in for training at 4.30 in the afternoon on Christmas Day. (Sun) The Portuguese manager may be targeting Paris St-Germain’s Uruguay striker Edinson Cavani, 29, as a long-term replacement for veteran Zlatan…

Before the Bills‘ Week 14 matchup with the Pittsburgh Steelers, reports surfaced that echoed what we’ve known for weeks: Buffalo’s Rex Ryan was coaching for his job. If that’s the case — there’s little reason to believe it’s not — then the Bills players made the decision whether to keep or fire Ryan easy for ownership. Really easy. The final score of Sunday’s game might say that Buffalo lost to…

Rescue and medics carry a wounded person after attacks in Istanbul, late Saturday. Two explosions struck outside a major soccer stadium in Istanbul after fans had gone home. Cansu Alkaya/AP hide caption toggle caption Cansu Alkaya/AP Rescue and medics carry a wounded person after attacks in Istanbul, late Saturday. Two explosions struck outside a major soccer stadium in Istanbul after fans had gone home. Cansu Alkaya/AP Updated at 10:52 a.m….

The Tour of Beijing ended in 2014 but the Chinese cycling scene remains ambitious.Photo: Tim De Waele | TDWsport.com The Tour of Beijing is gone, killed by apathy and an eventual acceptance that the fox should not guard the henhouse. But pro cycling in China is not dead, not at all. In fact, Chinese influence is set to increase markedly in the coming years, at home, and abroad. The country…

Whatever the Boston Red Sox need or want, the Boston Red Sox seem to get these days. As a result, that’s prompted one prominent baseball writer with Hall of Fame credentials and Boston connections to anoint the Red Sox as baseball’s new “Evil Empire.” During an appearance on the Rich Eisen Show last week, Peter Gammons, currently of MLB Network, suggested the Red Sox now represent everything they used to…

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A starter and a closer last year, along with some spare parts. An ace and a top reliever this year. Look what Dave Dombrowski has done … to the Boston Red Sox once-vaunted minor league system. To obtain the players he wants, like White Sox left-hander Chris Sale this past week, Dombrowski has given away prospects like candy canes. He has gutted the farm so much that it could be…

It’s been a rough year for Houston sports. It’s one thing to have low expectations for your teams — hey, every year can’t be our year. It’s a different ballgame entirely to have high expectations that your teams fail to meet, setting the stage for heartbreak and frustration. 2016 was a year of redemption for down-on-their luck cities. Cleveland, home of the hapless Browns, saw its first championship in 52…

Michael Jordan Earns Most Valuable Chinese Court Win Michael Jordan is not only the king of the basketball court; MJ has shown his prowess in the court of law. Even more impressive about his recent win is that it was abroad, through a Chinese legal system that is not always friendly to foreigners. The court ruled that Jordan owns the legal rights to the Chinese characters of the equivalent of…

OLYMPICS LONDON (AP) Russia’s sports reputation was ripped apart again when a new report into systematic doping detailed a vast ”institutional conspiracy” that covered more than 1,000 athletes in over 30 sports and corrupted the drug-testing system at the 2012 and 2014 Olympics. The findings were handed over to the International Olympic Committee, which will be under pressure to take action against the Russians ahead of the 2018…

ISTANBUL Turkey said on Sunday that Kurdish militants may be responsible for the two bombs that killed 38 people and wounded 155 in what looked to be a coordinated attack on police outside a soccer stadium in Istanbul after a match between two top teams. The blasts on Saturday night – a car bomb outside the Vodafone Arena, home to Istanbul’s Besiktas soccer team, followed by a suicide bomb attack…

It’s been a rough year for Houston sports. It’s one thing to have low expectations for your teams — hey, every year can’t be our year. It’s a different ballgame entirely to have high expectations that your teams fail to meet, setting the stage for heartbreak and frustration. 2016 was a year of redemption for down-on-their luck cities. Cleveland, home of the hapless Browns, saw its first championship in 52…

OLYMPICS LONDON (AP) Russia’s sports reputation was ripped apart again when a new report into systematic doping detailed a vast ”institutional conspiracy” that covered more than 1,000 athletes in over 30 sports and corrupted the drug-testing system at the 2012 and 2014 Olympics. The findings were handed over to the International Olympic Committee, which will be under pressure to take action against the Russians ahead of the 2018…

<!– We are showcasing each of the 16 contenders in the run-up to the Sports Personality of the Year award on 18 December. Today – Kadeena Cox and Mo Farah. Kadeena Cox – Age: 25 Sport: Cycling/athletics Year in a nutshell Cycling gold in Rio meant she was the first Briton since 1988 to win a medal in two sports at the same Paralympics. Cox, from Leeds, was diagnosed with…

Rescue and medics carry a wounded person after attacks in Istanbul, late Saturday. Two explosions struck outside a major soccer stadium in Istanbul after fans had gone home. Cansu Alkaya/AP hide caption toggle caption Cansu Alkaya/AP Rescue and medics carry a wounded person after attacks in Istanbul, late Saturday. Two explosions struck outside a major soccer stadium in Istanbul after fans had gone home. Cansu Alkaya/AP Updated at 9:30 ET…