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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…

MOSCOW Russia is building a $30 million complex for acrobatic rock’n’roll, a niche sport in which President Vladimir Putin’s daughter is a leading dancer and has a senior role for development, a Reuters review of public documents has shown. The Zhavoronki Acrobatic Rock’n’Roll Center will be built on the western outskirts of Moscow at a cost of 1.9 billion roubles, according to state tender documents available online, and will be…

The London 2012 Olympics were “corrupted on an unprecedented scale” by Russia’s government and sports authorities, who colluded to ensure its sports stars were able to take a cocktail of banned performance-enhancing drugs yet evade doping tests, it has been revealed. A 144-page report by the respected Canadian law professor Richard McLaren on behalf of the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) also found that more than 1,000 Russians athletes across more…

Badminton was the big loser after UK Sport announced its investment in Olympic and Paralympic sports for Tokyo 2020. Badminton has had its funding cut despite Marcus Ellis and Chris Langridge winning bronze to secure Britain’s first men’s doubles medal at Rio this year. Archery, fencing, weightlifting and wheelchair rugby will also not receive funding over the next Olympic cycle. Badminton had its funding cut from £7.4m to £5.9m after…

LONDON British police investigating allegations of widespread child sex abuse at soccer clubs dating back to the 1970s said on Friday they had identified 83 potential suspects and possible links to 98 clubs, including some from the Premier League. Police forces across the country launched inquiries after former player Andy Woodward revealed he had been abused as a boy by a youth team coach, prompting other ex-professionals to come forward…

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…

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Reuters Bobby Valentine skippered the New York Mets from 1996 to 2002. He also managed the Texas Rangers and the Boston Red Sox, as well as the Chiba Lotte Marines of Nippon Professional Baseball. President-elect Donald Trump reportedly is considering former Mets manager Bobby Valentine to be U.S. ambassador to Japan. Valentine, a former…

Chat it up: Braves Top 10 Prospects Chat with Bill Ballew Knowledge is Power: Braves Top 10 Insider Want More? Complete Top 10 Prospects Rankings Go 30 deep: Order the 2017 Prospect Handbook! TOP 10 PROSPECTS 1. Dansby Swanson, ss 2. Ozzie Albies, 2b/ss 3. Kolby Allard, lhp 4. Mike Soroka, rhp 5. Ian Anderson, rhp 6. Ronald Acuna, of 7. Kevin Maitan, ss 8. Sean Newcomb, lhp 9. Patrick Weigel, rhp 10….

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…