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Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly has reached out through representatives to explore coaching options outside Notre Dame, sources told Yahoo Sports. Kelly just completed his seventh season as coach of the Fighting Irish, a 4-8 debacle that was the school’s second-worst record of the last 52 years. The disappointment was compounded by news Tuesday that the NCAA is vacating 21 Notre Dame victories in the 2012-13 and 2013-14 seasons for…

Media playback is not supported on this device Andy Woodward speaks about being sexually abused by his coach The Football Association has confirmed it is investigating allegations of sexual abuse in football. Former footballers have come forward to say they were sexually abused as youth players. Four police forces are investigating the allegations and an NSPCC hotline has had more than 100 calls. The FA said it was working closely…

FC Barcelona and Argentina’s forward Lionel Messi (R) receives his award from Cameroon and Antalyaspor forward Samuel Eto’o after being selected in the 2015 FIFA FIFPro World XI during the 2015 FIFA Ballon d’Or award ceremony at the Kongresshaus in Zurich on January 11, 2016. (Photo credit: FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP/Getty Images) The whispers are growing louder. What started as one or two investigations into allegations of tax improprieties now feels to…

TUSCALOOSA, Ala.—It takes an awful lot to make a guy like Nick Saban cry, but a reunion of a son and his deployed mother comes pretty close. Lawrence Erekosima is a five-foot-seven walk-on running back from Clinton, S.C. He hasn’t seen a snap of action all season. But he’s a senior, and like all seniors, he walked onto the field before Saturday’s Iron Bowl to bask in the acclaim of…

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Goal scorer Crystal Thomas is all smiles after Georgetown earned a semifinal date with Southern Cal on Friday in San Jose. (Rafael Suanes/Georgetown Athletics) For the last two minutes of a tense NCAA women’s soccer quarterfinal Saturday, Santa Clara stormed the north goal at wind-whipped Shaw Field in a frantic hunt for an elusive equalizer. When time expired, it was Georgetown’s turn to raid the penalty area, players streaming from…

When Jurgen Klinsmann took over the national team, he wasn’t interested in making modest tweaks. He wanted to lead a revolution. New training methods and a more dynamic playing style were needed. A youth developmental system had to be reemphasized, and some of the team’s most enduring and iconic stars would be pushed aside. The criticism was relentless. Yet, Klinsmann never relented, and a decade later, the German team he…

LIMA, Nov 26 (Reuters) – For soccer great Diego Maradona, Cuban revolutionary Fidel Castro was more than a friend and fellow Latin American legend, he was “a second father.” Maradona said Castro’s death late on Friday hit him like a tennis ball to the chest served by Juan Martin del Potro, the Argentine player he cheered on in the Davis Cup final where he received the news. “I wept uncontrollably,”…

For many London cycling activists and politicians with transport responsibilities the Netherlands is the touchstone nation for urban cycling policy, as demonstrated by the London Cycling Campaign’s ongoing “Go Dutch” theme and Boris Johnson’s borough-centred “mini-Holland” schemes. It is easy to see why. In 2014, cyclists accounted for a commanding 32% of modal share across the Dutch capital Amsterdam, higher than any other category and rising. Only walking rivals it…

Fidel Castro, the father of communist Cuba who led the country as Prime Minister from 1959 to 1976 and then as President from 1976 to 2008, died on Friday. He was 90. Castro’s legacy in political history is well-documented. Even in death, it will not be reflected kindly. His beliefs and methods were at the center of many painful moments for families from Cuba, and they were the source of…

OLYMPICS CLEVELAND (AP) — LeBron James is jamming one of college football’s biggest games into his busy schedule. James and his Cleveland teammates plan to attend Saturday’s Ohio State-Michigan game in Columbus before they travel to Philadelphia and play the 76ers on Sunday. A rabid Ohio State fan, James has been on the sideline at Ohio Stadium in the past, but not for a game he said is on his…

NPR’s Scott Simon talks to Howard Bryant of ESPN about major figures in Cuban sports and the potential expiration of Major League Baseball’s collective bargaining agreement.

The scandal surrounding allegations of historical child sex abuse in football could spread to other sports, a senior police officer has warned. A significant number of other alleged victims of abuse are likely to come forward and further sporting governing bodies may report similar problems, Chief Constable Simon Bailey, the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) lead for child protection, said. Four police forces are now investigating allegations of historical child…

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Presented for your delectation, here are the five can’t-miss live sporting events to plan your weekend around: SATURDAY 1. India v England What is it? It’s the third Test of a five-match series on England’s first ‘full’ tour of India since 1984-85 and their fourth at Mohali, home of India’s most seamer-friendly surface, though photographs of the shaved ends of the strip suggest it will turn as well.  When is it?…

Hundreds of Cuban students – shouting slogans against then president Fulgencio Batista – storm a stadium in Havana, interrupting a Cuban league baseball game. Moments later, a young law student by the name of Fidel Castro grabs the ball and takes to the mound. After throwing out a few practice pitches, he faces off against future American Major Leagues’ slugger Don Hoak, before being kicked off the…

OLYMPICS CLEVELAND (AP) — LeBron James is jamming one of college football’s biggest games into his busy schedule. James and his Cleveland teammates plan to attend Saturday’s Ohio State-Michigan game in Columbus before they travel to Philadelphia and play the 76ers on Sunday. A rabid Ohio State fan, James has been on the sideline at Ohio Stadium in the past, but not for a game he said is on his…

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Texas Longhorns coach Charlie Strong will meet with the school’s administration Saturday morning, according to Yahoo Sports sources. The expectation is that he will be fired when they meet. Multiple reports suggested that Houston coach Tom Herman will meet with Texas personnel shortly thereafter to discuss filling the head coaching position. There were various media reports that Herman had become the primary target at LSU, which may have moved on…