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A girls youth soccer team was disqualified from a tournament in Nebraska last weekend because of multiple rule infractions, not because of one player’s appearance, according to the tournament director. Omaha’s Azzurri Cachorros girls 11-and-under club team was not allowed to play in their semifinal game of the Springfield Invitational on Sunday. One of the players, 8-year-old Mili Hernandez, and others made national headlines when they claimed they were disqualified…

Australian Socceroos players observe a moment of silence prior to a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier with Saudi Arabia’s national team at the Adelaide Oval in North Adelaide on Thursday. Daniel Kalisz/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Daniel Kalisz/Getty Images Australian Socceroos players observe a moment of silence prior to a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier with Saudi Arabia’s national team at the Adelaide Oval in North Adelaide on Thursday….

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A girls youth soccer team was disqualified from a tournament in Nebraska last weekend because of multiple rule infractions, not because of one player’s appearance, according to the tournament director. Omaha’s Azzurri Cachorros girls 11-and-under club team was not allowed to play in their semifinal game of the Springfield Invitational on Sunday. One of the players, 8-year-old Mili Hernandez, and others made national headlines when they claimed they were disqualified…

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Bob Ley reacts to a Nebraska soccer tournament disqualifying a youth soccer team because 8-year-old Mili Hernandez looked too much like a boy. GRETNA, Neb. — Lanyard Burgett sits uncomfortably outside a coffee shop in an outlet mall, occasionally craning his neck to see whether someone is behind him. Burgett says he served in the Air Force in Saudi Arabia in the 1990s, but was never as afraid there as…

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Bob Ley reacts to a Nebraska soccer tournament disqualifying a youth soccer team because 8-year-old Mili Hernandez looked too much like a boy. GRETNA, Neb. — Lanyard Burgett sits uncomfortably outside a coffee shop in an outlet mall, occasionally craning his neck to see whether someone is behind him. Burgett says he served in the Air Force in Saudi Arabia in the 1990s, but was never as afraid there as…

Check out the NASCAR Drive for Diversity program and the women who are looking to make history in the sport. Brehanna Daniels could sense people staring at her as she walked through Dover International Speedway’s pit area carrying her equipment bag. She had trained for this moment for nine months, and now it was time to make history. The Virginia native would make history as the first African-American woman to…

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Update: A 2009 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 listed on eBay this week does not belong to Dale Earnhardt Jr., according to a tweet posted on his Twitter account Thursday afternoon. The driver’s official Twitter account on Thursday afternoon carried this statement: “Not my car. Never drove it. Never did it once spend a minute in my driveway. Buyer beware.” According to the listing on the auction website, NASCAR team owner Rick…

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As FOX Sports is set to make motorsports broadcasting history with an all-driver announcer lineup, the XFINITY Series race is set to begin at 12:30 p.m. ET on FOX. Kyle Larson’s was victorious in last year’s race at the Tricky Triangle.

x Embed x Share CLOSE As kids hit the water this summer, doctors want to warn parents about a rare but deadly phenomenon called secondary drowning. It happens when water is inhaled into the lungs, and can be deadly after kids leave the pool. Francisco Delgado Jr. says almost a week after a family trip to the Texas City Dike, he called 9-1-1 because his son Frankie stopped breathing.The child…

Miami is pushing back on a last-minute requirement that David Beckham’s soccer stadium only hire county police officers to patrol inside the facility while city officers are left with traffic control and other duties outside. County Commissioner José “Pepe” Diaz demanded the requirement Tuesday in exchange for his vote to sell the Beckham partnership a county truck depot in Miami’s Overtown neighborhood for the planned 25,000-seat stadium. The Beckham partnership…

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A generation of NASCAR fans have grown up with Dale Earnhardt Jr. as stock-car racing’s most popular driver. Earnhardt has won the last 14 season-ending most-popular awards, even winning last season when he missed roughly half the schedule due to concussion symptoms. Earnhardt has announced his retirement at the conclusion of this season, which poses a great question: Who does JR Nation root for now? Earnhardt was asked that recently…

This weekend’s race at Pocono Raceway marks the start of the second half of the regular season. For drivers on the bubble, the pressure to get a win to guarantee their spot in the postseason will intensify with each week. So far, eight drivers are guaranteed a spot in the postseason. That leaves eight open spots for the rest of the field, to be parceled out first via victories, and…

Miami is pushing back on a last-minute requirement that David Beckham’s soccer stadium only hire county police officers to patrol inside the facility while city officers are left with traffic control and other duties outside. County Commissioner José “Pepe” Diaz demanded the requirement Tuesday in exchange for his vote to sell the Beckham partnership a county truck depot in Miami’s Overtown neighborhood for the planned 25,000-seat stadium. The Beckham partnership…

Paris and Los Angeles are vying to host the 2024 Summer Olympic Games. The recommendation will be announced Friday, but many are expecting a twist that involves the 2028 games.