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Diving for kicks: CEOs take risks outside their work as a way of relaxing. (Photo: Rune Sovndahl) Antonio Horta-Osorio, chief executive of Lloyds Banking Group, lists swimming with sharks as one of his hobbies. London Stock Exchange chief executive Xavier Rolet has competed in the Paris-Dakar motor sport rally. And Mark Bristow, chief executive of gold mining group Randgold, revs up on mammoth 30-day, 5,000-mile motorbike rides across Africa. What…

Anti-smoking campaigners in Japan have called on the government to make restaurants and bars smoke-free in time for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and end the country’s reputation as a smoker’s paradise. Japan is expected to pass legislation soon that will ban smoking in or near public buildings such as schools or hospitals, but the bill says the crackdown will apply to restaurants only in principle. Restaurateurs and bar owners will…

Los Angeles isn’t the only city whose bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics has recently bumped up against politics. While the global debate over President Trump’s travel ban has heightened concerns that International Olympic Committee members might turn away from L.A., problems have arisen in Budapest. Bid leaders in the Hungarian capital announced over the weekend that they will delay the final stage of their campaign while a political youth…

Los Angeles isn’t the only city whose bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics has recently bumped up against politics. While the global debate over President Trump’s travel ban has heightened concerns that International Olympic Committee members might turn away from L.A., problems have arisen in Budapest. Bid leaders in the Hungarian capital announced over the weekend that they will delay the final stage of their campaign while a political youth…

RELATED: Buy tickets for the March race Phoenix Raceway, along with parent company International Speedway Corporation, announced on Monday a massive modernization project. Below are answers to key questions for a quick-hit overview. How much did this cost? This is a $178 million project designed to make the fan and race experience even better. When is the projected completion date? The new Phoenix Raceway is expected to open for the…

American soccer star Landon Donovan remembers his professional career in the United States nearly being over before it had barely begun. Donovan was a rookie in 2001 playing for San Jose of Major League Soccer, and the rumors were that if the Earthquakes, who were averaging a league-low 9,000 fans per game, didn’t beat the L.A. Galaxy in the championship game, the franchise would fold. The Earthquakes won the title,…

Los Angeles isn’t the only city whose bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics has recently bumped up against politics. While the global debate over President Trump’s travel ban has heightened concerns that International Olympic Committee members might turn away from L.A., problems have arisen in Budapest. Bid leaders in the Hungarian capital announced over the weekend that they will delay the final stage of their campaign while a political youth…

The project, sponsored by XFINITY Series entitlement partner DC Solar, is expected to be completed in November of 2018. Lesa France Kennedy, CEO of ISC, described the announcement as “a huge day for our company … as well as motorsports overall.” Kennedy said the project “brings us full circle with Phoenix Raceway. “The track itself has a very long and successful history with motorsports with NASCAR and IndyCar. Since we…

RELATED: Full schedule for Daytona Speedweeks   ThorSport Racing’s 2016 campaign will be remembered as a season of recovery, overcoming the trials of a mid-June fire at its Sandusky, Ohio, headquarters. The blaze sparked a gutsy fight through the balance of the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series schedule, with the four-team operation scrapping and improvising to fulfill its full-season mandate.   Little more than seven months have passed since the…

The U.S. soccer community is diverse and well-traveled, engaged with the world and fluent in language and culture. So amid the chaos and furor of President Trump’s executive order banning entry of refugees, migrants and green-card holders from seven mostly-Muslim countries, it was hardly surprising to hear Americans who have traveled the world playing the world’s game speak out. Michael Bradley, the U.S. men’s national team captain with a well-stamped…

The U.S. soccer community is diverse and well-traveled, engaged with the world and fluent in language and culture. So amid the chaos and furor of President Trump’s executive order banning entry of refugees, migrants and green-card holders from seven mostly-Muslim countries, it was hardly surprising to hear Americans who have traveled the world playing the world’s game speak out. Michael Bradley, the U.S. men’s national team captain with a well-stamped…

The U.S. soccer community is diverse and well-traveled, engaged with the world and fluent in language and culture. So amid the chaos and furor of President Trump’s executive order banning entry of refugees, migrants and green-card holders from seven mostly-Muslim countries, it was hardly surprising to hear Americans who have traveled the world playing the world’s game speak out. Michael Bradley, the U.S. men’s national team captain with a well-stamped…

Sports are supposed to offer a relief from politics, except, of course, if the sport in question is soccer. In that case, the sport is impossible to separate from the outside world, as U.S. national team midfielder Sacha Kljestan was reminded Sunday. The U.S. played against Serbia, his father’s homeland. With President Donald Trump’s executive order on immigration inspiring protests across the country, Kljestan could only think of his father’s…

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The following script is from “Enhancing the Bike,” which aired on Jan. 29, 2017. Bill Whitaker is the correspondent. Michael Rey and Oriana Zill de Granados, producers. The sport of cycling is notorious for its culture of cheating—made most famous by the rise and fall of Lance Armstrong and his use of performance-enhancing drugs. Now when cycling hopes to be cleansed of the dopers there’s a surprising new twist—riders enhancing…

If San Diego needs a white knight after losing the Chargers, Mike Stone might be the one. He and his fellow investors have proposed replacing the NFL with the MLS, making soccer, not football, San Diego’s rally-around, civic-spirit-raising sport. The plan includes demolishing Qualcomm Stadium and replacing it with a 30,000-seat facility for both soccer and college football. With the Bolts gone, the city faces a roughly $13 million annual…

As expected, President Donald Trump’s executive order barring citizens of seven Muslim nations from entering the United States has generated a hailstorm of social media posts. NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. joined in late Saturday night with a post expressing empathy for refugees facing hardships. Earnhardt tweeted this his own ancestors left Europe centuries ago to escape religious persecution. In a tweet to Twitter user @GelarBudidarma, who identifies himself as…

In the shadow of the trolley overpass at Qualcomm Stadium on Sunday, Ron Ericson tailgated with friends before the U.S. national soccer team’s game against Serbia. Ericson wasn’t decked out in red, white and blue like so many other American fans, but his place as a supporter of sports in San Diego was unmistakable as soon as he opened his mouth. “I remember the days of going to the beach all…

RELATED: Gordon, No. 10 team win Rolex 24 overall title Sunday was a very good day for Jeff Gordon and Chip Ganassi, as “Four-Time” won another race with his No. 10 Wayne Taylor Racing Cadillac DPi team, and Ganassi won the GTLM class with his No. 66 Ford in the Rolex 24. NASCAR drivers, fans and insiders sent congratulations to the winners of a dramatic race via Twitter. So cool…

Caption Close The U.S. men’s soccer team will play a crucial World Cup qualifying match against Honduras at San Jose’s Avaya Stadium in March, the sport’s governing body announced Sunday. The game, to be played March 24, will mark the first final round qualifier to be played in the Bay Area since 1997, according to U.S. Soccer. The match will also serve as the debut of new men’s coach Bruce…