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CAIRO — Egyptian authorities have placed one of the country’s all-time greatest soccer players on a terror watch and no-fly list, over accusations he helped finance the Muslim Brotherhood, now banned as a terrorist organization, judicial officials said Wednesday. Court officials said Wednesday that Mohamed Aboutrika, of Cairo’s Al-Ahly club and the national team, was added last Thursday to a “terrorism list” that includes former president Mohamed Morsi as well…

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Fatbikes – so named because of their comically thick tyres – are the latest trend in cycling. They look like the monster trucks of the biking world and are designed for riding on surfaces you’d think would be impossible to cycle on, such as sand and, in particular, snow. Which is not to say they make the whole thing effortless – as I found to my cost during a weekend…

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In 2013, the first NWSL draft of college seniors took place in a couple of convention-center meeting rooms in Indianapolis, with someone running back and forth to tell the handful of assembled reporters what had just taken place in the adjoining room. Then preseason camps opened without US national team players – even those who were not traveling for the Algarve Cup were stuck in a labor-deal stalemate. The 2017…

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Alex Morgan recently joined her new club team in France, simultaneously challenging herself against Europe’s best and dodging another year in the undesirable National Women’s Soccer League, but she assured on Monday her heart remains with American soccer. In an in-depth interview with The Guardian on US women’s soccer’s ongoing struggle for equal pay and rights, the star forward revealed how frustrating it has been to see her and her teammates’…

Alex Morgan recently joined her new club team in France, simultaneously challenging herself against Europe’s best and dodging another year in the undesirable National Women’s Soccer League, but she assured on Monday her heart remains with American soccer. In an in-depth interview with The Guardian on US women’s soccer’s ongoing struggle for equal pay and rights, the star forward revealed how frustrating it has been to see her and her teammates’…

Google has teamed up with LG in a Nexus-style partnership to produce the first devices powered by Android Wear 2.0: the LG Watch Sport and LG Watch Style. The two companies will unveil these smartwatches on February 9 — at an event for the platform’s official launch — and begin selling them in the U.S. the next day, according to marketing material shared with VentureBeat. The rollout will continue to other…

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – As soccer has soared in popularity in recent decades, concussion rates for youth players have also surged, a U.S. study suggests. Researchers examined data on high school soccer players from 2005 to 2014 and found non-concussion injury rates declined for boys and were little changed for girls. But concussions increased in both male and female players. The significant…

Consider NASCAR pioneer Raymond Parks as a man ahead of his time. “Mr. Parks was Rick Hendrick before NASCAR had Rick Hendrick,” said David Sosebee, whose father Gober Sosebee was a longtime friend of Parks and raced against his multi-car teams during the sport’s early years. But that nod to team-owner Hendrick – who along with Parks and three others will be inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame on…

Google has teamed up with LG in a Nexus-style partnership to produce the first devices powered by Android Wear 2.0: the LG Watch Sport and LG Watch Style. The two companies will unveil these smartwatches on February 9 — at an event for the platform’s official launch — and begin selling them in the U.S. the next day, according to marketing material shared with VentureBeat. The rollout will continue to other…

Missy Franklin, 21, is a competitive swimmer and five-time Olympic gold medalist. She is the author of “Relentless Spirit” (Dutton). She spoke with Marc Myers. My parents are my closest friends. I know that sounds corny, but with me it’s not a line. Throughout my life, my parents never tried to force me to be someone I wasn’t, and they’ve always supported me with unconditional love. I’m an only child,…

RELATED: Kurt Busch marries fiancee Ashley Van Metre With the season-opening festivities at Daytona International Speedway right around the corner, drivers are taking the last few weeks of the offseason to make sure they’re livin’ on the edge, not wanting to miss one thing on their downtime bucket list before they get back in the saddle again. Okay, now that we’ve got all of the cleverly-placed Aerosmith references out of…

Consider NASCAR pioneer Raymond Parks as a man ahead of his time. “Mr. Parks was Rick Hendrick before NASCAR had Rick Hendrick,” said David Sosebee, whose father Gober Sosebee was a longtime friend of Parks and raced against his multi-car teams during the sport’s early years. But that nod to team-owner Hendrick – who along with Parks and three others will be inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame on…

In December we analyzed three drivers who are closing in on 40 wins in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series. This week, we’ll look at those close to a lesser milestone, but a milestone all the same — 30 career wins.   In premier series history 24 drivers have reached the 30-win plateau, from Richard Petty (200 wins) to fellow Hall of Famer Dale Jarrett (32). Of those 24 drivers,…

There’s never a moment without banter around Roger Bennett and Michael Davies, the two co-hosts of NBC Sports’ soccer talkshow “Men in Blazers.” They sit around a long meeting table strewn with various papers. Above them is a large television illuminating pre-match coverage of the pivotal Tottenham-Chelsea Premier League game, and the air around them is littered with never-ending — but entirely good natured — shots at one another. The talk…

Virgin Sport is ready for its rookie season. The unit of billionaire Sir Richard Branson’s sprawling Virgin Group empire is betting it can carve a place for itself in the increasingly crowded amateur sports market by organizing “sports festivals” that blend different kind of events aimed at attracting a wide variety of people beyond hardcore jocks. Whereas many of its rivals, including marathon organizer Competitor Group or World Triathlon Corporation’s…

Two Scottish soccer stars — including a former member of the Scotland national team — have been branded rapists by a Scottish judge after the victim sued their asses in civil court.  The players — David Robertson and David Goodwillie — were accused of raping a drunk woman at an apartment in 2011 after a night of heavy boozing.   The two men were teammates for the Dundee United soccer team…

Geoghegan Hart is the latest to move on to the WorldTour, joining Team Sky for 2017, with Costa, who, aged just 18, finished second at last year’s Tour of Utah, tipped to follow him and perhaps even emulate the American to whom he has been compared, Greg LeMond. The regular podcast, with Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe, will return next week. The Cycling Podcast is supported by Rapha…