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The head of the Palestinian Football Association (PFA) wants FIFA to adopt what he called a Crimea-style solution to prevent Israeli league clubs from being based in settlements in the West Bank, he said on Tuesday. After Russia annexed Ukraine’s Crimea peninsula in 2014, European soccer body UEFA banned Crimean clubs from moving to the Russian league and instead authorized them to set up their own competition….

Former employees who are yet to receive wages include freelance contractors who worked as stadium announcers, DJs, journalist who worked for the Olympic News Service who worked at the Olympics and Paralympics. “I’m working with a legal firm that is already representing someone involved with Rio 2016, so they have a pretty good handle what is going on,” Rocky Bester, a South African freelance show producer, told The Associated Press…

What would the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Round of 12 look like had it been acted out by drivers on foot? Well, the folks at NASCAR thought it would be interesting to recreate the Chase with actors dressed as drivers, running through the woods. To that end, they enlisted director Jonathan Taylor, who’s worked on chase and action scenes in franchise films like The Fast and the Furious,…

On the field, the US women’s soccer team has followed up a thrilling NWSL final with a couple of smashing debuts in friendlies against Switzerland. Off the field, the sport is bogged down in the courts and at the negotiating table. The talent pipeline is still intact, a fact US coach Jill Ellis celebrated by calling in a staggering 11 uncapped players for camp. Lynn Williams, fresh from winning the…

Buy Photo New Rochelle defeated Arlington 3-0 in the boys soccer Section 1 Class AA championship game at Lakeland High School in Shrub Oak High School Oct. 29, 2016.  (Photo: Frank Becerra Jr./The Journal Ne) Three of the four Section 1 champions will be in action on Wednesday for the regional semifinals. New Rochelle (Class AA) and Somers (Class A) will be playing at Lakeland High, while Hastings (Class B)…

In what seems a natural fit for both GearWrench and Chip Ganassi Racing, the NASCAR team announced Tuesday that the innovative tool brand will serve as primary sponsor on the No. 1 Chevrolet driven by Jamie McMurray for multiple races in the 2017 season.   GearWrench executives joined Ganassi team officials and McMurray on Tuesday at the prestigious Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) Show in Las Vegas to announce the…

Troy — Troy Athens goalie Mason Maziasz guessed right and saved a shot off the foot of Macomb Dakota’s Brendan Moore to give Athens a 3-2 (5-4) win Tuesday for a Division 1 regional championship. “I can’t even describe the feeling right now,” Maziasz said. “I had to keep my mind focused and help my team get through this.” Last Friday night, Athens (18-4-2) and Dakota (13-4-3) met and played…

SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER A British gymnast and Olympic champion has been banned from the sport for two months after appearing to ‘mock’ Islam in a leaked private video. British Gymnastics said in a statement that Louis Smith and his former teammate Luke Carson were found to have breached the sport’s standards of conduct in a formal disciplinary proceeding. SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER Mr. Smith and Mr. Carson…

On the field, the US women’s soccer team has followed up a thrilling NWSL final with a couple of smashing debuts in friendlies against Switzerland. Off the field, the sport is bogged down in the courts and at the negotiating table. The talent pipeline is still intact, a fact US coach Jill Ellis celebrated by calling in a staggering 11 uncapped players for camp. Lynn Williams, fresh from winning the…

I thought Sunday’s race at Martinsville Speedway was a pretty darn good race. There’s really nothing I can point to and say I didn’t like. Mother Nature graced us with unbelievable weather. The grandstands were full and we also saw some very hard racing. And on top of that, we saw two of the masters of Martinsville, Jimmie Johnson and Denny Hamlin, beating and banging on each other. I think…

Former NASCAR team owner Robert Yates is beginning to receive treatment for liver cancer, according to his son, Doug, who tweeted about it on Monday. In 21 years as a NASCAR Premier Series team owner, Robert Yates won 57 races and had 49 poles. In 1999, NASCAR Hall of Fame driver Dale Jarrett won the championship driving the No. 88 Robert Yates Racing Ford Thunderbird. Early on, Yates built his…

x Embed x Share Motorist who injured 22 pedestrians after Sunday’s NASCAR race at Martinsville Speedway was arrested on a reckless driving charge, Police announced Monday. USA TODAY Sports A vehicle struck pedestrians near the helipad at Martinsville Speedway on Sunday.(Photo: Roger Wolfe) The motorist who injured 22 pedestrians — all but five requiring treatment at two area hospitals for non-life-threatening injuries — after Sunday’s NASCAR race at Martinsville Speedway was arrested…

UK Sport has conducted independent reviews in other sports recently and its chief operating officer Simon Morton said: “What UK Sport will be doing is looking in the next year at whether we have the right structures in place in terms of an investigatory function. “We understand that there is an increasing need for British sport to have an investigatory function around independent reviews.” Citing Fifa’s ethics committee as one…

Is it a river monster, a rope or something else entirely? View the video evidence of an unexplained object or critter going for a swim.

Huntingtown forward Harleigh White (9) is eager to make the most of her final playoff run with the Hurricanes’ soccer team before she focuses exclusively on her budding track future. (Katherine Frey/The Washington Post) The shock of setting a new personal record in the triple jump had barely set in last July when Harleigh White realized life was about to change. She wanted to celebrate with her parents at the…

Almost two dozen people at Martinsville Speedway in Virginia were hurt after a driver ran right into the crowd after a NASCAR race Sunday. Police said they took the unnamed driver into custody for questioning, Fox 8 reported. The crash unfolded about 30 minutes after the race when the driver jumped a traffic line, according to MotorSport.com. Many of the injured reportedly were fans waiting for racers to leave the…

By now, you probably have heard of Leslie Jones. She is one of the more well-known and hilarious cast members on Saturday Night Live. She grew up playing basketball, but it seems like she hadn’t been exposed much to soccer … until this weekend. Jones live tweeted about soccer all Sunday, especially the MLS Playoffs, and it was so funny it will make your stomach hurt. This all got started…

A slot in NASCAR’s record books is absolutely in reach for Jimmie Johnson.  Johnson earned one of four coveted spots in next month’s title-deciding season finale on Sunday when he scored his ninth career victory at Martinsville Speedway. The six-time NASCAR champion will race for his seventh championship, which would tie him for the all-time record with Hall of Famers Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt Jr.  The victory blocked Joe Gibbs…

Joe Gibbs Racing’s Carl Edwards and Stewart-Haas Racing teammates Kevin Harvick and Kurt Busch are facing sizable points deficits after the first of three races in the Chase for the Sprint Cup semifinal round. Edwards’ troubles began when he sped on pit road during his first pit stop, requiring he fall to the rear of the field. But his championship hopes took a significant hit when a blown tire…

Fabian Johnson, left, and Eintracht Frankfurt’s David Angel Abraham vie for ball during Moenchngladbach’s 0-0 draw in the Bundesliga. (Maja Hitij/EPA) Of note: Several players competing in lesser leagues or with reserve squads are not listed. Americans with dual nationalities representing other national teams have also been omitted. ENGLAND Premier League Stoke City defender-midfielder Geoff Cameron: vs. Swansea City on Monday (4 p.m., NBCSN) Middlesbrough goalkeeper Brad Guzan: in the…