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Swansea City have fired manager Francesco Guidolin and hired Bob Bradley to take over the struggling Premier League club. The appointment makes Bradley the first American to ever manage in one of Europe’s top leagues. Bradley got his start in American college soccer, before becoming one of the best managers in MLS and then leading the United States national team from 2007-2011. He won a Gold Cup, finished first in…

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (Oct. 3, 2016) — Richard Childress Racing (RCR) has enlisted NASCAR Digital Media (NDM) to oversee design and development of the organization’s new website, the companies announced today. The new rcrracing.com will soft launch in December followed by a full rollout in early 2017. RCR undertook a rigorous search process, interviewing more than 10 agencies and web design firms before awarding the project to NDM. In doing so, RCR becomes…

RELATED: Race results | Updated Chase Grid SHOP: Suarez gear DOVER, Del. — With a dominant car that opened leads of more than six seconds after the final restart on Lap 152 of 200, Daniel Suárez won Sunday’s rain-delayed Drive Sober 200 at Dover International Speedway and earned a spot in the Round of 8 in the inaugural NASCAR XFINITY Series Chase. The Mexican-born driver grabbed the top spot from eventual…

The small wearable device, which pairs with a smartphone via Bluetooth, fits inside a leg sleeve that’s part of the retail bundle. In fact, there are two sleeves included in the box, one small-medium size and a medium-large. Unlike its other sensors, Zepp says the Play Soccer version isn’t about the company helping you train with video tutorials or tips from professional athletes. Instead, you’re supposed to use the raw…

RELATED: Race results | Chase Grid   DOVER, Del. — The final margin was of little consequence. Tony Stewart would either be in or out after 400 miles at Dover International Speedway. In, and he would be one those advancing to the Round of 12, the second elimination round in this year’s Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup. Out and he would have no chance to end his NASCAR Sprint Cup…

In this sporting era where individuals and occasions are proclaimed as the greatest of all time with bemusing regularity, there is quite a clamour at the top of the pile. The core emotions, and the level of talent, on display as the USA won the 41st Ryder Cup served as a reminder that precious little can class itself as superior to this biennial team‑golf tournament. The nudge was timely. Football’s…

It’s doubleheader day at Dover International Speedway, which will host both the NASCAR XFINITY and Sprint Cup Series on Sunday. The Drive Sober 200 XFINITY race originally slated for Saturday was rained out, so it will start this morning at 10 a.m., with the Citizen Soldier 400 Sprint Cup race going on as previously scheduled  at 2 p.m. Track officials announced that fans can stay and watch both races with…

  As news of the attack unfolded, NASCAR officials tried to find out if anybody in the industry was hurt or killed, a daunting task considering the dearth of information, the collapse of cell phone communications and how spread out the sport was. Some NASCAR officials had remained in Richmond, Virginia, following the previous race, and others worked at various locations across the country, including at a test in Kansas….

RELATED: Live weather updates | Weekend schedule After spotty rain affected events all day Saturday at Dover, NASCAR postponed the XFINITY Series’ Drive Sober 200 until 10 a.m. ET Sunday (CNBC, MRN, SIRIUS XM). The second race of the NASCAR XFINITY Series Chase was set to be the capstone to a day of action at Dover International Speedway. Fans with tickets to either race will be admitted for both. Tickets are available here. …

RELATED: Chase Grid | Sunday’s full lineup DOVER, Del. — The track that has brought Jimmie Johnson so much success is also the site of one of his biggest disappointments. It was here at year ago at Dover International Speedway that Johnson’s No. 48 Chevrolet was felled by a broken axle seal, relegating the Hendrick Motorsports driver to a 41st-place finish. RECAP: What plagued Johnson at Dover last year One…

RELATED: See photos from Saturday’s rainy day at Dover   The XFINITY Series Dover race postponement — due to weather — left teams scrambling to assemble their lineups Saturday afternoon with playoff chances on the line.   Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup contenders, Kyle Busch, Joey Logano and Austin Dillon were expected to perform double-duty, but with both races now on Sunday, teams had to reassemble its lineups so…

Half the beauty of high school sports is being able to see athletes at their genesis: think Valor Christian’s Christian McCaffrey before he became a Heisman Trophy front-runnner, or Mountain Vista’s Mal Pugh before she ascended to soccer stardom on the U.S. Women’s National Team. But what if the best athletes in their respective sports didn’t play for their local high school? What if we missed that first fleeting look…

RELATED: Chase Grid | Sunday’s full lineup DOVER, Del. — The track that has brought Jimmie Johnson so much success is also the site of one of his biggest disappointments. It was here at year ago at Dover International Speedway that Johnson’s No. 48 Chevrolet was felled by a broken axle seal, relegating the Hendrick Motorsports driver to a 41st-place finish. RECAP: What plagued Johnson at Dover last year One…

RELATED: Chase Grid | Sunday’s full lineup DOVER, Del. — The track that has brought Jimmie Johnson so much success is also the site of one of his biggest disappointments. It was here at year ago at Dover International Speedway that Johnson’s No. 48 Chevrolet was felled by a broken axle seal, relegating the Hendrick Motorsports driver to a 41st-place finish. RECAP: What plagued Johnson at Dover last year One…

LONDON — A 14-year-old girl received a photo on Snapchat that showed a man holding a black placard with the message: “Are you British, or are you Muslim?” She eventually told a mentor on her soccer team, Shamender Talwar, who said the girl was being recruited by the Islamic State. He urged her to decide what was more important: soccer or the militant group. She picked soccer. Weeks earlier, reports…

RELATED: Live weather updates | Weekend schedule Saturday’s on-track action started well for the second Sprint Cup practice at Dover International Speedway — home of this weekend’s Sprint Cup Series and XFINITY Series races. But sprinkles turned to heavier rain with 15 minutes left in that practice, bringing out the red flag after 45 minutes of the 55-minute session. XFINITY Series qualifying was also off to a good start, but was scrapped…

Seventeen drivers will take part in a three-day tryout next month at New Smyrna (Fla.) Speedway to compete for spots in the 2017 edition of NASCAR’s Drive for Diversity driver development program. This is the 13th year of the combine, where promising ethnically diverse and female drivers from across North and South America are evaluated for inclusion in next season’s program. In a partnership with Rev Racing, drivers…

ON THE COVER Team USA won 16 Olympic gold medals in Rio—and 33 total medals, including at least one in 29 of 32 events! No fewer than 38 of its 45 swimmers won at least one medal, while 18 Americans went home with multiple medals. The standouts for the U.S. included the obvious names (Michael Phelps, Katie Ledecky), some newer faces (Ryan Murphy, Maya DiRado, Lilly King,…

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