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Image: AP Forty-five-year-old NASCAR racer Derek White is said to be among some 60 people arrested in what’s being called “the biggest tobacco-smuggling bust in North American history.” Bloomberg and others are reporting that the operation is linked to biker gangs and international organized crime. NBC Sports says White turned himself in on Wednesday, and will face seven charges for his part in a scheme that basically amounted to buying…

On the day he became the best man in America at the second sport he chose, Max Aaron wasn’t nervous. He thought about his parents in the stands, who he’d left as a teenager to go train in Colorado Springs and who’d never gotten to see him perform perfectly at a major event. It was more calming to meditate on owing it to them than beating other dudes. Besides, he…

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U.S. goalie Ethan Horvath, center, and forward Will Trapp react after the team’s 2-1 loss to Colombia in an Olympic qualifying soccer match in Frisco, Texas.(Photo: Brandon Wade, AP) FRISCO, Texas (AP) — The United States failed to qualify for consecutive Olympic men’s soccer tournaments for the first time in a half century, a collapse players found hard to address on analyze. Roger Martinez scored twice, Americans Luis Gil and…

Should Brexit happen, players such as Dimitri Payet, Willy Caballero and N’Golo Kante would lose their right to play in the Premier League British football could be radically changed if the UK votes to leave the European Union, according to experts and leading voices in the game. Some fear so-called Brexit could lead to more than 400 players losing the right to play in the UK, while others say it…

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U.S. goalie Ethan Horvath, center, and forward Will Trapp react after the team’s 2-1 loss to Colombia in an Olympic qualifying soccer match in Frisco, Texas.(Photo: Brandon Wade, AP) FRISCO, Texas (AP) — The United States failed to qualify for consecutive Olympic men’s soccer tournaments for the first time in a half century, a collapse players found hard to address on analyze. Roger Martinez scored twice, Americans Luis Gil and…

The 50m and 100m breaststroke world record holder, Adam Peaty, believes weekly drug tests are the only way to keep swimming clean following recent allegations about Russian state doping. Related: Wada to investigate allegations of systemic doping in Russian swimming Peaty, who won three gold medals at the world championships last summer in Kazan, is preparing for the British Olympic trials in a fortnight’s time and revealed that he had…

U.S. goalie Ethan Horvath, center, and forward Will Trapp react after the team’s 2-1 loss to Colombia in an Olympic qualifying soccer match in Frisco, Texas.(Photo: Brandon Wade, AP) FRISCO, Texas (AP) — The United States failed to qualify for consecutive Olympic men’s soccer tournaments for the first time in a half century, a collapse players found hard to address on analyze. Roger Martinez scored twice, Americans Luis Gil and…

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USSF President Sunil Gulati (Associated Press) The U.S. Soccer Federation will reconsider staging matches or conducting other events in North Carolina in the wake of state legislation that critics have called discriminatory against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, federation President Sunil Gulati told the Insider on Wednesday. “Given the legislation, I’ve asked the people who handle our games to reconsider,” he said. “We think the legislation in the year…

The U.S. men’s soccer team will not be joining the U.S. women in Rio. On Tuesday, the U.S. Under-23 men’s squad fell to Colombia 2-1 in Frisco, Texas, losing the Olympic playoff 3-2 on aggregate. The teams are made of U-23 players because men’s soccer at the Olympics consists of mainly U-23 members and three allowed over-age players. After having secured a 1-1 draw in Colombia last week, a 0-0…

The red warning lights that flashed in the face of the United States national team on Friday night in Guatemala City never even flickered on Tuesday in Mapfre Stadium. The U.S. romped to a 4-0 victory over Guatemala in front of 20,624, helping the Americans write themselves a new lease on their World Cup qualifying lives. In what amounted to a must-win game in the semifinal round of CONCACAF qualifying,…

The U.S. men’s soccer team will not be joining the U.S. women in Rio. On Tuesday, the U.S. Under-23 men’s squad fell to Colombia 2-1 in Frisco, Texas, losing the Olympic playoff 3-2 on aggregate. The teams are made of U-23 players because men’s soccer at the Olympics consists of mainly U-23 members and three allowed over-age players. After having secured a 1-1 draw in Colombia last week, a 0-0…

Jurgen Klinsmann cannot make up his mind about what he wants from the American soccer culture. Back in 2014, Klinsmann urged U.S. soccer fans to get on the level of European soccer powers that shame their players and coaches after poor performances. He said via FTW’s Laken Litman: “We’re not there yet. But in the big leagues in Europe and South America, if you miss a shot, you’re held accountable…

The Mexican Soccer Federation launched a campaign Tuesday urging fans to refrain from anti-gay chants that drew fines from FIFA earlier this year. It may be a tough fight, judging by the plea’s failure to deter fans at a Mexican national team game Tuesday night. Called “Embraced by Soccer,” the campaign consists of a couple of 30-second videos in which popular stars including forward Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez, captain and defender…

3:20 PM ET print The Sprint Cup Series heads to Martinsville Speedway this week, and while the participants of the most notable wreck from November have tried to move on, no one will forget that race anytime soon. Many would view the Nov. 1 race as the ultimate in NASCAR retaliation and vigilante stock-car justice, an act that resulted in NASCAR’s harshest penalty ever to a Sprint Cup driver for…

3:20 PM ET print The Sprint Cup Series heads to Martinsville Speedway this week, and while the participants of the most notable wreck from November have tried to move on, no one will forget that race anytime soon. Many would view the Nov. 1 race as the ultimate in NASCAR retaliation and vigilante stock-car justice, an act that resulted in NASCAR’s harshest penalty ever to a Sprint Cup driver for…

He shoots, he scores! Watch the Americans try to put the ball in the net against Guatemala online in this 2018 World Cup Qualifying match on March 28th at 7:00 pm EST. Check out the game’s live stream here! The United States Men’s National team is in a must-win situation in this match-up against their neighbors to the south, Guatemala. The American’s will be hosting the game in the heartland at…

3:20 PM ET print The Sprint Cup Series heads to Martinsville Speedway this week, and while the participants of the most notable wreck from November have tried to move on, no one will forget that race anytime soon. Many would view the Nov. 1 race as the ultimate in NASCAR retaliation and vigilante stock-car justice, an act that resulted in NASCAR’s harshest penalty ever to a Sprint Cup driver for…