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Media playback is not supported on this device Rafael Benitez: New Newcastle manager’s career facts Rafael Benitez has been named as Newcastle’s new manager, following the sacking of Steve McClaren. The former Liverpool, Chelsea, Real Madrid, Inter Milan and Valencia boss takes over with the Magpies a point from safety with 10 games left. The Spaniard, 55, has signed a three-year contract, which is understood to contain a break clause…

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NASCAR Chairman and CEO Brian France, right, speaks at a rally for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at Valdosta State University in Valdosta, Ga. Photo: AP NASCAR CEO Brian France’s endorsement of Donald Trump for president doesn’t say anything good about NASCAR’s future—or its present. After we published our piece on the subject, France did an interview with the AP where he basically admitted he has no idea what he’s…

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Media playback is not supported on this device Rafael Benitez: New Newcastle manager’s career facts Rafael Benitez has been named as Newcastle’s new manager, following the sacking of Steve McClaren. The former Liverpool, Chelsea, Real Madrid, Inter Milan and Valencia boss takes over with the Magpies a point from safety with 10 games left. Spaniard Benitez, 55, has signed a three-year contract and brought in coaches Fabio Pecchia, Francisco de…

WASHINGTON — Hailing the often-overlooked partnership between the United States and Canada, President Barack Obama lauded the liberal agenda of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Thursday, casting him as an heir to his own progressive legacy. “No two nations agree on everything,” Obama said during a morning news conference in the White House Rose Garden. “Our countries are no different, but in terms of our interests and values and how we…

NASCAR Chairman and CEO Brian France, right, speaks at a rally for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at Valdosta State University in Valdosta, Ga. Photo: AP NASCAR CEO Brian France’s endorsement of Donald Trump for president doesn’t say anything good about NASCAR’s future—or its present. After we published our piece on the subject, France did an interview with the AP where he basically admitted he has no idea what he’s…

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Buy Photo Austin Berry, a graduate of Summit Country Day School in Cincinnati, chimed in on the ongoing debate about America’s soccer glossary.(Photo: The Enquirer/Patrick Brennan)Buy Photo As soccer continues to grow in America, a great linguistic debate rages on. Even FC Cincinnati has weighed in. Many Americans grew up in a world where the name of the game was “soccer.” You played it on a field and you wore cleats…

NASCAR Chairman and CEO Brian France, right, speaks at a rally for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at Valdosta State University in Valdosta, Ga. Photo: AP NASCAR CEO Brian France’s endorsement of Donald Trump for president doesn’t say anything good about NASCAR’s future—or its present. After we published our piece on the subject, France did an interview with the AP where he basically admitted he has no idea what he’s…

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NASCAR Chairman and CEO Brian France, right, speaks at a rally for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at Valdosta State University in Valdosta, Ga. Photo: AP NASCAR CEO Brian France’s endorsement of Donald Trump for president doesn’t say anything good about NASCAR’s future—or its present. After we published our piece on the subject, France did an interview with the AP where he basically admitted he has no idea what he’s…

And in his remarks welcoming the Prime Minister earlier Thursday, Obama teased the Canadian about hockey, noting the NHL’s top prize of the Stanley Cup currently resides in his home town, with the Chicago Blackhawks. The two leaders also spoke of more weighty matters at the news conference, with Obama hailing an agreement on cutting methane emissions and joint efforts to combat ISIS as evidence of a renewed partnership between…

When Brian France endorsed Donald Trump for president, the chairman and chief executive of NASCAR thought of it as nothing more than a “routine endorsement.” He’s been dealing with the fallout ever since. France’s decision to personally back the front-runner for the Republican nomination has roiled a sport his family built from the ground up. It’s threatened a decade of work to broaden NASCAR’s appeal among minorities, upset…

print Our experts weigh in on four of the biggest questions in NASCAR: Turn 1: Who is in bigger trouble after three races, Richard Childress Racing, Roush Fenway Racing or Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates? Ricky Craven, ESPN NASCAR analyst: If you study the catalyst for each organization going forward — Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Austin Dillon and Kyle Larson — it’s Larson who concerns me most, perhaps because I…

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Scottish football performed no tests in the last three documented months Only eight drugs tests have been conducted in Scottish football during the last nine months with none in the last three, BBC Sport has learned. Former Partick Thistle player Jordan McMillan is the only British footballer currently banned, for taking cocaine. But the Scottish Football Association, which does not fund any testing, says football in Scotland is “clean”. UK…

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — When Brian France endorsed Donald Trump for president, the chairman and chief executive of NASCAR thought of it as nothing more than a “routine endorsement.” He’s been dealing with the fallout ever since. France’s decision to personally back the front-runner for the Republican nomination has roiled a sport his family built from the ground up. It’s threatened a decade of work to broaden NASCAR’s appeal among minorities,…