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(CNN)Australia’s national women’s soccer team has canceled a sell-out tour of the U.S. amid a dispute over their pay, which the players say is so low it’s illegal. The team, called the Matildas, have been negotiating for six months for a pay rise and improved benefits with Australia’s national football body, the Football Federation of Australia (FFA). Kate Gill, a Matildas squad member and executive with the national player body,…

FOOTBALL GOSSIP Owner Dave King says he wants to bring “Oldco” Rangers back. Rival supporters have chanted “You’re not Rangers anymore” at matches since their liquidation. (Daily Record)  King also believes Mark Warburton can lead Rangers to the Scottish Premiership title next season. (Scotsman)  And, King also claimed Celtic did Rangers a favour by signing Scott Allan, as it was…

Soccer is a stubborn old sport, generally slow to adapt new rules or technology. FIFA, the sport’s governing body, only introduced a system to figure out if balls had crossed the goal line last year, whereas tennis got similar technology a decade ago. But now coaches in the English Premier League have started using drones to film their team’s training sessions, The Guardian reported. Everton FC, the second-most famous club…

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Cars adorned with classic paint schemes of yesteryear — including those associated with Hall of Famers Richard Petty, David Pearson and Bobby Allison — were everywhere. Drivers spoke wistfully about the importance of the event, as fans reveled in the sport honoring its rich past instead of running away from it as NASCAR is so often accused of doing. In nearly every way the atmosphere was exactly what Darlington…

Cars adorned with classic paint schemes of yesteryear — including those associated with Hall of Famers Richard Petty, David Pearson and Bobby Allison — were everywhere. Drivers spoke wistfully about the importance of the event, as fans reveled in the sport honoring its rich past instead of running away from it as NASCAR is so often accused of doing. In nearly every way the atmosphere was exactly what Darlington…

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For a list of all the latest deals, check out the transfers page. After opening talks on a new contract, Manchester United goalkeeper David De Gea, 24, is poised to see his income rise to £200,000 a week. (Mirror)  QPR striker Charlie Austin, 26, insists there was no truth in reports linking him with a summer move to Manchester United. …

0 Shares Print Our experts weigh in on four of the biggest questions in NASCAR this week: Turn 1: Of the drivers without a win, who has the best chance to win Richmond and get in the Chase? Ricky Craven, ESPN NASCAR analyst: Clint Bowyer and Kasey Kahne are the two drivers either on the bubble or on the outside looking in with the best shot at a Richmond Hail…

After its initial hearing with U.S. Soccer about cleaning up the game, the U.S. Senate turned its attention to American youth clubs’ quest for solidarity payments this week. U.S. Soccer had not responded publicly to the issue yet, but the federation had to answer in writing to the questions submitted by Senator Maria Cantwell (D., Washington). Cantwell entered four questions for the record about the federation’s lack of adherence to…

Cars adorned with classic paint schemes of yesteryear — including those associated with Hall of Famers Richard Petty, David Pearson and Bobby Allison — were everywhere. Drivers spoke wistfully about the importance of the event, as fans reveled in the sport honoring its rich past instead of running away from it as NASCAR is so often accused of doing. In nearly every way the atmosphere was exactly what Darlington…

(CNN)Mexico has played its trump card ahead of a key soccer match against the U.S. Donald Trump — the Republican frontrunner for the U.S. presidency — has been less than complimentary about his nation’s southern neighbor. He has notably accused the Mexican government of flooding the U.S. with rapists, criminals, and drug traffickers, while promising — if elected — to build a 2,000-mile-long wall along the two countries’ border, and…

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After several months of negotiations failed to produce a new collective bargaining agreement ensuring better pay and higher quality training, the Australian women’s soccer team decided they’d had enough. This week they went on strike. “For the past two months the players have been unpaid and have made every attempt to reach an agreement that gives the women’s game a platform for growth,” goalkeeper Lydia Williams said. “This is about…

U.S. Soccer is making contingency plans for a pair of friendlies that are scheduled next week for the United States women’s national team. The opponent for the third and fourth Victory Tour matches is slated to be Australia. However, the Matildas are currently on strike as they seek better compensation from Football Federation Australia. That has put a big question mark around the Sept. 17 game (live, FS1, FOX Sports…

(CNN)Here’s one campaign Donald Trump likely didn’t foresee when he decided to run for President. A new ad from a Mexican television station featuring Trump’s controversial remarks on immigrants is being used to rally the men’s Mexican national soccer team to victory over the U.S. next month in California. The commercial from Mexican TV Azteca opens with the American flag flowing in wind, while Jimi Hendrix’s rendition of “Star Spangled…

Sports by Esther Yu-Hsi Lee Sep 10, 2015 8:00am CREDIT: Esther Yu-Hsi Lee Members of the South Bronx United soccer team holding a soccer ball that they will present to Pope Francis. BRONX, NY — On a breezy, 78-degree Saturday afternoon in early September, more than a dozen teenagers file onto a small soccer field in the shadows of the Yankee Stadium in Bronx, New York. Some sit on the…

After several months of negotiations failed to produce a new collective bargaining agreement ensuring better pay and higher quality training, the Australian women’s soccer team decided they’d had enough. This week they went on strike. “For the past two months the players have been unpaid and have made every attempt to reach an agreement that gives the women’s game a platform for growth,” goalkeeper Lydia Williams said. “This is about…

(CNN)Here’s one campaign Donald Trump likely didn’t foresee when he decided to run for President. A new ad from a Mexican television station featuring Trump’s controversial remarks on immigrants is being used to rally the men’s Mexican national soccer team to victory over the U.S. next month in California. The commercial from Mexican TV Azteca opens with the American flag flowing in wind, while Jimi Hendrix’s rendition of “Star Spangled…

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