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BLACKSBURG – The Virginia Tech men’s soccer team defeated top-ranked and previously unbeaten Notre Dame 2-1 Friday night at Thompson Field. The win, Tech’s first over a No. 1 team since 2011, takes the Hokies’ record to 4-4 overall and 1-2 in conference play. The Hokies came up with two goals against a Notre Dame defensive unit that had given up three goals through the first six matches….

The civil war in anti-doping over whether Russia should be allowed to compete in next year’s Winter Olympics intensified on Saturday night as the head of the powerful US Anti-Doping Agency said that anything less than a total ban would be a “get out of jail free card” that would have terrible consequences for sport. The warning came from Travis Tygart, Usada’s chief executive, who told the Observer that he…

The Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs continue on Sunday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway with just two races to go in the Round of 16. Martin Truex Jr. has already locked in his spot for the Round of 12, taking the checkered flag at Chicagoland but who will be the next to join him? Here are our picks for Sunday’s ISM Connect 300 at The Magic Mile. Winner: Kyle…

9.58am EDT09:58 Crash in the main group As news comes in that Italian favourite Giorgia Bronzini has been dropped there is a crash in the main group involving three more Italian, Longo Borghini is amongst them, there was a member of the Dutch team in there too. The USA also look to have lost Megan Guarnier. Updated at 10.10am EDT

Welcome to the Jalopnik Weekend Motorsports Roundup, where we let you know what’s going on in the world of racing, where you can see it, and where you can talk about it all in one convenient place. Where else would you want to spend your weekend? IndyCar is over and Formula 1 isn’t back until next week with the Malaysia Grand Prix. Fortunately we always have NASCAR to watch and…

The NHL playing preseason games in China is a bittersweet reminder that the most international league of the four major sports and its biggest growth sector resides overseas. But it’s also a reminder that out of pettiness and greed they failed to convert on what is the best built-in marketing tool to grow the game in that sector, the Olympics. That was a sad reality that Alex Ovechkin finally came…

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BLACKSBURG – The Virginia Tech men’s soccer team defeated top-ranked and previously unbeaten Notre Dame 2-1 Friday night at Thompson Field. The win, Tech’s first over a No. 1 team since 2011, takes the Hokies’ record to 4-4 overall and 1-2 in conference play. The Hokies came up with two goals against a Notre Dame defensive unit that had given up three goals through the first six matches….

The NHL playing preseason games in China is a bittersweet reminder that the most international league of the four major sports and its biggest growth sector resides overseas. But it’s also a reminder that out of pettiness and greed they failed to convert on what is the best built-in marketing tool to grow the game in that sector, the Olympics. That was a sad reality that Alex Ovechkin finally came…

The NHL playing preseason games in China is a bittersweet reminder that the most international league of the four major sports and its biggest growth sector resides overseas. But it’s also a reminder that out of pettiness and greed they failed to convert on what is the best built-in marketing tool to grow the game in that sector, the Olympics. That was a sad reality that Alex Ovechkin finally came…

The NHL playing preseason games in China is a bittersweet reminder that the most international league of the four major sports and its biggest growth sector resides overseas. But it’s also a reminder that out of pettiness and greed they failed to convert on what is the best built-in marketing tool to grow the game in that sector, the Olympics. That was a sad reality that Alex Ovechkin finally came…

Would anyone skip the Olympics because of the latest North Korea tensions? (Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters) Tensions on the Korean Peninsula are running high this week as President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un have traded barbs about the Asian nation’s nuclear capabilities. On Tuesday in a speech before the United Nations General Assembly, Trump called Kim “Rocket Man” and said he was leading a “depraved regime.” Kim shot back…

The NHL playing preseason games in China is a bittersweet reminder that the most international league of the four major sports and its biggest growth sector resides overseas. But it’s also a reminder that out of pettiness and greed they failed to convert on what is the best built-in marketing tool to grow the game in that sector, the Olympics. That was a sad reality that Alex Ovechkin finally came…

Photo credit: Pool/Getty Christian Pulisic. Matt Miazga. Josh Sargent. These are some of the budding talents soccer fans in the States hope will develop and flourish and eventually Make America Great At Soccer For The First Time. And it seems we’ve found another young upstart to add to that list. That youngster is none other than … Barron fucking Trump?! We knew the youngest of our dumbass president’s children was…

Eric Wynalda doesn’t yet know if he will run for president of the United States Soccer Federation next year but he does know something has to change at the top of the sport in America. Wynalda, apparently, is not alone. After 11 unchallenged years as USSF president, incumbent Sunil Gulati will face at least two – and possibly more – declared rivals at an election in February. Wynalda comes with…

In April, when U.S. Soccer and the women’s national team announced they had agreed to terms on a new C.B.A., they ended a public fight that had been framed largely as a dispute over the issue of equal pay. But each side also heralded the deal as something more valuable: the start of a new partnership, one that gave the players a bigger voice in their team’s day-to-day affairs. Now,…

PARIS/SEOUL – France’s Winter Olympics team will not travel to the 2018 Games in South Korea if its security cannot be guaranteed, France’s sports minister said on Thursday, the first major doubts by a participating nation about growing North Korean tensions. The games organizer said on Friday that it is closely monitoring the current geopolitical situation with the South Korean government, adding that safety is the top priority. Tensions in…

In April, when U.S. Soccer and the women’s national team announced they had agreed to terms on a new C.B.A., they ended a public fight that had been framed largely as a dispute over the issue of equal pay. But each side also heralded the deal as something more valuable: the start of a new partnership, one that gave the players a bigger voice in their team’s day-to-day affairs. Now,…

A spate of high-profile road accidents involving bikes has sparked a national debate on laws covering reckless cycling. The Government this week announced an “urgent” legal review in the wake of the sentencing of Charlie Alliston, 20, who knocked down and killed 44-year-old mother Kim Briggs while riding a bike with no front brake. The case prompted calls for the introduction of new charges that apply specifically to cyclists who…

PARIS/SEOUL – France’s Winter Olympics team will not travel to the 2018 Games in South Korea if its security cannot be guaranteed, France’s sports minister said on Thursday, the first major doubts by a participating nation about growing North Korean tensions. The games organizer said on Friday that it is closely monitoring the current geopolitical situation with the South Korean government, adding that safety is the top priority. Tensions in…