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The Italian Grand Prix was Hamilton’s sixth win of the season It was a weekend of landmarks for Lewis Hamilton at the Italian Grand Prix, but how significant some of them are remains to be seen. Breaking the all-time record for pole positions was a magnificent achievement that further solidifies the Mercedes driver’s standing as the fastest driver of his era and an all-time great. Like his 59th career win…

Neil Taylor has close support from Joe Allen (R) against Slovakia at Euro 2016 Midfielder Joe Allen and defender Neil Taylor have returned to the Wales squad for their trip to Moldova in the 2018 World Cup qualifiers on Tuesday. The pair missed Wales’ 1-0 win over Austria on Saturday that kept alive their hopes of going to Russia. Allen replaces Jonny Williams and James Collins drops out to accommodate…

3.10pm EDT15:10 A harder game for Sharapova on her own serve and Sevastova gets advantage to bring up her first break point. The Russia hits a strong serve down the middle though that Sevastova can’t land in play and we’re back to deuce. Sevastova has hit a few weak drop shots today, and another one brings up gamepoint for Sharapova – another good serve helps her hold. Sharapova leads 4-1….

CARNEYS POINT TWP. — A South Jersey college may be a step closer to bringing back athletic programs to its campus. Salem Community College axed the last of its intercollegiate sports three years ago because of financial problems, but officials there are now reassessing whether the time is right for some of those programs to be brought back. With an athletics feasibility study ordered earlier this year now completed, the college…

Roger Federer was a wonder this year in tennis before he got to the big, bad city, winning his 18th major at the Australian Open and then his 19th at Wimbledon, two months short of his 36th birthday, the oldest man to win Wimbledon in 108 years and the oldest since Arthur Ashe won there at the age of 31 in 1975. But Venus Williams is as…

Lewis Hamilton leads from start to finish, recording a comfortable victory and moving to the top of the drivers’ championship for the first time this season; Valtteri Bottas was second and Sebastian Vettel third • Read Giles Richards’ race report

NEW DELHI: Athens Olympic silver medallist shooter Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore was on Sunday appointed the new sports minister in place of Vijay Goel, who has been made the minister of state for parliamentary affairs. The 47-year-old Rathore was till now serving as minister of state for information & broadcasting. Rathore takes over from the pro-active Goel following a major cabinet reshuffle by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Colonel Rathore first stepped…

No. 3 Florida State’s chances against No. 1 Alabama started slipping away bit by bit in the second half. If this sounds familiar, it’s because it is. The Seminoles were simply Alabama’s latest victim in the Tide’s 24-7 win Saturday night in Atlanta. College football’s most anticipated Week 1 game in years lived up to the billing for the first half. Florida State was Alabama’s equal for the entirety of…

If the board proves the major offense, Fognini will face up to $250,000 in fines and may be permanently barred from future Grand Slam tournaments. Based on his actions at the Open this past week, it appears that those maximum fines would be more than warranted. It was much too little and a little too late, but Fognini apologized on Twitter on Thursday, saying sorry to fans — but not…

Shutterstock/Adam Tinney Scientists don’t know exactly when head injuries from contact sports cross the line into dangerous territory. But a new study published in the journal Frontiers of Neurology shows that brain changes from contact sports — even games less violent than football, like basketball and soccer — start to appear earlier than most people think. Even brains of college athletes show signs of changes. “To us, the biggest surprise was that we observed any…

Sports Direct is asking warehouse staff to press a happy or sad face emoji on a touchpad to tell them how they’re feeling when they clock in – management can then identify and question them if they are disgruntled, a trade union has claimed. The leisurewear company is said to to identify employees by their fingerprints when they give a negative response on the touchpad when they start their shifts, and ask them to explain their grievance. It is…

Sports Direct is asking warehouse staff to press a happy or sad face emoji on a touchpad to tell them how they’re feeling when they clock in – management can then identify and question them if they are disgruntled, a trade union has claimed. The leisurewear company is said to to identify employees by their fingerprints when they give a negative response on the touchpad when they start their shifts, and ask them to explain their grievance. It is…

Shutterstock/Adam Tinney Scientists don’t know exactly when head injuries from contact sports cross the line into dangerous territory. But a new study published in the journal Frontiers of Neurology shows that brain changes from contact sports — even games less violent than football, like basketball and soccer — start to appear earlier than most people think. Even brains of college athletes show signs of changes. “To us, the biggest surprise was that we observed any…

Image copyright PA Image caption MPs have declared about £215,000 worth of gifts, benefits and hospitality Sports and betting companies top the list of donors treating MPs to gifts and hospitality. The Ladbrokes Coral group appeared 15 times in the register of members’ interests, more than any other donor. Out of 187 donations from UK sources registered by MPs, 58 were from the world of sport. A further 19 were…

Sports Direct is asking warehouse staff to press a happy or sad face emoji on a touchpad to tell them how they’re feeling when they clock in – management can then identify and question them if they are disgruntled, a trade union has claimed. The leisurewear company is said to to identify employees by their fingerprints when they give a negative response on the touchpad when they start their shifts, and ask them to explain their grievance. It is…

Image copyright PA Image caption MPs have declared about £215,000 worth of gifts, benefits and hospitality Sports and betting companies top the list of donors treating MPs to gifts and hospitality. The Ladbrokes Coral group appeared 15 times in the register of members’ interests, more than any other donor. Out of 187 donations from UK sources registered by MPs, 58 were from the world of sport. A further 19 were…

Gameday is finally upon us. Saturday gives us our first full slate of college football games since January, and that means it’s time for wild predictions and plenty of hype. CBS Sports Network will be carrying a doubleheader on Saturday, chock full of SEC football to open the season. Here’s what you need to know going into these games, as both Kentucky and Vanderbilt are looking to start off on…

The skyrocketing cost of youth sports — which is now a $15 billion market, according to the research firm WinterGreen Research — has left many parents dishing out thousands of dollars to support child athletes that are beginning to specialize in sports from increasingly young ages. Ryan Brown, 14, told ABC News that he plays baseball “four hours a day, five days a week.” “If it weren’t for baseball, I…

Buy Photo Founders Sterling McAfee, Ryan Tyrrell, Connor Lewis and Meghan Gruszynski have developed an app called Rabble that helps sports fans find other fans of the same teams.(Photo: George Walker IV / The Tennessean)Buy Photo Nashville company Rabble is launching a check-in app to help sports fans find one another and determine the best locations for watching their team. Through Rabble, founded by Ryan Tyrrell, fans will be able…

Disgraced MLB hit king Pete Rose was something of a surprise addition to Fox Sports‘ MLB studio show back in 2015, and while he was seen as a little rough around the edges, he generally garnered favorable reviews for his candid, crusty takes on modern-era baseball. In March, the network announced that Rose would be back for another season in 2017. But Rose’s run as a TV analyst is apparently…