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9:46 PM ET Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment Tony Yoka has signed with Los Angeles-based promoter Richard Schaefer’s Ringstar Sports. Yoka won the 2016 Olympic super heavyweight gold medal for France — meaning he is expected to follow in the footsteps of fighters such as Lennox Lewis, Wladimir Klitschko and Anthony Joshua and win a professional world title. “It is a great pleasure for me to welcome…

During his 45-year TV career, Bryant Gumbel has gained a reputation for being a perfectionist. Even famous friends have to clear a high bar. The late superstar Prince, a big fan of Gumbel from his “Today”  show days, got that pointed message when he offered to compose a theme song for CBS’ “Public Eye With Bryant Gumbel,” his 1998 prime-time magazine. “He took a run at it and I didn’t like it,” Gumbel…

A raider of Dabang Delhi attempts to tag players of Bengal Warriors during the match between Dabang Delhi and Bengal Warriors in the Pro Kabaddi League in New Delhi. (Photo credit:Chandan Khanna/AFP/Getty Images) According to a leading sports scholar Boria Majumdar, Indian athletes who have achieved international success in any form of sports are exceptions and that it has little to do with the country’s sports program. India does not…

Bernie Ecclestone’s reign as the chief executive of Formula One has been brought to a close, after he ran it virtually single-handedly for 40 years. The surprising speed of the decision is a clear signal of the intention of the new owners, Liberty Media, to change the way the sport is run. It represents the most significant shift in Formula One’s management since Ecclestone took over in the late 1970s….

A raider of Dabang Delhi attempts to tag players of Bengal Warriors during the match between Dabang Delhi and Bengal Warriors in the Pro Kabaddi League in New Delhi. (Photo credit:Chandan Khanna/AFP/Getty Images) According to a leading sports scholar Boria Majumdar, Indian athletes who have achieved international success in any form of sports are exceptions and that it has little to do with the country’s sports program. India does not…

A raider of Dabang Delhi attempts to tag players of Bengal Warriors during the match between Dabang Delhi and Bengal Warriors in the Pro Kabaddi League in New Delhi. (Photo credit:Chandan Khanna/AFP/Getty Images) According to a leading sports scholar Boria Majumdar, Indian athletes who have achieved international success in any form of sports are exceptions and that it has little to do with the country’s sports program. India does not…

During his 45-year TV career, Bryant Gumbel has gained a reputation for being a perfectionist. Even famous friends have to clear a high bar. The late superstar Prince, a big fan of Gumbel from his “Today”  show days, got that pointed message when he offered to compose a theme song for CBS’ “Public Eye With Bryant Gumbel,” his 1998 prime-time magazine. “He took a run at it and I didn’t like it,” Gumbel…

A raider of Dabang Delhi attempts to tag players of Bengal Warriors during the match between Dabang Delhi and Bengal Warriors in the Pro Kabaddi League in New Delhi. (Photo credit:Chandan Khanna/AFP/Getty Images) According to a leading sports scholar Boria Majumdar, Indian athletes who have achieved international success in any form of sports are exceptions and that it has little to do with the country’s sports program. India does not…

ESPN is canceling The Sports Reporters, SI.com has learned. The show is expected to end in May, just shy of 30 years on the air. ESPN, through a spokesman, declined to comment. The long-running sports talk show began in 1988 and was a forerunner of the flood of shows that run in most major cities featuring members of the media debating, discussing and bloviating the news and issues…

The Reds’ Dan Straily pitches against the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first inning of their baseball game in Cincinnati, Sunday, Sept. 18, 2016. (Photo: AP Photo/Tom Uhlman) Be with you in a sec, Mobsters. Just makin’ sure I have all my alternative facts straight. I love that. I mean, who wouldn’t? I will never make a mistake again. I will just be offering alternative facts. The Patriots aren’t going back to…

Bernie Ecclestone has been involved in the sport, in various roles, since the 1950s Bernie Ecclestone has been removed from his position running Formula 1 as US giant Liberty Media completes its $8bn (£6.4bn) takeover of the sport. Ecclestone, 86, who has been in charge for nearly 40 years, has been appointed chairman emeritus and will act as an adviser to the board. Chase Carey has had Ecclestone’s former role…

ESPN is canceling The Sports Reporters, SI.com has learned. The show is expected to end in May, just shy of 30 years on the air. ESPN, through a spokesman, declined to comment. The long-running sports talk show began in 1988 and was a forerunner of the flood of shows that run in most major cities featuring members of the media debating, discussing and bloviating the news and issues…

A raider of Dabang Delhi attempts to tag players of Bengal Warriors during the match between Dabang Delhi and Bengal Warriors in the Pro Kabaddi League in New Delhi. (Photo credit:Chandan Khanna/AFP/Getty Images) According to a leading sports scholar Boria Majumdar, Indian athletes who have achieved international success in any form of sports are exceptions and that it has little to do with the country’s sports program. India does not…

Two brothers who trafficked vulnerable men from Poland to work in a Sports Direct warehouse have been jailed for six years each under the Modern Slavery Act. Erwin Markowski, 38, and his brother Krystian, 35, lured 18 men from Poland to work at Sports Direct’s Shirebrook warehouse, Nottingham crown court heard. Poor working conditions at the factory, including body searches and pay below the legal minimum were exposed by an…

Bell was injured in the second quarter of Sunday’s game and did not return. Before he left, Shannon didn’t like some of Pittsburgh’s play-calling, which went away from its all-world running back. On a 3rd-and-1 at their own 31 on their opening drive, the Steelers threw a deep ball to Sammie Coates that fell incomplete instead of handing off to Bell. “Just turn around, hand the ball to Le’Veon…

The crackdown has largely failed because local governments have encouraged the building of clubs to boost tourism and increase development opportunities. They are often submitted to planners as parks or other green areas, before they are later transformed into golf clubs. Golf is apparently popular among local bureaucrats, but the Communist Party has previously attempted to distance its members from the sport, banning officials in the southern province of Guangdong…

Liberum also counts four other founder-owned retailers, Joules, Ted Baker, Hotel Chocolat and Majestic Wine, on its list of brokerships, suggesting that it is used to companies with an entrepreneurial flair. City sources said that the move to dump heavyweight firms Goldmans Sachs and Citi highlighted that “Ashley was not too fussed about playing the City game”. “It suggests that he will be taking a break from buying more businesses…

NEW DELHI (AP) — Fans of a traditional bull-taming ritual in southern India attacked a police station with stones and set some vehicles on fire Monday in anger at being forcibly evicted from the beach where they been protesting for the past week in support of the sport. Jallikattu involves releasing a bull into a crowd of people who attempt to grab it and ride it. It is popular in…

The crackdown has largely failed because local governments have encouraged the building of clubs to boost tourism and increase development opportunities. They are often submitted to planners as parks or other green areas, before they are later transformed into golf clubs. Golf is apparently popular among local bureaucrats, but the Communist Party has previously attempted to distance its members from the sport, banning officials in the southern province of Guangdong…

The 2017 NFL playoffs have not been very entertaining if you’re a fan of close games. One game (Cowboys-Packers) was fantastic, another one (Chiefs-Steelers) was alright and the rest were boring. We need Super Bowl LI to make up for it, and Vegas appears to believe that could happen, if the line for the matchup in Houston on Sunday, Feb. 5 is any indication. It appears the Patriots will be…