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Photo via Getty Go get your freak on, because athletes can officially have sex before the big game without feeling guilty. A new study from researchers published in Frontiers in Physiology claims that there “is no robust scientific evidence to indicate that sexual activity has a negative effect upon athletic results.” Advertisement This is a huge deal for athletes. As you’ve probably heard before, famous competitors like Muhammed Ali and…

OLYMPICS LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) In a show of unity after sharp divisions caused by the Russian doping scandal, Olympic leaders gave the World Anti-Doping Agency increased powers to lead the fight against drug cheats and pushed ahead with plans for a separate independent body to carry out global drug-testing. A summit of top global sports officials backed WADA to continue to oversee worldwide anti-doping efforts, upholding the agency’s central role…

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump described his comments from a 2005 leaked video as “locker room talk” American athletes have condemned Donald Trump on social media for claiming that obscene comments about groping women were just “locker room talk”. The Republican presidential nominee, whose comments were broadcast in a leaked 2005 tape, apologised for the remarks but said they were “just words” and repeatedly referred to the context of the…

Few will mourn it. Many had never seen it up close. Some didn’t even know of its existence. And so the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena — now a mass of dusty concrete and steel — is slowly being razed with little public outcry. It’s a finale that characterizes the city’s apathy for a 57-year-old has-been that plodded through the decades in the shadow of glitzier venues. In its later years, the arena became an object…

Although still largely unknown outside of South Asia, kabaddi is an ancient Indian sport in the midst of a resurgence on the subcontinent. Outdating more dominant (and imported) sporting traditions like cricket and field hockey, kabaddi – a mix of red rover, wrestling, and tag – was long considered a pursuit of the underclasses, a dusty, pre-modern relic devoid of the glitz, spectacle, and revenue of sophisticated, contemporary sport. With…

<!– FOOTBALL GOSSIP After Saturday’s 1-1 draw against Lithuania at Hampden, Scotland manager Gordon Strachan thinks the chances of qualifying for the 2018 World Cup hinge on securing a big result away from home, and he believes winning in Slovakia could be the one. (Various) Portland Timbers’ Lithuanian defender Vytautas Andriuskevicius is frustrated by the loss of a late goal to Scotland but feels that his country showed they are…

Starting a football program is never cheap. But when the University of North Carolina at Charlotte fielded its first team, in 2013, it tried to keep a lid on spending. The first season, the head coach made just $250,000. The second year, the team…

Buttler’s innings was his 12th ODI half-century Skipper Jos Buttler was “disappointed” by Bangladesh’s pointed celebrations of his dismissal in England’s 34-run defeat in Dhaka on Sunday. Buttler fell lbw to Taskin Ahmed for 57 to leave England 123-7, chasing 239. “You don’t have to run up to a guy. I’m disappointed to get out, but emotions were running high,” said Buttler. “I was a little bit disappointed in the…

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Argentina boss Edgardo Bauza said he was surprised at how much superstar Lionel Messi knows about soccer, according to Sport. Currently preparing for Tuesday’s World Cup qualifying match against Paraguay which Messi will miss due to injury, Bauza detailed his meeting with Messi before the season in which it was believed he tried to convince the superstar to return from retirement and lead the national team. Bauza met with Messi…

Redskins quarterback Kirk Cousins shouts ‘Play Ball’ before Game 1 of the National League Division Series between the Nationals and Dodgers on Friday. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) The postponement of Game 2 of the National League Division Series on Saturday created a dilemma for some D.C. sports fans, or at least fans of both the Nationals and Redskins who can’t prioritize one team over the other. Sunday marked the third time that the Redskins played a…

When Carson Wentz jogged onto the field with one minute and 28 seconds left in the fourth quarter with the Eagles trailing the Lions by one, I immediately assumed he was going to lead a game-winning drive because a) What can’t Wentz do? and b) What team is better suited to give up a rookie quarterback’s first-career game-winning drive than the Lions? Then, the unthinkable happened: Wentz threw his first interception…

Andy Murray has reached nine finals in 2016, winning five of them Andy Murray secured his fifth singles title of 2016 – and 40th of his career – by beating Grigor Dimitrov 6-4 7-6 (7-2) in the China Open final. World number two Murray was seriously tested by his Bulgarian opponent but the Scot ended a near-faultless week in Beijing with the main prize. The British top seed did not…

The Japanese Grand Prix is live on the BBC Sport website and 5 live Mercedes say they are prepared to accept “some collateral damage” from Lewis Hamilton following his controversial behaviour in Japan. Hamilton refused to answer questions in his post-qualifying news conference on Saturday, accusing the media of being “disrespectful” and then walking out. It was in response to some reports of his behaviour in an earlier conference. “Let…

On a sports field, Argentina’s white and blue stripes are unmissable. They have left a mark on the football, rugby and hockey pitches, and have now turned their attention to kabaddi. While the ancient Indian sport was brought to Argentina in 1999, the country will be making their first international appearance at the 2016 Kabaddi World Cup, which is currently underway in Ahmedabad on Friday. “Most of the sports teams in Argentina…

Gareth Bale is three behind Ian Rush in the list of all-time Wales goalscorers after heading in his 25th international goal Wales suffered a setback in their World Cup qualifying campaign as a sloppy display saw them held at home by lowly Georgia. Gareth Bale headed the hosts into an early lead but Georgia, ranked 137th in the world, equalised as an unmarked Tornike Okriashvili nodded in. Wales unravelled from…

Johanna Konta is the first British woman for 32 years to make the world top 10 after reaching the China Open final British number one Johanna Konta was overpowered 6-4 6-2 by world number three Agnieszka Radwanska in the final of the China Open. Konta, 25, was chasing the biggest title of her career but unravelled against the Polish number three seed after a battling first-set display. The 11th seed,…

The Japanese Grand Prix is live on the BBC Sport website and 5 live Mercedes say they are prepared to accept “some collateral damage” from Lewis Hamilton following his controversial behaviour in Japan. Hamilton refused to answer questions in his post-qualifying news conference on Saturday, accusing the media of being “disrespectful” and then walking out. It was in response to some reports of his behaviour in an earlier conference. “Let…

Lewis Hamilton has not won a race since the German Grand Prix on 31 July On the greatest driver’s track, Nico Rosberg drove a Japanese Grand Prix befitting a world champion, a title with which he looks increasingly likely to end the year. And yet somehow the Suzuka weekend was all about the German’s Mercedes team-mate, who provided drama both on and off the circuit. As Rosberg dominated the competitive…