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Andy Murray also won the Shanghai Masters in 2010 and 2011 Britain’s Andy Murray beat Roberto Bautista Agut in straight sets to win the Shanghai Masters and edge closer to Novak Djokovic in the world rankings. The Scot recovered from a stutter in the first set to win 7-6 (7-1) 6-1 against the Spanish world number 19. Bautista Agut beat Djokovic in the semi-finals, but Murray ultimately eased to his…

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An image captured via a GoPro Omni device. Image source: GoPro. Tech companies are tripping over themselves to build out their virtual reality products, battling to be the platform of choice for consumers. Alphabet‘s (NASDAQ: GOOG) Daydream, Facebook‘s (NASDAQ: FB) Oculus, and Sony‘s Playstation VR are the leaders in high-tech virtual reality, positioned primarily for gaming. But there’s another VR market that’s developing right under our noses as well. GoPro…

An image captured via a GoPro Omni device. Image source: GoPro. Tech companies are tripping over themselves to build out their virtual reality products, battling to be the platform of choice for consumers. Alphabet‘s (NASDAQ: GOOG) Daydream, Facebook‘s (NASDAQ: FB) Oculus, and Sony‘s Playstation VR are the leaders in high-tech virtual reality, positioned primarily for gaming. But there’s another VR market that’s developing right under our noses as well. GoPro…

The 19 percent decline has occurred in the first season of a new $7.4 billion rights deal with Sky and BT Sport which was expected to bring the Premier League to a much wider audience. Despite an exciting start to the season, plus the massive hype around the managerial battle between Pep Guardiola and Jose Mourinho in Manchester, Sky says there have been numerous factors which have caused viewing figures…

It’s a strange game with a funny name and rules that seem to have been devised at a commune. But ask some physical education teachers about it, and they’ll call Tchoukball the greatest thing since jumping jacks. Schools throughout the Chicago area have incorporated Tchoukball — pronounced CHOOK-ball — into their gym classes, with teachers saying it is the rare activity that allows super jocks to play on nearly even…

Two men were found shot outside a sports bar in southwest Houston early Saturday morning.

NFL ratings have plummeted this year. Commentators have blamed the election, a changing TV industry, shifts in viewing format, and even a lack of big-name stars. But there may be another factor to add to the list: e-sports. The competitive video gaming industry is certainly taking off. No longer the domain of nerds, it’s turned into big business, with huge cash prizes on offer. And like any sport with free-flowing…

Syracuse, N.Y. — Every Tuesday and Thursday, students gather in a plush new classroom on the Syracuse University campus to analyze sports. They listen to Dr. Rodney Paul use words like “heteroscedasticity,” “regression diagnostics,” “weighted least squares” and “multicollinearity” to analyze the information they will consider to determine, say, what influences a minor league baseball team’s attendance or why one NFL offensive line performs better than another. There are dizzying…

A sales scandal has tarnished Wells Fargo’s (WFC) reputation with customers in recent weeks, but it’s unlikely to knock the embattled company’s name off the arena that the NHL’s Philadelphia Flyers and the NBA’s Philadelphia 76ers call home, industry experts told FOXBusiness.com. Continue Reading Below The San Francisco-based bank has held naming rights on the eponymous Wells Fargo Center since 2010, two years after its acquisition of Wachovia Bank,…

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The rising popularity of competitive videogaming, or e-sports, is chipping away at viewership of traditional sports, a new study shows. About 76% of e-sports fans say they are spending less time watching games such as football and baseball because they are tuned into videogame competitions instead, according to research firm Newzoo BV. …

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ENLARGE The rising popularity of competitive videogaming, or e-sports, is chipping away at viewership of traditional sports, a new study shows. About 76% of e-sports fans say they are spending less time watching games such as football and baseball because they are tuned into videogame competitions instead, according to research firm Newzoo BV. Viewership is growing. About 144 million people world-wide are expected to watch e-sports online, television or in…

DERRICK ROSE LAWSUIT LOS ANGELES (AP) Lawyers for a woman who filed a lawsuit accusing NBA star Derrick Rose and two of his friends of rape failed to disclose text messages to the defense, but the lapse was not significant enough to derail the civil trial, a judge ruled. Lawyers for Rose had argued that the plaintiff’s lawyers purposely withheld three texts until the woman finished testifying so the defense…

ENLARGE The digital video firm OneUp Sports is quietly trying to make a run at becoming the brand of choice for millennial, social-centric sports consumers who mostly care about their local teams. The company, which is based in Toronto and New York, has acquired Insider Sports Inc., a web publisher that produces Basketball Insiders and Football Insiders, sites which cater to rabid sports team fans. Terms of the deal weren’t…

DERRICK ROSE LAWSUIT LOS ANGELES (AP) Lawyers for a woman who filed a lawsuit accusing NBA star Derrick Rose and two of his friends of rape failed to disclose text messages to the defense, but the lapse was not significant enough to derail the civil trial, a judge ruled. Lawyers for Rose had argued that the plaintiff’s lawyers purposely withheld three texts until the woman finished testifying so the defense…