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Lewis Hamilton finished third at the Belgian Grand Prix, won by team-mate Nico Rosberg “After the chequered flag I looked at the results,” said Belgian Grand Prix race-winner Nico Rosberg. “I knew Daniel [Ricciardo] was behind me and then I saw ‘HAM’ in P3 and I was like, ‘What? Seriously?!” The German, still in his champagne-soaked racing overalls an hour and a half or so after the race, was smiling….

Croatian midfielder Ivan Rakitic headed Barca in front in the 21st minute Barcelona made it two wins from their opening two La Liga games as Ivan Rakitic’s first-half header earned them victory at Athletic Bilbao. The Croatian scored in the 21st minute when he arrived at pace to power in Arda Turan’s cross from the left. Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Turan also went close for the champions. Barca keeper…

Anyhow, ITV’s cute idea is an interesting morsel of a quite juicy problem: sports participation has, sorry to say, actually dropped since London 2012. We are a nation of sports lovers, and thanks to our targeted Lottery spend we are now a nation of sports winners as well (not you, football). Only, away from the elite level, we love to watch, talk and read about sport, as long as we…

Anyhow, ITV’s cute idea is an interesting morsel of a quite juicy problem: sports participation has, sorry to say, actually dropped since London 2012. We are a nation of sports lovers, and thanks to our targeted Lottery spend we are now a nation of sports winners as well (not you, football). Only, away from the elite level, we love to watch, talk and read about sport, as long as we…

Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. Jackie Lacey has accepted more than $10,000 worth of gifts over the last four years from criminal defense attorneys, police unions, business owners, prosecutors in her office and others who could have an interest in influencing her decisions as one of the most powerful law enforcement officials in the county, according to state records. The gifts include necklaces and a pearl box, sporting event tickets, bottles of wine,…

Brett Gosper has been chief executive of rugby’s governing body since 2012 World Rugby would support North American teams joining the Pro12, chief executive Brett Gosper has said. Pro12 officials have held talks that could lead to US and Canadian sides being involved in the future. Four teams each from Ireland and Wales plus two each from Scotland and Italy make up the current format, but the possibility of the…

It was as if the Olympics had never left London. Armed with blue foam fingers and Team GB T-shirts, crowds at the Olympic Park’s Copper Box arena gave double gold-medallist gymnast Max Whitlock and taekwondo silver medallist Lutalo Muhammad a heroes’ welcome. Free sports sessions were held at the arena, which hosted handball and fencing at London 2012. There were 2,600 such events across the UK,as clubs and sports centres…

Hundreds of thousands of people across the UK have been taking part in sports events after clubs and sports centres opened their doors for free to celebrate Team GB’s Olympic success. About 2,600 free sporting events were being held, involving up to 60 Olympians, while ITV switched off all seven of its channels for an hour at 9.30am to encourage people to get involved. The national sports day, called I…

When ESPN sneezes, the entire sports world shivers. The largest force in the sports TV universe, ESPN has lost more than 11 million subscribers since 2011 and more than 4 million since last summer. The cable giant — now in 88.78 million homes, according to Nielsen — has been dramatically affected by two factors: Viewers known as cord-cutters are shunning cable or satellite entirely and current subscribers are electing to…

As more people watch videos on digital platforms, their viewing behaviors are changing. Whistle Sports believes young viewers ages 25 and under are even more different than previous generations. When it comes to sports content, they don’t want to sit back and passively watch: They want to create their own videos. “Traditional sports media is old guys in a production truck or old guys in suits telling you what to…

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FOX Sports GO has now arrived on Apple TV, allowing viewers to watch up to four games at the same time, thanks to an innovative split-screen interface that lets you arrange video feeds side-by-side, picture-in-picture style, or in a mosaic pattern. With the app, you’ll be able to stream from channels including Fox Sports 1, Fox Sports 2, Fox Soccer Plus, Fox Deportes, and Fox College Sports, as well as…

We have a problem that needs to be addressed. One that has been going on for the last 13 summers, and likely much longer. One I’d like very much to rectify. Every summer I compile the list of the 25 Most Influential People in Oregon sports. I’ve been publishing the list since 2004. The glaring problem again this year? If my list were a movie, it would be titled, “Sausage…

It used to be that college football fans cared if their team was better than your team. Now they also care if their conference is better than your conference. We at USA TODAY Sports wanted to help clarify the answer by collecting and analyzing performance data for every FBS team in every conference. By combining strength of schedule data, rankings from the College Football Computer Composite, points per game differential,…

The scene in Chimay, Belgium, in a fatal explosion. Vince Crate/Facebook An accidental explosion rocked a sports center in the Belgian city of Chimay shortly after midnight local time on Friday, Reuters and The Associated Press reported. At least one person was killed and as many as four were believed to be injured, two of them seriously, Reuters said. A report from the Guardian noted that there may have been five people…

ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. – One of the largest indoor sports complexes in Northeast Florida could soon be coming to St. Johns County. Project Family is a dream that’s been about five years in the making and could become a reality. For moms like Kristi Stovall, driving children to all their after-school activities can be a struggle to say the least. “We’re driving all over the place. We’re driving to…

Barcelona beat Manchester City in the Champions League last 16 in both 2014 and 2015 Manchester City will meet Scottish champions Celtic and manager Pep Guardiola’s former club Barcelona in the Champions League group stage. German side Borussia Monchengladbach will be the other team in Group B. Premier League champions Leicester will play Porto, Club Brugge and FC Copenhagen in their debut campaign. Arsenal have been drawn alongside Paris St-Germain,…

Clemson Tigers quarterback Deshaun Watson (4) looks to pass the ball during the first quarter of the spring game at Clemson Memorial Stadium.(Photo: Joshua S. Kelly, USA TODAY Sports) Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson, Stanford’s Christian McCaffrey and six players from Alabama highlight the USA TODAY Sports’ preseason All-America team. Watson is the first-team quarterback, while McCaffrey joins LSU’s Leonard Fournette as first-team running backs. The first team also includes Alabama…

T The Bluetooth workout headphone field is as wide as it is colorful. It’s one that Danish wireless headset maker Jabra has been involved with for some time now, with its simply named Sport line. The company’s latest two entrants up the ante, bringing new fitness tracking metrics and coaching to the table, in an attempt to set themselves apart from the pack. At a glance Dust and water-resistant (IP55) Up to 5…

Six years ago, the New York Times appended a correction to its obituary of George Michael, the sportscaster who pushed those big buttons on The Sports Machine, saying the original piece had “omitted three survivors.” The paper blamed the error on “information provided by a family member.” I’d seen obit corrections over a name misspelling or résumé omission before, but never anything that screamed “Dysfunction!” quite as loudly as this….