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One of the joys of the Olympics is getting to watch esoteric sports you’ve possibly never heard of. A couple of days in, and you’ll find yourself dictating the finer points of rhythmic gymnastics to bemused onlookers, or explaining the workings of the modern pentathlon in great detail to your cat. The question of why certain wonderfully obscure sports make it into the Olympics while others don’t, however, is more…

ESPN sportscaster John Saunders, who has hosted “The Sports Reporters” for the last 15 years, has died, the network announced Wednesday. He was 61. Saunders joined ESPN in 1986. He did play-by-play on various sports, hosted NHL Stanley Cup Final coverage and World Series coverage and hosted studio shows for baseball, college football and college basketball. A cause of death was not announced. Saunders took over as host of “The…

We’re on the ground in Rio covering the 2016 Summer Olympics. Check out all our coverage here. RIO DE JANEIRO — U.S. soccer goalkeeper Hope Solo’s two howlers (read: very terrible plays) last night against Colombia led to a shocking 2-2 draw for the U.S. women’s soccer team, who still advance first in the group at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro despite Solo’s between-the-legs gaffe. More Sports It…

EA Sports announced as an official partner of Manchester United The partnership between the club and EA Sports will last three years  The global gaming company is also a lead sponsor of the Premier League United have over 70 commercial deals in place around the world  Click here to read Sportsmail’s coverage of the Premier League     By Tom Farmery For Mailonline Published: 13:16 EST, 10 August 2016 | Updated: 14:17…

We’re on the ground in Rio covering the 2016 Summer Olympics. Check out all our coverage here. Because the Summer Olympics occur during presidential election years, I have to pick my viewing opportunities carefully. I won’t always have the time or patience to watch much water polo or beach volleyball, sports that involve a lot of buildup — dozens of preliminary matches — all leading up to a gold-medal match…

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“It’s supposed to be a loose-fitting analogy … FS1 has an opportunity to make a big bet on opinion-based programming,” says Jamie Horowitz, as he dishes on poaching Skip Bayless, what he learned from his ‘Today’ firing and Rupert Murdoch’s warning to him: “Be wary of the allure of the elite.” <!–[CDATA[ Since arriving at Fox Sports in May 2015, Jamie Horowitz has upended the programming philosophy, rejecting the…

American fencer Dagmara Wozniak is ranked second in the United States and fifth in the world in her sport. Now Wozniak, 28, is competing in her second Olympic Games. Although Wozniak lost her individual sabre event earlier this week, she’s still in the running for gold in the team sabre competition. But unless you follow fencing, you’ve probably never heard of her. Besides the Olympics, only one fencing tournament in…

Nothing represents the peak of physical condition like Olympic athletes do, yet they also represent a wide range of body types, shapes and sizes. Basketball players are generally tall and long-limbed, whereas gymnasts tend to be small and compact. Wrestlers’ upper bodies are heavily padded with muscle, while fencers carry more muscle in their lower bodies. Swimmers and divers tend to have a slightly higher percentage of…

1. Basketball. Olympic basketball has typically devolved into overfed American basketball players bringing down 200 pounds and at least six and a half feet of national greatness onto opponents’ heads. I would have a problem with this, but a.) there’s more competitive parity in international basketball than ever before, and b.) I am American. VINCE CARTER OWNS EIGHT HUNDRED SQUARE FEET OF HIS CHOICE IN THE LOUVRE AND ALWAYS…

PROVIDENCE, R.I. –  Marine veteran Joyce Ralph sometimes stays at home in Massachusetts instead of going for a bike ride or doing other things she likes to do. She feels too anxious because of her post-traumatic stress disorder. Army veteran Paul Miosek sometimes feels isolated at his home in New York. No one else he knows is in a wheelchair. The two were among a group of about…

In the end, the most compelling drama took place in a press conference room in the bowels of the aquatics centre. At one end of the table sat the new Olympic breaststroke champion Lilly King from the United States. Further down sat her controversial Russian rival, the silver-medallist Yulia Efimova, keen to explain why people should have more sympathy over her previous 16-month ban for taking steroids. As a symbol…

Today, women living in Saudi Arabia cannot participate in state-organized sports leagues, national tournaments, or even attend their national team’s games as spectators. Of the 150 official sports clubs, none are open to women. While boys’ schools have mandatory gym classes, the majority of girls’ schools do not include a physical education curriculum. Women cannot exercise in fitness studios with men, and female-only facilities are often denied licenses or shut…

City have made John Stones and Raheem Sterling the two most expensive English players in history Manchester City have signed John Stones from Everton for £47.5m, making him the world’s second most expensive defender. The 22-year-old England international has signed a six-year deal and is City boss Pep Guardiola’s eighth signing. Stones was earlier named in City’s official Champions League squad, published on the Uefa website before the transfer was…

<!– Daniel Ricciardo is currently third in the Formula 1 drivers’ championship Tuesday, 8 August Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo never seems to have too many concerns and he is currently enjoying the summer break in Los Angeles. “All my friends have a lowrider,” he wrote on Instagram. World championship leader Lewis Hamilton says his likely engine penalty later this season means Mercedes team-mate and Formula 1 title rival Nico Rosberg…

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There are 28 Olympic sports and dozens of different disciplines within most of them. The sporting cornucopia is why people are so drawn to the Summer Games. You can watch something that’s always in the public consciousness and one you follow year-round or you can immerse yourself in a sport you don’t see unless it’s the Olympics. It’s what makes these two weeks so wonderful. But of all the sports and races and…