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Moving day at Lord’s. In fact the movement was often imperceptible as the game sometimes proceeded at a 20th century pace. Wary batsmen gleaned their runs at under three per over. But movement there was. Eleven wickets fell, five of them to the irrepressible Chris Woakes and one side will be celebrating victory before Monday evening. The beauty of it is that we are not quite sure which one it…

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Media playback is not supported on this device Pint-sized TMS: Wonderful Woakes & a brush with the law England face a difficult run chase against Pakistan after the tourists ended the third day of the first Test with a lead of 281. The previous highest chase by England at Lord’s is 282-3 against New Zealand in 2004, meaning Alastair Cook’s men are likely to face a record target. Asad Shafiq…

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email print comment A letter drafted by U.S. and Canadian anti-doping leaders urging Russia’s removal from the upcoming Olympics is circulating days before the public release of a report expected to detail a state-sponsored doping system that corrupted the country’s entire sports program. The letter, drafted last week and obtained by The Associated Press, is being prepared to be sent to the International Olympic Committee’s president and…

Henrik Stenson goes into the final day of the Open with a one-shot lead It was not so much the duel in the sun as the grind in the gloom, but what a grind, what a colossal tussle between our new leader in the 145th Open championship, Henrik Stenson, and the man who will be seeing the dogged Swede in his sleep, Phil Mickelson. One shot divides them after a…

<!– Joe Dodoo, out of contract after a spell at Leicester City, is expected to join Rangers on a four-year contract. (Daily Mail) The deal for forward Dodoo, 21, could be finalised early next week. (National) And Rangers manager Mark Warburton wants to add a defender and another striker to his squad. (Herald) Scotland defender Charlie Mulgrew, 30 – yet to sign a new contract at Celtic – is considering…

Media playback is not supported on this device Pint-sized TMS: Wonderful Woakes & a brush with the law England face a difficult run chase against Pakistan after the tourists ended the third day of the first Test with a lead of 281. The previous highest chase by England at Lord’s is 282-3 against New Zealand in 2004, meaning Alastair Cook’s men are likely to face a record target. Asad Shafiq…

Rock climbing is expected to be catapulted on to the world stage by becoming an Olympic sport. Though an official announcement is still a few weeks off, sport insiders say it is to feature at the Tokyo Olympics. Sport climbing was one of five sports recommended for the Olympics by organisers of the 2020 Games, along with skateboarding, surfing, baseball/softball and karate. Under new rules, host cities can pick sports…

Some of the sports stories The Associated Press is covering Saturday. A full Sports Digest will be sent by about 3 p.m. All times EDT: – TROON, Scotland – Phil Mickelson enters the windy third round of the British Open one shot ahead of Henrik Stenson. Jordan Spieth, who just made the cut, is 15 strokes behind. – VILLARS-LES-DOMBES, France – Chris Froome and the other race leaders observe a…

Fans watched from the new rail seating at Celtic Park Celtic opened their new 2,900-capacity safe standing section in their first home game under Brendan Rodgers. Rail seating has been installed in the north-east corner of Celtic Park and fans populated the area for Saturday’s 2-1 friendly win over Wolfsburg. The Scottish champions were granted a safe-standing licence in June last year by Glasgow City Council. “This is another step…

Rock climbing is expected to be catapulted on to the world stage by becoming an Olympic sport. Though an official announcement is still a few weeks off, sport insiders say it is to feature at the Tokyo Olympics. Sport climbing was one of five sports recommended for the Olympics by organisers of the 2020 Games, along with skateboarding, surfing, baseball/softball and karate. Under new rules, host cities can pick sports…

Kante scored once during his season at Leicester Chelsea have signed Leicester City midfielder N’Golo Kante on a five-year deal for a fee believed to be in the region of £30m. The defensive midfielder joined from Caen last summer for £6m and went on to make 40 appearances in Leicester’s Premier League-winning campaign. Kante, 25, was part of the France squad that reached the final of Euro 2016. “I am…

NFL FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) Tom Brady said he will not ask the U.S. Supreme Court to block his four-game ”Deflategate” suspension, ending his fight in a scandal that tested the power of the NFL commissioner and tarnished the reputation of one of the sport’s greatest players. The decision by the four-time Super Bowl champion comes two days after his case was turned aside by the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of…

Critics of the Open’s move away from live BBC television coverage have been given impetus after the peak audience for the first day of the championship dropped by almost 80%. Related: Soren Kjeldsen revels in Open rain and wind to blow away age doubts Sky Sports has assumed primary UK broadcasting rights for the first time at this, the 145th, Open, with the BBC reduced to highlights status. The R&A…

ESPN will showcase highlights of the Sports Humanitarian of the Year Awards tonight Friday, July 15, during a 30-minute program  at 7 p.m. ET. The second annual event, held at the Conga Room at L.A. LIVE and  presented by ESPN, celebrated and honored leagues, teams, individuals and members of the sporting community that have used the power of sport to make a positive impact on society. Laila Ali returned for the…

Critics of the Open’s move away from live BBC television coverage have been given impetus after the peak audience for the first day of the championship dropped by almost 80%. Related: Soren Kjeldsen revels in Open rain and wind to blow away age doubts Sky Sports has assumed primary UK broadcasting rights for the first time at this, the 145th, Open, with the BBC reduced to highlights status. The R&A…

Despite not being particularly keen on either spectating or participating in athletic endeavour, I have occasionally owned sport video games in the past. The last of which was FIFA 2000 on the PS1 , a point where the franchise was still regarded as being decidedly arcadey compared to the simulation style of the rival ISS/Pro Evo/PES /whatever-nickname-they-call-it-now series If your mind struggles to hark back that far, it was a…

Just like that, Deflategate is over. A scant 18 months after the Patriots beat the Indianapolis Colts 45-7 in the 2015 AFC Championship Game, Tom Brady finally halted legal proceedings and agreed to accept a four-game suspension for his alleged role in the alleged deflating of footballs. A year and a half we talked about this. We talked about who knew what, what needles were used to deflate what balls…

Brock Lesnar won his fight at UFC 200 but the real battle may have just begun. The former heavyweight champion was notified on Friday of a potential doping violation stemming from an out-of-competition drug test administered by USADA (United States Anti-Doping Agency) on June 28. According to a statement released by the UFC on Friday, the test was taken June 28 and the results came back on July 14. Lesnar…