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Media playback is not supported on this device Wimbledon 2016: Serena Williams beats Elena Vesnina to reach ninth final Holder Serena Williams will play Angelique Kerber in the women’s singles final at Wimbledon on Saturday. Six-time champion Serena, 34, thrashed Russia’s Elena Vesnina 6-2 6-0 in 48 minutes to reach her ninth final. Fourth-seeded German Kerber, 28, prevented a fifth all-Williams final by beating Serena’s older sister Venus, who looked…

Following news that Jon Jones had been flagged for a potential doping violation after a drug test administered on June 16, USADA released a statement about the interim light heavyweight champion’s current situation. USADA (United States Anti-Doping Agency) handles the UFC’s anti-doping policy and they administered the testing and notified Jones and the promotion about the result on Wednesday. According to USADA spokesman Ryan Madden, who spoke to FOX Sports…

Kevin Durant signing with the loaded Golden State Warriors invites all kinds of on-court analysis. How much will Durant improve the Warriors’ already fearsome “death lineup”? Can Durant be a capable rim protector when the Dubs roll out those small, terrifying fivesomes? And how the hell is anyone going to stop a Steph Curry-Kevin Durant pick-and-roll? That’s not what the masses are talking about, though. The visceral reaction to Durant…

Syracuse’s Carrier Dome is one of college basketball’s largest venues. (AP Photo/Kevin Rivoli) A dozen years ago, the athletic director at Syracuse was a gray-haired, cardigan-wearing, Winston-smoking man named Jake Crouthamel. The job he held immediately prior was head football coach at Dartmouth. Crouthamel’s tenure ended in 2005, which doesn’t seem that long ago. In the realm of college sports, it might as well be eons. That was when sports…

Sky Sports has dropped its coverage of the US Open tennis tournament after 25 years. The broadcaster has traditionally struck a year-by-year deal to sub-license the rights to the Grand Slam tournament from Eurosport, which is owned by Discovery, and aired coverage on its own sports channels. The pay-TV giant has chosen not to strike a deal to broadcast this year’s tournament, bringing an end to one of its longest…

Which school had the best season in college sports? We here at CBS Sports decided to find out. The National Association of College Directors of Athletics (NACDA) has been ranking athletic programs for years by weighing every sport equally, meaning a football national title is worth the same number of points (100) as a women’s water polo title. We tweaked the formula and weighed it more heavily toward sports that…

That said, the quality of the stream looks good, as several Twitter users have observed (a frame grab is shown above). For now, though, it’s just a basic feed accompanied by the #Wimbledon Twitter stream. While Twitter intends to sell ads for its NFL livestreams, there are no signs of them for Wimbledon, either in the video or feed beside it. The stream doesn’t appear to be geolocked for now,…

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Wales beat Belgium to reach their first semi-final at a major tournament Wales are preparing for the biggest game in their history when they play Portugal in Lyon on Wednesday for a place in the final of Euro 2016. Chris Coleman’s side have already enjoyed a memorable run to reach their first semi-final at their only major tournament since 1958. England were the last British team to reach the final…

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Say you want something super sporty and high-end that’s also a good value for the money and relatively practical. Say you want it to look masculine but not obnoxious. And you’d prefer it to have some nice perks (badging, leather, contrast stitching) to complement what will certainly go down in history as iconic performance. Well, then, I’d like to introduce you to the 2016 BMW M2—the stick-shift version. The M2…

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Rio de Janeiro (AFP) – Crime-plagued, cash-strapped Rio de Janeiro struck an optimistic note Tuesday with 30 days to go before becoming South America’s first city to stage the Olympic Games. Stadiums are all ready — barring finishing touches — and within weeks, Brazil expects to greet at least 500,000 tourists for the August 5-21 Games. Brazil’s Olympic committee boss Carlos Nuzman celebrated the milestone in an epic seven-year effort…

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Media playback is not supported on this device Wimbledon 2016: Venus beats Shvedova to reach semi-finals Five-time champion Venus Williams reached the Wimbledon semi-finals for the first time since 2009 with victory over Kazakhstan’s Yaroslava Shvedova. Eighth seed Williams – at 36 the oldest Grand Slam semi-finalist for 22 years – beat unseeded Shvedova 7-6 (7-5) 6-3. An all-Williams final remains possible after top seed Serena beat Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova…

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<!– FOOTBALL GOSSIP Kris Commons will resist the chance to join Neil Lennon at Hibs – and fight for his place at Celtic. (Various) Rangers are looking to beat English champions Leicester City to the signing of Finnish starlet Serge Atakayi after offering him a trial. (Daily Mail, print edition) Nir Bitton has emerged as a summer signing target for big-spending La Liga outfit Espanyol. (Scottish Sun) <!– Celtic midfielder…

New sports channel Eir Sport has acquired the exclusive Irish rights to the 2019 rugby world cup. Eir Sport is Eir’s new sports channel. The announcement was made on Tuesday by Eir Sport chief executive and Setanta founder Mickey O’Rourke. Eir has made its first major broadcasting move since its acquisition of Setanta Sports Ireland by rebranding the channel as Eir Sport. RTÉ’s ad break clanger puts TV3’s Rugby World…