World Sports

Producers have followed the seasons in Argentina, polo’s mecca, America, the UK and Spain – which made up a calendar year of non-stop filming – with the film’s backers believing the US to be a particularly key region, given the sport’s soaring profile and a pivotal market to distribute the documentary series. Jason Phillips, of Heritage Development & Productions, said that Sport of Kings will offer a multifaceted portrait of the sport, with the polished…

WRESTLING Jordan Burroughs, a 2012 Olympic gold medalist, knocked off former University of Wisconsin star Andrew Howeto qualify for Rio at the U.S. Team Trials Sunday night in Iowa City, Iowa. Burroughs beat Howe in two consecutive matches in the freestyle 74 kilograms best-of-three finals. Howe, the 2010 NCAA champion who later transferred to Oklahoma, topped three-time NCAA champion Alex Dieringerof Port Washington in the semifinals before…

Updated April 11, 2016 12:39:22 Topics: sport, australia First posted April 11, 2016 11:57:28

Sir Nick Faldo designed the Lough Erne Resort course The European Tour has announced that the Lough Erne Resort will not host the 2017 Irish Open. There were doubts in January that the Fermanagh course may not stage the event and this was confirmed on Monday. BBC Sport understands European Tour chief executive Keith Pelly met with First Minister Arlene Foster in regard to Lough Erne hosting the tournament. The…

This week, ESPN revealed the jaw-dropping story behind a sports nickname so stupid its own team cast the lone dissenting vote against its approval: The New Jersey Swamp Dragons, today known as the Brooklyn Nets, who were looking for an extreme makeover in the 1990s. After reading through Zach Lowe’s delightful oral history of this name — which could only be taken seriously in a decade of ridiculous, toyetic handles…

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There was something different about the crowd noise in the Copper Box and it took me a while to work out what it was. About 10 minutes into the first quarter of the game, I realised: it was the octave level. The netball match was a sell-out – a high-stakes encounter between Hertfordshire Mavericks and Surrey Storm – and the 6,000-capacity arena thrummed, as it’s designed to do, with the…

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There was something different about the crowd noise in the Copper Box and it took me a while to work out what it was. About 10 minutes into the first quarter of the game, I realised: it was the octave level. The netball match was a sell-out – a high-stakes encounter between Hertfordshire Mavericks and Surrey Storm – and the 6,000-capacity arena thrummed, as it’s designed to do, with the…

There was something different about the crowd noise in the Copper Box and it took me a while to work out what it was. About 10 minutes into the first quarter of the game, I realised: it was the octave level. The netball match was a sell-out – a high-stakes encounter between Hertfordshire Mavericks and Surrey Storm – and the 6,000-capacity arena thrummed, as it’s designed to do, with the…

The debate on Europe quintessentially echoes the tugging forces of the human condition. The current divisions on Europe are not new and the view from this side of the Channel has tended to pinball between boarding the train to an unknown destination and not wanting to be left alone on the platform. While the big political beasts of the jungle joust to convince us of their vision of Britain’s place…

Andy Carroll became the first Premier League player to score a hat-trick against Arsenal since Wayne Rooney in 2011 Andy Carroll’s hat-trick dealt another blow to Arsenal’s already slim Premier League title hopes, despite the Gunners fighting back to draw at West Ham. Arsenal are 10 points behind leaders Leicester with six games to play. Mesut Ozil and Alexis Sanchez converted Alex Iwobi passes to put Arsenal 2-0 up but…

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Michael Jordan has his own line of shoes. Tiger Woods has his own line of golf apparel. And now Ruqsana Begum, a Muslim muay Thai fighter, has her own line of sports hijabs. “I’m fighting for a world title and launching my product at the same time, so this is huge for me now,” said Begum, the British champion of female Atomweight muay Thai boxing. As…

Local athletes, coaches, trainers, students and fitness fans who attended the international Gatorade Sports Science Institute (GSSI) Symposium, held recently at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, have cited the event as a success. Over 150 participants who pre-registered for the symposium themed ‘The Science and Practice of Running’, were engaged in discussions on sports nutrition and exercise science by local and international experts. The topics, aimed at helping attendees…

MOSCOW (AP) — No one will face criminal charges over the worst doping scandal in Russia’s history, the country’s sports minister said. A report in November by a World Anti-Doping Agency commission alleged systematic, state-sponsored drug use in Russian track and field and a widespread cover-up of doping. The former head of the Russian track federation was also accused of a role in extorting 450,000 euros ($500,000) from a marathon…

Norway’s Andreas Mikkelsen cuts through the Sweet Lamb spectator stage. He once killed a spectator in a crash. Photo Credit: Raphael Orlove I met him on a short hill overlooking the road, some macho Welsh local covered in rain and dirt, pulling a beer from his poncho and waiting for the next car to wail past. I asked him why he had trekked into the woods, soaked through his boots,…

10:12 AM ET print New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick was part of the keynote address at the 2016 Salesforce World Tour event on Thursday, sharing his opinion that quarterback Tom Brady is the “greatest quarterback of all time.” He was also asked about what it’s like being part of the region with such a rich tradition in professional sports. “It’s pretty special. I grew up in Maryland but went…