World Sports

“The legs of a 20-year-old are made to travel the world,” wrote the French poet Christian Bobin. The same can be said of the International Centre of Sports Studies (CIES), which was founded 20 years ago in Switzerland and which, through the FIFA/CIES network, has made its presence felt across the globe in working with 16 partners from South Africa and Senegal to Spain, Lebanon and Peru. The scientific institution…

Set everything you own to DEFCON 1. Tim Tebow is going to make an NFL roster. Or should anyway, after the Eagles traded Matt Barkley to the Cardinals for a conditional late-round pick, CBS Sports NFL Insider Jason La Canfora confirms. The move, first reported by Jay Glazer of FOX Sports, is a stunner in advance of Saturday’s 4 p.m. ET deadline to get rosters down to 53 and opens…

Afternoon, folks. This is it then, the last chance for these two teams to get everything rosy and perfect before IT starts. No, not that It. This is, as I probably don’t need to tell you, the final warm-up match for both of these teams before the whole World Cup thing gets underway in a little under two weeks’ time. The sense is that Ireland, despite a disappointing defeat to…

71:12 Attempt missed. Nathaniel Clyne (England) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Fabian Delph. 70:34 Attempt blocked. Ross Barkley (England) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Fabian Delph. 67:25 Goal scored Goal! Goal! San Marino 0, England 4. Theo Walcott (England) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Fabian Delph with…

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Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh.(Photo: Julian H. Gonzalez, DFP) Fox Sports wanted to make its season-opening game a spectacle and put all its efforts into promoting Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh’s return to college coaching Thursday at Utah. There was a bus dressed up like him, khaki pants and all, with five Michigan students on board, also dressed like him, roaming the country the past two weeks. There was a pregame show centered around…

Greg Stremlaw, the former CEO of Curling Canada, has been named the new head of CBC Sports. Stremlaw’s priority will be to lead CBC Sports’ strategy, placing emphasis on multi-platform sports journalism, amateur sports and a collaborative partnership approach to marquee events. “It is a privilege and an honour to be joining such a world-class team and an organization synonymous with broadcasting excellence,” said Stremlaw. “I am very proud to be a…

Tim Tebow made Matt Barkley expendable. The Philadelphia Eagles traded Barkley to the Arizona Cardinals on Friday, clearing a roster spot for Tebow after he won a preseason competition for the No. 3 quarterback job. The news was first reported by FOX NFL Insider Jay Glazer. Arizona sent a conditional seventh-round draft pick to Philadelphia for Barkley. A person familiar with the deal said Barkley has to be on the…

Free-agent guard Kendall Marshall has agreed to a multiyear contract with the Philadelphia 76ers, league sources told Yahoo Sports. View photo . Kendall Marshall (Getty Images) The deal includes a fully guaranteed salary for the 2015-16 season, sources said. Marshall has been rehabilitating a torn anterior cruciate ligament in Chapel Hill, N.C., over the past few months and worked out this past week for the 76ers in Philadelphia. Marshall is…

Greg Stremlaw, the former CEO of Curling Canada, has been named the new head of CBC Sports. Stremlaw’s priority will be to lead CBC Sports’ strategy, placing emphasis on multi-platform sports journalism, amateur sports and a collaborative partnership approach to marquee events. “It is a privilege and an honour to be joining such a world-class team and an organization synonymous with broadcasting excellence,” said Stremlaw. “I am very proud to be a…

By Andrew Benson Chief F1 writer at Monza Leading Formula 1 drivers have been asked to stop criticising tyre supplier Pirelli, at a meeting with the sport’s boss Bernie Ecclestone. Lewis Hamilton, Fernando Alonso, Nico Rosberg and Sebastian Vettel were told not to…

For a list of all the latest deals, check out the transfers page. Manchester United goalkeeper David De Gea, 24, will be given a new start by manager Louis van Gaal, even if he fails to sign a new deal. (Mirror)  Real Madrid president Florentino Perez says the Red Devils “lacked experience” in their handling of De Gea’s failed transfer to…

By Rob Moseley Editor, GoDucks.comRendering courtesy of SRG Partnership The latest cutting edge facility enhancement for Oregon athletics is designed to improve performance for all UO student-athletes, while honoring the legacy of their most distinguished recent colleague. On Thursday, the university’s Board of Trustees was presented with documentation of the proposed Marcus Mariota Sports Performance Complex. The enhancement to 29,000 square feet of the Casanova Center’s first floor…

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Hop on the hype train, Baltimore. lRelated Ravens Insider 5 things to watch in the Ravens’ preseason finale vs. the Atlanta Falcons See all related At a time when locals seem to be most concerned with the health of first-round pick Breshad Perriman and generally blasé about the preseason in general, the Ravens have the distinct honor of being Sports Illustrated’s pick to win Super Bowl 50. The pick comes…

Longtime WGN-AM 720 sports host David Kaplan is leaving the station to join rival ESPN-owned WMVP-AM 1000, according to sources familiar with the situation. lRelated Sports Columnists Cubs’ TV and radio ratings surging See all related Kaplan, who started at WGN Radio in 1995, agreed to a multi-year deal to stay with the station in December 2013. But his duties, and the station’s direction, shifted this year with the loss…

A spokesman for BT said: “We wrote to all BT Sport customers to ensure that they could choose their preferred option before the start of the season. Customers are able to leave BT Sport with no penalty. Those who call in to cease the BT Sport Pack can get a full refund of the cost.” BT expanded its sports offering on 1 August, giving customers the choice of a four-channel…

Michael Waltrip Racing filed notice Sept. 1 with the state of North Carolina that it intends to permanently lay off 217 employees at its race shop in Cornelius, North Carolina, as early as Nov. 1. The notice of layoffs appeared in the Sept. 2 WARN Notice produced by the North Carolina Department of Commerce. The WARN Notice is a report of pending major layoffs employers have filed with the state….

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