World Sports

The Tribune covers women’s high school sports extensively yet essentially ignores those athletes when they get to college (where about 43 percent of scholarship athletes are women) and beyond. Rarely does anyone complain in an email or phone call about the lack of women’s sports coverage, Knowles said. “Sports departments tend to be male-dominated, and the culture within them is unfortunately not all that welcoming to women or women’s sports,”…

For a list of all the latest deals, check out the transfers page and follow Sportsday live on Monday. Chelsea have reportedly opened talks with Juventus about Paul Pogba, 22, and are prepared to offer £87.5m for the midfielder. (Tancredi Palmeri, via Daily Star)  Manchester United have made a £36.3m bid for Monaco’s France Under-21 forward Anthony Martial, 19, who is…

Japan beat Pennsylvania, 18–11, to win the Little League World Series on Sunday. Japanese teams have now won four of the last six championships.  The 29 combined runs are the most ever in a LLWS title game, breaking the previous record of 23.  The Japanese team came from the Tokyo Kitasuna Little League, which has now won three LLWS championships in its history.  The Pennsylvania team, from the town of…

BEIJING Part of Sebastian Coe’s new job as head of world athletics will be to shift the conversation about his “ostensibly clean” sport from doping to spectacular performances, he said on Sunday. The Briton will become president of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) at the conclusion of the 15th world championships on Sunday. The former Olympic champion takes over a sport that has endured a month of allegations…

For a list of all the latest deals, check out the transfers page and follow Sportsday live on Monday. Manchester United have made a £36.3m bid for Monaco forward Anthony Martial, 19, who is also on Arsenal’s radar. (RMC Sport – in French)  Schalke have denied reports that Arsenal and Manchester United target Julian Draxler, 21, has agreed to join Wolfsburg….

Scott Dixon receives the Astor Cup from team owner Chip Ganassi after winning the Verizon IndyCar Series championship at Sonoma Raceway. (Kelley L Cox, USA TODAY Sports) SONOMA, Calif. — Here’s a look at all the action and results from Sunday afternoon’s IndyCar race at Sonoma Raceway: THE CHAMPION: Scott Dixon took advantage of what turned out to be a monumental mistake by Juan Pablo Montoya, winning Sunday’s race at Sonoma Raceway…

The credits roll… and cue to black…  The 2015 World Championships come to an end, leaving us with fantastic memories. Usain Bolt overcame Justin Gatlin to prove he’s the best that’s ever been; Jessica Ennis-Hill proved she’s a super mum; Greg Rutherford proved he’s a worthy champion while Mo Farah proved he can make history again and again. There were superheros and bizarre moments, and super-human feats.  Thanks, as always, for joining…

All dogs are good dogs. This is objective fact and I will not hear any arguments against it. But some dogs, like Miss Babe Ruth of Greensboro, N.C., are better dogs. Since she was a nine-month-old puppy, the black labrador retriever has worked for the Class A Greensboro Grasshoppers, living up to her breed’s namesake and doing some retrieving. Starting on August 2, 2006, Babe has tirelessly retrieved both bats…

0) { %> 0) { %> 0) { %>

FOOTBALL GOSSIP Celtic are targeting 25-year-old Anderlecht left-back Fabrice N’Sakala, who has a £1.5m price tag and who is under contract for three years at the Belgian club. (Sunday Express) Southampton boss Ronald Koeman is thought to be prepared to wait until January to try to sign Dutch defender Virgil van Dijk rather than go above his £10m limit to meet Celtic’s £13m asking price….

FOOTBALL GOSSIP Celtic are targeting 25-year-old Anderlecht left-back Fabrice N’Sakala, who has a £1.5m price tag and who is under contract for three years at the Belgian club. (Sunday Express) Southampton boss Ronald Koeman is thought to be prepared to wait until January to try to sign Dutch defender Virgil van Dijk rather than go above his £10m limit to meet Celtic’s £13m asking price….

A local charity drive continues to honor one of the 12 victims of the Aurora theater shooting. 9NEWS at 5 p.m. 08/29/15.

After collapsing on the 18th tee box, golfer John Daly was taken by ambulance from a golf course in Canton, Miss., to a hospital in Jackson for tests Saturday, multiple sources told Yahoo Sports. View photo . John Daly squares up for a shot on Saturday. (Special to Yahoo Sports) Zack Hamm, an emergency room technician at Baptist Medical Center, confirmed to Yahoo Sports on Saturday night that Daly was…

A lawyer for a race car driver who was killed when he was run over by Tony Stewart’s car says legal claims by the NASCAR star in response to a lawsuit are “appalling.” Attorney Mark Lanier said Saturday in an email that Kevin Ward Jr. was killed last year as he walked on a dirt track in upstate New York even though Stewart is one of the world’s best drivers….

Usain Bolt completed the gold medal treble in the 100-meter dash, 200-meter run and 4×100-meter relay for the fifth time in his career as the Jamaican sprints squad finished in 37.36 seconds for gold at the IAAF World Championships in Beijing on Saturday. Bolt and Jamaica have won every global championship gold medal since the 2008 Summer Olympics. Bolt has won individual gold medals in the men’s 100-meters and 200-meters…

BASEBALL LOS ANGELES (AP) Vin Scully will be back for a record 67th season in the broadcast booth for the Dodgers, who revealed the news in the second inning of their game against the Chicago Cubs. Magic Johnson, a co-owner of the team, appeared on the Dodger Stadium video board to tell the crowd that Jimmy Kimmel had a major announcement. Late-night TV host Kimmel appeared and without a sound…

Illinois has fired head football coach Tim Beckman. A source had told FOX Sports of the news Friday before the school’s official announcement. Word is Beckman was informed of his firing late Friday morning. The 50-year-old coach was 12-25 in three seasons and was fired a week before the season opener. His teams were 4-20 in Big Ten play since he arrived from Toledo after the 2011 season. He also…

The path for boys is even more difficult, with only 32,000 of 541,000 high school basketball players making a college team. “A college scholarship is really important to me because my family can’t pay for college,” Redden said. She may be one of the lucky ones, with numerous scouts showing interest in her. But a scholarships won’t necessarily relieve the parents of the entire college financial burden. The average cost of…

FOX Sports Racing, which carries the full NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season live in Canada, is live streaming this weekend’s Chevrolet Silverado 250 from Canadian Tire Motorsport Park in Ontario, making the event available without restriction to all viewers in Canada through www.FOXSportsRacing.com. The Chevrolet Silverado 250 begins Sunday, Aug. 30 (1:30 p.m. ET) with Tyler Reddick (Brad Keselowski Racing) atop the points standings, followed by Matt Crafton (ThorSport…

Follow Andy Gray on Twitter | Email Andy | Extra Mustard on Facebook Ugliest Uniforms in Sports History The White Sox got in the Throwback Thursday spirit in a big way this week, sporting a disco era uniform with navy and white shirts untucked below their waists. ​It’s a shame they didn’t wear the matching shorts which helped make the ’70s uniform one of the ugliest in sports history. Say Yes, Ronda I don’t…