Month: August 2019

Jacobs made the decision with close support and input from his family, who will manage his schooling with his increasing focus on soccer. The comparisons are inevitable. In November 2003, 14-year-old Freddy Adu signed his first professional contract with MLS and D.C. United. In the years since, Adu’s career has been held up as a
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5:54 AM ET The village of Knesselare in East Flanders, Belgium, hosted the funeral of 22-year-old cyclist Bjorg Lambrecht Tuesday. Lambrecht died on Aug. 5 after a crash in the Tour of Poland, and fans were able to attend a public ceremony honouring the cyclist in his hometown. His team, Lotto Soudal, announced last week
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4:42 AM ET British super middleweight Billy Joe Saunders has signed with Matchroom Boxing. Matchroom, which is led by promoter Eddie Hearn, counts former heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua, Oleksandr Usyk and Dillian Whyte — who was at the centre of a doping controversy last month — among its fighters. Saunders last fought in May, defeating
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7:02 AM BST All Blacks lock Scott Barrett will miss this week’s Bledisloe Cup decider but will be clear for the World Cup after copping a three-week ban from the SANZAAR judiciary. Barrett pleaded guilty to a dangerous tackle on Wallabies captain Michael Hooper which earned him a red card just before halftime of Saturday’s
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11:23 PM ET Associated Press DEL MAR, Calif. — A fourth horse has died in training at Del Mar. A spokesman for the track located north of San Diego confirmed Monday’s fatality. Bri Bri, an unraced 3-year-old filly trained by Jim Cassidy, sustained a broken pelvis after a workout under exercise rider Abel Hernandez, who
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10:58 PM ET GLENDALE, Ariz. — It doesn’t matter to Arizona Cardinals rookie quarterback Kyler Murray that he won’t run his offensive scheme in its entirety during the preseason. He believes the Cardinals will still be ready Week 1 against the Detroit Lions because of how well he knows the system because he’s been running
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With Liverpool confirming Alisson will be out a few weeks, Alejandro Moreno explains how Liverpool will cope with losing the Brazilian. With Alisson likely out at least a month, Shaka Hislop explains the impact having Adrian in goal will have on Liverpool’s back line. Julien Laurens and Alexis Nunes break down Liverpool’s performance in a
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10:33 PM ET WASHINGTON — The Punisher has punished again. Cincinnati Reds rookie Aristides Aquino went deep against the Washington Nationals on Monday night, making him the first player in MLB history to hit eight home runs in his first 12 career games. Aquino’s latest blast came was a mammoth solo shot against Nats reliever
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9:50 PM ET Associated Press A federal judge has approved an amended settlement in a class-action concussion lawsuit against the NCAA that will establish a 50-year medical-monitoring program for college athletes. The settlement was announced Monday by Hagens Berman, the law firm representing the plaintiffs. The case originated with a claim against the NCAA in
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