1:26 PM ET Associated Press PARIS — Chris Froome underwent successful surgery, his team said Thursday, after a high-speed crash left him with multiple fractures and shattered his hopes of going for a fifth Tour de France title next month. Froome will remain hospitalized for observation at the Saint-Etienne hospital, where he underwent a six-hour
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12:23 PM ET Spain’s Juan Jose Cobo has been found guilty of an anti-doping rule violation based on “abnormalities” in his biological passport between 2009 and 2011, the International Cycling Union (UCI) said on Thursday. Cycling’s world governing body has imposed a three-year suspension on the now retired 38-year-old, with Spanish media reporting that he
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9:57 AM ET Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show Josh Warrington is becoming one of the U.K.’s most popular boxers and on Saturday makes a second defence of his IBF world featherweight title
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Jun 13, 2019 Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A vandal has painted the words “racist,” “antisemitic” and “homophobe” on a mural of boxing champ Muhammad Ali in Kentucky. The words were painted in orange over Ali’s portion of the “Kentucky Rushmore” mural that features other icons from the state, including Abraham Lincoln. The mural is
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10:14 AM BST Tonga is keen to draft Wallabies exile Israel Folau into its national program with a view to handing him a Rugby World Cup berth in 2023, coach Toutai Kefu has said. Former Wallabies fullback Folau, who has Tongan heritage, had his four-year Australia contract torn up last month for posting on social
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