Yes, they actually managed to complete a match on this wettest of weeks at the French Open. Two, even. And both involved surprises. Two of the top half-dozen seeded women lost within minutes of each other, with No. 2 Agnieszka Radwanska and No. 6 Simona Halep both losing. After their fourth-round exits Tuesday, both Radwanska […]
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Sidney Crosby does not have an off switch. If there was one, Patric Hornqvist believes he would have found it by now. Not once over the last two years while playing alongside one of the NHL’s most popular players has Hornqvist seen an exasperated sigh, a roll of the eyes or so much as a […]
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Lucas Vazquez has never played for Spain. Marcus Rashford is fresh from his England debut. Joshua Kimmich has only one Germany cap. They are all going to the European Championship next week. Tuesday was deadline day for the 23-man squads to be submitted to UEFA and a clutch of inexperienced but precocious players made the […]
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Fresh charcoal gray NBA Finals cap on backward and wearing a wide grin, Stephen Curry summed up his wild, up-and-down postseason so far and reminded everybody he’s not close to done. The MVP’s got his groove back, all right — looking healthy again at last after dealing with a troublesome ankle, a right knee sprain […]
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Japan’s hopes of sending a men’s volleyball team to the Rio Games look to be slipping away as on Tuesday at the Olympic qualification tournament, Poland sent Masashi Nambu’s men to their second consecutive straight-sets loss. Poland, the reigning world champions ranked No. 2 in the world, was able to dominate most facets of the […]
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Shinnosuke Abe made his belated season debut in style, hitting a go-ahead two-run home run in the Yomiuri Giants’ 3-2 win against the Orix Buffaloes as interleague action got underway Tuesday. With a runner on first and two outs in the sixth inning at Kyocera Dome, Abe drove the third pitch he saw from Yuki […]
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Japan lock Hitoshi Ono has been suspended for the June 11 test match against Canada after he was sin-binned for headbutting an opponent in the Sunwolves’ 66-5 loss to the Brumbies last weekend, SANZAR announced on Tuesday. Ono was sin-binned just before halftime in Saturday’s blowout in Canberra. The veteran of 96 caps for Japan […]
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Barcelona’s five-time World Player of the Year Lionel Messi went on trial on Tuesday along with his father on accusations of defrauding the Spanish state of millions of euros. Argentine-born striker Messi and his father Jorge Horacio Messi, who have both denied the allegations, were due to appear in the Barcelona court on Thursday, according […]
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Japanese-Cambodian comedian Hiroshi Neko will represent Cambodia in the men’s marathon event at this year’s Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, a senior Olympic official in Cambodia told Kyodo News on Tuesday. Vath Chamroeun, secretary general of the National Olympic Committee of Cambodia, said the International Olympic Committee has positively responded to Cambodia’s six nominees, […]
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Japan has once again secured berths in all 14 judo weight categories for the Rio de Janeiro Olympics as the International Judo Federation released the latest world rankings on Monday. According to the qualification guideline set by the IJF, the top 14 men and top 22 women in the world rankings announced on Monday, the […]
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The Japanese rugby players association was launched on Tuesday, with president Toshiaki Hirose saying he was confident it would improve the Japanese game. “I want to work with the firm belief the players association is an organization that will improve Japanese rugby,” said former Japan international Hirose, who retired at the end of last season. […]
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The Rio de Janeiro Olympic venue facing the most serious construction delay has hit another snag, with City Hall saying it is changing contractors for the track cycling velodrome. In a statement, the city said Monday it rescinded the contract of the principal builder and had authorized a subcontractor to take over. Last week, the […]
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On the mound in the seventh inning for the first time this season, Matt Harvey gave up his first walk of the game and his second hit, leading to a sacrifice bunt and a second-and-third jam. “You kind of think about the worst at that point,” he said. “You start getting some negative thoughts that […]
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Pau Gasol is considering not playing at the Olympics because of the Zika virus. The Spanish basketball player said Monday there is too much uncertainty about the situation in Brazil and anyone going to Rio de Janeiro for the games should “think about” whether it’s worth the risk. The Chicago Bulls player said other Spanish […]
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As if the colossal divide in American politics between the Clinton and Trump camps wasn’t enough, there now exists a humongous chasm in MLB circles as well. It revealed itself after the recent Jose Bautista/Toronto Blue Jays vs. Rougned Odor/Texas Rangers brouhaha. This is one on-field rumble that has come to represent much more than […]
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Nick Bonino looks the part. Thatchy beard that juts out well below his chinstrap. Nose a bit askew. The rugged forward has etched out a career making a living in tight spaces, putting his body in places on the ice that aren’t for the meek. Those instincts, honed from years of finding order in the […]
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Stephen Curry knocked down yet another 3-pointer in the waning moments, pulled his jersey up into his mouth and yelled to the rafters in triumph once more. A special, record-setting season saved for the defending champs, with a memorable comeback added to the long list of accomplishments. Splash Brothers Curry and Klay Thompson carried the […]
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Japan’s Under-23s will play Olympic host Brazil on July 30 in Goiania in their final warm-up for the Rio de Janeiro Games, the Japan Football Association announced on Tuesday. Japan kicks off its Olympic campaign against Nigeria on Aug. 4 in Group B in Manaus, where it will also play Colombia three days later. Makoto […]
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Alastair Cook became the first Englishman to reach 10,000 test runs before leading his team to an emphatic nine-wicket win over Sri Lanka in the second test on Monday to wrap up the series. Cook scored 47 not out as England eased to its target of 79 after Dinesh Chandimal made a fine century to […]
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Not so much the French Open as the French closed. For the first time in 16 years, unrelenting rain Monday washed out a full day of play at the only Grand Slam tennis venue without a retractable roof over its show court, clogging the schedule with unfinished and postponed matches and prompting the frustrated tournament […]
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