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Pablo Sandovals Endorsement Of Daily Fantasy Sports Could Trigger Major League Baseball Scrutiny
Known affectionately as the Big Panda, 2012 Major League Baseball World Series MVP Pablo Sandoval's endorsement of a daily fantasy sports website is likely to get the league's attention. (Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife) Last month, a new daily fantasy sports ...
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Dhoni not feeling pressure to win trophy
India are the overwhelming favourites heading into the semi-final stage of the Champions Trophy, as Mahendra Singh Dhoni's charges are the only unbeaten team after the group stages, winning Group B with three wins in as many starts.India's skipper is not worried by the 'favourites' tag or his Sri Lankan opposition in the semi-final, though. He is rather interested in playing ...
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Clarke confident of avoiding back surgery
Australia captain Michael Clarke is confident he still has a few international years left in him, despite his chronic lower back injury keeping him out of the game for months at a time.Clarke, who started having back problems at the age of 17, is in line to be fit for the start of the Ashes on 10 July, though he has been recovering on the sidelines since the tour to India earlier this year.He is ...
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World Cup Legacy for Brazil Goes Beyond Soccer Says Blatter
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Tennis-Nadal seeded a dangerous fifth for Wimbledon
Source: ONE Sport Rafa Nadal could face world number one Novak Djokovic, defending champion Roger Federer or home favourite Andy Murray as early as the Wimbledon quarter-finals after he was seeded fifth for the grasscourt major. Thedraw for the tournament, which begins at the All England Club on Monday, could now produce a nightmare scenario for top three seeds Djokovic, Murray and Federer if ...
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Forgotten man Bastl revelling in new career
Afghan President Hamid Karzai broke off crucial security talks with the United States, angry over the name given to a new Taliban office in Qatar that is meant to facilitate peace ...
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Kuznetsova out of Wimbledon
Former French Open and US Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova has withdrawn from Wimbledon because of an abdominal strain, the All England Club announced on Wednesday.Kuznetsova, a quarter-finalist in 2003, 2005, 2007, was to have been the 26th seed at the tournament, which starts on Monday.But the 27-year-old Russian's withdrawal means that Klara Zakopalova of the Czech Republic becomes the ...
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Japan beat Canada 16-13 in rugby
Fullback Ayumu Goromaru scored all the points to lead Asian champions Japan to a 16-13 victory over Canada in the Pacific Nations Cup rugby tournament in Nagoya on Wednesday.It was Japan's first win in the five-nation tournament after two defeats, leaving the title hopes to Canada on 12 points, Fiji on 11 points and Tonga on 10 points.On the final day in Tokyo, Fiji will play Tonga, and ...
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Serena backtracks on Steubenville comment
Serena Williams on Wednesday issued a statement implying that comments attributed to her in an interview with Rolling Stone magazine were "what I supposedly said." While not blaming the victim in the Steubenville rape case, Williams was quoted as saying "she shouldn't have put herself in that position" in an interview with the magazine. "What happened in ...
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NCAA champion sprinter resists calls to turn pro
Her top time this season, 50.28 seconds, ranks fifth in the world and fourth in the USA Going pro early is not confined to basketball and baseball.It happens in track and field, too. The difference is, less money and more risk. Too often, those who flee the structure of a college program find their careers regressing and soon ending."People who know the sport know that this is just wrong, ...
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On Basketball Heats Allen Knows All About Big 3s
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Vitesse Arnhem Name Bosz as New Coach
(Reuters) - Former Dutch international Peter Bosz was named the new coach of Vitesse Arnhem on Wednesday, returning to the club where he started his playing career. The 49-year-old Bosz joins from Heracles Almelo, who had resisted Vitesse's overtures in recent weeks until the payment of compensation for the highly rated coach, media reports said. Details of his new contract would be ...
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Museum head fired after Olympics satire
REGIONAL authorities in Russia have fired a prominent art museum director and opposition activist after he organised an exhibition poking fun at Russia's hosting of the 2014 Winter Olympics in ...
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Sports Buzz Should fans who leave early be allowed back into games
According to South Florida media reports, Heat fans were banging on the arena doors, demanding to be let inside. The situation got so bad police were ...
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Pro Cycling Challenge to hold amateur fun run bike race
Fans like Zane Senft of Denver, seen here dressed as a chicken, can get into the action this year at the USA Pro Challenge. (Helen H. Richardson, The Denver Post ...
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Forgotten Man Bastl Reveling in New Career
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West Ham Sign Carroll on Six Year Deal in Club Record Fee
(Reuters) - England international striker Andy Carroll has completed a permanent switch from Liverpool to West Ham on a six-year deal and for a club record fee, the Premier League side announced on Wednesday. No financial details were given but media reports have suggested the deal, which includes an option for a further two years in the club's favour, is worth a reported 15.5 million ...
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BSkyB investigated over BT claim it is withholding Sky Sports package
BT has complained that BSkyB is withholding its Sky Sports package, which includes live Premier League games. Photograph: Olly Greenwood/AFP/Getty ...
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Big TV audiences for FIFA Confederations Cup
Almost 30 million Brazilians tuned in to watch their national team beat Japan in the opening match of the FIFA Confederations Cup 2013 on Saturday 15 June 2013, as viewing figures underlined the tournament’s increasing popularity on the global ...
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ACSU report may delay Dhaka league
BCB president Nazmul Hassan has said he is unsure whether Bangladesh's domestic one-day competition, the Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League, will start on time. He admitted to an underlying anxiety around the possibility of finding more names in the BPL corruption report to be submitted by the ICC's Anti-Corruption and Security Unit (ACSU) later this ...
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Proteas crumble to 175 all out
England's bowlers put on a disciplined performance in their Champions Trophy semi-final against South Africa at the Oval on Wednesday, reducing the Proteas to a meagre 175 all out in the 39th over.After crumbling to 80 for eight, only a valiant stand between David Miller and Rory Kleinveldt (43) ensured the South Africans would have something vaguely decent to defend, with Miller stranded ...
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Golf-Olazabal wins Spains most prestigious sports award
MADRID, June 19 (Reuters) - Spanish golfer Jose Maria Olazabal has won the Iberian nation's most prestigious sports award, the Prince of Asturias prize, after he captained Europe's Ryder Cup team to a stunning win against United States last year. "One of the best golfers in history, with two ...
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Former Italy Midfielder Gattuso Named Palermo Manager
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Indian GP organisers dismiss race rumours
"Our agreement with Formula One Management is to hold F1 races at Buddh International Circuit (BIC) till 2015, and we are fully committed to do that," Askari Zaidi, spokesman for Jaypee Sports International, said in a statement."There is no reason for us to give up hosting F1 races," he added, reacting to reports on some international websites that suggested the race could be ...
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Murofushi ban due to overzealous Japan officials - CAS
Japan's Koji Murofushi holds his bronze medal during the men's hammer throw victory ceremony at the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium August 6, 2012. REUTERS/Eddie ...
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Paris has one of the largest and most emulated bike-sharing systems in the world
Paris is becoming ever more eco-friendly with bike-sharing becoming the major fad of daily commuters and public transport users. The system is so popular, major expansion plans have been announced.
Paris is already home to the largest bicycle-sharing system in the world, but the corporation set up to manage the city’s most eco-friendly form of public transport, Velib, has extensive expansion plans for the network, which is also one of the most copied in the world. Read more
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