Posts

“I’d like to make a difference, I’d like to be able to save a life if I can,” Phelps said yesterday in an interview with CNN. “For me that’s more important than winning a gold medal.” Phelps won 23 gold medals – and 28 medals overall – in a glittering Olympic career that stretched from the 2000 Sydney Olympics through the 2016 Rio Games. “I was able to do some pretty incredible things in the swimming pool and I struggled outside as well,” Phelps said....

Later, Borna Coric, Viktor Troicki and Novak Djokovic himself all tested positive too. And to make matters even worse, tournament director and tennis legend Goran Ivanisevic also subsequently contracted the virus despite showing a negative test twice earlier. The tour was controversial from the very start, as it had packed stadiums and no visible social distancing norms. At one point, the players were even seen dancing shirtless at a nightclub in Belgrade....

Left on the bench for a win over Guatemala last week, Dybala again missed out on a starting spot in New Jersey on Tuesday, introduced early in the second half in the 0-0 draw against Colombia. But Scaloni rubbished any talk he had an issue with Dybala, who was expected to be given more of a chance in Lionel Messi’s absence. “You think I have a problem with him? He’s a phenomenon,” Scaloni said....

Scaramucci, who served as Trump’s communications director for 11 days in 2017, compared the president’s performance in the White House to the Chernobyl nuclear catastrophe in a phone interview with Axios on Sunday afternoon. “We are now in the early episodes of ‘Chernobyl’ on HBO, where the reactor is melting down and the apparatchiks are trying to figure out whether to cover it up or start the clean-up process,” the American financier and political consultant said....

The replies were to two specific tweets, both related to that horrific moment in last night’s Cubs-Astros game, when a foul ball off the bat of Albert Almora Jr. stuck a young girl in the stands at Minute Maid Park. One was from Reds catcher Tucker Barnhart, pleading for more nets in ballparks. The other was from ESPN’s Jeff Passan, passing along thoughts from Kris Bryant about expanded safety netting....

The team from Gelsenkirchen is going through its worst spell since it was relegated from the Bundesliga in 1982-83. And on Saturday, things got weird after a 4-0 loss to Fortuna Duesseldorf at home. The coach asked fans for forgiveness and the team captain was forced to take off his armband by a couple of angry “ultra” supporters who made their way onto the field. “We’re just small players in comparison to this big club,” Schalke captain Benjamin Stambouli said with tears in his eyes....

Carlo Ancelotti’s men also went on to demolish Bayern Munich 4-0 at the Allianz Arena in the semifinals on their way to lifting the trophy, categorically ending Los Blancos’ barren run in Germany. So it is with confidence that Madrid arrive in the Ruhr Valley for Wednesday’s game against Schalke (2:45 p.m. ET, Fox Sports 1), with the Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook duly pricing the only side in the competition with a 100 percent record at -265 odds to continue their perfect run with a win....

The 2013 Sprint Cup Series finale will be a mix of music and racing for the Ford EcoBoost 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Country music star Dierks Bentley will perform for an hour starting at 12:30 p.m. followed by the 2013 “The Voice” finalist Swon Brothers singing “America the Beautiful.” The band Madison Rising will perform "God Bless America" during the prerace ceremonies, and Disney Channel star Zendaya, a “Dancing With The Stars” runnerup, will sing the national anthem....

Here’s the weekend schedule for practice, qualifying and the races: MORE: Sprint Cup standings | Daytona results Friday, July 11 Sprint Cup practice, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. (FS1) Nationwide practice, 1:10-2 p.m. (FS1) Final Nationwide practice, 3-4:25 p.m. (FS1) Sprint Cup qualifying, 4:40 p.m. (FS1) K&E Pro Series East race, 6 p.m. (Tape delayed on July 20, noon, FS1) Saturday, July 12 Sprint Cup practice, 9-9:50 a.m. (FS1) Nationwide qualifying, 10:10 a....

With Sanders projected to win big at the Nevada caucuses, strengthening his status as the Democratic frontrunner to take on President Donald Trump, Tribe warned that the race was too crowded for the democratic socialist’s rivals to take him down. All six of the democratic socialist’s top competitors “have plenty to offer as alternatives to Sanders,” Tribe, the Carl M. Loeb University Professor at Harvard Law School, said in a statement on Twitter....

Two time finalists Kerala Blasters went into the draft having retained two of the vital cogs from their previous squad in CK Vineeth and Sandesh Jhingan along with Prashanth Karuthadathkuni in the U-21 quota and by the end of that day they had assembled a decent squad comprising of some very talented and experienced Indian players including the likes of Lalruathara and Rino Anto. When you build a team, you build it from back to front....

Fresh from her BNP Paribas Open title win pairing with Swiss star Martina Hingis, India’s Sania Mirza jumped to her career-best third spot in the doubles event, according to the latest Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) rankings released on Monday. Sania now has 6,885 points, behind top-ranked Italians Roberta Vinci and Sara Errani, who share the numero uno position with 7,640 points each. Sania’s win at the Indian Wells tennis tournament helped her earn 1,000 points and rise by two places on the list....

The tennis events at the Asian Games run from 20th to 30th September. The Toray Pan Pacific Open, which has now been downgraded to a Premier tournament from the earlier Premier5 status, starts on 15th , while the Wohan Open and the China Open take place in succesive weeks. The three tournaments offer a maximum of 2370 (470,900,1000) points, of which she is defending 1900. This is a very crucial part of the season as all the teams vying for a spot at the enhanced draw of the WTA Finals in Singapore will try to gain maximum points to secure one of the eight coveted spots....

Liverpool injuries, suspensions and line-up vs Hull City The Italy forward has sparkled since moving to El Madrigal from Sassuolo for €13 million in the summer, netting seven goals in 19 outings. Sansone was immediately thrown in to Fran Escriba’s starting XI following his move and has found vital continuity playing at Villarreal, who he revealed he had been following from Italy. Villarreal had been in turmoil right before the start of the new campaign after former coach Marcelino was suddenly sacked by the board and Escriba placed in charge....

— Santi Cazorla (@19SCazorla) April 11, 2013 0 votes

Saponara struck with a wonderful flicked volley in the ninth minute of added time to earn his team a 2-2 draw at the Stadio Olimpico on Saturday. The goal was the latest scored in Serie A since Opta began collecting detailed data for the league in the 2004-05 season and the celebration proved just as memorable as Saponara’s stunning finish. Saponara whipped his shirt off as he sprinted into the crowd and lost his shorts as he celebrated with supporters, before his bottom was exposed when his underwear was pulled down....

Sapporo held the 1972 Winter Olympics and is one of seven cities showing interest in 2026. The International Olympic Committee will decide in October which bids are serious. The winner will be picked in September 2019. Akihiro Okumura, a spokesman for the city’s bid promotion department, tells The Associated Press that public opinion polls seem to indicate a preference for 2030. “Sapporo has not made an official decision yet,” he told AP in an email....

The Giants running back is listed as active for the team’s game against the Cardinals Sunday afternoon. Barkley’s return comes after he missed the last three weeks due to a high-ankle sprain he suffered in Week 3’s win over the Buccaneers. After Barkley was injured, he vowed to come back sooner than his 4-6 week timetable, which appears to be the case. According to ESPN Stats and Info, in the first three games for the Giants with Barkley in the lineup, the team averaged 6....

President Joe Biden nominated Raskin—who served as a deputy Treasury secretary on the board from 2010 to 2014—to serve as the board’s vice chair of supervision, but she has faced scrutiny from Republicans over remarks about climate policy, delaying a confirmation vote. On Monday, Manchin—a centrist Democrat from West Virginia—joined GOP senators in opposing her nomination, according to the Associated Press, pointing to her previous statements he says “failed to satisfactorily address” his concerns about the financing of al “all-of-the-above” energy policy....

Mertens scored twice in Saturday’s impressive 2-1 Serie A win at title rivals Roma, taking his tally for an impressive season to 22 in all competitions. Sarri: Napoli must play with balls The Belgium international had to be replaced for the final 16 minutes at Stadio Olimpico after grabbing his ankle, but Sarri thinks the problem was only muscle cramps, although he will not know for sure until the players have been assessed....