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Joe Flacco of Baltimore Ravens dealing with hip injury

Zrebiec writes that Flacco was injured on the Ravens' sixth play last Sunday, when he was driven to the ground by the Steelers' Stephon Tuitt. The Athletic wa...

Everton handed two-year academy transfer ban

When presented with evidence by the Premier League , Everton also set up an internal inquiry that discovered similar misconduct in relation to six other youn...

Ireland boss Schmidt caught out by Argentina line-up

We all expected James Ryan to come back into the starting line-up, but his second-row partner was always going to be anybody's guess. Replacements: 16-Sean ...

Jazz fans boo Hayward in return to Utah

Celtics star small forward Gordon Hayward returned to Utah on Friday night to take on his former team for the first time in green and gold. There was one f...

Tiger expects strong field for Hero World Challenge

The course will be "one of the key ingredients in delivering Saudi Arabia's much-lauded "Vision 2030" - the plan to showcase the kingdom's desire to expand its ...

National Basketball Association wrap: Simmons, Embiid fire as Sixers get back on track

But when Landry Shamet made back-to-back threes and Dario Saric completed a four-point play with 6:59 left, Philadelphia led 96-77 and the Pacers couldn't...

Minnesota Timberwolves trade Jimmy Butler to Philadelphia 76ers

In a bit of a twist, Butler is heading to a team that will have legitimate championship aspirations with him on board. Butler plans on re-signing with the 76e...

Andy Robertson confident of Liverpool response after frank Melwood debrief

All competitions? Didn't he score against Red Star? Liverpool were not expected to be beaten by Red Star Belgrade on Tuesday night, but beaten they were b...

Tottenham's Dembele out until 2019 with ligament damage

The 31-year-old's current contract expires at the end of the season, and with no extension yet agreed Spurs could look to cash in on him in January rather than ...

In 4 hours Tottenham boss Pochettino no fan of international week

Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino may rest Dele Alli and Christian Eriksen against Crystal Palace as he lamented the timing of the upcoming global ...

Cubs open to trading star third baseman Kris Bryant

ESPN senior writer Buster Olney ran an article on Friday about how the Chicago Cubs might be shopping standout slugger Kris Bryant this offseason. In 2015, ...

Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha: Leicester City chairman to be honoured with statue

His shocking death - moments after taking off from the pitch - sent shockwaves through Leicester, where the charismatic Vichai had become a beloved figure in th...

Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic May Win $2.7 Million — ATP Finals

After starting the year off with wins in the Australian Open and the Rotterdam Open, where he became the oldest No. 1 in tennis history, the Swiss underwent a p...

Pat Howard becomes latest senior figure to leave Cricket Australia

The after-effects of the scathing cultural review into Cricket Australia (CA) continue as another wicket falls in the governing body. Howard, who has been i...

Liverpool deny claims FSG inviting offers 'north of $2bn'

Reports broke in August that Sheik Khaled Bin Zayed Al Nahayan, whose family governs Abu Dhabi, made an unsuccessful approach to buy Liverpool in late 2017 an...

Raheem Sterling: Manchester City forward signs new three-year contract extension

With seven goals to his name already this season, Sterling is on track to better the 23 he notched up during the Sky Blues' double-winning 2017-18 campaign. In ...

Novak Djokovic: Exhibition in Saudi Arabia not happening this year

Speaking at press conference in London, Djokovic said: "Yeah, it's not happening". Nadal's recovery time does not allow for the scheduled match to take place ...

Root wants England to build on rare road win

Sri Lanka's Kusal Mendis plays a shot as England's wicketkeeper Ben Foakes watches during the fourth day of the first test cricket match between Sri Lank...

Twitter salutes Harmanpreet Kaur after masterpiece in India’s opener

More importantly it gave India a comprehensive 34 run win over much fancied New Zealand. The match can be seen live on the Star Sports Network and live streamin...

LaMelo Ball welcomed to OH with billboard near Quicken Loans Arena

The billboard was put up by the sports company Overtime to welcome LaMelo to his new home. LaVar Ball , LaMelo's father, denies his son was paid playing ov...

Verstappen 'could have done damage' after F1 Mexican GP pole miss

Speaking to Dutch media, Jos Verstappen said his son was offended by Ricciardo's attitude, revealing what happened as he tried to calm him down. Verstappen ...

Chelsea boss Sarri: We weren't great; but we've qualified

Freezing fog in Borisov contributed to an underwhelming display. 'The best situation this evening is the result. Maurizio Sarri has an enviable record and...

Notre Dame QB Ian Book to miss Florida State game, reports say

Wimbush has started 16 games over the last two seasons (12 wins), including the first three games of the 2018 season. Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly gave...

Unchanged New Zealand bat first in second ODI

New Zealand kept faith in the same XI which defeated Pakistan by 47 runs in the first match on Wednesday in the three-match series. The opener, who was abl...

Manchester City are 'untouchable' - Manchester United's Jose Mourinho

As are we all. "You can't even talk about luck, because you have to find your own luck and in this case we just gifted it to them". If they can win in Turin, it...

Kieran Read says New Zealand will give England respect

The former Australia head coach has seen many teams beaten before they have taken the field against New Zealand , overcome by their aura and their reputation...

Fortnite: Battle Royale reportedly reaches 8.3 million concurrent players

Epic rep Sung Chul Park first revealed the astonishing figure one week after Fortnite made its debut in South Korea. This week saw the introduction of Fort...

Powell expected to miss 4-6 weeks with shoulder injury

He left the game and would not return after playing just 13 seconds. A subluxation is more severe than a shoulder sprain, which was the original diagnosis of ...

Bruins announce starting goaltender Tuukka Rask's leave of absence

The Boston Bruins will be without Tuukka Rask for an undetermined amount of time. According to the Boston Globe's Matt Porter , the other netminder was Mas...

Tommy Makinson wins 2018 Golden Boot

The 27-year-old's surprise selection for the award caps off a breakthrough season on the global scene. He is only the fifth English victor of an award that wa...