Month: August 2018

7:05 AM ET Maurice Hamilton Close • Veteran F1 journalist, covering the sport since 1977• Motor racing correspondent for the Observer for 20 years• Has written several books and covered F1 for BBC Radio 5 Live Ronnie Peterson would have turned 74 this year. It’s difficult to imagine what he might have looked like since the Swede with
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Tanzania head coach Emmanuel Amunike has dropped six Simba SC players for indiscipline ahead of their Africa Cup of Nations qualifier in Uganda. The Taifa Stars meet Group L leaders the Cranes in Namboole on September 8, but will be without several key players after six of the reigning Tanzanian champions’ players failed to report
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Aug 21, 2018 Barbados Tridents 156 for 6 (Smith 63, Hope 43, Russell 2-32) beat Jamaica Tallawahs 154 for 3 (Charles 42, Smith 2-19) by two runs Steven Smith made a half-century before getting out in bizarre fashion Peter Della Penna Jamaica Tallawahs can’t wait to get on the first plane out of Fort Lauderdale after
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3:22 AM ET Although the fight between secondary middleweight world titlist Ryota Murata and mandatory challenger Rob Brant was left for dead two weeks ago, guess what? This is boxing. The fight roared back to life in recent days, and it’s on. The 160-pounders will meet on Oct. 20 in the main event of a
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3:04 AM ET Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — Giants rookie center fielder Steven Duggar was placed on the disabled list Wednesday with a potential season-ending left shoulder injury, one day after he was hurt on a hard, headfirst slide back into second base. MRI results indicated Duggar, 24, had dislocated the shoulder and tore his
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1:57 AM ET Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Triple Crown-winning jockey Mike Smith will be honored by the National Turf Writers and Broadcasters with the Mr. Fitz Award. The Hall of Fame rider will receive the award, named for longtime trainer “Sunny Jim” Fitzsimmons, for typifying the spirit of racing at the group’s 59th annual
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12:06 AM ET Courtney Smith said Wednesday night that she told police in 2015 that she feared for her life because of a pattern of abuse exhibited by her then-estranged husband, former Ohio State assistant coach Zach Smith. Courtney Smith says she went to the police station in Powell, Ohio, on Oct. 26, 2015, to
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