Month: July 2019

10:15 AM ET Richard Seymour’s deep run into the 2019 World Series of Poker main event came to an end late Wednesday night in Las Vegas as the former New England Patriots defensive lineman went out in 131st place out of 8,569 total entrants. After starting Day 5 of the tournament in 35th out of
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10:30 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN The NHL free-agent feeding frenzy has been reduced to a few nibbles. Team executives have absconded to their cottages. Hockey insiders are firing up their blenders for frozen beverages rather than Twitter for breaking news. So as hockey reaches its contemplative stretch of summer, what exactly have we learned from
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2:57 PM ET Experienced striker Wilfried Bony and midfielder Serey Die missed penalties in the shootout as Algeria sealed a 4-3 victory over the Ivory Coast following an entertaining 1-1 Africa Cup of Nations quarterfinal draw on Thursday. Algeria will now meet Nigeria in the semifinals at the Cairo International Stadium on Sunday as they
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FIFA are introducing stricter punishments for incidents of racism. FIFA are doubling their minimum ban for racist incidents to 10 games, and will start inviting players to make victim statements at disciplinary hearings. Stricter handling of racism and discrimination allegations is a key theme of the redrafted FIFA disciplinary code which takes effect next week.
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Megan Rapinoe uses the platform of the USWNT’s World Cup winning celebrations to call for unity and less contention in society. New York City police say they are investigating a possible hate crime directed toward Megan Rapinoe after posters featuring the U.S. soccer star were defaced with derogatory slurs. Police said the vandalism, which was
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