Month: July 2022

12:40 PM ET Associated Press The Philadelphia Flyers placed forward Oskar Lindblom on waivers Tuesday with the intent of buying out the final year of the 25-year-old cancer survivor’s contract. General manager Chuck Fletcher called it a “very difficult decision” to free up salary-cap space by cutting a player who recovered after being diagnosed with
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11:16 AM BST France displaced South Africa at the top of the world rankings on Monday, while New Zealand slumped to an all-time low of fourth after a stunning northern hemisphere sweep of the major July tests at the weekend. Fourteen months before they host the World Cup, France reached the pinnacle of the rankings
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5:07 AM ET Associated Press Dragan Skocic is out as IR Iran coach. Photo by Mohammad Karamali/vi/DeFodi Images via Getty Images Iran have fired head coach Dragan Skocic four months before the World Cup is set to begin. IRNA, the national news agency, on Monday said the 53-year-old Croatian would not be taking the Iran team
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5:00 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Rodri will remain at Manchester City until 2027. Matt McNulty, Manchester City/Manchester City FC via Getty Images Rodri has signed a new contract with Manchester City, the club have confirmed. The midfielder has signed a new five-year contract that will keep him at the Etihad Stadium until 2027. – Man City’s
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9:01 AM ET Plans for a European Super League collapsed barely two days after its announcement last year after outcry from fans and governments. FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images From Spain to Ireland to Italy, European countries gave full-throated support to UEFA over the rebel European Super League at Europe’s top court, praising its open model
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10:47 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Barcelona midfielder Alexia Putellas will miss the 2022-23 season and faces a race against time to be fit for next summer’s World Cup after undergoing knee surgery on Tuesday. Putellas, 28, tore her anterior cruciate ligament last week while preparing for the European Championship with Spain and returned
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11:01 AM ET Rob Dawson BANGKOK, Thailand — Erik ten Hag got off to a dream start as Manchester United manager by kicking off the summer tour of Thailand and Australia with a comfortable 4-0 win over Liverpool. Ten Hag picked a vastly more experienced team than Jurgen Klopp and it paid off with United
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