Month: August 2023

Tristan H. Cockcroft Jul 31, 2023, 06:46 AM ET Numbers make the fantasy football world go ’round. Besides the most obvious way — numbers are what determine our weekly matchups and, ultimately, our league champions — it’s those very digits that often give us precious insight into particular players, teams and positions (pertaining to draft
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The United States finished as runners-up in Group E and advances to Women’s World Cup round of 16 after being held to a 0-0 draw with Portugal on Tuesday. Vlatko Andonovski’s side was frustrated by a well-organized Portugal team that almost snatched victory in stoppage-time when striker Ana Capeta hit the post — a strike that, had it gone
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Esmee Brugts netted two long-range stunners as the Netherlands rediscovered their scoring touch in a crushing 7-0 win over Vietnam on Tuesday, reaching the Women’s World Cup knockouts in style and locking up top spot in Group E. The Dutch had only scored once in each of their two previous games but, knowing goal difference
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Aug 1, 2023, 03:52 AM ET Uruguayan defender Diego Godin‘s farewell match ended with his team Velez Sarsfield losing to Huracan, sparking a violent incident on Sunday that saw some of the Argentine club’s own fans attack players and assaulting them at gunpoint. When the team returned to their training camp at the Villa Olimpica
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All Blacks hooker Codie Taylor has lauded the rugby smarts of in-form teammate Scott Barrett, as the Crusaders skipper continues to draw rave reviews for his performance in Bledisloe I. Barrett was arguably the standout performer in New Zealand’s crushing 38-7 win over Australia at the MCG, a victory that locked away the huge trans-Tasman
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Associated Press Jul 31, 2023, 09:15 PM ET WASHINGTON — Spectators at the DC Open were told before Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina faced Belarus’ Victoria Azarenka that the players would not shake hands following their first-round match Monday night. During the war in Ukraine, Svitolina — like several other players from her country — has declined
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