December 4, 2023
Dallas’ Luka Doncic, Milwaukee’s Giannis Antetokounmpo and Minnesota’s Karl-Anthony Towns all still have a chance to play in next summer’s Paris Olympics. But at least two of those stars won’t get there. FIBA held the Olympic qualifying tournament draws for the final four spots left in the Paris Games field on Monday — with Slovenia,
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Max Verstappen shrugged off set-up problems with his Red Bull car to blitz to pole position and set up another assault on the record books in qualifying for Sunday’s season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. He also earned his team boss Christian Horner a 500 euros bonus from a wager with Red Bull team advisor Helmut
READ MOREFIFA opened disciplinary cases against Argentina and Brazil on Friday after fan violence at the Maracana Stadium delayed the start of a World Cup qualifying game. The Argentine soccer federation was charged with crowd disturbances and the late kick off at Tuesday’s game in Rio de Janeiro. The Brazilian federation was charged with failures of
READ MOREAsia’s soccer heavyweights made fast starts to World Cup qualifying on Thursday with Australia, Japan and South Korea plundering 17 goals between them in big wins on home soil. The long road to the 2026 World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico began in earnest in Asia with 36 teams in action Thursday.
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Asia’s soccer heavyweights got off to fast starts in World Cup qualifying, with Japan, Australia and South Korea combining for 17 goals in big wins on home soil on Thursday. The long road to the 2026 World Cup — which will be held in the United States, Canada and Mexico — began in earnest in
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LOS ANGELES – Two-way star Shohei Ohtani was among seven players who turned down qualifying offers of more than $20 million from their former teams, the Major League Baseball Players Association said Tuesday. All seven will pursue more lucrative contracts on the free agent market. A qualifying offer is a one-year deal worth the average
READ MOREShohei Ohtani was among seven players who turned down $20,325,000 qualifying offers from their former teams Tuesday and remained on the free agent market to pursue more lucrative contracts. In addition to Ohtani saying no to the Los Angeles Angels, others who declined to accept were outfielder Cody Bellinger (Chicago Cubs); pitchers Josh Hader and
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Japan, Australia and Jurgen Klinsmann’s South Korea will launch their qualifying campaigns on Thursday for the 2026 World Cup, with Palestine also among the 36 teams in action in Asia. A record eight direct spots and one intercontinental playoff berth are up for grabs for Asian Football Confederation sides at the expanded World Cup in
READ MOREJapan named a full-strength squad featuring Brighton’s Kaoru Mitoma and Real Sociedad’s Takefusa Kubo on Wednesday for the start of their 2026 World Cup qualifying campaign against Myanmar and Syria. The Blue Samurai, who lost on penalties to Croatia in the last 16 of last year’s World Cup in Qatar, face Myanmar in Osaka on
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Los Angeles Angels two-way star Shohei Ohtani was one of seven free agents to receive a qualifying offer from their most recent team, getting the one-year offer despite multiple injuries that ended his season early. Other players to receive a qualifying offer were Philadelphia Phillies right-hander Aaron Nola, Minnesota Twins right-hander Sonny Gray, Toronto Blue
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