The Denver Broncos, trailing 10-7, drove deep into Atlanta Falcons territory late in the fourth quarter of the Hall of Fame game Thursday night. Hundreds of thousands of dollars — much of it from professional bettors — was at stake. By kickoff, more money had been bet on the NFL preseason opener than had been wagered on some of the […]

Europa League clash suspended for 30 minutes after Northern Irish referee is hit with a flare from angry Romanian crowd A Europa League clash in Romania descended into chaos on Thursday night   Honved of Hungary and Universitatea Craiova of Romania played second leg In final minute of injury time, a brawl broke out which sparked fan trouble Missiles, including smoke […]

BALTIMORE – Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit two of his team’s five home runs to back a solid performance by fellow rookie Trent Thornton and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Baltimore Orioles 11-2 Thursday night. Randal Grichuk, Danny Jansen and Billy McKinney also had homered for the Blue Jays, who tied a season high with their fourth straight win. Guerrero’s […]

BIRMINGHAM, England (REUTERS) – Australia’s Steve Smith struck a superb 144 on his return to the side as they recovered from 122-8 to reach 284 all out against England in the first innings of the first Ashes test before the hosts saw out two overs unscathed at Edgbaston on Thursday (Aug 1). David Warner, who was banned along with Smith […]

HAYLEY Turner, Hayley Turner, Hayley Turner. What could have been? But enough off that, we move on and we move on in a confident mood ahead of Thursday's racing on the Sussex Downs. The opening handicap is right up my street and full of exciting three-year-olds. But top of my list is SINJAARI (Goodwwod, 1.50). Connections got it all wrong […]

As the 2016 Rio Summer Games approached and golf was designated an Olympic sport for the first time since 1904, the man known as the father of the game in Brazil was celebrated anew. Brazil had won five World Cup soccer championships and produced international road racing and tennis champions, but golf had largely remained a niche sport in the […]

Anthony Davis said LeBron James sent him an excited text message within 10-15 minutes of being traded to the Los Angeles Lakers. James offered to give Davis his No. 23 jersey, but the idea was shot down by Nike. Watch Davis’ interview on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” below. Visit BusinessInsider.com for more stories. When Anthony Davis was finally traded from the […]

IT was easy peasy Japanesey for 20-1 outsider Deirdre in the Nassau Stakes at Goodwood. Japan's superstar filly scuttled up the rail to foil Frankie Dettori aboard Mehdaayih in a Group 1 stunner. The early gallop was frantic as old rivals Dettori and Ryan Moore vied for the lead, and it was Moore's mount and the well-backed favourite Hermosa who […]

ROMELU LUKAKU didn't look to happy as he posed in his Manchester United kit. The striker is strongly linked with a switch to Juventus, with Paulo Dybala set to head in the opposite direction. But with the move far from agreed, Lukaku had to don the United kit for the traditional pre-season player pen pics. And there was no hint […]

After serving a 14-month ban from competitive swimming for violating anti-doping rules, Ryan Lochte made his return Wednesday as he competed in the 2019 Phillips 66 National Championships in Palo Alto, California. Lochte’s first event back was a 200-meter individual medley time trial in which he posted a 1:57.88, the fourth-best time by an American this season and fast enough […]