Urawa Reds manager Mihailo Petrovic hailed his ring-rusty players for shaking off the cobwebs of almost a month on the sidelines to claim a 1-0 win over Kashima Antlers in the first leg of the J. League Championship final on Tuesday. Urawa took a big step toward its first league title in 10 years after […]
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An aircraft carrying passengers including members of a Brazilian soccer team heading for a regional tournament final crashed in Colombia late Monday, killing 71 people onboard, AP reported Tuesday citing Colombian authorities. Six people were rescued and are receiving treatment at hospitals and elsewhere, while four who had been thought to be aboard were not […]
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Robert Griffin III has been cleared by doctors to play again this season. RG3 still needs Browns coach Hue Jackson’s blessing. Griffin passed a final medical test on his injured left shoulder and can now take full contact, paving the way for the quarterback to play on Dec. 11 when the winless Browns return from […]
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Rick Nash came up big in the third period for the New York Rangers. Nash tied the score with a highlight-reel goal in the opening minute of the third and then set up Jimmy Vesey’s winner later in the period to rally the Rangers from two goals down for a 3-2 victory over the Carolina […]
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Many fans might have thought Takahiro Arai was heading to the Hiroshima Carp to retire. After the 2014 season, the then-37-year-old left the Hanshin Tigers to join the team he’d spent his first nine years with. Arai was coming off a season in which he’d played 94 games and hit .244 with three home runs […]
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After building a big third-quarter lead against the defending NBA champions, the Milwaukee Bucks poured it on in the fourth. And when the Cleveland Cavaliers pulled their starters, including LeBron James, midway through the final period, the young Bucks still didn’t let up. “We didn’t let them off the hook. We were attacking,” said Giannis […]
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Ohio State held firm at second in the College Football Playoff rankings, putting the Buckeyes in position to become the first team to be selected to the final four without winning its conference. The second-to-last rankings were released Tuesday night and Alabama was No. 1, followed by Ohio State, Clemson and Washington. The Crimson Tide, […]
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Yoenis Cespedes is staying with the New York Mets — again. After testing free agency for the second straight offseason, the slugging outfielder agreed to a $110 million, four-year contract with New York, a person familiar with the deal told AP on Tuesday. The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the […]
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Norway’s anti-doping agency called for a 14-month ban on Tuesday for cross-country star Therese Johaug after she tested positive for a steroid she said she took unknowingly. The agency’s prosecution committee filed charges to the Norwegian sports federation’s disciplinary committee, which will make a ruling. Johaug, last year’s World Cup champion, tested positive for clostebol, […]
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New York Yankees right-hander Masahiro Tanaka gave his most recent season in the majors a positive assessment Wednesday, while saying he is keen to suit up for his third World Baseball Classic with Japan next March. Tanaka set his MLB career-best with a 14-4 record and his 199⅔ innings pitched was one of many areas […]
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