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Nashville's Brandt Snedeker makes Ryder Cup team

What Fowler wasn't counting on was beating himself. Fowler needed to finish third to move past Zach Johnson into the eighth spot in the USA standings, and he w...

Brewers offense stays quiet in 3-1 loss to Pirates

After Andrew McCutchen lined out, Gregory Polanco added a second solo home run in the inning, his 20th of the season and this pulled Anderson from the game. Nov...

Fans Burn Jerseys After NFL's Kaepernick Refuses to Stand for National Anthem

He stood for a long grilling by the press. "The opportunity we have to play a great game is through the men and women that serve our country", said Rex Ryan...

Arsenal complete Perez deal

The deal is believed to be worth £17.1m , with Perez expected to challenge Olivier Giroud for a striker role, while his ability to play from either flank is lik...

Dhoni keen on more series in Florida

Dhoni, however, was not ready to buy the wet outfield logic. The match began late by 40 minutes due to technical reasons and later rain spoilt India's chase...

Oleksiak named Canada's flag bearer in Rio

Canadian teenage swimming sensation Penny Oleksiak landed in Toronto on Tuesday to a hero's welcome following her historic Olympic performance in the pool in ...

Brett Favre exhibit opens Wednesday in Packers Hall of Fame

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Hamilton will not catch the leaders, says Ricciardo

Ricciardo said: "If we have a clean race and we don't get held up by anyone who shouldn't be in front of us, I don't think we'll see Lewis in the mirrors". "I'm...

Malaysia expects haze to be less severe this year: Minister

Dr Wan Junaidi said his ministry and each agency involved in managing the haze disaster were stepping up open burning prevention efforts as the problem could ca...

Manchester City announce signing of goalkeeper Claudio Bravo

But Hart's next destination remains uncertain after Koeman distanced himself from a potential deal for the former Shrewsbury keeper. Klopp however, like his M...

Larson captures first Sprint Cup win

On Sunday, top NASCAR Sprint Cup Series drivers meet on the track at the Michigan International Speedway for the Pure Michigan 400 . He finished 24th and i...

Tynemouth school celebrates best every GCSE results

Learning co-ordinators Joe Hewitson and Sarah Ince said: "We are so proud of our pupils, who worked tremendously hard to achieve these results". Penwortham Gi...

Half Of World's Population Will See Rio Olympics

Those viewing numbers are more than the 1.46 billion minutes streamed of the entire 2012 Summer Olympics in London and the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Ru...

England may play three spinners in first ODI v Pakistan

From 199 for 4 after 40 overs, they could only manage to add a further 61 runs, giving them the lowest first-innings total in an ODI at the Ageas Bowl (from a...

Drake: "I've Been In Love With Rihanna Since I Was 22"

He also made reference to "calling" Swift, which harkens back to a phone call West says he made to get her permission to use a lyric in Famous: "I feel like m...

Djokovic advances but new concerns rise over fitness

The top-ranked Serb may have looked far from comfortable en route a 6-3 5-7 6-2 6-1 win over Poland's Jerzy Janowicz in the tournament opener, but that didn't ...

Madden 17 to include commentary on Colin Kaepernick National Anthem protest

In the pantheon of video game glitches this is like nothing we've seen. I reviewed Madden, so I've been putting in plenty of hours on EA's latest gridiron sim...

Olympics 2016: Round 3 Women's Golf Scores and Leaderboard

She finished with an Olympic women's golf record 11 birdies shooting 31-32-63. Just 17 at the time, Ko became the youngest golfer, male or female, to reach th...

Bill O'Brien could see JJ Watt being ready for Week 1

Watt had a back surgery just before the start of training camp and reports indicated he could miss upwards of two months. Whether he'll play in the Texans' seas...

Pirates, Freese agree to two-year extension

Nova then rebounded to retire the next three batters, throwing just 98 pitches while holding the Astros to one run on six hits and a walk with six strikeouts. T...

Ryan Lochte released a public apology that didn't actually apologize

What started out as a robbery claim by Lochte and teammates, Jack Conger , Gunnar Bentz and Jimmy Feigen in a suburb of Rio after a night of partying, turned i...

What are the Cowboys' roster options with Tony Romo?

Garrett and Stephen Jones are being vague on a time frame for Romo's return, but multiple reports are more specific, indicating the 36-year-old quarterback ...

Manchester City sign Barcelona goalkeeper

Guardiola also said City are doing their best to help England goalkeeper Joe Hart find a new club but insisted he will be treated like any other player if he ...

Patrick Reed wins Barclays; Rickie Fowler falters

A bogey on the par-3 third hole put him two shots behind Fowler, but not for long. The Barclays was the final event that Americans could earn eight automatic ...

Rio Police Officially Charge Ryan Lochte With False Robbery Repot

None of the other three US swimmers involved in the incident - including James Feigen , who initially corroborated Lochte's story but later gave a revised stat...

Trump vows 'tracking system' to deport everyone whose visa expires

For the moment, what we're left with is that if Donald Trump were president, there might or might not be a deportation force to round up the 11 million undocume...

Velasquez still struggling, Phillies routed by Cardinals

Had Hellickson flopped against the St. Louis Cardinals, the Phillies nearly certainly would have reset their roster, adding bullpen arms, convinced their regula...

Joe Hart's Manchester City predicament has just become much worse

It was expected Hart would leave the club before the transfer window closes on Wednesday, but an immediate transfer is no longer certain. Guardiola said of Br...

"All Good With Sturridge" Says Klopp

It's a good team, thank God. Klopp's frustrations showed on the sidelines. All very logical but Sturridge, by dint of being a prodigiously talented English ...

Jerry Rice, White House weigh in on Kaepernick

To clarify, I support Colin's motivation. OK, yes, it's hard to find a picture of any 49ers player-not named Aldon Smith-in a relaxed moment with either York ...

Kepler, Twins bumble away late lead for ninth-straight loss

The Jays' Josh Donaldson stayed riveted on Pressly during his warm-up pitches then drove a single to right-centre field to score a pair of runs. PHILLIES 5,...

Toro Rosso woes not restricted to engines

Toro Rosso are now seventh in the constructors' championship, though picked up no points in this weekend's Belgian Grand Prix, where Kvyat finished 14th and Sa...

Pakistan lose momentum after rain delay

Azhar Ali , Pakistan's captain, conceded that his side were at least 30 runs short, having failed to summon a more explosive finish to their innings. "I've sa...

Georgia Bulldog Gunnar Bentz releases statement on Rio incident

Conger said they received the help of a man who was able to translate for them, and the swimmers paid some money as compensation for the torn poster and went ba...

Rosberg wins in Belgium, as Hamilton starts 21st to finish 3rd

In fact Hamilton did so well he could have managed to make it a Mercedes one-two, but Daniel Ricciardo in the Red Bull managed to fend him off to secure second,...