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Jan Vertonghen: Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino unhappy with Roberto Martinez
Arsenal suffered for years losing key figures to their rivals after moving stadiums and losing Pochettino would send completely the wrong message to big clubs across Europe, who could then raid Spurs' squad for all their talent. "It's so hard to understand this competition", said Pochettino. "Some things happen in private life but the important thing is to stay focused on my work, it's not easy to... [Full Article...]
Isaac Dogboe signs with Top Rank
Terms of the deal were not immediately disclosed, but have both sides eagerly looking to the future. " I am looking forward to strengthening my relationship with Bob Arum and welcoming the Top Rank team to Ghana next year ", Dogboe said. On Aug. 25, Dogboe made his first title defense and scored an electrifying first-round knockout of Japan's Hidenori Otake in Glendale, Arizona, on the undercard... [Full Article...]
Dodgers blast 3 homers as Ryu silences Braves
Ryu's seven-inning stint matched the longest by a Dodgers starter during the 2017 postseason. He laughed upon realizing the gaffe. He allowed one run over eight innings in the three games for a 1.13 ERA. We knew the Atlanta Braves would show how young they are in the playoffs, but in the first at-bat against the opposition? Joc Pederson's leadoff shot in the bottom of the first rattled Mike ... [Full Article...]
Mike Moustakas delivers walk-off hit to win Game 1
The Brewers will host the victor of the Rockies-Cubs Wild Card Game at Miller Park. The Boston Red Sox (107-52) are the number one seed in the American League and the Chicago Cubs are the number one seed in the National League. Prediction: Boston in 6 games . The National League Central champion Milwaukee Brewers will begin postseason play on October 4. It would be the biggest Cleveland-D... [Full Article...]
Del Potro powers to Beijing quarter-finals
He joins Rafael Nadal , Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic among those qualified so far. Ramos-Vinolas broke back after a bad forehand from Juan Martin but he couldn't stay on the positive side of the scoreboard for too long, losing serve at 15 in the following game and allowing del Potro to claim the opener with a forehand victor in the 12th game for a 7-5 after 53 minutes. [Full Article...]
Rafael Benitez fined £60,000 for referee comments - Premier League 2018
The boss seemed cautiously encouraged by events of the pizza and pasta summit at Rialto's in Ponteland, Northumberland. "He's a good player no doubt about that but I think the FA has to deal with his comments", Benitez said in his pre-match news conference. [Full Article...]
Japan's Okinawa braces for another powerful typhoon, wider areas on alert
As of noon Thursday the typhoon was traveling north-northwest about 250 kilometers east-southeast of Miyako Island at a speed of 20 km per hour and with an atmospheric pressure of 960 hectopascals at its center. Earlier this week, Typhoon Trami battered Japan, killing two and injuring more than 120 people. The typhoon packed winds up to 216kmh, which ripped off roofs, overturned trucks and swept... [Full Article...]
Lewis Hamilton cements advantage in Japanese GP FP2
Despite Hamilton and Mercedes' healthy lead in both championships, Wolff is not carried away and cited Hamilton's 2007 title loss where he had held a 17-point lead over Kimi Raikkonen with two rounds remaining and despite such an advantage, Hamilton lost the title to the Ferrari driver in the season finale in Brazil. [Full Article...]