The International Ice Hockey Federation says Kuznetsov failed a doping test taken May 26 - the day Russia won the bronze medal game against the Czech Republic in Slovakia. When I saw what was going on there - unfamiliar women, unknown substances on the table - I called my friend and left as soon as I could. Kuznetsov issued a statement to sport-express.ru , which was translated by Capitals blog... [Full Article...]
Zareen, in a letter to the Boxing Federation of India (BFI), alleged that she was stopped from competing regardless of having a scheduled trial bout. "The BFI decides all these things, it's up to them" she said. But Mary Kom is not letting the controversy affect her preparation. "Anyone can be tough and I am training for this". Quickly after this furore, Mary Kom was caught within the eye of t... [Full Article...]
And it paid off handsomely. Henderson, the winningest Canadian in major professional golf with nine victories, pronounced the course in form for the anticipated assault coming from her colleagues. After the morning wave, she was two strokes ahead of Su Oh of Australia, Amy Yang of Korea and Georgia Hall of England. Henderson won the tournament last year in Regina, Sask., become the first Canad... [Full Article...]
A first-round defeat to Tennys Sandgren at the Winston-Salem Open followed on Monday, with Murray subsequently suggesting he would consider dropping to Challenger level in order to build some form. "So there are some good things in there but also some stuff I would like to do better". "Physically, (I feel) OK considering, no pain, no discomfort. [Full Article...]
Liverpool winger Mohamed Salah has admitted he does not like VAR as he fears it will suck the excitement out of football, although he believes it will help him win more penalties this season. No one - not even the players or referee on the pitch - inside the Etihad saw the ball touch Aymeric Laporte's arm, but VAR did and so Gabriel Jesus' goal to make it 3-2 was ruled out. [Full Article...]
Jofra Archer continued the brilliant start to his Test career by taking 6-45 and sparking Australia's collapse from 136-2 to 179 all out on a stop-start opening day of the crucial third match of the Ashes series this morning. Only 52.1 overs were possible as the weather wrecked the first half of the day but, with David Warner's dicey 61 and Marnus Labuschagne's battling 74 the only knocks of a... [Full Article...]
Virtual Tom Brady , however, will still be leading the Patriots in 2020. One reception came in his sophomore season (2001) and went for 23 yards; the second came in 2015 and went for 36 yards; and the most recent came just a year ago: a scorching back-breaker that went for a whole six yards. [Full Article...]
Warner scored 10 and eight runs in both the innings combined of the first and second Ashes Test respectively. Labuschagne stepped in as global cricket's first concussion substitute and performed commendably in Smith's absence, registering a 100-ball 59 as the tourists secured a nail-biting draw to preserve their 1-0 series lead. [Full Article...]