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BUY TICKETS: See the races at Richmond The Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series and NASCAR XFINITY Series descend upon Richmond Raceway for a doubleheader weekend of NASCAR action. The 16-driver playoff field for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series will be set following this race. Monster Energy Series and XFINITY Series events are also live streamed online on the NBC Sports App, which can be accessed here. Check out the full on-track…

Chris Boardman is entirely right when he says that cycling is increasingly dangerous (Boardman: I avoid cycling on British roads, 1 September), citing the death of his own mother in a bike accident. But it’s not just British roads. Both my ex-husband and my daughter sustained extensive injuries having been knocked off their bikes by reckless car drivers in Oxford and Singapore respectively. My daughter was lucky to come out…

War-torn Syria kept its chances of a first-ever soccer World Cup finals qualification alive after an injury time goal earned it a draw with battlefield ally Iran. Finishing third in its group means Syria now faces a home and away series next month against either Saudi Arabia or Australia. It it eventually emerges as the winner, it would enter an intercontinental playoff in November. It took a 93rd-minute goal in…

The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race Sunday took an unexpected turn on the last lap. Austin Cindric was chasing Kaz Grala and proved he was willing to do anything to get the win and clinch his spot in the series’ eight-driver playoffs. It was a two-man race, and as the drivers came into one of the final turns on the road course at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, Cindric —…

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An accused child rapist will skate free after the alleged victim — a retired NHL player — died from an apparent drug overdose. The former hockey pro, David Gove — who most recently worked as a minor league hockey coach — was found dead in April on the floor of a Pittsburgh homeless shelter, an apparent victim of a synthetic opioid called carfentanil, according to the Allegheny County Coroner’s Office….

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Second-year driver Chase Elliott, former champion Matt Kenseth and veteran Jamie McMurray can breathe somewhat easier in the days and nights leading into this weekend’s Federated Auto Parts 400 at Richmond Raceway. Barring a disheartening set of circumstances, at least two of them and most likely all three will qualify via points for NASCAR’s upcoming 16-driver, 10-race, four-round championship playoff series. The 400-lap, 300-miler at Richmond is the…

Things are heating up for the U.S. in soccer World Cup qualifying. And we’re not talking about the Americans’ suddenly precarious position in the six-team CONCACAF tournament, although we’ll get to that in a bit. First let’s talk about the weather. It was 91 degrees with 67% humidity when the U.S. team took the field for a Monday morning training session at Estadio Olimpico Metropolitano. According to the heat index,…

9:27 AM ET Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment DARLINGTON, S.C. — Martin Truex Jr. clinched the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series regular-season championship by winning the opening two stages Sunday night in the Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway. Truex nearly made it a sweep of the night, but he got a flat tire when trying to hold off Denny Hamlin for the win with two laps remaining….

Female cyclists have channelled their irritation at a magazine’s labelling of a rider as a “token attractive woman” by mass mickey-taking and inviting the editor to ride in a women-only peloton to see if he can keep up. The editor of Cycling Weekly, Simon Richardson, was forced to issue an apology last week after the latest edition dismissed a member of the Hinckley Cycle Racing Club from Leicestershire as a…

NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Bojangles’ Southern 500 Sunday’s results At Darlington Raceway Darlington, S.C. Lap length: 1.366 miles (Start position in parentheses) 1. (9) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 367 laps, 0 rating, 57 points. 2. (3) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 367, 0, 43. 3. (7) Kurt Busch, Ford, 367, 0, 38. 4. (13) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 367, 0, 36. 5. (10) Erik Jones, Toyota, 367, 0, 37. [DARLINGTON RECAP: Denny Hamlin messes…

Closing out a trip in the Lone Star State, the men’s soccer team was unable to come away with a victory as it dropped Sunday night’s game to Southern Methodist University, 3-0, following a 2-2 draw Friday night against Incarnate Word. The Mustangs got on the board in the 23rd minute after a goal by Mauro Cichero to head into halftime with the 1-0 lead. SMU then came out of…

RELATED: See every car, paint scheme in the field And the winner is … Danica Patrick. Her No. 10 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford Fusion was named the best throwback paint scheme this year at Darlington Raceway’s annual throwback weekend. Patrick’s car sports a blue-and-red look that honors Robert Yates Racing, specifically the car Dale Jarrett drove to a championship in 1999. Patrick was one of the 10 drivers NASCAR.com revealed as…

12:22 AM ET Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment DARLINGTON, S.C. — Martin Truex Jr. clinched the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series regular-season championship by winning the opening two stages Sunday night in the Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway. Truex nearly made it a sweep of the night, but suffered a flat tire when trying to hold off Denny Hamlin for the win with two laps remaining. He…

RELATED: Full race results Dale Earnhardt Jr. finished 22nd in his final Bojangles’ Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway as a full-time Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series driver. Earnhardt’s night, and the night for his No. 88 team, got worse post-race after NASCAR officials found two lug nuts unsecured on his No. 88 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet during post-race inspection. Two unsecured lug nuts will result in a $20,000 fine and one-race…

RELATED: Complete results | Playoff picture | Detailed breakdown | Every 2017 winner BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO – Canadian Tire Motorsport Park has a knack for hosting dramatic finishes, and Austin Cindric created one of his own in today’s Chevrolet Silverado 250 at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park. A dramatic last-lap incident saw Cindric push his No. 19 Brad Keselowski Racing Ford into the back of the No. 33 GMS Racing Chevrolet of Kaz Grala…

When it comes to NASCAR racing, no one knows winning more than ‘The King’ Richard Petty. Petty’s 200 wins are the most all-time in the sport by a country mile. David Pearson is second with 103 followed by Jeff Gordon’s 93. Seven-time champion Jimmie Johnson leads active drivers with 83 wins. It’s highly unlikely that anyone will ever surpass Petty in checkered flags. On Sunday, The King, now 80 years…

After a mile and a half go right to Weeting, then join the road, and turn right, then left, on to All Saints. This takes you past Weeting Castle, a ruined medieval manor. The metalled road merges into an off-road track at Holme Farm. Follow this track to the A1065, where you turn right, then first left, on to a long, straight lane with trees either side. Take care here:…

Coming out for the second half, Kentucky made a goalkeeping change as a collision with Soucie prompted her to come out due to the concussion protocol, enabling Sophie Babo to earn her first-ever goalkeeping appearance. The Noles tested Babo early and often in the second half including Castellanos recording her sixth goal of the season in the 48th minute, collecting a ball near the penalty spot from Megan Connolly, turning…