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Unless you’re an avid transport campaigner, it’s likely that among the rush of government announcements made last week, you will have missed one very important one: the publication of the cycling and walking investment strategy (CWIS), The government’s intention to launch a CWIS was first announced in January 2015. It took more than two years, but we now have the first legislation of its kind in England to bind the…

Two U.K. soccer teams found themselves in the middle of the sport’s latest scandal after authorities conducted sweeping raids and made arrests over suspected tax fraud. The offices of West Ham United and Newcastle United were targeted, according to the BBC and other U.K. media. One of the men arrested was Lee Charnley, Newcastle’s managing director, the BBC said. U.K. tax authorities have targeted teams, sending Glasgow’s Rangers into bankruptcy in…

Regardless of the playing field, regardless of the stature of the champion, it is the last act of a career in professional sports that is most difficult to master. How does an athlete know when to quit? How does he recognize that dreaded sweet spot, just before the joy is lost and before time and age, in their inexorable way, start chipping away at a legacy? With Tuesday’s announcement that…

RELATED: Reactions | Relive every Dale Jr. win | Top quotes from day CONCORD, N.C. — Dale Earnhardt Jr. announced his retirement from the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series after the 2017 season on Tuesday, saying that he wanted to leave stock-car racing competition on his own terms. But his words also struck a tone of optimism, that his involvement with the sport would remain strong. The emotional, engaging hourlong press…

It’s morning on a soccer field, somewhere in America. Two teams of 10-year-olds play a typical youth match, a constantly moving mass of arms and legs. There’s passing and shooting, goals and saves. It looks like soccer, except for one thing: There’s no heading. When the ball flies up into the air, the children control it with their chests, thighs, or feet, or they let it hit the ground. They…

It’s morning on a soccer field, somewhere in America. Two teams of 10-year-olds play a typical youth match, a constantly moving mass of arms and legs. There’s passing and shooting, goals and saves. It looks like soccer, except for one thing: There’s no heading. When the ball flies up into the air, the children control it with their chests, thighs, or feet, or they let it hit the ground. They…

Dale Earnhardt Jr. is hanging things up after 2017. (Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images) Hendrick Motorsports announced Tuesday morning that Dale Earnhardt Jr. will retire from NASCAR Cup Series racing at the end of the 2017 season. The son of legendary driver Dale Earnhardt Sr. has 26 victories at NASCAR’s top level since 2000, his first full-time year in the Cup Series, but never was able to take home the season…

The planned Guinness World Record attempt for the longest motorcycle jump May 7 at Talladega Superspeedway is canceled due to Monster Energy sponsored athlete Alex Harvill sustaining an foot injury during a practice jump, Monster Energy and Talladega officials announced Tuesday morning. Details about a future jump will follow.    Harvill was to attempt a world record for the longest ramp-to-ramp motorcycle jump before the start of the GEICO 500…

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Digital games publisher and developer 704Games has announced the worldwide release of NASCAR Heat Mobile, the first authentic NASCAR racing game on mobile to feature 40 stock cars racing simultaneously. NASCAR Heat Mobile is available globally today on the App Store for iPhone and iPad, as well as Google Play for Android devices.   704Games tapped veteran developer Firebrand Games, creators of NASCAR Unleashed, to build this…

It was just last month when people were wondering what was wrong with Jimmie Johnson and his slow start to the season. How silly it was to worry. Johnson grabbed a rare victory at Bristol Motor Speedway on Monday, giving him consecutive wins for the 11th time in his storied career. It was just the second career win in Thunder Valley for Johnson, who considers it one of his most…

CLOSE x Embed x Share Johnson won his second consecutive Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race on Monday at Bristol Motor Speedway. USA TODAY Sports Jimmie Johnson celebrates in victory lane after winning the Food City 500, Monday at Bristol Motor Speedway.(Photo: Randy Sartin, USA TODAY Sports) BRISTOL, Tenn. — Key takeaways from Monday’s Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway: WINNER: Jimmie Johnson scored his second consecutive victory,…

One of the biggest of many questions surrounding the Golden Gopher hockey team following the 2016-17 season was: Who’s going to wear the captain’s “C” with the departure of two-year leader Justin Kloos? Now we know. Minnesota has named All-American Tyler Sheehy to lead the team for the 2017-18 campaign. The Gophers will go with three Alternate Captains: Leon Bristedt, Mike Szmatula and Ryan Lindgren. They replace outgoing alternates Jake…

RELATED: Race lineup | Monday schedule   When the skies clear and the green flag drops today (1 p.m. ET, FOX), Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series drivers will face a different type of Bristol.   Pounded by rain over the past 24 hours, all of the rubber that accumulated onto the track, giving it grip, has been washed away. All of the resin-based VHT applied to the bottom of the…

Four Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series teams will travel to Indianapolis Motor Speedway this week for a two-day Goodyear tire test at the legendary 2.5-mile facility.   Drivers scheduled to take part in the test, set for Tuesday and Wednesday, are Brad Keselowski (No. 2 Team Penske Ford), Denny Hamlin (No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota), David Ragan (No. 38 Front Row Motorsports Ford) and Jimmie Johnson (No. 48 Hendrick…

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Mel Pearson has been named the University of Michigan’s head coach of ice hockey, the school announced Monday. Warde Manuel, the Donald R. Shepherd Director of Athletics, made the announcement that Pearson — who will be the ninth head coach in program history — would return to Ann Arbor after previously serving 23 season as an assistant coach for the Wolverines. A press conference will…

April 24, 2017 • Watch Live: Mel Pearson Press Conference (Monday, 2 p.m. EDT) ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Mel Pearson has been named the University of Michigan’s head coach of ice hockey, as announced today (Monday, April 24) by Warde Manuel, the Donald R. Shepherd Director of Athletics. Pearson, who becomes the ninth head coach in program history, returns to Ann Arbor after previously serving 23 seasons as an assistant…

CLOSE x Embed x Share USA TODAY Sports’ Brant James tells you what to watch for at the Food City 500 in Bristol, including who’s got the best chance to come away victorious. USA TODAY Sports Kevin Harvick is among a group of drivers who had wins at this point in 2016.(Photo: Stephen R. Sylvanie, USA TODAY Sports) BRISTOL, Tenn. — Kyle Busch had two wins and entered the spring…

Playoff hockey is often stupid. I write that with great affection. Playoff hockey is a rush and a thrill and a jolt of adrenaline and a three-hour sugar high. But it’s also often stupid. The games are tight. The margins are tiny. Luck lurks everywhere. Happenstance tugs at every collar. And too often, the team that gets the better of the play still loses the game. That’s why I kind…