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The London 2012 Olympics were “corrupted on an unprecedented scale” by Russia’s government and sports authorities, who colluded to ensure its sports stars were able to take a cocktail of banned performance-enhancing drugs yet evade doping tests, it has been revealed. A 144-page report by the respected Canadian law professor Richard McLaren on behalf of the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) also found that more than 1,000 Russians athletes across more…

Russia is building a $30 million complex for acrobatic rock ’n’ roll, a niche sport in which President Vladimir Putin’s daughter is a leading dancer and has a senior role for development, a Reuters review of public documents has shown. The Zhavoronki Acrobatic Rock ’n’ Roll Centre will be built on the western outskirts of Moscow at a cost of 1.9 billion rubles, according to state tender documents available online,…

RELATED: Timeline of Junior’s injury, recovery   For so many years we have been impressed with Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s performance on the race track — the 26 NASCAR premier series wins, the pair of emotional Daytona 500 victories, the absolutely extraordinary 14 Most Popular Driver awards.   However, what is most remarkable — and equally as important — to his legacy is the way he handled a concussion diagnosis and…

Popular NASCAR driver Matt DiBenedetto tweeted on Thursday that he would not return to BK Racing for the 2017 Cup Series season. The 25-year-old spent the past two years with the underfunded Toyota outfit and has experienced both highs and lows during his first 68 races at the highest level. The former Joe Gibbs Racing development driver earned a hard-fought sixth-place finish at Bristol Motor Speedway in April…

LONDON British police investigating allegations of widespread child sex abuse at soccer clubs dating back to the 1970s said on Friday they had identified 83 potential suspects and possible links to 98 clubs, including some from the Premier League. Police forces across the country launched inquiries after former player Andy Woodward revealed he had been abused as a boy by a youth team coach, prompting other ex-professionals to come forward…

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Andy Woodward was the first to come forward in a November interview with the Guardian, revealing that while at Crewe Alexandra in the 1980s, that club’s youth coach Barry Bennell allegedly groomed, exploited, and sexually abused him. Bennell had a house in the country set up like “a treasure trove, a child’s dream,” including “a little monkey upstairs in a cage” and “a wild cat,” to which he would lure…

RELATED: Dale through the years | Recovery timeline CAIN: Dale Jr.’s strong stand makes him, sport better NASCAR premier series driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. has received medical clearance to resume his racing career, Hendrick Motorsports announced Thursday. Earnhardt Jr., 42, was sidelined for the final 18 races of the 2016 season after suffering a concussion. On Wednesday, he participated in an on-track testing session at Darlington Raceway under the supervision…

The Winter issue of CNET Magazine is out! Photo by Josh Miller I love cycling. It’s the only form of exercise strenuous enough to be worthwhile yet fun enough to keep me motivated. I burn a lot of calories while riding — a lot of calories, enough to erase the most egregious of Chipotle indiscretions in less than an hour when I’m really cranking. But cycling isn’t just about staying…

LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Cheerleading and Thai kickboxing have made their way into the Olympic movement. The International Cheer Union and the International Federation of Muay Thai received provisional recognition Tuesday from the IOC executive board — a first step on a long road to becoming a future Olympic sport. They were among 16 sports bodies which applied for IOC recognition earlier this year, and they join 35 other sports on…

1:00 PM ET Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email print comment Fun. Edgy. Fun. Global. Fun. Those buzzwords rang through the NASCAR news conference last week when the league introduced Monster Energy as the sponsor of its Cup series, or whatever it chooses to call it in the future. The news conference included two mentions of “global” and three references to “edgy” … but “fun” — a fun, fun, fun 10 times….

Eddie Jones has been named coach of the year at the 2016 Pride of Sport Awards. The former Japan coach has transformed England’s rugby union side after their shambolic World Cup campaign. England went unbeaten in 2016, a year that included four wins against Australia and a Six Nations triumph. “Firstly I’m a bit embarrassed to get this given what the rest of the contestants have done,” said Jones. “We’ve…

You have a few choices for control, too, including buttons on the handlebars, a touchpad on the glasses themselves or voice commands. You’ll need to pair with a companion app on your phone, but that also lets you share data with other fitness apps. A full-fledged public launch is still some distance away (Everysight hasn’t provided specifics). However, the company is taking sign-ups for a Test Pilot Program. If you…

Lorry driver Alexander Lamb, of Featherstone, Yorkshire, told the inquest he would have stopped if he had seen a cyclist. He said: “I couldn’t believe it happened. I didn’t hear anything, feel anything or see anything. If I had seen anything I would have stopped and tried to help.” Cyclist are banned from wearing headphones in competitive events, but they are not illegal in the UK. Kevin Clinton, from the…

Here’s something to cheer about: the International Olympic Committee’s executive board voted on Tuesday to recognize cheerleading as a sport, the New York Times reports. That doesn’t necessarily mean that cheerleaders will be going to the 2018 Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea or even the 2020 Games in Tokyo. The IOC’s recognition means that cheerleading’s governing body, the International Cheer Union, will receive at least $25,000 every year and…

London’s mayor is serious about cycling. Sadiq Khan, who took office in May this year, has secured almost a billion dollars to spend on cycling over the next five years. That works out to almost $22 per person per year. Remarkably, this is double what bike-enthusiast Boris Johnson, the previous mayor, managed to spend. “By spending £770 million over the course of the next TfL Business Plan, we’ll now be…

RBTH: How many years have you lived and cycled in London? Janna Brom: I was born in St. Petersburg and grew up in the city center. When I was 15 my parents moved to the UK. We first lived in Norwich, but about seven years ago I moved to London. Of course I was cycling around when I was a kid in Russia at our dacha [summer house]. But I’m…

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With the recent news that Dodge might consider making an eventual return to NASCAR, it begs a question to be asked of all race fans. Which automaker currently out of NASCAR would you most like to see in it? Is it Dodge, which has left the sport twice previously, most recently following the 2012 season? Or would you rather see someone completely new? This is your chance to make your…

At this point, whether or not Dodge returns to NASCAR remains an open question, but in an exclusive interview with FOXSports.com, the man who once ran the company’s NASCAR operation said he would like to see it happen. Bob Wildberger, who served as Dodge’s senior manager of NASCAR operations when the automaker came back in the sport in 2001 (it left after 2012), told FOXSports.com Tuesday that if Dodge came…