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Southampton, the Premier League football club based on the south coast of England, is in exclusive talks to be taken over by Lander Sports Development Co. of China, according to people familiar with the situation. Katharina Liebherr, the club’s Swiss owner, has been engaged in the talks for several weeks, said the people, who declined to be identified because an agreement has yet to be completed. The price could be as…

Southampton, the Premier League football club based on the south coast of England, is in exclusive talks to be taken over by Lander Sports Development Co. of China, according to people familiar with the situation. Katharina Liebherr, the club’s Swiss owner, has been engaged in the talks for several weeks, said the people, who declined to be identified because an agreement has yet to be completed. The price could be as…

When Auston Matthews, the 18-year-old phenom taken No. 1 overall by the Toronto Maple Leafs in this year’s NHL draft, introduced himself to the league by scoring four goals in the first game of the season, the feat had hockey fans wracking their brains for the last time a teenager notched such a prolific performance. It turns out they didn’t…

As if the 2016 Rio Olympics weren’t bad enough on their own (you know, what with the city’s massive corruption problem, its infested water, and its unpaid cops), the event is still terrible over two months after the competition ended. Why? Because the organizers still haven’t paid hundreds of people who worked their asses off to make the Olympics possible. Now, said workers are ready to sue. According to the…

The concept evolved over the past year in the midst of one doping scandal after another. In the latest chapter, Rita Jeptoo, a Kenyan who was a two-time Chicago and Boston marathon champion, had her titles stripped and was given a four-year suspension for testing positive for EPO. Also within the past week, a World Anti-Doping Agency report highlighted the failings and shortcomings of drug testing at the Rio Olympics,…

Three Harford County field hockey teams played for region titles Wednesday and two, Bel Air and Patterson Mill, both won, while Fallston fell short. At Patterson Mill, the Huskies squared off with Perryville for a second straight year in the region final setting. And for the second consecutive time, the Huskies beat the Panthers. This year, the Huskies overcame an early deficit en route to a 3-1 Class 1A North…

Each Wednesday SB Nation’s NASCAR reporter Jordan Bianchi answers your questions about the latest news and happenings within the sport. If you have a mailbag question email jordanmbianchi@gmail.com. Seeing how Martinsville is such a great track and even its bad races are usually better than good races at most other tracks, doesn’t it make sense that it should host an elimination race over other tracks? No offense to Dover…

Southampton, the Premier League football club based on the south coast of England, is in exclusive talks to be taken over by Lander Sports Development Co. of China, according to people familiar with the situation. Katharina Liebherr, the club’s Swiss owner, has been engaged in the talks for several weeks, said the people, who declined to be identified because an agreement has yet to be completed. The price could be as…

The concept evolved over the past year in the midst of one doping scandal after another. In the latest chapter, Rita Jeptoo, a Kenyan who was a two-time Chicago and Boston marathon champion, had her titles stripped and was given a four-year suspension for testing positive for EPO. Also within the past week, a World Anti-Doping Agency report highlighted the failings and shortcomings of drug testing at the Rio Olympics,…

LONDON –  British Prime Minister Theresa May has condemned International soccer organization FIFA for its ban on players wearing Britain’s remembrance poppy, a symbol of the nation’s annual tribute to its war dead. She told Parliament Wednesday that the FIFA decision was “utterly outrageous.” England will play Scotland in a 2018 World Cup qualifier on Armistice Day, Nov. 11, and players had hoped to wear commemorative shirts with…

The concept evolved over the past year in the midst of one doping scandal after another. In the latest chapter, Rita Jeptoo, a Kenyan who was a two-time Chicago and Boston marathon champion, had her titles stripped and was given a four-year suspension for testing positive for EPO. Also within the past week, a World Anti-Doping Agency report highlighted the failings and shortcomings of drug testing at the Rio Olympics,…

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Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email print comment RIO DE JANEIRO — Nearly 2-plus months after the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, hundreds of workers still haven’t been paid and are planning to sue the local organizing committee to get their money. Among those late getting paid are about 100 freelance contractors who worked as stadium announcers, show producers and DJs, and several hundred others who worked for the Olympic News Service, which…

Harvard President Drew Faust has asked the university’s Office of the General Counsel to “conduct an immediate review” of the 2012 men’s soccer team’s sexually explicit “scouting report” of freshmen women soccer players. The report, which assigned ‘ratings’ to recruits based on their physical appearance and sexual appeal, has ‘no place at Harvard,” Faust wrote in a statement Tuesday to the Harvard Crimson that was also provided to the Globe….

Harvard President Drew Faust has asked the university’s Office of the General Counsel to “conduct an immediate review” of the 2012 men’s soccer team’s sexually explicit “scouting report” of freshmen women soccer players. The report, which assigned ‘ratings’ to recruits based on their physical appearance and sexual appeal, has ‘no place at Harvard,” Faust wrote in a statement Tuesday to the Harvard Crimson that was also provided to the Globe….

The head of the Palestinian Football Association (PFA) wants FIFA to adopt what he called a Crimea-style solution to prevent Israeli league clubs from being based in settlements in the West Bank, he said on Tuesday. After Russia annexed Ukraine’s Crimea peninsula in 2014, European soccer body UEFA banned Crimean clubs from moving to the Russian league and instead authorized them to set up their own competition….

Throughout history, random appearances of seemingly odd and unusual sights have led to the creation and propagation of stories of paranormal activities, extraterrestrial visitations, and the existence of fantastic mythological creatures. The latest entry in this category: the Alaska ice monster. When a 22-second long video clip surfaced last week of a mysterious object floating in the partially frozen Chena River in Alaska, internet commentators were quick with theories ranging…

John Wes Townley will miss Friday night’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Texas Motor Speedway because of an injured left ankle, according to a team release. Cody Coughlin will replace Townley in the No. 05 Zaxby’s Chevrolet for the Striping Technology 350 at 8:30 p.m ET (FS1, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). The team classified the injury as non-racing related. “I want to wish John Wes a speedy recovery…

LONDON — An Italian aristocrat has died after he collided with a truck while riding his bicycle in central London. The family of 21-year-old Filippo Corsini confirmed his death after Monday’s accident. Britain’s The Guardian reports that Corsini was an Italian prince, heir to one of Florence’s most renowned and distinguished families, distantly related to Pope Clement XII. The accident took place near a London department store at 12:40 p.m….

Brian Webster Staff Writer @briweb69 Steven Albers struck the blow Tuesday night that soccer fans in Jacksonville waited decades for: the winning goal in a supersectional contest. The Crimsons’ senior swooped in on a loose ball, broke away with his quarry and drove it past Springfield High goalkeeper Evan Wright to give Jacksonville a 3-2 lead with six minutes and six seconds left in the second…