Eder fires pale Azzurri into Euro 2016 last 16 Toulouse (France) (AFP) – Brazil-born striker Eder overcame an otherwise patchy performance to hit a cracking late winner in a 1-0 victory over Sweden that sent Italy into the last 16 of Euro 2016 on Friday. Eder, playing in his first major finals for Italy after being naturalised last year, came close to being substituted by Antonio Conte after a … [Read more...]
Michael Oher gets paid, Panthers teammates make ‘Blind Side’ jokes
Michael Oher gets paid, Panthers teammates make 'Blind Side' jokes Good for Michael Oher. The Carolina Panthers offensive tackle has found a home in the NFL, and he just extended his lease. Oher has signed a three-year extension with the team worth $21.6 million over that stretch, with $9.5 million guaranteed. That's nice money for a player who was good, not great with the Baltimore Ravens … [Read more...]
Derryck Thornton picks USC over Kansas, Washington, Miami – KUsports
Derryck Thornton picks USC over Kansas, Washington, Miami - KUsports Duke's Derryck Thornton (12) drives for the basket during the second half against Yale in the second round of the NCAA men's college basketball tournament in Providence, R.I., Saturday, March 19, 2016. Duke won 71-64. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer) Advertisement Former Duke University point guard Derryck Thornton has decided to … [Read more...]
Michigan AD defends cost of Harbaugh satellite camp tour
Michigan AD defends cost of Harbaugh satellite camp tour Michigan’s lengthy satellite camp tour won’t come cheap. According to MLive.com, Wolverines athletic director Warde Manuel confirmed Thursday that the program’s camp schedule – which spans 38 appearances in 22 states, plus an international trip – should run a bill of approximately $350,000. “It will come in somewhere around there,” … [Read more...]
Report: NBA security mistook Ayesha Curry’s dad for ‘con artist’
Report: NBA security mistook Ayesha Curry's dad for 'con artist' In the final minutes of the Cleveland Cavaliers' Game 6 win over the Golden State Warriors on Thursday, Ayesha Curry, the wife of Warriors point guard and back-to-back NBA Most Valuable Player Stephen Curry, took to Twitter to register her displeasure with the officiating for the second straight game. This time, she went beyond … [Read more...]
UFC Fight Night: MacDonald vs. Thompson predictions – FOXSports.com
UFC Fight Night: MacDonald vs. Thompson predictions - FOXSports.com The UFC lands in Ottawa on Saturday night for a stacked card that will be capped off by a battle between the top two welterweight contenders in the division as Rory MacDonald takes on Stephen "Wonderboy" Thompson in a five-round main event. MacDonald returns from nearly a year off after a grueling battle with welterweight champion … [Read more...]
Russian sports ministry: Olympics will be diminished without our athletes (Reuters)
Russian sports ministry: Olympics will be diminished without our athletes (Reuters) Russia's Sports Ministry said on Friday it was extremely disappointed by the IAAF's decision to uphold a ban of all Russian track-and-field athletes from international competition and the Rio Olympics would be diminished by their absence. "Clean athletes' dreams are being destroyed because of the … [Read more...]
At 43, Lee Westwood contending for a first major title
At 43, Lee Westwood contending for a first major title Your browser does not support iframes. OAKMONT, Pa. — The best player to have never won a major is in contention to win his first here at the U.S. Open. I'm not talking about Dustin Johnson. I'm talking about Lee Westwood. The 43-year-old came back on Friday to an Oakmont that had been drenched on the day prior and overnight by more than … [Read more...]
WIDER IMAGE-Boxing school in Rio slum shows sport’s power before Olympics (Reuters)
WIDER IMAGE-Boxing school in Rio slum shows sport's power before Olympics (Reuters) By Daniel Flynn and Nacho Doce RIO DE JANEIRO, June 17 (Reuters) - Beneath a street lamp in one of Rio de Janeiro's slums, 19-year-old boxer Wanderson de Oliveira does pull-ups from a metal bar outside the Fight for Peace academy while two skinny young boys watch intently. Much of the Complexo da Maré, a … [Read more...]
Walters ruled out for Ireland’s Belgium clash
Walters ruled out for Ireland’s Belgium clash Bordeaux (AFP) – Jon Walters will miss the Republic of Ireland’s Euro 2016 clash with Belgium on Saturday due to injury, manager Martin O’Neill confirmed. “Jon Walters is not going to be fit so we will have to make at least one change. We will have a look at it and decide on it tomorrow morning,” said O’Neill at a press conference in Bordeaux on … [Read more...]