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Beckham captains PSG in last home game
With fans chanting his name, David Beckham began his final home game before retirement as captain of Paris Saint-Germain. The 38-year-old Englishman was given a rousing reception at Parc des Princes before the French League match with Brest. Spectators broke into chants of "Merci, David" when his name was read ...
Venturi had precious friendship with Byron Nelson
Ken Venturi was a 14-year-old with a camera trying to get a picture of Byron Nelson when he first met the golfer who would become a mentor and dear friend. "He was, like, getting under the ropes a little bit, " Nelson's widow, Peggy, recalled Saturday of that moment during ...
Pimlico infield safe and sound for Preakness
In front of one stage, a mother propped her young child on her shoulders while watching the country music group Florida Georgia Line. On the other side of the expansive infield at Pimlico Race Course, 42-year-old Sharon Zahn and her 18-year-old daughter were waiting for rapper Macklemore to begin. Pitbull ...
Wrestling rules changed to keep sport in Olympics
Wrestling's governing body hopes rule changes designed to make matches more exciting and easier to understand will get the sport back in the Olympics. The federation, known by the acronym FILA, is also changing its constitution to include a female vice president and will increase the number of women's weight ...
What to watch for at the Preakness
All eyes will be on Kentucky Derby winner Orb in the Preakness Stakes on Saturday. The 3-year-old colt will take on eight challengers in the second leg of the Triple Crown. If he wins, Orb will attempt to become the first Triple Crown champion since Affirmed in 1978 at the ...
Ex-NBA player stabbed, seriously injured in fight
Serbian police say Predrag Danilovic, who played for the Miami Heat and Dallas Mavericks, is seriously injured after being stabbed in a fight. Police say Danilovic was hurt during a brawl early Saturday in a cafe in a residential part of the capital, Belgrade. Doctors say Danilovic underwent an operation ...
FILA approves new rules to keep wrestling in games
Wrestling's governing body has approved new rule and constitutional changes aimed at modernizing the sport and keeping it in the Olympics after 2016. A special congress Saturday of the federation, known by the acronym FILA, decreed there will be a mandatory women's vice-presidency role. The new rules will ensure matches ...
Denmark's Hoyer wins presidency of badminton body
Former Olympics champion Poul-Erik Hoyer has pledged to improve the image of badminton after winning the presidency of the sport's world governing body. The Dane polled 145 votes Saturday to beat Justian Suhandinata of Indonesia by 25 votes, becoming the first European to lead the Badminton World Federation since 1993. ...
Penguins take control vs. Senators behind Crosby
Dan Bylsma has spent more than four years watching Sidney Crosby be Sidney Crosby. The Pittsburgh Penguins coach doesn't think his captain has ever been better than he was during a 4-3 victory over Ottawa on Friday night that put Pittsburgh in firm control of the Eastern Conference semifinals. Recording ...
10 Things to Know about the Preakness _ and beyond
There are only two outcomes when it comes to Saturday's Preakness Stakes — either the Kentucky Derby winner Orb wins the race to set up a Triple Crown try in the Belmont Stakes in three weeks, or another horse pulls an upset and prevents a shot at history. With that ...
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