Notre Dame’s idle week comes at the perfect time for Irish fans wanting to check in on the toughest challenge of No. 5 Clemson’s season. Throughout the Premier League season The Breakdown provides analysis, tactical focus and a deeper dive on some of the top plays from some of the best players on the planet. NASCAR personalities review and preview the races from all angles. Michael Smith and Michael Holley discuss the latest in sports, culture and more in their show on Peacock, every weekday at 3 p.m. SEATTLE — Mitch Haniger and Jarred Kelenic both homered twice, J.P. Crawford singled home the winning run in the 11th inning and the Seattle Mariners closed in on their first playoff berth in 21 years by beating the Texas Rangers 10-9 Thursday night.
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- The Asian aristocrat’s passion for horses, which can be traced as far back as Hittite times, if not earlier, led not only to horse races but also to the development of polo and a host of similar equestrian contests.
- Major League Baseball has concluded its experiment of pitch clocks at the minor league level.
- Team USA needed a big Sunday to fend off a charging International Team at the Presidents Cup and got a major performance from Jordan Spieth.
- The joy in the stands amongst Ireland supporters here in Racice as Katie O’Brien won gold at the World Rowing Championships was real and uplifting.
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Odysseus was challenged by the Phaeacians to demonstrate his prowess as an athlete. In general, Greek culture included both cultic sports, such as the Olympic Games honouring Zeus, and secular contests. In Turkey, where the composite bow was an instrument of great power, archers competed for distance. At Istanbul’s Okmeydanı (“Arrow Field”), the record was set in 1798 when Selim III’s arrow flew more than 2,900 feet .
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The Oklahoma City Thunder continue to remake the roster ahead of Monday’s preseason opener. Hear from Premier League managers before the return of domestic action this weekend, plus all the latest football news. The latest personnel hires and promotions, plus exclusive ratings and research from the sports industry. Basketball adds to its long streak as Americans’ favorite major sport to play, with baseball as a distant second. Lydia Heaphy brought Ireland’s tally of semi-finalists to 10 at the World Rowing Championships in Racice in the Czech Republic.
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Like the highly evolved civilizations of which they are a part, traditional Asian sports are ancient and various. From the Islamic Middle East across the Indian subcontinent to China and Japan, wrestlers—mostly but not exclusively male—embodied and enacted the values of their cultures. The wrestler’s strength was always more than a merely personal statement. More often than not, the men who strained and struggled understood themselves to be involved in a religious endeavour. Prayers, incantations, and rituals of purification were for centuries an important aspect of the hand-to-hand combat of Islamic wrestlers. It was not unusual to combine the skills of the wrestler with those of a mystic poet.
Australian Football League investigates ‘very serious allegations’ as players say they were racially abused by a coach. WBC heavyweight champion Fury says he will not fight Joshua after a self-imposed deadline to sign a contract passed. Organisers say visitors will have to show negative PCR or antigen test to enter country, show tracking app at games. Boxing flourished throughout the 18th century, it was not until 1743 that boxer-entrepreneur Jack Broughton formulated rules to rationalize and regulate the sport. The minimal controls on mayhem imposed by Broughton were strengthened in 1867 by the marquess of Queensberry. Pausanias wrote of races for girls at Olympia, but these events in honour of Hera were of minor importance.
JACKSON, Miss. — Davis Riley got off to a hot start and kept bogeys off his card to the end for a 6-under 66 and a share of the lead Thursday with Will Gordon in the Sanderson Farms Championship, the PGA Tour event he considers his fifth major. ATLANTA — Two months into the season, it looked like the New York Mets were headed for an NL East runaway. Albert Pujols joins MLB royalty as the newest member of the 700-home-run club. Star Australian mare Verry Elleegant will miss Sunday’s Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe after an embarrassing episode for French racing which has left her trainer Francis-Henri Graffard fuming.
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Shohei Ohtani has provided Angels fans with plenty of highlights this season. The reigning AL MVP pitched no-hit ball into the eighth inning and extended his hitting streak to 14 games as Los Angeles pushed its winning streak to four with a 4-2 victory over the Oakland Athletics. Germany failed to win over their national press in Monday’s pulsating 3-3 draw with England at Wembley, where their two-goal collapse left the country’s top publications fearing the worst ahead of the Qatar World Cup. Hansi Flick’s side rescued a late point against the Three Lions thanks to a blunder from goalkeeper Nick Pope, who cost the hosts what would have been a sensational victory with three minutes remaining in London.