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Rafael Leao has emerged as one of the most exciting young strikers in Europe, scoring 11 goals and adding 10 assists last season and has attracted the interest of several clubs. Lawrenson, who retired at the end of last season after 30 years as a pundit and co-commentator with the corporation, previously claimed his own departure was due to him being ’65, white and male’. Projecting the USMNT’s World Cup RosterWith the last pre–World Cup camp in the rearview, here’s how the U.S player pool is shaping up before Gregg Berhalter’s big November decision.

• Panathenaic amphora, Kleophrades painter, circa 500 BC, Louvre museum.
• Kearney, a consultancy, the global sporting industry is worth up to $620 billion as of 2013.
• Female participation in sports continues to rise alongside the opportunity for involvement and the value of sports for child development and physical fitness.
• The Ministry of Sport and Tourism of the

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Sports Brief

In a statement, Arsenal said they were hopeful the 22-year-old would return to full training in December after the player underwent surgery on a damaged groin tendon. Verstappen, who turns 25 on Friday, will be crowned champion if he wins under the lights of the Marina Bay circuit in Singapore this weekend. The Swiss ace paired up with Rafael Nadal for his final match before retirement at the Laver Cup last Friday, but the iconic duo were beaten by Frances Tiafoe and Jack Sock. Xavi’s side have been light on defensive midfield options in recent times and don’t have a proper understudy to Busquets, with Frenkie de Jong filling in for the 34-year-old when required. Newcastle United have agreed a deal to sign Garang Kuol from Central Coast, with the Australian teenager set to join the Premier League club in January.

• We take a look at some of the key

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Sports Brief

Both amateur and professional sports attract spectators, both in person at the sport venue, and through broadcast media including radio, television and internet broadcast. Both attendance in person and viewing remotely can incur a sometimes substantial charge, such as an entrance ticket, or pay-per-view television broadcast. Sports league and tournament are two common arrangements to organize sport teams or individual athletes into competing against each other continuously or periodically. Youth sport presents children with opportunities for fun, socialisation, forming peer relationships, physical fitness, and athletic scholarships. Activists for education and the war on drugs encourage youth sport as a means to increase educational participation and to fight the illegal drug trade. According to the Center for Injury Research and Policy at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, the biggest risk for youth sport is death or serious injury including concussion.

In the course of the 19th century, modern forms of British sports spread …

Sports Brief

Sport is also a major source of entertainment for non-participants, with spectator sport drawing large crowds to sport venues, and reaching wider audiences through broadcasting. Sport betting is in some cases severely regulated, and in some cases is central to the sport. Early in the second half on Tuesday, in the minutes before everything changed, I started to fear that we would comfortably see out the game with a two- or three-goal win – and, delusionally, think it was a great performance.

• It is common for popular sports to attract large broadcast audiences, leading to rival broadcasters bidding large amounts of money for the rights to show certain fixtures.
• Rugby football flourishes in other postcolonial cultures, such as New Zealand and South Africa, where the British once ruled.
• The technology is not compulsory, but was used in the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil, and the 2015 FIFA Women’s World

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