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Sole Jaimes, who was part of the Olympique Lyonnais side that won the Champions League last week, is in the Argentina World Cup squad.
Argentina name nine professionals in women's World Cup squad
BUENOS AIRES — Argentina announced its squad for the women's World Cup on Wednesday, with coach Carlos Borrello calling up nine professional players and drafting in the rest from the country's domestic amateur league.Argentina does not have a professional women's league of its own but several players, including forward Sole Jaimes, veteran midfielder Mariela Coronel and co-captains Florencia Bonsegundo and Estefani Banini, ply their trade in Europe.Jaimes was part of the Olympique Lyonnais side that won the Champions League last week, but Argentina will consider themselves fortunate if they can escape Group D, which includes England, Japan and Scotland.Argentina, who are making their third appearance at the women's World Cup and are ranked 37th in the world, have never...
May 23, 2019

Argentina name nine professionals in women's World Cup squad

Renato Nunez No. 39 of the Baltimore Orioles celebrates with Jonathan Villar No. 2 and Pedro Severino No. 28 after hitting a two-run home run in the fifth inning against the New York Yankees at Oriole Park at Camden Yards on Wednesday in Baltimore, Maryland. — AFP
Yankees continue to punish Orioles
NEW YORK — Gleyber Torres continued his homer barrage against Baltimore with two more on Wednesday night, and the visiting New York Yankees finished with five long balls in a 7-5 victory over the Orioles.Torres now has 12 homers this season, with 10 off Orioles pitching. Gary Sanchez, Thairo Estrada and DJ LeMahieu also homered for the Yankees, who have hit 11 round-trippers while winning each of the first three games of the four-game series.Nine of Sanchez's 15 homers have come against the Orioles this season, including blasts in each of the first three games of this series. New York now has banged out 34 homers as a team against Baltimore in 2019.The Yankees hit three or more homers in six straight games at Camden Yards. According to STATS, that's the longest streak by any team...
May 23, 2019

Yankees continue to punish Orioles

Liverpool's Naby Keita celebrates scoring their first goal against FC Porto in the Champions League quarterfinal first leg at Anfield, Liverpool, Britain, in this file photo. — Reuters
Liverpool's Keita, Firmino making good progress from injury ahead of final
LONDON — Liverpool's Naby Keita is recovering faster than expected from a thigh injury and will be given every chance to prove his fitness ahead of next week's Champions League final against Tottenham Hotspur, manager Juergen Klopp said.Guinea midfielder Keita sustained an adductor injury in Liverpool's 3-0 semi-final first leg defeat at Barcelona this month and was ruled out for two months, meaning he would likely miss the African Cup of Nations in June.However, Klopp said that the 24-year-old was making steady progress in Liverpool's training camp in Marbella despite having only a slim chance of being ready for the Champions League final in Madrid on June 1."Naby is... a bit ahead of schedule, but that doesn't mean anything for the final. He's now doing...
May 23, 2019

Liverpool's Keita, Firmino making good progress from injury ahead of final

In this file photo taken on February 22, 2019, Paris Saint-Germain's Qatari president Nasser Al-Khelaifi addresses a press conference in Paris. — AFP
PSG's Al-Khelaifi charged in Qatar athletics graft probe
PARIS — Paris Saint-Germain chief Nasser Al-Khelaifi was on Thursday charged with corruption in the bidding process for this year's world athletics championships in Doha, judicial sources said.Al-Khelaifi, who is also the boss of Qatari television channel BeIn Sports, has been under investigation since March in connection with the bidding process for the 2017 and the 2019 world championships.Another BeIn executive, Yousef Al-Obaidly, a PSG board member, is also under investigation by French justice over the awarding of the 2019 worlds to Qatar.Doha lost out to London to stage the 2017 worlds but beat off opposition to host this year's event from Eugene in the United States and Barcelona.Al-Khelaifi was informed of his "mis en examen", a French legal term that has no...
May 23, 2019

PSG's Al-Khelaifi charged in Qatar athletics graft probe

FIFA President Gianni Infantino
FIFA to stick with 32 teams for Qatar World Cup
By Simon EvansMANCHESTER, England — The 2022 World Cup in Qatar will be held with 32 participating teams and not an expanded 48 teams, organizers FIFA said on Wednesday.FIFA President Gianni Infantino had proposed expanding the tournament and explored the idea of adding additional host nations.But the sport's world ruling body said in statement: "Following a thorough and comprehensive consultation process with the involvement of all the relevant stakeholders, it was concluded that under the current circumstances such a proposal could not be made now."FIFA and Qatar also looked at whether the Gulf state could host an expanded tournament alone by changing the normal requirements for facilities."A joint analysis, in this respect, concluded that due to the advanced stage...
May 22, 2019

FIFA to stick with 32 teams for Qatar World Cup

Steve Smith
Smith makes fifty, Khawaja injured in World Cup warm-up
LONDON — Australia's Steve Smith was back in the groove on Wednesday with 76 on his return to cricket in England, but team-mate Usman Khawaja suffered an injury scare during the unofficial World Cup warm-up match against the West Indies.Smith and David Warner returned to international duty earlier this month after completing one-year international bans for their roles in a ball-tampering scandal in South Africa.Both top-order batsmen took part in three warm-up matches at home to a New Zealand XI, but Wednesday's hastily arranged match in Southampton was their first in England since completing their suspensions.Wednesday's match saw Smith lead the way as he guided Australia to a modest target of 230 in a seven-wicket win for the reigning world champions.But there were two...
May 22, 2019

Smith makes fifty, Khawaja injured in World Cup warm-up

Team Lotto rider Australia's Caleb Ewan celebrates as he finishes first in the stage eleven of the 102nd Giro d'Italia cycle race, 221kms from Carpi to Novi Ligure on Wednesday. — AFP
Aussie Ewan on the double before Giro heads for the mountains
NOVI LIGURE, Italy — Australian Caleb Ewan won a sprint finish to take the 11th stage of the Giro d'Italia on Wednesday, just ahead of Frenchman Arnaud Demare before the race heads for the mountains.Italian Valerio Conti, riding for UAE Emirates, kept the overall leader's pink jersey on the eve of the first day in the Alps on Thursday.The 24-year-old Ewan of Lotto-Soudal claimed his second stage win of this year's race, four days after winning stage eight at Pesaro."A longer stage today suited me a bit better than yesterday with the other sprinters having sore legs," said Ewan after over five hours racing in the final flat stage before the challenging hilly terrain."It came down to the team, who did a great job over the final kilometers. I knew that, riding...
May 22, 2019

Aussie Ewan on the double before Giro heads for the mountains

International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach gestures as he speaks during a press conference following an IOC executive committee on boxing at the 2020 Olympic Games at the sports governing body's headquaters on Wednesday in Lausanne. International Olympic Committee executives recommended that boxing's governing body be stripped of its right to organise the event at Tokyo 2020, but said the sport should still feature at the Games. — AFP
IOC recommends suspending boxing federation from Tokyo 2020
LAUSANNE — International Olympic Committee executives recommended Wednesday that boxing's governing body be stripped of its right to organize the event at Tokyo 2020, but said the sport should still feature at the Games.The decision, almost certain to be rubber-stamped by the full IOC membership next month, followed a months-long investigation into alleged mismanagement at the crisis-riddled International Boxing Federation, the AIBA."Today's decision was taken in the interest of the athletes and the sport of boxing," IOC president Thomas Bach said in a statement.The Olympic chief said the IOC wanted to ensure that boxers "can live their dream and participate in the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020," while ensuring that AIBA faced "the necessary consequences"...
May 22, 2019

IOC recommends suspending boxing federation from Tokyo 2020

Katinka Hosszu is seen at the 'Empowering Women in Sport' conference in Budapest, Hungary.  — Reuters
'Iron Lady' Hosszu fired up by ISL battle
BUDAPEST — She was one of the stars of the Rio Olympics and is now leading a revolution in swimming but Hungarian triple gold medal winner Katinka Hosszu believes she has the energy to fight to win both inside and outside the pool.In an interview with Reuters, Hosszu said swimmers have had enough of the sport appearing on the global stage just once every four years at the Olympics and believes the time is right for a radical new approach."If we want to be professionals then we have to be professional," saID Hosszu, after arriving for her interview in a sponsored sports car, wearing a business suit.Hosszu, 30, has put herself at the forefront of the new International Swimming League (ISL) and it's battle with the sport's governing body FINA.The ISL, backed by Ukrainian...
May 22, 2019

'Iron Lady' Hosszu fired up by ISL battle

Paulinho of Guangzhou Evergrande (C) controls the ball as he is challenged by Jeong Tae-wook of Daegu FC (front L) during their AFC Champions League group stage football match in Guangzhou in China's southern Guangdong province on Wednesday. — AFP
Paulinho squeezes Guangzhou into last 16, super-sub saves Kashima
GUANGZHOU — Former Barcelona star Paulinho edged two-time winners Guangzhou Evergrande into the AFC Champions League last 16 Wednesday, while title-holders Kashima Antlers had to come from a goal behind to avoid an embarrassing group stage exit.The midfielder's second-half header was the difference for Fabio Cannavaro's side in a tense 1-0 home win over South Korea's Daegu, who had only needed to avoid defeat to finish second in Group F.In Japan, a quickfire double from substitute Sho Ito gave Kashima a 2-1 home win over Group E leaders Shandong Luneng, who had taken a 10th-minute lead courtesy of former Manchester United midfielder Marouane Fellaini.Kashima now face an all-Japan clash against Group F winners Sanfrecce Hiroshima, who won 3-1 at Melbourne Victory.Meanwhile...
May 22, 2019

Paulinho squeezes Guangzhou into last 16, super-sub saves Kashima

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