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No. 1 Pick Fernando Mendoza Throws for Touchdown in Las Vegas Raiders Preseason Debut

No. 1 draft pick Fernando Mendoza threw a touchdown pass in his preseason debut for the Las Vegas Raiders in a 27-14 loss to the Arizona Cardinals on Thursday night.

Ben Shelton Prevails in All-American Final to Retain Canadian Open Title

Ben Shelton broke onto the scene by winning his first-ever ATP Masters 1000 championship a year ago in Toronto.

Are the Patriot Games Great? No. Are They Fun to Watch?

How to describe President Trump’s Freedom 250 Patriot Games? The contest, which took place earlier this week, brought students ages 14 to 17 together from across America to answer the question: What if your high-school gym teacher walked headfirst into a pole and was then asked to throw an Olympics with a budget of exactly $6 and three weeks’ notice?

Ingebrigtsen claims Kerr ‘ruining’ athletics by missing Europeans after breaking mile record

Josh Kerr broke longstanding world mile record in July

‘Show the necessary respect’: German athlete Kolbe slams racist abuse of teammates

800m runner uses interview to condemn online racism

Hunger Games, MAGA Style

A gym-class-style competition might be the oddest 250th celebration yet.

UConn women's coach Geno Auriemma says WNBA should shift focus away from transgender debate

Geno Auriemma said the WNBA should steer attention away from the transgender athlete debate and focus more on basketball.

WNBA condemns ‘bad-faith’ efforts to fuel transgender player debate

The WNBA on Wednesday criticized those trying to create a narrative about transgender women playing in the league.

The Lakers have become a poker chip for some of the most powerful men in America

One of the most famous teams in the world is about to change hands for the second time in less than a year for more than $12bn. Will anyone push back?

This week’s soccer questions: is the Premier League wide open and should Barça avoid Rodri?

We look at the many contenders for the English title this season, one of the big potential moves of the summer and chaos at Fifa

We have been staring at Phil Foden for close to a decade – how well do we actually know him?

About to start his ninth season, his first under a club manager who isn’t Pep Guardiola, this could be the year we finally find out who the City enigma is

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