The World Cup’s magic is at risk and Fifa must consider this quick fix

The final round of group fixtures in Qatar produced immense drama, but with third-place qualifiers, USA, Canada and Mexico ...
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Far-too-early FIFA World Cup ranking - Salah's Egypt over Hakimi's Morocco or Mane's Senegal?

Here's ESPN's far-too-early ranking of Africa's nine guaranteed tournament qualifiers, although that number would become 10 ...

Olympic sports weekend preview: Lindsey Vonn returns, Rivalry Series concludes

The U.S. and Canada conclude their four-game, pre-Olympic series on Wednesday and Saturday in Edmonton. In the first two ...
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FIFA World Cup - Can Bafana get the better of Mexico in the opener, 16 years after the same scenario?

For some of Africa's World Cup qualifiers, the draw ceremony in Washington DC last Friday must have felt like a walk down ...

Nine Russian and Belarusian skiers get neutral status to compete in Olympics qualifying events

The International Ski and Snowboard Federation says it cleared applications for neutral athlete status and return to ...

Nine Russian, Belarusian skiers approved as neutrals for Olympics

Freestyle skier Hanna Huskova took gold in women’s aerials for Belarus at the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics and silver four years later in Beijing. Anastasia Tatalina was a big air world champion for ...