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Martin Truex Jr.: Wins Auto Club 400 Pole Position
Kyle Busch , who finished second the past two races , was third. Some other fast cars will be coming from deep in the field after failing to even make it out on the track for qualifying. On Friday night, NASCAR chose to eliminate that advantage by allowing the cars that made it through qualifying to purchase another set of tires. Harvick would like to keep streaking, but Johnson is trying... [Full Article...]
La Russie met fin aux activités du British Council
La Russie a aussi mis fin aux activités du British Council et retiré l'autorisation au Royaume-Uni d'ouvrir un consulat général à Saint-Pétersbourg. Le gouvernement britannique a déclaré qu'ils ont été empoisonnés avec du Novichok, un agent innervant d'un type produit par la Russie. Le porte-parole du Kremlin, Dmitri Peskov, a aussitôt réagi: " Toute mention ou référence à notre président n'... [Full Article...]
Alabama Defeats Virginia Tech In The First Round — March Madness
This might be wonderful. It wasn't completely useless, though, this St. Patrick's Day sobering of Alabama's young basketball team in the NCAA Tournament's Round of 32. We prepare for these and we just shot the ball in practice. We're going to approach this the same way. Current assistant coach Antoine Pettway was a member on the Crimson Tide's team that season. [Full Article...]
Mark Cavendish breaks rib in spectacular Milan-San Remo crash
He has already missed time this season after a crash on the opening stage of the Abu Dhabi Tour left him with concussion. Cavendish, who rides for Team Dimension Data , injured his knees, hips and hands in his fall at the Tirreno-Adriatico and despite his rib not being fully healed, elected to race in the Milan-San Remo. [Full Article...]
Arsene Wenger: 'I will give my honest feeling over Danny Welbeck dive'
Welbeck restored the two-goal aggregate lead by winning and converting a 39th minute penalty after what was deemed a foul from Ricardo Rodriguez . "You could see straightaway the response in the ( Arsenal ) team, and we pushed forward and were unsafe", Wenger said. [Full Article...]
Antonio Conte admits he will be sacked at Chelsea
He's scored more goals than Dennis Bergkamp in the Premier League and has recorded more assists than Paul Scholes. " We have to try to do both ", he said . "We will have a tough match on Sunday against Nice", he added. Every competition is important for us. "This must be our target". "We can only look forward and start fighting for fourth spot in the Champions League and to win the ... [Full Article...]
Lambert rues Everton's 'offside' opener in costly Stoke City defeat
Tosun looked to be in an offside position as he initially attempted to head home Yannick Bolasie's cross in the 69th minute, before burying the loose ball amid a subsequent goalmouth scramble. He is looking right across the line. We did really well to keep them at bay for long periods of the game but unfortunately two early goals at the start of each half killed us. [Full Article...]
Leicester out to deny Chelsea "last chance to win something" - Claude Puel
Conte says Chelsea must receive the plaudits and any flak as a collective. "Of course all the games we can play are big. This must be very clear". "I think that we are talking about two good goalkeepers - Thibaut and Willy". We start the season to try and fight until the end for every competition. [Full Article...]
Glen 'Big Baby' Davis Arrested On Drug Possession & Distribution Charges
In case you didn't know. . He won an National Basketball Association title in Boston in 2008. The heart of the matter. . Glen "Big Baby" Davis averaged 8.0 points per game and 4.4 rebounds during his career. He is now scheduled to appear in Maryland court in April. BC-US-Ex-NBA Player-Arrest, 1st Ld-Writethru, 131Former NBA player Glen Davis arrested on drug chargesEds: APNewsNow. [Full Article...]
Facile, Del Potro défiera Federer — Indian Wells
Le Canadien avait notamment éliminé son compatriote Félix Auger-Aliassime à son premier match du tournoi. L'Ontarien, originaire de Thornhill, a toutefois rebondi, brisant à son tour Querrey pour créer l'égalité 5-5, et de nouveau pour s'adjuger la première manche 7-5. [Full Article...]
Trump's lawyer says porn star faces $20 million in damages
The filing accuses Clifford of violating the agreement more than 20 times. If a judge determines the hush agreement is valid, she faces a penalty of $1 million for each violation of the agremeent's terms.Cohen and Trump allege that she has already violated the agreement at least 20 times. [Full Article...]
No. 13 Marshall ousts Wichita State in a shocker in NCAA Tournament
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Frankamp hit a 3 with 44.1 seconds left before Marshall benefited from a critical call. The expectations were sky-high for Wichita State this season . The Thundering Herd played for the final shot of the half but Elmore was whistled for a foul with 9.2 seconds left. The Thundering Herd (25-10), coached by Dan D'Antoni - the older brother of Houston Rockets coach Mike D'Antoni - never looked... [Full Article...]
Six nations féminine / Pays de Galles - France : le top 3 des essais
Se dire qu'on arrive à faire des choses avec le peu qu'on a, c'est génial. Les Françaises avaient fait le plus dur une semaine plus tôt en battant l'Angleterre (18-17) à Grenoble, prenant leur revanche sur les tenantes du titre, qui les avaient également privées d'une finale de Coupe du monde en août dernier. [Full Article...]
Patriots to sign DE Clayborn, RB Hill
JETS: New York signed cornerback Trumaine Johnson to a five-year, $72.5 million contract. Last season, with the Atlanta Falcons, he finished with a career-high 9.5 sacks. Last year, PFF graded Clayborn as the 19th best edge rusher (85.5). Other than 2012 and 2014 campaigns that were nearly entirely lost to injury, Clayborn has averaged six sacks per season in his career. [Full Article...]
Emery croit aux chances de l'OM — Ligue Europa
L'Olympique de Marseille a hérité du RB Leipzig . Le tirage au sort des quarts de finale se déroule à partir de 13h à Nyon, en Suisse. L'OM évite ainsi les deux épouvantails de ce tirage, l'Atlético Madrid et Arsenal. Le Sporting Portugal et le RB Salzbourg plus abordables? "Je suis extrêmement heureux d'avoir atteint ce stade de la compétition". On est bien, mais il faut aller le plus loi... [Full Article...]
Federer moves into Indian Wells quarters
With Rod Laver and Pete Sampras looking on, Federer fired 12 aces and was broken just once. In a rematch of their Australian Open semifinal in which Chung withdrew in the second, Federer came out quickly jumping out to a 3-0 lead. "He has all the confidence in the world right now so it is going to be tough", the 20-time Grand Slam victor added. It wasn't just the Swiss displaying great tennis ... [Full Article...]
Tom Benson, owner of Saints, Pelicans and Loyola A'48, dead at 90
Tom Benson, owner of the NFL's New Orleans Saints and the NBA's New Orleans Pelicans , died Thursday at the age of 90, a month after falling ill with the flu, the teams announced. During his time as owner, the team experienced unprecedented success , including winning Super Bowl XLIV in 2010. Benson's commitment to New Orleans also spread beyond his teams. [Full Article...]
George Ford dropped for England's Six Nations finale against Ireland
Ireland make one change to the team which defeated Scotland with lock Iain Henderson replacing Devin Toner for this clash. Conor Murray is desperate to join Rory Best and Rob Kearney as a 6 Nations Grand Slam victor and is eager to capitalise on the opportunity at Twickenham this weekend. [Full Article...]
Top 5 Tyrann Mathieu Arizona Cardinals moments
It was a move motivated by money. But injuries have been an issue as he appeared in all 16 games of a season just once, which came in 2017. Not to say he'll be Ronde Barber with the Buccaneers , but that's the ceiling for him should he find work in Tampa. [Full Article...]
Tottenham's Harry Kane will play again this season, says Mauricio Pochettino
The 29-year-old has since missed another five matches, but he could line up in the rearguard at the Liberty Stadium this weekend. "With different players, it's the same", Pochettino said. "Maybe I am not objective because he is my player but, for me, he is unbelievable". That's why Harry Kane is Harry Kane. Bordeaux, however, stood firm in their efforts to keep the player but are not expecte... [Full Article...]