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It might have lacked the prestige and visibility of football’s World Cup final earlier in Moscow, hindered by the absence of many of track and field’s most recognisable names and an unfortunate clash of dates with the final of the greatest sporting show on the planet. Yet reasonable crowds, compared to much of the Diamond League circuit, and a rapid format with audience appeal, is worth extending, according to IAAF president Sebastian Coe, with three nations understood to have expressed interest in staging the next scheduled edition in 2020....

The first thing I did is “load up.” It sounds dangerous but isn’t. Mondex cards slide neatly into special screen phones all over Swindon. Dial your bank, punch in your PIN code and zap, you’re loaded. The bank can send up to 500 (about $800) worth of current into the silicon chip on your smart card. You can then transfer money instantly to your bank, your merchant–and, once they’re hooked up....

Matthew Wolff scored a 5-under 65 on Saturday to gain sole possession of first place. He had an incredible start to the round, scoring five birdies in his first nine holes to take a commanding lead in Round 3. He settled for a bogey on the third-to-last hole but finished the day strong with yet another birdie. If Wolff can follow up his Saturday performance with a similarly dominant outing on Sunday, the second-year pro can make his second professional win a major....

The recent Seattle addition, part of a blockbuster trade that sent Russell Wilson to the Broncos, was the unfortunate victim of an epic burn at the hands of the US Open Tennis Twitter account. It all started with ESPN tweeting a between-the-legs serve by Nick Kyrgios vs. No. 4 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas in the third round of Wimbledon on Saturday. A Twitter user with the name “Seahawks fan 4 life Jose Azocar Truther” responded to the highlight, quipping, “Not a sport....

On the other hand, Caroline Wozniacki, has excelled in the recent stages of the Tour. No one had predicted Wozniacki to reach the final, but she managed to pick her game at the right time of the week. She might have caught a lucky break with Peng Shuai retiring in the semi-final, but Wozniacki equally deserves to be there as Williams. She will be looking to win her maiden Grand Slam, but she is up against an American favourite....

As the Americans opened the Gold Cup with a 1-1 draw Saturday in Nashville, Tennessee, Dwyer marked the occasion with his second goal in as many international appearances. Guzan, meanwhile, turned in a fine performance that will boost his case for the No. 1 role with the A-team. Match report: USA 1-1 Panama Here are Goal ’s full player ratings for the U.S. national team’s draw with Panama: GK BRAD GUZAN , 8: Was commanding when called upon, making one lunging stop on Miguel Camargo and denying a Gabriel Torres header with a brilliant reaction save....

USA is priced at +160 odds to the win the match, with Mexico offered at +175 and draw +230. The game is a pick ‘em with the goal spread, with U.S. backers asked to lay -115 and Mexico available for -105. The total is 2.5 goals (OVER +105, UNDER -125). More soccer betting info: Goal.com has you covered Jurgen Klinsmann’s USA has only earned two victories in its nine friendlies since last year’s World Cup, while Mexico has lost just once in eight matches in the same period....

The USA failed to qualify in 2018, but they made the Round of 16 at both previous editions, only losing in extra time to Belgium in 2014 and Ghana in 2010. With the likes of Premier League stars Christian Pulisic and Tyler Adams set to feature, and Gareth Bale, Aaron Ramsey and Dan James among the Dragons’ attacking options, the first match for both sides in Group B should be an entertaining one....

JT Daniels, the No. 2 pro-style quarterback and No. 16 overall prospect in the class of 2018, has entered the transfer portal, the team annonced on Thursday. MORE: Will coronavirus cancel college football in 2020? Daniels started in 11 games as a freshman in 2018, completing 216 of 363 passes (59.5 percent) for 2,672 yards and 14 touchdowns to 10 interceptions. He was hurt in the first game of the 2019 season, however, tearing his ACL and meniscus in the second quarter of a 31-23 win over Fresno State....

The 6-5, 310-pound junior, a consensus top-10 pick in 2015 mock NFL drafts, announced his decision Monday on the USC website. MORE: New NFL draft order | Mock Draft | Ranking top senior prospects “This was a very hard decision for me,” Williams said in a statement. “I love USC, Coach Sark (Steve Sarkisian) the coaching staff, my teammates and the fans, and I love the game of college football....

All eight teams will be playing once again, with the Stallions, Gamblers, Breakers, and Bandits looking to build on Week 1 wins. Half of the league will be .500 this week, with all four winners and all four losers playing each other. That’s a fun twist on Week 2, but it puts the 0-1 teams in a big spot. There are no must-win games this early in the year, but if the NFL’s success rate for 0-2 teams is any indicator, the Panthers, Generals, Maulers, and Stars are flirting with that scenario....

Earlier, the National Super League leaders had staged a boycott demanding for their unpaid allowances and bonuses. A senior player, who sort anonymity for fear of victimization, has exclusively revealed to Goal that they have been promised pay by the end of the week. “We had decided not to turn out for our match on Wednesday following unpaid dues, but we have met with the management today (Monday), and ironed our differences....

The USMNT is attempting to qualify with a group of players who barely were teens when FIFA made the indefensible — but no longer inexplicable — decision to award the 2022 World Cup to Qatar back in 2010. The 1-1 draw against Canada on a Nashville Sunday night stood as both a disappointing result and performance on the part of the players involved and the coaches directing team. But to view it as some sort of surprise is shockingly naive....

The match will be the second of a two-game European tour, with the USWNT facing Sweden in Stockholm on April 10. After the two-game European swing, the USWNT will have just three matches remaining before head coach Vlatko Andonovski will name an 18-player roster for the summer’s Olympics. What has been said? “We feel really fortunate to be able to get these two games during the April match window,” Andonovski said in a news release....

The two-time World Cup winner and Olympic gold medallist left Manchester United at the end of last season, having been out injured since January. She made her return to the pitch with the USWNT in the summer, helping them win bronze at Tokyo 2020, and will now return to England for the new Women’s Super League season. “Tobin’s record speaks for itself. She’s an incredibly talented player who will bring so much experience to our squad,” Arsenal head coach Jonas Eidevall said....

Joining the widespread NFL protests against racial inequality in the wake of criticism from U.S. President Donald Trump, nine players chose to sit out the national anthem before FC Kansas City’s 1-0 away win over the Seattle Reign. Kansas City’s Sauerbrunn, Leroux, Yael Averbuch and Desiree Scott were joined in the protest by Seattle’s Rapinoe, Lauren Barnes, Diana Matheson, Elli Reed and Madalyn Schiffel. Rapinoe famously followed the lead of then-San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick by taking a knee before several NWSL and U....

Questions remain for U.S. U-20s A round-robin tournament featuring three double-headers, the event will open in Seattle before shifting to San Diego and suburban Los Angeles. U.S. Soccer plans to host the tournament every summer in years not featuring a Women’s World Cup or Olympic Games, with the same four teams already confirmed to take part in 2018. “These are three talented teams that we haven’t played in a while so we’re looking forward to a summer tournament that will be extremely challenging and valuable for our players and entertaining for the fans,” U....

In his first public comments since starting the new job of men’s national team general manager on Aug. 1, Stewart said the coach will be announced by the end of the year, possibly ahead of November exhibitions against England and Italy. Stewart said ability to speak English was a requirement and that knowledge of soccer in the region, the U.S. and Major League Soccer a preference. He denied that Columbus Crew coach Gregg Berhalter is a front-runner and said he has no regrets Juan Carlos Osorio took himself out of consideration by agreeing this week to coach Paraguay....

However, the Sunday night’s blackout, which plunged parts of the 73,000-seat Superdome in New Orleans, the largest city in Indian American governor Bobby Jindal’s home state of Louisiana, did not play spoilsport for millions of TV viewers. President Barack Obama, who had friends over to the White House for a Super Bowl party, was at first concerned that there could be a security issue, White House press secretary Jay Carney said Monday....

That said, those who do tune into the USFL’s first contest will need to become familiar with the league’s rules. They are not the same as the NFL’s rules, and in certain areas they greatly differ. Most of the rules of football will apply to the USFL, but much like the AAF and XFL before it, the USFL will experiment with some rule changes to create excitement and intrigue....