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LOS ANGELES — The Rose Bowl, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and the under-construction Rams-Chargers football stadium in Inglewood were among 49 potential venues revealed today as part of a joint bid by the United States, Mexico and Canada to host the 2026 FIFA World Cup soccer touament. The United, ...ادامه مطلب

BROOKLYN, Mich. >> Kyle Larson slipped between cars on an overtime restart, capping his wild weekend with a victory in Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Michigan Inteational Speedway. Larson was in the spotlight after team owner Chip Ganassi allowed him to go to Iowa to compete in the Knoxv, ...ادامه مطلب

Ranking the top 10 sports events July 17-23 you won’t want to miss: NO. 1: SOCCER: CONCACAF GOLD CUP SEMIFINAL Details/TV: At the Rose Bowl, Sunday, 6 p.m., FS1 Team America has managed to survive the group to make it to a quarterfinal match against El Salvador on Wednesday in Philadelphia (6 p.m., , ...ادامه مطلب

Ranking the top 10 sports events July 17-23 you won’t want to miss: NO. 1: SOCCER: CONCACAF GOLD CUP SEMIFINAL Details/TV: At the Rose Bowl, Sunday, 6 p.m., FS1 Team America has managed to survive the group to make it to a quarterfinal match on Wednesday in Philadelphia (6 p.m., FS1), but depending , ...ادامه مطلب

Angel Sepulveda and Edson Alvarez scored and Mexico held on to beat Curacao 2-0 on Sunday night at the Alamodome in San Antonio to win Group C in the CONCACAF Gold Cup and continue its bid for a fourth championship in five years. Mexico advanced to face Honduras in the quarterfinals Thursday night i, ...ادامه مطلب

LONG BEACH >> As the Long Beach crowd chanted “USA” on championship point of the Long Beach Presidents Cup at the World Series of Beach Volleyball, Brazil’s duo of Larissa and Talita defeated the USA duo of Lauren Fendrick and April Ross for the gold medal on Saturday afteoon. “The crowd mad, ...ادامه مطلب

DENVER >> Mexico and Jamaica played to a scoreless draw Thursday night and remained on track to advance to the knockout round of the CONCACAF Gold Cup. Neither team could break through on a relatively mild night, although Mexico (1-0-1) dominated chances. The 49,121 fans in attendance, the lar, ...ادامه مطلب

TAMPA, Fla. >> Jordan Morris’ second goal of the game broke a tie in the 76th minute, and the United States edged tiny Martinique 3-2 Wednesday night in the CONCACAF Gold Cup after wasting a two-goal lead at Raymond James Stadium. Failing to break through in the first half, the U.S. built a 2-, ...ادامه مطلب

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia >> Germany’s experimental young side overcame street-wise Chile to win a bruising Confederations Cup final 1-0 on Sunday, vindicating Joachim Loew’s decision to leave most of his world champions at home. The only goal came in the 20th minute from the 28-year-old Lars Sti, ...ادامه مطلب

SOCHI, Russia >> Just how much Leon Goretzka wanted to seize his opportunity in an experimental Germany squad became clear after only eight minutes against Mexico. With two goals in the space of 109 seconds on Thursday, Goretzka put the defensively-ragged Mexicans on the back foot and set Germ, ...ادامه مطلب

CARSON >> The kids continue to be all right for the Galaxy and Coach Curt Onalfo. Ariel Lassiter (22 years old) and Bradford Jamieson IV (20 years old) provided the Galaxy with all the offense Wednesday, scoring a goal apiece in the second half to lift the club to a 2-0 victory over Sacramento, ...ادامه مطلب

Chip Ganassi likes winners, and his drivers have him in prime position to celebrate another victory. Kyle Larson and Jamie McMurray swept the front row in Saturday qualifying at Sonoma Raceway to give Chip Ganassi Racing a 1-2 start for today’s Monster Energy NASCAR Cup race on the wine country road, ...ادامه مطلب

HAMILTON, Bermuda >> Jimmy Spithill and his mates with Oracle Team USA might need to start tapping out an SOS from the Bermuda Triangle. The two-time defending America’s Cup champions are foundering badly against hotshot young helmsman Peter Burling and Emirates Team New Zealand, who are threa, ...ادامه مطلب

PITTSBURGH >> The night started with a catfish throw. It ended with haymaker after haymaker both literal and proverbial from the ever resilient Pittsburgh Penguins. The defending champions provided an emphatic and repeated reminder of what makes them such a difficult out in a 6-0 demolition of, ...ادامه مطلب

Jimmie Johnson sped off on the final restart and eaed another slice of NASCAR history, winning at Dover Inteational Speedway for the 11th time and moving into a tie for sixth on the career victories list. Johnson again made an impact Sunday at his favorite track — and he worked hard to take this, ...ادامه مطلب