9 d. ago Rob Manfred increasingly confident major leaguers will play in 2028 LA Olympics

Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred is increasingly confident big league players will participate in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics

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1 week ago Tributes to basketball coach described as 'heart' of London team

Tributes to basketball coach described as 'heart' of London team  Barking and Dagenham Post

Politics

1 week ago California gubernatorial candidate calls for a ‘gender neutral’ Olympics in 2028

‘Transgender female athletes are women athletes, and they should be able to compete,’ California gubernatorial candidate Betty Yee has said

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2 w. ago ‘I’m obsessed with greatness’: Katie Archibald chases sport’s highest high as long road begins to LA 2028 Olympics

One of Britain’s most decorated track cyclists, Archibald was in ‘freefall’ after missing out on the Paris Olympics having endured a difficult few seasons. Now she is searching for a fresh start as she begins the long road to the LA Games in 2028 - starting with next week’s World Championships

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2 w. ago Donald Trump threatens to move World Cup games and Olympics in 'bad job' vow

Donald Trump has threatened to move World Cup games away from designated host cities and strip LA of the 2028 Olympics in a 'bad job' vow

Politics

2 w. ago Trump threatens removal of World Cup games from Boston, Olympics from LA

US President says games could be moved due to safetyBoston street takeovers, LA wildfires are blamedDonald Trump has again said he’d pressure Fifa to remove 2026 World Cup games from a host city on the basis of that city’s politics, with Boston becoming the third such city to come in for threats from the US president. Trump also said he would consider similar action against Los Angeles for the 2028 Olympics on account of potential safety issues.Trump has no legal authority to directly take either action, but he can apply pressure to each competition’s governing body to move host cities. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, Loyola Chicago's beloved chaplain, dies at 106

Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, the beloved chaplain for Loyola Chicago's men's basketball team, has died at 106

Events

3 w. ago Miami's Erik Spoelstra top pick to coach US men's basketball team at 2028 Olympics, AP sources say

Erik Spoelstra of the Miami Heat has emerged as the frontrunner to become the next coach of the U.S. men’s basketball team for the 2027 World Cup and 2028 Los Angeles Olympics

Sport

3 w. ago Caledonia Gladiators must find confidence again to bounce back from sticky start, says boss

The East Kilbride basketball team have suffered back-to-back defeats

Economics

3 w. ago The Scanlon brothers: from a Midlands primary football side to Gibraltar teammates

James is at Manchester United, Luca with Burnley and both are making a mark on the international stage as teenagersIt was almost a perfect night for the Scanlons when the 16-year-old Luca came on for his elder brother, James, to make his Gibraltar debut last month against the Faroe Islands, but there was a nagging problem. “I told him the night before not to play my position,” the older sibling jokes.Only 57 days after Luca’s sweetest birthday, he became a full international. His plan was to be there to support James, alongside a plethora of other family members, but Gibraltar’s head coach, Scott Wiseman, invited him to train with men twice his age to see what he was about and saw enough to promote him from the under-21s. James is a right-footed winger who plays off the left and Luca is the opposite. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Jamie Carragher doubles down on Liverpool 'basketball team' criticism after Chelsea defeat

Liverpool have lost three straight games in all competitions but their former player Jamie Carragher had noticed cracks starting to appear long before the weekend defeat at Chelsea

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