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Sports 04 May 2021, 2:14 pm 1 minute Reuters exclusively reported that Budapest has been removed as host city of the Billie Jean Cup Finals after its contract with the International Tennis Federation was terminated. Fed Cup is seeking a new host after Budapest organizers said they could no longer hold the event because of…
Trevor Moore scores twice as Kings extend road win streak by beating Coyotes
TEMPE, Ariz. — Trevor Moore scored two goals and the Kings extended their season-opening road winning streak to eight games with a 4-1 victory over the Arizona Coyotes on Monday. Anze Kopitar and Phillip Danault also scored and Pheonix Copley made 30 saves for the Kings, who are tied for the third-longest such streak in…
Franz Beckenbauer was a graceful and visionary ‘libero’ who changed the face of soccer
By taking a step back, Franz Beckenbauer put himself a step ahead. The “libero” — taken from the Italian word for “free” and describing a player who had a covering role behind a defensive line — was not an entirely new concept to soccer by the late 1960s and early 1970s. It was just that…
Elina Svitolina and husband Gaël Monfils are having quite a time at the French Open | CNN
CNN — Elina Svitolina came from behind to beat Storm Hunter at the French Open – just one day after watching husband Gaël Monfils win a mammoth game against Sebastián Báez. Svitolina dropped the first set against her Australian counterpart 6-2 but stormed back in emphatic fashion winning the last two sets 3-6 1-6 to…
Analysis | The NFL’s head coaching upheaval might not be over yet
Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save Are Nick Sirianni and Mike McCarthy coaching for their jobs in the first round of the NFL playoffs this weekend? Plenty of people around the league believe it’s possible. The two NFC East coaches, whose Eagles and Cowboys entered the season with sizable expectations, realize…
Elliott: Quinton Byfield proving his doubters wrong as he fuels Kings’ strong start
Patience might be a virtue, but it’s not always a popular sentiment in a win-now, tweet-fast world. When the burden and high expectations that go with being chosen second overall in the 2020 NHL draft weren’t sitting comfortably on the broad shoulders of 6-foot-5, 225-pound Quinton Byfield, he was condemned by some fans as a…
