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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…

US Open women’s final: American Coco Gauff rallies to defeat Aryna Sabalenka in dramatic finish | CNN
Queens, New York CNN — Coco Gauff, the world No. 10 women’s singles player, has defeated Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka 2-6 6-3 6-2 with a dramatic comeback in the women’s US Open final. The star-studded crowd erupted with applause after Gauff’s home-turf victory at Arthur Ashe Stadium in Queens. The win is 19-year-old Gauff’s first career…

Nick Saban retiring as Alabama coach, ending ‘remarkable’ career
Nick Saban, who is widely considered the greatest college football coach because of his run guiding storied programs against the fiercest possible competition, is retiring after a 17-year stint at Alabama in which he delivered six national championships, he announced Wednesday night. Saban called the university “a very special place” to him and his wife…

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…

Elliott: NHL exec Chris Snow, who died after ALS battle, continues to inspire
A year into a journey that doctors told him would end quickly and cruelly — because the aggressive form of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis that was attacking the nerve cells in his brain and spinal cord and would rob him of his ability to move, speak and breathe — Chris Snow wasn’t just living. He was…

Analysis | Hopes are high for the Cowboys. Can they avoid another playoff heartbreak?
Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save This is who the Dallas Cowboys are. This is what they do. They tantalize. They raise hopes. They create belief. They foster expectations that, this time, things will be different — that, this time, they will break through and return the franchise to its “America’s…