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Ohtani hit three home runs and struck out 10 batters against the Milwaukee Brewers
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Chicago Cubs owners confirm bid to buy Chelsea
Sebastian Coe joins former Liverpool chairman’s effort to acquire club from Abramovich
Major League Baseball cancels opening day as talks with players collapse
After nearly a year of negotiating the sides could not come to a new pact
Locked out baseball faces largest existential crisis yet - but who cares?
America at Large: Latest work stoppage shows public disillusionment with the sport
Kitman Labs rolls out new software platform developed in Dublin
Sports tech company works with over 700 elite teams including Chelsea and Saracens
Trump and Republicans seemed to revel in the US women soccer team’s Olympic loss to Sweden
Naomi Osaka, the USWNT and sport’s role in the strangest of American culture wars
Tokyo 2020: Japan, South Korea hold edge in East-West baseball showdown
Major League Baseball in the United States has barred participation by its players
Florida tightens voting laws and draws Democrat ire
Republican legislature latest to make polls more secure in wake of Trump’s fraud claims
MLB strips Atlanta of All-Star Game over Georgia voting law
Critics of the law claim it makes it harder for Black people and other minorities to vote
Debate rages over tennis players’ ambivalent attitude towards vaccination
Some players shrug shoulders as they’d have to remain in tournament bubbles regardless
Kim Ng’s long wait for top MLB job shows what women are up against
New Miami Marlins boss becomes first female general manager in baseball’s top flight
Fans boo moment of silence as NFL season gets underway
Kansas City Chiefs allowed less than 17,000 fans inside 75,000-seat Arrowhead Stadium
The PGA Tour’s golden goose continues to cluck like crazy
Amid a global pandemic, has the PGA Tour’s travelling circus been tone deaf?
Three games postponed as baseball joins protest at Jacob Blake shooting
Five Major League Soccer games and the day’s tennis in New York also postponed
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