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WADI AL-NIS, West Bank — The bleachers were mostly empty, the coach was nowhere to be found, and the players were dejected as they suffered another lopsided defeat.A feeling of gloom hovered over the soccer pitch, on the outskirts of…

Throughout the off-season, the N.F.L. had stopped short of requiring that its players and other team personnel receive a Covid-19 vaccination, instead strongly encouraging inoculation.With training camps starting in earnest next week and…

As the N.B.A. braces for the start of free agency negotiations on Monday, a pending blockbuster trade that would send Russell Westbrook to the Los Angeles Lakers is already in the running to be this summer’s most impactful transaction.The…

TAMPA, Fla. — It was a cute idea, really it was. This notion that as the final seconds ticked off and play lingered in the neutral zone, the middle period of Game 2 of the Stanley Cup finals would end, just end, with the score still tied…

Never tell Jordan Spieth that he’s back.“I hate that, ‘He’s back,’ ” he said last month. “I never went anywhere.”True, he still strolled the grounds at PGA Tour events in recent seasons but Spieth, a former world No. 1 in men’s golf, had…

Decades of public silence about Anderson followed. Schembechler said he had chosen to come forward now, though, because it would be “irresponsible” not to disclose what had happened.“I thought I could make an impact and make a change and…

CORAL GABLES, Fla. — The University of Miami has long been able to make a glossy pitch to the students it hopes will star on its sports teams: an exceptional athletic tradition, respected academics, South Florida’s sun-kissed glamour.For…

J.R. Richard, a flame-throwing right-handed pitcher whose scintillating career with the Houston Astros was cut short by a stroke in 1980, died on Wednesday. He was 71.The Astros announced his death but did not give a cause or say where he…

The American duo of April Ross and Alix Klineman are guaranteed to win at least silver in beach volleyball, which would be Ross’s third Olympic medal. But both are seeking their first gold as they play Mariafe Artacho del Solar and Taliqua…

Australian DJ Paris Lawrence has spoken publicly about the infamous nightclub fight involving Richmond stars Daniel Rioli and Shai Bolton.Rioli required stitches to his face following the altercation at a Melbourne nightclub that made…