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Long-suffering fans of the Dallas Cowboys could be forgiven for thinking that their season from hell couldn’t possibly get any worse.Unfortunately, however, there is every chance that the iconic NFL franchise is still making its way to rock-bottom as they prepare to face the in-form Washington Commanders on Sunday.Record defeats, a miserable home losing streak …

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South Korea’s An Na-rin fired a bogey-free eight-under-par 64 to seize a one-stroke lead after Thursday’s opening round of the LPGA’s season-ending Tour Championship.An reeled off three birdies in a row starting at the 11th hole and sank eight birdies overall to finish one ahead of Angel Yin, who made a long eagle putt from …

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The NFL has issued an alert to team security officials and players union officials about organized criminals targeting players’ home, including recent burglaries of Kansas City stars Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce.Wednesday’s alert memo was revealed Thursday on the NFL’s website, which reported sources saying the FBI was investigating the break-ins as an international organized …

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Dallas Mavericks star guard Luka Doncic will miss at least four NBA games while sidelined for at least a week with a right wrist sprain, the team announced on Thursday.The 25-year-old Slovenian playmaker, last season’s NBA scoring leader, suffered the injury in the Mavericks’ 132-91 victory over New Orleans on Tuesday.Doncic scored a game-high 26 …

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Australia defeated record 28-time Davis Cup winners the United States in a decisive doubles rubber on Thursday to reach the semi-finals with a hard-fought 2-1 victory.World number four Taylor Fritz had pulled the US level in the tie by beating Alex de Minaur 6-3, 6-4 in the second singles rubber before Matthew Ebden and Jordan …

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US ski great Lindsey Vonn will target a return to World Cup racing aged 40 in St Moritz next month, the International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) confirmed.FIS told SID, AFP’s German sports subsidiary, that the US ski federation had requested a “wild card” from organisers of the event in Switzerland to allow Vonn to …

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Taylor Fritz beat Australia’s Alex de Minaur 6-3, 6-4 to pull the United States level at 1-1 in the Davis Cup quarter-finals and force a doubles decider.In the first singles rubber Thanasi Kokkinakis edged Ben Shelton 6-1, 4-6, 7-6 (16/14) to put Australia ahead against the record 32-time Davis Cup winners.Australia, who have triumphed 28 …

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Max Verstappen played down his prospects of clinching a fourth consecutive drivers’ world championship at this weekend’s Las Vegas Grand Prix. The Red Bull driver, who claimed a spectacular victory in the rain-hit Sao Paulo Grand Prix three weeks ago, said that triumph had not proved that all his problems were over after a winless 10-race …

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Thanasi Kokkinakis edged Ben Shelton 6-1, 4-6, 7-6 (16/14) to put Australia 1-0 up on record 32-time Davis Cup winners the United States in the quarter-finals on Thursday.Australia, who have triumphed 28 times, second only to the USA, last won the tournament in 2003 but finished as runners-up in the last two editions.Kokkinakis emerged triumphant …

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Chinese basketball great and NBA legend Yao Ming said Thursday that there was “no way” sports could “hide” from politics, though he cautioned for the need to avoid it. Speaking in Beijing during a panel discussion on sports in the context of US-China relations, Yao was asked about politics in reference to a 2019 incident when …

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