sport
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The statement also called on the ICC to "re-engage with associate members" and to do so "openly" to enable the sport to develop outside of full members.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
In a statement to Swimming World magazine, US Swimming said the organization became aware of the arrest Monday morning and placed Hilliard on leave while an investigation is conducted by the US sport governing body.
From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026
It’s a hefty price, but with someone of that caliber at the most important position in the sport, it means beginning every season with a shot at the Super Bowl.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
The pair have become close friends since Hunter Bell returned to the sport, and closer still following their shared experience in Tokyo.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
Apparently, she doesn’t know that skateboarding is an Olympic sport.
From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko
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Sophie Cunningham’s fight for women’s sports gets an assist from Enes Freedom.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
Last month, Cunningham, one of the league's most high-profile players, gave an interview to ESPN, external in which the conversation turned to the topic of "protecting" women's sports.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
Read on: Netflix is spending big money on sports.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
Transgender people are a remarkably small share of the population, and the portion of them who chose to participate in organized sports is even smaller still.
From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2026
Doug made cheering sounds like a stadium crowd full of sports fans.
From "Keep It Together, Keiko Carter" by Debbi Michiko Florence
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Dressed in svelte black athleisure with a close-cropped haircut, the 28-year-old Lacy was less flamboyant than he’d looked in recent years, when he sported long braids and sunglasses that covered half his head.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
Atlassian, for example, sported a seemingly decent yield of 3.4% at the beginning of this year, but one barely above zero after subtracting share awards.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
While the now-replaced aircraft sported a blue and white exterior, the new aircraft has a navy blue underbelly, red stripe and white upper body.
From Barron's ● Jun. 19, 2026
He was becoming profoundly deaf and now sported bright pink hearing aids, but his work had made him wealthy.
From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026
His gray-streaked black hair was in a topknot, and he wore a pair of tinted glasses and sported a trim beard.
From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi
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This summer had a perfect storm of events that were expected to have massive appeal: a Christopher Nolan movie, Taylor Swift’s wedding, a global sporting event.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
Its current incarnation is a student in a big red bear costume performing at sporting games.
From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2026
Like other African member associations, the Egyptian Football Association has also received increased development funding under FIFA's expanded investment strategy, while new and expanded football competitions have created additional commercial and sporting opportunities.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
There, crawling on eight legs across the white sheets toward us, sporting a single dot on its back, was a deep-red, plump tick.
From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026
It did not sound very sporting to me.
From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood
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