TOKYO–The CEO of the Tokyo Olympics and the IOC member in charge of Japan’s games have dismissed a new study from the University of Oxford that finds Tokyo is the most expensive Summer Games since 1960.
NASHVILLE - The Nashville Predators have hired Dan Hinote as an assistant coach for coach John Hynes.
General manager David Poile announced the move Thursday, saying Hinote's personality plus playing and coaching experience will be a great fit for the Predators.
ATLANTA–Rory McIlroy is the last of 30 players to arrive at the Tour Championship and couldn’t be more thrilled.
His wife gave birth to their first child.
McIlroy announced on social media that his daughter, Poppy Kennedy McIlroy, was born Monday in Florida.
“She is the absolute love of our lives,” McIlroy said.
ATLANTA–Georgia’s state election board on Thursday referred Election Day problems in the state’s most populous county during the June primary to the attorney general’s office for further review.
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. - A mountain lion baby boom has occurred this summer in the Santa Monica Mountains and Simi Hills west of Los Angeles.
Thirteen kittens were born to five mountain lion mothers between May and August, according to the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area.
ASHBURN, Va.–The road to the Washington Football training facility known as Redskins Park will no longer be called Redskin Park Drive.
ORCIERES-MERLETTE, France–Primoz Roglic asserted his Tour de France credentials with a victory in the first mountain stage Tuesday as Julian Alaphilippe kept the race leader’s yellow jersey.
Roglic, a former ski jumper from Slovenia who won the Spanish Vuelta last year, posted his third career stage win at the three-week race in the Alpine town of Orcieres-Merlette.
Pittsburgh Penguins star Sidney Crosby underwent arthroscopic wrist surgery on Monday but should be ready to go well before the start of training camp.
The team announced the procedure on Tuesday. It did not specify which wrist was injured. General manager Jim Rutherford says the expected recovery time is about a month.
SANTA CLARA, Calif. - As remarkable as the one-year turnaround from four wins to a Super Bowl appearance might have been for the San Francisco 49ers, repeating the feat could be even harder.
Especially considering the competition in the NFC West.
The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world:
The Turkish soccer federation says a limited number of spectators will be allowed into stadiums to watch games as of October as it relaxes coronavirus restrictions.
The federation says stadiums around the country would operate at a maximum of 30% capacity.
