NWSL adds Utah Royals as latest expansion team
The NWSL is heading back to Utah with the announcement Saturday that the Utah Royals will begin play in 2024 as the league's newest expansion team.
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Lanisek and Kreuzer kick off 2023 Raw Air with wins in Oslo
A supremely consistent Anze Lanisek kicked off the 2023 Raw Air tournament with victory in Oslo. Jumps of 133m and 139.5m took the Slovenian ahead of favourite Stefan Kraft, who failed to break the 130-metre mark, despite leading the standings after round one. Ad The Austrian slipped to second with Lanisek's brilliant final leap only bettered by third-place Karl Geiger.
Schalke snap Dortmund's winning run with 2-2 draw in Ruhr derby
GELSENKIRCHEN, Germany : Schalke 04 twice bounced back from a goal down to snatch a 2-2 draw against rivals Borussia Dortmund in their 100th Ruhr valley derby in the Bundesliga on Saturday to end their opponents' eight league game winning run.
Resurgent Chelsea claim 3-1 victory at Leicester
LEICESTER, England :Ben Chilwell, Kai Havertz and Mateo Kovacic got on the scoresheet as Chelsea continued their upturn in form with a 3-1 win at Leicester City in the Premier League on Saturday.
Bayern cruise past Augsburg 5-3 to open up lead in the Bundesliga
MUNICH, Germany : Champions Bayern Munich bounced back from a goal down and struck four times in a powerful first half against Augsburg en route to a 5-3 victory in the Bavarian derby on Saturday to go provisionally three points clear at the top of the Bundesliga.
Norway at the double in relays in Ostersund
Norway made it five wins from a possible five biathlon World Cup events in the men's relay in Ostersund as France snatched the women's relay crystal globe. Even without their big three of Johannes Thingnes Boe, Tarjei Boe and Sturla Holm Laegreid, the Norwegian men made it a clean sweep on the World Cup circuit in convincing fashion.
Mutiny at the BBC: Lineker row causes mounting crisis at UK broadcaster
LONDON :Britain's BBC was forced to axe much of its sports coverage on Saturday after presenters refused to work in a show of solidarity with Gary Lineker, as a row over freedom of speech threatens to turn into a crisis for the national broadcaster.
Gyda Westvold Hansen completes incredible Grand Slam on home snow to make it 10 consecutive home wins
Norway's Gyda Westvold Hansen completed a perfect season in style, making it 10 wins from 10 on home snow in Oslo. The 20-year-old was crowned a double world champion in Planica last month, and was favourite to make it a clean sweep of World Cup victories with a lead of 1:01 going into the 5km cross-country ski following her ski jumping win on Thursday.