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Wyndham Clark brings elite form into Travelers Championship
Wyndham Clark has made winning PGA Tour events look easy the last few weeks.,After going over two years between wins dating back to the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am in February 2024, he's won two of the last four events he played in, including his second U.S. Open championship in four years.,Add a third...
Keegan Bradley seeks third Travelers win in 4 years at 'hometown' event
The focus this week on the PGA Tour was CEO Brian Rolapp's announcement that the tour will introduce a two-tiered competitive model beginning in 2028, meaning more events with elite fields on the newly named "Championship Series" and a "Challenger Series" for the rest., ,Players likely hope this wee...
Iran cleared to enter US 2 days before critical Egypt match
Restrictions around the Iran national team's World Cup travel are being slightly loosened, with the team now permitted to travel to at U.S. game sites two days before the day of the match, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced on Tuesday.,Iran were previously forced to travel to game si...
Landon Donovan blasts airline after World Cup travel fiasco
United States men's national team legend and Fox World Cup analyst Landon Donovan is in an online spat with United Airlines after travel difficulties influenced him and his broadcast partner Ian Darke to complete the last 250 miles of their journey from Houston to Northern New Jersey in an Uber.,Acc...
Uruguay arrive in Miami after travel delayed by permit issues
The Uruguay national team arrived in Miami late on Sunday after a travel ordeal ahead of its opening World Cup match against Saudi Arabia on Monday.,Uruguay pinned the blame on FIFA for their troubles flying from Mexico to Miami, yet they reportedly faced the threat of sanction if their head coach a...
Uruguay travel to Miami delayed by administrative issues
The Uruguay national team hadn't arrived in Miami as of early Sunday night for its Monday match against Saudi Arabia in the World Cup and was blaming FIFA for the troubles, according to published reports.,The flight reportedly was delayed for hours due to administrative issues, including some missin...
US warns travelers about visiting Mexico ahead of World Cup
Just before the World Cup kicks off, the U.S. Embassy in Mexico issued a warning to travelers about the potential danger of heading south of the border.,In a social media post on Tuesday, the embassy advised potential visitors to "check the latest travel advisory level and risk information before yo...
World Cup referee from Somalia denied entry to U.S.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection stopped a Somali referee selected to work the World Cup from entering the United States.,Omar Artan, named Africa's best referee in 2025, was in line to become the first person from Somalia to officiate a World Cup match.,CBP confirmed Monday that will no longer th...
Iran sets World Cup travel date following visa delay
Despite visa delays, the Iranian national team will travel to Mexico this weekend to prepare for the World Cup.,Iran's participation in this summer's tournament in North America has been in some doubt since the United States and Israel launched airstrikes against the nation in late February.,Iran an...
Visa issues delay South African team's departure for World Cup
The charter flight due to transport South Africa's World Cup team to Mexico on Sunday was grounded because of visa troubles.,The South Africans were expecting to travel to the Mexican city of Pachuca, where they will train, but not all players and officials had received their visas. The South Africa...
Philadelphia to offer fans free World Cup transportation
Fans leaving FIFA World Cup Games at Philadelphia's Lincoln Financial Field will have access to free train rides home, the local organizing committee announced Monday.,SEPTA (the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority) struck a partnership deal with World Cup sponsor AirBnB that covers a...
Alabama G Aden Holloway granted court injunction to travel
Alabama guard Aden Holloway was granted permission by a Tuscaloosa district court judge to travel out of state while facing felony drug charges, per multiple reports Friday.,No. 4 seed Alabama (25-9) faces No. 1 seed Michigan (33-3) on Friday night in the NCAA Tournament's Sweet 16 in Chicago.,Despi...
Iran bans sports teams from traveling to 'hostile' countries
Iran has banned the nation's sports teams from traveling to "hostile" countries, Iranian state TV reported Thursday.,The ban did not specifically mention this summer's FIFA World Cup, taking place in the U.S., Canada and Mexico.,The Ministry of Sports in Tehran's statement singled out an upcoming so...
Trump expands visa travel exception for major sporting events
The Olympic Games and the FIFA World Cup are among the athletic events added to the list of competitions exempted from a visa travel ban, President Donald Trump's administration announced this week.,Events hosted by the International Military Sports Council, the International University Sports Feder...
Panthers' plane to Edmonton delayed by storms
The Florida Panthers' routine was disrupted Wednesday in advance of Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final because of storm-related travel delays as the team headed to Edmonton.,The Athletic reported heavy storms near Fort Lauderdale, Fla., forced the charter jet to take off three hours after their schedul...
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Wander Franco may not be allowed back in the US, facing lesser charge: report [Update]
Update: Wander Franco is now facing a lesser charge following further analysis of evidence by a judge in the Dominican Republic. The original accusations of commercial and sexual exploitation and money laundering have now been lowered to sexual and psychological abuse, according to a judge’s resolut...
What did Novak know, and when did he know it?
We’d stop writing about the guy if he stopped giving us fresh crap to write about....
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Novak Djokovic denied entry into Australia over visa issue [Updated]
The Australian Open might have given the controversial OK to unvaccinated tennis star Novak Djokovic, but the Victorian State Government in Australia has not proved quite as accommodating....
Vaccine passports could be the ticket back to full stadiums
Ah, baseball’s opening weekend, fans in the stands and the Nationals sidelined by the coronavirus....
The NBA's Traveling Rule Tweak Doesn't Fix Its Real Traveling Problem
The NBA Board of Governors tweaked the rule book last week in order to, among other things, “help eliminate the gap between the [traveling] rule as written and how it has been applied in NBA games,” according to a summary distributed by the league. The tweak defines the concept of the gather, which ...