Police arrest man for allegedly racist tweet about Muamba

A man has been arrested after allegedly making racist remarks on Twitter relating to critically ill Bolton player Fabrice Muamba. Police state a 21-year-old man from south Wales was held earlier Sunday. Muamba is fighting for his life in hospital after going into cardiac arrest and collapsing during an FA Cup match at Tottenham on Saturday. South Wales Police state the man who allegedly wrote racially offensive comments is being held in custody in Swansea Central. Former footballer turned TV ...

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Peyton Manning to work out for Titans

Duke football coach David Cutcliffe states Peyton Manning is throwing at “game pace” and the Tennessee Titans could be next to see for themselves. After spending eight hours meeting with Tennessee executives on Wednesday, Manning is expected to work out for the Titans — possibly as early as Saturday. Manning worked out at Duke for Denver on Friday and San Francisco Tuesday night. He has been rehabbing in North Carolina after a string of neck surgeries. After Duke’s football scrimmage ...

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Canadian Nesbitt wins 500-metre at all-round worlds

Defending champion Ireen Wust of the Netherlands took the lead after two races at the world allround speedskating championships. Wust had 79.818 points after finishing third in the 500-metre opener and second in the 3,000 on Saturday at the Krylatskoye Ice Stadium oval. World Cup overall leader Christine Nesbitt of Calgary, who won the women’s 500 but completed sixth in the 3,000, was second with 79. 891 points. She was followed by Martina Sablikova of the Czech Republic with 80.610 ...

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Canada’s Maltais wins short-track speedskating bronze

Canada’s Valerie Maltais took bronze Saturday in women’s 1,500-metre World Cup short-track speedskating. The La Baie, Que., native completed with a time of two minutes and 31.351 seconds. South Korea’s Ha-Ri Cho won gold in 2:31.162, while compatriot Eun-Byul Lee took silver in 2:31.223. “I wanted to try a strategy that I could use at the world championships,” Maltais said. “I wanted to be patient during the race, progress slowly and explode at the end. That’s what I did. I’m ...

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Marlies dog Hamilton in AHL outdoor hockey game

The Toronto Marlies scored three times in the first period Saturday and never looked back in beating the Hamilton Bulldogs 7-2 in an outdoor American Hockey League game played at Ivor Wynne Stadium. Greg Scott scored twice for Toronto (22-15-5), while Nicolas Deschamps added a goal and two assists. Mike Zigomanis had a goal and an assist and Drew Paris, Marcel Mueller and Joe Colborne also scored for the Marlies, who got 19 saves from Ben Scrivens. Jerry D’Amigo added ...

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Cuche claims Kitzbuhel downhill for 5th time

Didier Cuche won the World Cup downhill on the Streif course for a record fifth time on Saturday. The Swiss standout, who announced his retirement at the end of the season two days ago, went down the mountain in 1 minute, 13.28 second in heavy snowfall to beat Austrian pair Romed Baumann and Klaus Kroell by 0.24 and 0.30 seconds, respectively. Because of the overhanging cloud cover and snowfall, organizers lowered the starting gate to shorten the 3.3-kilometer course to ...

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Pilgrims, Tourists Descend on Bethlehem for Christmas Celebrations

Thousands of pilgrims and tourists began arriving in Bethlehem Saturday, to spend Christmas in the town believed to be Jesus’ birthplace. Christmas Eve celebrations in the West Bank town culminate with a celebration of Midnight Mass at the Church of the Nativity. The Holy Land’s top Roman Catholic cleric, Latin Patriarch Fuad Twal, will lead the mass at the church built over the the spot where it is believed Mary gave birth to Jesus. Bethlehem Mayor Victor Batarseh states this ...

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Canadian Kingsbury wins season-opening moguls event

Now that Canadian Mikael Kingsbury has started the World Cup season with the No. 1 bib, he intends to keep it. The freestyle skier from Oka, Que., claimed the season-opening moguls competition Saturday in Ruka, Finland by scoring 25.00 points. He completed ahead of American Sho Kashima and France’s Anthony Benna. “I’ll try to keep the yellow bib as long as I can and maybe at the end of the year I’ll have the globe,” stated Kingsbury. “It’s my goal.” ...

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Islanders’ Moulson named week’s 1st star

New York Islanders left-winger Matt Moulson was named NHL first star of the week Monday after recording seven points in three games. Moulson had six goals and one assist to help the Islanders post a 3-0-1 record last week. He became the first NHL player to record a four-goal game this season when he led New York to a 5-4 win over Dallas on Saturday. Colorado Avalanche centre Ryan O’Reilly was named second star and Los Angeles Kings goalie Jonathan ...

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Sens to take measure of Leafs’ Scrivens

The Toronto Maple Leafs and Ottawa Senators have split two pleasing affair so far this season, and much of the focus for Saturday’s game will be on the men in the crease (CBC, CBCSports.ca, 7 p.m. ET). Ben Scrivens has been thrust into the spotlight for Toronto after an apparent concussion suffered by James Reimer and the inconsistent play of Jonas Gustavsson. The challenge for Scrivens — who, according to reports Saturday from the rink is the likely starter — ...

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