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Tour de France 2015: Results, leader, overall standings after Stage 17
Mattingly: Anderson's Achilles injury might not be serious (Yahoo Sports)
ATLANTA (AP) — Dodgers manager Don Mattingly says starting pitcher Brett Anderson might not be seriously injured after leaving Tuesday’s game with an irritated left Achilles tendon.
The Latest: Simon Geschke wins Stage 17 of Tour (Yahoo Sports)
Simon Geschke of the Giant-Alpecin team has won a tough and dangerous Stage 17 in the Alps with a brave solo breakaway and hairy and treacherous descent to ride in alone to the Pra Loup ski station. Race leader Chris Froome showed his bike-handling skills on the last terrifying high-speed descent where 2007 and 2009 winner Alberto Contador suffered a problem with his bike, costing him time. Race organizers say
European court rejects Financial Fair Play challenge (Yahoo Sports)
NYON, Switzerland (AP) — UEFA says it has won at the European Union’s supreme court after a legal challenge to ”Financial Fair Play” rules that curb club spending was thrown out.
Title tussle takes a back seat as F1 mourns for Bianchi (Yahoo Sports)
The championship tussle between Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg will take a back seat at the Hungarian Grand Prix this weekend, with Formula One still coming to terms with the death of Jules Bianchi. The 25-year-old Bianchi died in a hospital in his hometown of Nice on Friday from injuries sustained in a head-on crash during the Japanese GP last October. The outpouring of sympathy and support for Bianchi’s family
Magic to play Raptors in regular-season NBA game in London (Yahoo Sports)
LONDON (AP) — The NBA says the Orlando Magic and Toronto Raptors will play a regular-season game in London on Jan. 14.
Greek bailout vote puts Syriza party rebellion to the test
By Costas Pitas and Angeliki Koutantou ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece’s leftist government tried on Wednesday to contain a rebellion in Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’ Syriza party ahead of a vote in the evening on reforms required to start talks on a rescue deal. A first set of reforms that focused largely on tax hikes and budget discipline triggered a rebellion in Syriza last week and passed only thanks to votes
Suicide bomber on motorcycle kills 15 near Afghan market
A suicide bomber on a motorcycle killed at least 15 people and wounded 38 near a busy marketplace in northwest Afghanistan on Wednesday, officials said. No one claimed responsibility, but Taliban militants have regularly use suicide bombers to attack Afghan government and foreign troops in the area. Five of the dead were Afghan security force personnel and the rest civilians, Faryab’s acting governor, Satar Barez, said.