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Major League Baseball's 2022 trade deadline has come and gone. The deadline was set for 6 p.m. ET on Tuesday and teams are no longer be able to make deals to bolster their rosters ahead of the stretch run. The biggest name was moved early Tuesday: Juan Soto headed to the Padres in an eight-player blockbuster that also featured Josh Bell landing in…

Constitution Hill is in "electric" form ahead of his belated and eagerly-anticipated seasonal debut in the Betfair Fighting Fifth Hurdle at Newcastle. The Champion Hurdle favourite has not run since trouncing stablemate Jonbon by 22 lengths in the Supreme Novices' Hurdle at Cheltenham in March. Unseasonably quick ground has forced trainer Nicky…

Joseph O'Brien's charge, who took the Martin Pipe at the Festival in March and landed a novice chase at Gowran on his fencing debut last month, was always travelling and jumping sweetly under J J Slevin. Tommy's Oscar likewise tanked through the race but after momentarily being short of room turning in, it soon became clear he wasn't going to get…

The weekend is here again and the racing action continues to step up a gear as we embark on a potential race for the ages at Ascot this afternoon. The jumping at Haydock and Taunton is also of a high standard and Lingfield hosts the middle leg of its three-day inaugural'Winter Million' weekend. Thankfully, Haafapiece rescued a patchy afternoon last…

Tommy's Oscar pips Geromino in the opener at Carlisle Thursday: Carlisle The first race of Carlisle's jumps season produced a rarity as a photo-finish was called to the two-runner novice handicap chase with high-class hurdler Tommy's Oscar just edging out Geromino. The race-fit Geromino, sent off the 8-13 favourite, set the tempo under Brian Hughes…

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The Guardians were at Fenway Park coming out of the All-Star break for a four-game series. It was raining and right-hander James Karinchak kept flipping the ball in the air with his right hand and talking to himself. When he wasn't doing that, he was going to the rosin bag to get a better grip on the ball. Boston fans were on him…