Former trainer Jorge Navarro, one of the pivotal figures in a federal investigation into alleged doping of Thoroughbreds, was sentenced to the maximum five years in prison Friday. Along with the sentence, Navarro was ordered to pay more than $26.8 million in restitution. That figure represents the amount of earnings his […]
Nicolas Otamendi, a defender for Argentina and Benfica, and his family suffered a major scare in their home in Portugal late Sunday night when the player was assaulted by a gang of thugs wearing gloves and balaclavas. The robbers left with watches, jewelry, and cash valued at around $330K. The […]
Macau casino stocks tanked this week after the arrest of 11 junket operators. Alvin Chau, Suncity Group Holdings’ CEO, was among those detained. The region’s casino stocks were already struggling due to new virus concerns, but the specter of more regulatory crackdowns pushed them lower still. During the ’08-’09 financial […]
Italian finance authorities raided Juve’s offices in Turin and Milan, seeking papers relating to player moves between 2019 and 2021. Juventus is Italy’s most successful club, winning 36 Serie A titles. Juve is listed on Milan’s stock exchange and its largest shareholder is Exor. Anna Maria Loreto, a Turin prosecutor, […]
The owner of Beitar Jerusalem in the Israeli Premier League has been arrested alongside seven others on charges of cryptocurrency fraud. According to the Israeli Police, the estimated worth of the fraud reaches hundreds of millions of U.S. dollars. Moshe Hogeg, the boss of Beitar, was held in the early […]
Paris Saint-Germain midfielder Aminata Diallo is in police custody after an assault on one of her teammates on the women’s team. An attack that occurred last Thursday led to Diallo’s arrest. The midfielder was taken into custody on Wednesday by the Versailles Police. 31-year-old Kheira Hamraoui, another midfielder, was allegedly […]
The Breeders’ Cup may have been late to the Bob Baffert scrutiny party, but the organization is bringing a rather hefty punch to the proceedings. On Tuesday, it outlined to the Los Angeles Times the security measures the Hall of Fame trainer must adhere to for his horses to run […]
After a nearly month-long “review process” on Bob Baffert’s status, Breeders’ Cup officials announced on Sunday that the Hall of Fame trainer can enter this year’s Nov. 5-6 event at Del Mar, with certain conditions. Those conditions include extra testing of his entries, which Baffert will pay for, along with […]
Jon Gruden stepped down as head coach of the Las Vegas Raiders in response to a brewing scandal involving a trove of salty emails he sent between 2011 and 2018 that were rampant with homophobia, racism, and misogynist content. According to a report by the NFL Network, Raiders owner Mark […]
Milwaukee Bucks owner Marc Lasry quit as Chairman of Ozy Media amid allegations of corporate fraud. Ozy Media recently came under fire after its COO impersonated a YouTube executive to secure funding. And that wasn’t Ozy’s first bizarre misstep. Ozy Media was an up-and-coming online media company with a charismatic […]
Sezer Ozturk, a former Bayer Leverkusen, Fenerbahce, and Besiktas player, was reportedly involved in a shooting with fatal consequences. One person was killed, while four others were injured in the incident, which took place on Sept. 19. According to Turkish channel NTV Spor, witnesses at the scene claim Ozturk’s reaction […]
The Breeders’ Cup announced this weekend that it began reviewing whether Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert can send his horses to this year’s event, set for Nov. 5-6 at Del Mar. The process began in the wake of the New York Racing Association’s scheduled Sept. 27 hearing for the […]
Jerome Boateng, a Germany World Cup winner in 2014, was found guilty of assaulting his former partner in 2018. He will need to pay the woman $2.13 million. Boateng received the verdict during a court meeting in Munich. Prosecutor Stefanie Eckert called for a suspended 18-month jail sentence and a […]
Trainer Jorge Navarro, one of the central figures in the blood doping and drug adulteration scandal that rocked horse racing in a long-running scheme starting in 2016, changed his plea to guilty Wednesday. In doing so, Navarro could spend up to five years in prison. Navarro changed his plea from […]
Anna Kane accused her husband, San Jose Sharks forward Evander Kane, of trying to fix games for gambling purposes in a blistering Instagram story she made on Saturday. Kane responded to that story on Sunday, saying that he has never gambled on hockey, let alone thrown a game. NHL to […]
On the eve of Saratoga Race Course’s 2021 opening day, a New York federal judge ruled the New York Racing Association’s suspension of Bob Baffert was unconstitutional. That Wednesday ruling by Judge Carol Bagley Amon opens the gate for the Hall of Fame trainer to run his charges at Saratoga’s […]
Kentucky Judge Thomas Wingate granted permission on Wednesday for a urine sample of Kentucky Derby champion Medina Spirit to undergo extra testing at a New York lab. Blood-Horse first reported that Wingate, a Circuit Court Judge from Franklin, Kentucky, specified the details for the sample’s transfer from the Kentucky Horse […]
Remaining on the legal offensive, even as he keeps a low profile, Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert filed a lawsuit against the New York Racing Association Monday. The suit claims Baffert’s right to due process was violated when the organization suspended him. The Thoroughbred Daily News first reported that […]
Bob Baffert and Amr Zedan, the trainer and owner of Kentucky Derby champion Medina Spirit, went on the legal offensive Tuesday, filing a lawsuit against the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission. The suit, filed in Franklin Circuit Court in Kentucky, claims the KHRC’s ban on betamethasone applies only to injections and […]
In the wake of Kentucky Derby champion Medina Spirit’s split sample testing positive for the prohibited anti-inflammatory betamethasone, Churchill Downs suspended trainer Bob Baffert for two years, effective immediately. The ruling prohibits the Hall of Fame trainer from entering horses for races or occupying stall space at Churchill Downs, and […]
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