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Angels reach confidential settlement after civil trial Skaggs died in 2019 from fentanyl-laced pills Parties arrive at settlement while case with jury The Los Angeles Angels on Friday settled a lawsuit over the drug overdose death of pitcher Tyler Skaggs. The decision to settle was reached after a two-month civil trial in Southern California over whether the Angels should be held responsible for …

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Liverpool teammate discusses fallout from interview ‘He apologised to us … That’s the man that he is’ Curtis Jones has revealed Mohamed Salah apologised to the Liverpool squad for the fallout from his interview criticising the club and Arne Slot. Salah was omitted from Liverpool’s Champions League win against Inter having accused the club of throwing him under a bus in response to a poor run of r…

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Adverse finding came from test before tournament Player suspended in advance of disciplinary process Britain’s Dom Taylor has been suspended from the World Darts Championship after failing a drug test, the Darts Regulation Authority (DRA) said on Friday, handing opponent Jonny Clayton a free pass to the third round. The DRA, the governing body of the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC), said Tay…

Around a quarter of all tickets for the PDC world championship were sold to German fans. How did a country with no world-class player get hooked? They walk among us, sit among us, sing among us. They speak perfect English, hunt in packs, down industrial quantities of Amstel just like everyone else. And yet to the trained eye, to the seasoned Ally Pally veteran, there is just something different t…

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‘We will not take that long,’ says Amorim in response Amorim criticises sense of ‘entitlement’ at United Sir Alex Ferguson has stated it could take Manchester United another “10 or 11 years” to win the title, prompting Ruben Amorim to publicly disagree with the club’s most successful manager. Ferguson won 13 championships – including the club’s most recent, in May 2013 – and was asked when a 21st…

The trainer has his string in excellent form and saddles two fancied runners at Chepstow next weekend Sam Thomas has his string in excellent form ahead of the busy Christmas programme and he saddled his fourth winner from just seven runners in December as Steel Ally registered an impressive success in the Grade Two Noel Novice Chase at Ascot on Friday. Steel Ally was the 11-4 third-favourite in a…

Late developer overlooked in New Zealand but has progressed from semi-pro in Ayr to Scotland international New Zealand rugby must still be unearthing loads of outstanding players. So many, in fact, that their talent spotters have grown increasingly blase. Because how on earth did someone, somewhere not spot the uncut diamond now twinkling on the far side of the world for both Bristol Bears and Sc…

A crowded international calendar is undermining domestic leagues and WSL Football has been left to figure it out When the League Cup quarter-finals are played on Sunday it will probably be the last time they look this way. . West Ham v Manchester City, Liverpool v Chelsea, Manchester United v Tottenham and Crystal Palace v Arsenal means the top four in the Women’s Super League are involved. With …

Chicago can edge closer to sealing the NFC North in a sepia-toned Soldier Field showdown that headlines a pivotal week in the NFL playoff race Another week as the NFL winds up for the postseason offers a fresh look at contenders building for the Super Bowl. Jacksonville v Denver, yes please. Baltimore v New England, bingo. Pittsburgh v Detroit, hmm … OK. Still not satisfied? The strange lights of…

After 16 games they are yet to win and are on course to break Derby’s record of securing 11 points in a season By WhoScored At what point does a relegation scrap turn into a scramble to prevent an historic crisis? Wolves appear to be answering that question this season. Sixteen games into the season they are without a win, have just two points, and are threatening to relieve Derby County of the u…

McIlroy: ‘Hopefully golf can build upon this’ ‘To get public’s recognition is really cool,’ says Fleetwood Moments before Rory McIlroy was named BBC’s Sports Personality of the Year, and the cream of British sport rose to applaud him, a nervy thought raced through his mind. “I was, like, not an F1 driver again … ” he said. This time, though, there was no late twist. Lando Norris was unable to emu…