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Jens Voigt (Trek Factory Racing) set a new hour record at the Velodrome Suisse in Grenchen, Switzerland. He rode 51.11km over the course of an hour Thursday. The 43-year-old German bested Ondrej Sosenka’s mark of 49.7 kilometers by 1.41km.

A competitor in an ironman race on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast has died of a suspected heart attack. The 39-year-old man died during the swimming leg of the Ironman 70.3 race on Sunday morning. Competitors swim 1.9km before cycling 90km and running 21.1km.

A video shot by a golfer near Vancouver has gone viral.

Janay Rice broke her silence to defend husband Ray Rice after graphic video surfaced of the now-former Baltimore Ravens player punching and knocking her out in an elevator.

Roberts was admitted to hospital with double pneumonia after he passed out on a plane to Las Vegas last month (August 27). The wrestler made his first public appearance since he was hospitalised yesterday (September 6), but also announced he is fighting cancer once again.

The NFL on Tuesday suspended Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay for six games and fined him $500,000 for his bizarre drugged driving arrest. Earlier in the day, Irsay pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor charge of operating a vehicle while intoxicated.

Strange things happen when NASCAR goes under the lights. Sunday night at Atlanta, something, either a cat or a squirrel or a mixture of both, darted across the track right in front of race leader Kevin Harvick.

The San Francisco 49ers defensive end Ray McDonald was arrested for domestic violence overnight, San Jose police confirmed. According to police Sgt. Heather Randol, officers responded to reports of violence in the 2500 block of Bentley Ridge Driver around 2:45 a.m.

A baseball game in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan that started Thursday took 50 innings and four days to determine a winner, which is amazing in its own way, but wait until you see the two starters’ pitch counts.

There’s a document being circulated through various media outlets that suggests the Toronto group had every intention of relocating the Buffalo Bills to Toronto upon their purchase of the team.

Turns out Nick Saban isn’t the only college football figure whose autograph line tends to get a little wild at Fan Day. The autograph line for Jameis Winston at Sunday’s Florida State Fan Day got so long and potentially unruly that police tape was brought out. Not only that, but two FSU fans were arrested for fighting according to Melina …