Italy’s national soccer coach denies he’s Chelsea-bound
Antonio Conte said he decided to step down as Italy’s coach because he misses the day-to-day life of club soccer, but denied Monday that he already had agreed to take the job at Chelsea next season.
The former Juventus player and coach, who took over Italy’s national team after the 2014 World Cup, has been linked with a move to the Premier League.
Dempsey, 33, was left off the United States roster for two qualifying matches in November, with coach Jurgen Klinsmann citing the need to look at younger players.
Addressing the firestorm surrounding sexual harassment at the University of Tennessee, Chancellor Jimmy Cheek said that any assertion his university doesn’t take sexual assault seriously enough “is simply not true.”
A federal lawsuit has been filed against the university stating that Tennessee has violated Title IX regulations and created a “hostile sexual environment” through a policy of indifference toward assaults by athletes.
The breaststroke specialist and four-time world champion was stripped of five European championship medals after testing positive for the banned steroid DHEA in 2013.
The nation’s two largest daily fantasy-sports websites have agreed to stop taking bets in New York, potentially through most of the professional baseball season, as lawmakers consider legalizing the popular online contests, the state attorney general announced.