11:41 AM ET Associated Press Unseeded Anett Kontaveit cruised past fourth-seeded Maria Sakkari 6-2, 7-5 to win the Ostrava Open on Sunday for her third WTA title. Both players held their serve until the Estonian built a 40-0 lead in the 12th game of the second set before converting her first match point with a
Month: September 2021
Julian Alaphilippe has retained the men’s road race title at the Road World Championships in Belgium. The 29-year-old Frenchman finished the 268.3km race in five hours 56 minutes 34 seconds. There was a sprint finish for silver which was taken by Dutchman Dylan van Baarle, while Denmark’s Michael Valgren finished third. Great Britain’s Tom Pidcock
2:02 AM ET Why can’t all nights of fighting be like this? Why do we get swept up in trashy melodramas when we instead could stimulate our minds and endorphins with a night of fighting such as what we just witnessed at UFC 266? Saturday night had everything. Alexander Volkanovski stood up to another challenge
Sep 26, 2021 Associated Press Soon Woo Kwon became the first South Korean tennis player for 18 years to win a men’s tour title as he beat James Duckworth 7-6 (6), 6-3 in the final of the Astana Open on Sunday. In his first tour final, Kwon saved three set points in the first-set tiebreak
Lewis Hamilton won the Russian Grand Prix after a frantic last few laps caused by heavy rain dashed Lando Norris’ hopes of a maiden victory. And the rain helped Hamilton’s title rival Max Verstappen vault from seventh to second in his Red Bull after timing his change to wet tyres perfectly. The Mercedes driver’s 100th
9:56 AM ET Roger Federer has said he is “in a really good place” with his recovery from last month’s knee surgery but clarified that he would not rush into returning to court. The 40-year-old Federer, who shares the men’s record of 20 major titles with Rafa Nadal and Novak Djokovic, had two knee operations
7:26 AM ET Manchester United midfielder Bruno Fernandes vowed to come back stronger after missing his stoppage-time penalty in Saturday’s 1-0 Premier League defeat by Aston Villa. Kortney Hause‘s 88th-minute header put Villa in the lead but the defender’s handball gifted United a chance to steal a point minutes later with a penalty, only for
8:51 PM ET For the first time in six years, Clemson finds itself outside the College Football Playoff race after a stunning 27-21 double-overtime loss at NC State on Saturday afternoon. The offensive struggles that plagued the Tigers in their first three games continued once again, as they failed to gain any rhythm or consistency
6:14 PM ET Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show LONDON — Oleksandr Usyk shook up the heavyweight division to become a two-weight world champion with a unanimous decision win over Anthony Joshua for
3:00 AM ET As the week progressed, there was a less confident tone that Minnesota Vikings running back Dalvin Cook would play in Sunday’s home game against the Seattle Seahawks due to his sprained ankle, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Cook, who was listed as questionable, missed practice all week because of the injury.
12:38 AM ET LAS VEGAS — Not that anyone was questioning it, but Valentina Shevchenko‘s reign is as strong as ever. Shevchenko (21-4) defended the UFC’s flyweight championship for the sixth time on Saturday, in the co-main event of UFC 266 inside T-Mobile Arena. The 125-pound title fight came to a quick and decisive finish
12:03 AM ET LAS VEGAS — Robbie Lawler came over to a sitting Nick Diaz and grabbed his hands. The two put their foreheads together as a sign of respect. Lawler and Diaz, two aging fighters revered for their classic MMA fights, went to battle again Saturday night at UFC 266 at T-Mobile Arena. The
1:01 AM ET Associated Press PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — K.J. Choi shot a 4-under 68 on Saturday for a two-stroke lead over Alex Cejka and Bernhard Langer after two rounds of the PGA Tour Champions PURE Insurance Championship. Choi followed an opening 67 with a bogey-free round that included three birdies on the front nine
1:28 AM ET LAS VEGAS — Alexander Volkanovski‘s status as the best featherweight in the world has been solidified. After escaping several close submissions attempts, Volkanovski poured on the damaging blows to beat Brian Ortega via unanimous decision (49-46, 50-45, 50-44) Saturday night in the main event of UFC 266 at T-Mobile Arena. Volkanovski retained
12:07 AM ET Ohio State linebacker K’Vaughan Pope was escorted to the locker room in the second quarter of Saturday’s Buckeyes game against visiting Akron after a blowup on the sideline. Pope, according to LetterMen Row, tried to enter the game in the second quarter but was waved off by Buckeyes linebacker Teradja Mitchell. Once
Defending champions Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore have looked off-colour in the UAE leg of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 so far. Back-to-back defeats have dented their hopes of making the playoffs, more so for MI. RCB, who were in top form in the first phase of IPL 2021, have been dire in
11:43 PM ET ESPN News Services Elvis Andrus suffered an undisclosed left ankle injury rounding third base before scoring the winning run in the Oakland Athletics‘ 2-1 home victory over the Houston Astros on Saturday. A’s manager Bob Melvin said Andrus felt a pop in his ankle and was taken for X-rays. “We won a
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