Month: September 2022

4:44 AM ET Former world champion Chris Eubank has said he wants his son’s fight against Conor Benn scrapped due to concerns about the 157 pounds weight limit, with Chris Eubank Jr. having never fought below 160 pounds in his professional career. British boxers Eubank Jr. and Benn are scheduled to face off in a
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3:10 AM ET Emma Raducanu won her first match since her US Open exit as she beat Ukrainian Dayana Yastremska in the first round of the Slovenia Open. Yastremska was forced to retire with top seed Raducanu 6-2, 5-3 up and two points away from victory. 1 Related Raducanu crashed out of the US Open
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3:56 AM BST Hoskins Sotutu will make his first start of the year when the All Blacks take on the Wallabies in their Bledisloe Cup Test in Melbourne, with coach Ian Foster naming him to replace star No.8 Ardie Savea. New Zealand were forced to name a new-look back-row with Savea to miss Thursday night’s
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6:39 AM BST Wallabies coach Dave Rennie has opted for an all-new halves pairing for Bledisloe I, teaming former Waratahs teammates Jake Gordon and Bernard Foley for the clash at Melbourne’s Marvel Stadium on Thursday night. It will be a first Test for Foley, 33, since the Wallabies’ 2019 Rugby World Cup pool loss to
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11:23 PM ET Brady Henderson Jeff Legwold Close ESPN Senior Writer Covered Broncos for nine years for Denver Post and Rocky Mountain News Previously covered Steelers, Bills and Titans Member of Pro Football Hall of Fame Boardof Selectors since 1999 SEATTLE — The Seattle Seahawks upset the Denver Broncos 17-16 on Monday night as Russell
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8:16 PM ET ESPN News Services CLEVELAND — Los Angeles Angels star Mike Trout homered in his seventh consecutive game, one shy of the major league record, but the AL Central-leading Cleveland Guardians posted a 5-4 victory on Monday night. Amed Rosario doubled home Steven Kwan with the go-ahead run in the seventh for Cleveland,
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12:45 PM ET Chelsea‘s Premier League clash with Liverpool and Manchester United‘s home game against Leeds next Sunday have been postponed due to policing issues surrounding the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, but seven other Premier League fixtures will go ahead this weekend. All football in the United Kingdom was postponed last weekend as a
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8:01 PM ET Stanford offensive lineman Branson Bragg, a multiyear starter, will retire from football because of lingering symptoms from a concussion and other mental health factors. Bragg, a senior from Texas, posted on Twitter that he has “long-term” and “intense” symptoms stemming from a concussion he sustained during Stanford’s training camp. He also cited
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2:51 PM ET PITTSBURGH — T.J. Watt‘s outlook for the rest of the season is still up in the air after he sustained a torn pectoral in the Steelers‘ 23-20 overtime victory against the Bengals. The reigning Defensive Player of the Year will get second and third medical opinions about his torn pec Tuesday, sources
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3:09 PM ET Khamzat Chimaev‘s head coach, Andreas Michael, said it was his decision to stop the undefeated fighter’s weight cut last week due to health concerns, but he still expects Chimaev to compete at welterweight. Chimaev (12-0) missed weight for a five-round welterweight main event against Nate Diaz (21-13) last week at UFC 279
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6:59 PM ET The Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) announced Monday that it would be launching an investigation, with the help of the UFC, into several fights that broke out backstage before the scheduled UFC 279 news conference last Thursday. UFC president Dana White ended up having to cancel the promotional event because of the
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6:31 PM ET Montreal Canadiens forward Nick Suzuki, 23, became the youngest captain in team history on Monday. Canadiens general manager Kent Hughes announced the appointment, saying the decision was made by the club’s hockey management personnel. An alternate captain last season, Suzuki will succeed defenseman Shea Weber, who served as captain between 2018 and
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4:44 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN The Minnesota Timberwolves said in a statement Monday they were “disappointed” in guard Anthony Edwards for anti-gay comments he made in an Instagram video over the weekend. “We are disappointed in the language and actions Anthony Edwards displayed on social media,” the team said in a statement attributed to team
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11:31 PM ET ARLINGTON, Texas — Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott said he is expected to have surgery Monday on his right thumb after he was injured in the season-opening 19-3 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday night. He is expected to miss 6-8 weeks and the injury will likely land him on
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