Mike Coppinger, ESPNSep 29, 2023, 11:03 AM ET Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk have signed contracts for an undisputed heavyweight championship fight in Saudi Arabia, multiple sources told ESPN on Friday. The fight could take place on Dec. 23 or sometime in January, sources said. First, Fury must handle business when he meets former UFC
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Mike Coppinger, ESPNSep 29, 2023, 02:00 PM ET At long last, Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk are set to battle for heavyweight supremacy. Fury and Usyk signed contracts for an undisputed heavyweight championship fight in Saudi Arabia, sources told ESPN on Friday, a bout that could take place on Dec. 23 or sometime in January.
Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Sep 29, 2023, 12:54 PM ET Sevilla‘s directors will boycott Friday’s LaLiga match against Barcelona on Friday after the Catalan club were charged with suspected bribery. The charges relate to payments worth more than €7 million ($7.3m) made to companies linked to the former vice president of the refereeing committee, José
Associated Press Sep 29, 2023, 01:47 PM ET BRANDON, Fla. — Tampa Bay coach Jon Cooper made it clear that the Lightning will be without a “luxury” with Russian goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy expected to miss the first two months of the NHL season after undergoing back surgery. But Cooper has confidence the perennial Stanley Cup
Kane Williamson showed his class in his first competitive outing in six months while Rachin Ravindra sizzled at the top of the order as New Zealand gunned down a 346-run target in their opening World Cup warm-up game against Pakistan Hyderabad on Friday. Barring the openers, Pakistan batters including Mohammad Rizwan (103 retired hurt off
Sep 29, 2023, 11:42 AM ET The Ottawa Senators appointed Steve Staios as president of hockey operations on Friday. Earlier on Friday morning, Staios resigned from his position as special adviser to hockey operations with the Edmonton Oilers. “I am so excited that Steve is joining me in Ottawa to lead our hockey operations,” Senators
Associated Press Sep 29, 2023, 11:12 AM ET BEIJING — Second-ranked Carlos Alcaraz made a comfortable debut in China on Friday with a 6-4, 6-3 victory over qualifier Yannick Hanfmann in the first round of the China Open. In his first competitive match since the semifinals of the U.S. Open, the Spaniard traded breaks early
Associated Press Sep 28, 2023, 10:38 PM ET ATLANTA — Matt Olson hit his major league-leading 54th homer, and the Atlanta Braves clinched home-field advantage throughout the postseason with a 5-3 win over the slumping Chicago Cubs on Thursday night. Austin Riley had three hits and scored two runs as the Braves (103-56) won for
David Hale, ESPN Staff WriterSep 29, 2023, 06:30 AM ET Close ACC reporter. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of the University of Delaware. For as long as there’s been college football, coaches have been getting fired. The annual discussions about who’s on the hot seat is as much a part of the game as a
The Week 4 NFL schedule for the 2023 season is stacked with great matchups, and we’ve got you covered with what you need to know heading into the weekend. Our NFL Nation reporters bring us the biggest keys to every game and a bold prediction for each matchup. Additionally, ESPN Stats & Information provides a
Associated Press Sep 29, 2023, 09:38 AM ET TOKYO — Eight-seeded Veronika Kudermetova upset No. 1 Iga Swiatek 6-2, 2-6, 6-4 in the quarterfinals of the Toray Pan Pacific Open on Friday. It was the No. 19-ranked Kudermetova’s first career win over Swiatek in five attempts. The Russian advanced to her sixth semifinal of the
Andrew Lopez, ESPNSep 28, 2023, 08:00 AM ET NEW ORLEANS — With a once-promising season lost, Zion Williamson sat at the end of the New Orleans Pelicans‘ bench. As his teammates and coaches slowly shuffled into the tunnel following the play-in tournament loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder, Williamson, clad in all black, quietly remained
Jamal Collier, ESPNSep 28, 2023, 05:59 PM ET MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards drew high praise from Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr during their time together for Team USA at the FIBA World Cup this summer, but Edwards revealed Thursday afternoon that wasn’t always the case. Edwards recalled meeting Kerr for his
Tom Hamilton, Senior WriterSep 29, 2023, 08:45 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2011• Covered two Olympics, a pair of Rugby World Cups and two British & Irish Lions tours• Previously rugby editor, and became senior writer in 2018 Ludvig Aberg‘s career is on a rapid rise. In May, he played his final college tournament at the
Mike Coppinger, ESPNSep 29, 2023, 07:46 AM ET LAS VEGAS — Canelo Alvarez sized up his next opponent during two separate faceoffs Wednesday and, in between, vowed to show Jermell Charlo “my real skills.” Emphasis was placed on real, a tacit admission that Alvarez’s form over his past three fights wasn’t quite his best. When
Sep 29, 2023, 07:57 AM ET Back in October 2019, Stipe Miocic was the UFC heavyweight champion. Jon Jones ruled at light heavyweight. Israel Adesanya was the newly crowned king of middleweights. And, well, let’s just cut to the chase and say that all 12 of the fight promotion’s weight classes had champions who do
Greg Wyshynski, ESPNSep 29, 2023, 08:00 AM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. BOSTON — The Boston Bruins stood around their bench, paralyzed by defeat. It was Game 7 of their 2023 Eastern Conference first-round series against the Florida Panthers. The Bruins were the most successful regular team in NHL history, setting
Kristen Shilton, ESPN NHL reporterSep 29, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Close Kristen Shilton is a national NHL reporter for ESPN. NHL playoff hockey has one absolute, and it’s this: There are none. At least when it comes to teams populating the postseason field. Every new season inevitably produces teams putting the league on notice (we’ve
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