10:41 AM ET ESPN News Services Shingo Kunieda finally won his first Wimbledon title to complete a career Grand Slam in men’s wheelchair singles. The 38-year-old Japanese player defeated Alfie Hewett of Britain 4-6, 7-5, 7-6 (10-5). Kunieda is the first men’s wheelchair player to complete a career Grand Slam, and now holds all four
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10:26 AM ET ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — After Tiger Woods ripped his tee shot down the 18th fairway during a practice round at the Old Course at St. Andrews on Sunday, Justin Thomas followed his ball in the air and said, “Oooh!” When Woods’ ball bounded down the sun-baked fairway and bounced high onto the
10:21 AM ET Associated Press LONDON — The Russian Tennis Federation was quick to claim Elena Rybakina as “our product” on her run to the women’s title at Wimbledon. It then praised her training program in the country after she won the Venus Rosewater Dish as Wimbledon champion while representing Kazakhstan. “It’s the Russian school,
Dutch rider Annemiek van Vleuten has won her third Giro d’Italia Donne title after the final stage was claimed by Italy’s Chiara Consonni. Van Vleuten, 39, who rides for Movistar and was Giro champion in 2018 and 2019, won two stages in this year’s race. She finished one minute and 52 seconds ahead of Italy’s
Luxembourg’s Bob Jungels claimed his first Tour de France stage win on stage nine on Sunday. The AG2R Citroen rider went solo off the penultimate categorised climb and stayed in front for the remaining 60km. He held off a late counter-attack from France’s Thibaut Pinot, who ended up finishing fourth behind Spaniards Jonathan Castroviejo and
Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc passed title rival Max Verstappen three times on his way to a commanding victory in the Austrian Grand Prix. Carlos Sainz was on course to make it a Ferrari one-two before he suffered an engine failure with 14 laps to go – the latest in a series for Ferrari. Leclerc faced a
Sri Lanka vs Australia Live: Kusal Mendis will look to bring up his ton© AFP Sri Lanka vs Australia, 2nd Test, Day 3 Live Score Updates: Kusal Mendis will look to complete his ton on Day 3 of the ongoing second Test against Australia at Galle International Stadium. After bundling out Australia for 364 in
5:00 AM ET Sid LoweSpain writer Andreas Christensen, left, was unveiled by Barcelona this week even though he’s not yet eligible to actually register as a LaLiga player. Urbanandsport/NurPhoto via Getty Images Barcelona president Joan Laporta was back eating at his favourite restaurant on Thursday night, joined by Chelsea‘s new co-owner, Behdad Eghbali (the co-chairman of
8:19 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — About an hour before addressing the packed house at Citi Field, a concentrated Keith Hernandez stared in deep study at his index cards in a mostly empty interview room — his big brother sitting just a step away. Always prepared. Always a pro. Always with Gary by
11:00 PM BST England coach Eddie Jones has blasted the state of Test rugby, with the laws of the game again the major talking point after his side’s win over the Wallabies. Australian winger Izaia Perese and Jones’ playmaker Marcus Smith were both given 10-minute sin-bins for what were deemed deliberate knock downs when they
12:51 AM ET Jeff WagenheimESPN Rey Vargas is a champion again and still undefeated. The former WBC junior featherweight champion, fighting for just the second time in three years, persevered through a late knockdown to dethrone WBC featherweight champ Mark Magsayo via split decision on Saturday in San Antonio, Texas. “I have no words to
File photo of Indian cricket team© AFP India have “a real powerhouse of a T20 team” available at their disposal that looks strong from top to bottom with an equally capable bench, feels former England spinner Ashley Giles. India cantered to a 49-run win in the second T20I against hosts England, taking an unassailable 2-0
LAS VEGAS — Set to play alongside Kawhi Leonard and Paul George next season, John Wall said he is delighted to be joining a loaded LA Clippers team that won’t need him to be “Batman every night for us to win.” In his first comments since officially signing a two-year, $13.2 million deal with LA,
12:51 AM ET LAS VEGAS — Rafael Fiziev proved to be one step ahead of Rafael dos Anjos over the course of four lightweight rounds on Saturday. And then in the fifth, he put the former champion away for good measure. Fiziev (12-1) continued his ascent of the UFC’s lightweight rankings with a blistering, left
10:58 PM ET Associated Press High Connection won the $125,000 Los Alamitos Derby by 1 3/4 lengths Saturday, giving trainer Bob Baffert his second victory on the card in his return to competition after serving a 90-day suspension. “What a way to come back,” said Baffert, whose punishment by the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission ended
10:52 PM ET Associated Press NICHOLASVILLE, Ky. — Max McGreevy completed a 9-under 63 on Saturday to share the second-round lead and had a one-stroke advantage when darkness suspended third-round play in the PGA Tour’s Barbasol Championship. Much of the field began the third round in the evening in sunny conditions after heavy showers hit
6:06 PM ET Kathleen McNamee SHEFFIELD, England — The stage for Saturday’s heavyweight Euro 2022 clash between reigning champions Netherlands and Sweden couldn’t have been set better. The Dutch had beaten the Swedes in both the 2017 quarterfinal and the 2019 World Cup semifinal. But, since their talismanic coach Sarina Wiegman went to England, there
8:18 PM ET Associated Press HAMPTON, Ga. — Georgia native Austin Hill claimed his second NASCAR Xfinity win of the season, leading an eight-car train across the line at Atlanta Motor Speedway to set off a raucous celebration in front of the home folks Saturday. The 28-year-old Xfinity rookie is from Winston, a small town