5:15 PM ET ESPN News Services Ons Jabeur of Tunisia won the biggest title of her career by defeating American Jessica Pegula in three sets in the Madrid Open final Saturday. Jabeur, the first Arab woman in the top 10, won 7-5, 0-6, 6-3 for her second career title. She was playing in her sixth
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Max Verstappen criticised his Red Bull team’s reliability struggles after qualifying at the Miami Grand Prix, saying that they were harming their hopes of defending his world championship. The Dutchman lost out on pole position at the Florida city’s inaugural race after an error on his final qualifying lap – which he blamed on his
6:08 PM ET LIVERPOOL, England — The Quadruple is still on the horizon for Liverpool, but it is beginning to look like a more distant dream after Jurgen Klopp’s team finally stumbled in their pursuit a history. Even though a 1-1 draw at home to Tottenham took Liverpool back to the top of the Premier
4:45 PM ET Associated Press DARLINGTON, S.C. — Justin Allgaier put JR Motorsports in Victory Lane for the third consecutive week in the Xfinity Series by winning at Darlington Raceway on Saturday. Allgaier ended a 34-race winless streak when he passed AJ Allmendinger to start a two-lap sprint following a caution and cruised the final
5:19 PM ET Associated Press DARLINGTON, S.C. — Former NASCAR Cup Series champions Chase Elliott and Kevin Harvick will start at the rear of the field Sunday at Darlington Raceway. Denny Hamlin will be back there, too. Elliott and Harvick had trouble Saturday in practice. Hamlin had problems in qualifying later in the day. All
Charles Leclerc led Carlos Sainz in a Ferrari front-row lock-out at the inaugural Miami Grand Prix. The Ferrari drivers jumped ahead of Red Bull’s Verstappen as the world champion’s final run fell apart on the circuit around the Hard Rock stadium. The Dutchman made an error at Turn Five, running wide, swearing on the radio
1:42 PM ET The Seattle Mariners are calling up right-hander George Kirby, one of the best pitching prospects in baseball, sources told ESPN’s Jeff Passan on Saturday. Kirby, who was scratched from his start for Double-A Arkansas on Saturday, will be making his major league debut for the Mariners against the Tampa Bay Rays on
6:00 AM ET ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — A lot, as in almost everything — including a new players lounge — has changed in the Denver Broncos‘ offseason as first-year coach Nathaniel Hackett and his staff continue the team’s playbook makeover. The meetings have a new look, practices have a new schedule and Hackett has continued to
7:40 AM ET The Calgary Flames iced one of the best top lines in hockey this season. But — funny story — they were just a backup plan. If it weren’t for a plethora of preseason injuries, Johnny Gaudreau, Elias Lindholm and Matthew Tkachuk wouldn’t have started as the Flames’ first line. The entire complexion
6:00 AM ET PHILADELPHIA — For all of the hours spent poring over film, conducting interviews and scouring the country for unearthed prospects and information leading up to the NFL draft, the Philadelphia Eagles have kept things pretty simple over the past couple of years when on the clock, especially on Day 1 and Day
2:34 PM ET Boston Celtics guard Marcus Smart will start Saturday’s game against the Milwaukee Bucks after missing Game 2 of the series with a thigh injury. Smart, the 2021-22 NBA Defensive Player of the Year, was dealing with a right quad contusion and then took two shots to the quad on back-to-back plays in
2:49 PM ET ESPN News Services MADRID — After beating Rafael Nadal on Friday, Spanish teenager Carlos Alcaraz did it again with an upset of world No. 1 Novak Djokovic at the Madrid Open tennis tournament Saturday. After defeating Nadal, his idol, in the quarterfinals, the 19-year-old Alcaraz rallied to beat Djokovic 6-7 (5), 7-5,
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1:11 PM ET Associated Press SUTTON COLDFIELD, England — Thorbjorn Olesen finished eagle-birdie to shoot 3-under 69 and take a 3-stroke lead into the final round of the British Masters as he bids for his first win in four years amid a career rebuild. The Danish golfer broke a four-way tie for the lead on
Cheteshwar Pujara scored yet another ton for Sussex vs Middlesex.© Instagram Cheteshwar Pujara is really making a statement in County Championships Division Two this season as he registered his fourth 100-plus score in as many games for Sussex while playing against Middlesex at Hove on Saturday. Pujara has already scored two double centuries for Sussex
Britain’s Simon Yates took stage two in the Giro d’Italia after storming to a surprise victory in the time trial. The 29-year-old completed the 9.2km course in 11 minutes 50 seconds, three seconds ahead of Mathieu van der Poel. Team Jumbo-Visma rider Tom Dumoulin came third, finishing five seconds behind Yates, with 20-year-old Briton Ben
10:39 AM ET Associated Press LONDON — Kell Brook is retiring from boxing. The 36-year-old British fighter, who was world welterweight champion from 2014 to 2017, said in an interview with the British newspaper The Sunday Telegraph: “It’s over for me. I’ll never box again.” His last fight, therefore, was his win over longtime rival
6:31 AM ET Associated Press SEATTLE — Pinch-hitter Manuel Margot launched a go-ahead, three-run homer in the ninth inning as the Tampa Bay Rays rallied to beat the scuffling Seattle Mariners 8-7 on Friday night for their seventh straight road win. Mariners pinch-hitter Jarred Kelenic put Seattle up 6-5 in the eighth with a two-run