4:58 PM ET Associated Press Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print OSTRAVA, Czech Republic — Fifth-seeded Daria Kasatkina defeated 2021 US Open champion Emma Raducanu 7-5, 6-4 Tuesday to advance to the second round of the Agel Open. Kasatkina was playing her first match since losing in the first round of the US Open
12:57 PM ET Mathew Barzal signed an eight-year extension that will keep the star forward with the New York Islanders. The contract is worth $73.2 million, carrying an average annual value against the NHL salary cap of $9.15 million, his agent confirmed to ESPN’s Emily Kaplan. In six seasons with the team, Barzal has 311
12:54 PM ET Ohio State starting running back TreVeyon Henderson is expected to return this week at Michigan State after missing last Saturday’s win over Rutgers. Coach Ryan Day said Tuesday that Henderson is on track to return, although the team’s medical staff will make the final decision. Day said a minor issue during warm-ups
6:45 AM ET NFL NationESPN Welcome to Week 5 of the NFL regular season. Our power panel — a group of more than 80 writers, editors and TV personalities — evaluated how teams are stacking up through four weeks and named a new No. 1 team for the second week in a row. The updated
1:23 PM ET ESPN News Services ROME — Whether Tiger Woods makes it to Italy or not for next year’s Ryder Cup, he’ll be an integral member of the U.S. team, captain Zach Johnson said Tuesday at the year-to-go ceremonies. “Given who he is and what he’s all about, I can tell you right now,
10:15 AM ET Dan Hajducky Close ESPN Hajducky is a reporter/researcher for ESPN. He has an MFA in creative writing from Fairfield University and played on the men’s soccer teams at Fordham and Southern Connecticut State universities. Anthony Olivieri TWO WEEKS AFTER New Year’s, there was a bidding war over a baseball card at collectibles
12:09 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN The Milwaukee Bucks are slight favorites to win the 2023 NBA championship, and Luka Doncic was tapped as most likely to win the 2023 Most Valuable Player award in NBA.com’s annual survey of all 30 of the league’s general managers. The 21st edition of the survey was released Tuesday and
Rilee Rossouw‘s stroke-filled 100 not out off 48 balls set up a morale boosting 49-run win for South Africa in the inconsequential third T20 International at Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore on Tuesday as concerns around a faltering Indian bowling attack grew ahead of the T20 World Cup. A rampaging Rossouw and Quinton de Kock (68
11:19 AM ET An investigation commissioned by the U.S. Soccer Federation and conducted by former U.S. deputy attorney general Sally Yates was released Monday, and it includes revelations that are sure to send shockwaves throughout women’s soccer and raise tough questions about accountability and player safety. The report’s findings focus heavily on three coaches in
8:00 AM ET TYLER SISKEY WANTS to be clear: He doesn’t think Alabama coach Nick Saban is hypocritical when he says something is bad for college football and then goes out and does the exact thing he was complaining about. Siskey, who worked for Saban in his player personnel department from 2013 to ’14, knows
10:17 AM ET Former WBC junior featherweight champion Brandon Figueroa was arrested Sunday for allegedly driving while intoxicated, jail records in Hidalgo County, Texas, show. Tests showed the 25-year-old Figueroa’s blood alcohol content was greater than .15, nearly double the state limit of .08. The Weslaco, Texas, native was released on a $1,000 personal recognizance
7:52 AM ET The most anticipated matchup between welterweight champions Errol Spence Jr. and Terence Crawford still isn’t finalized, but if/when it happens, will the winner be the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world? Canelo Alvarez and Tyson Fury will have something to say if Spence or Crawford can’t produce an impressive performance. In London
11:05 AM ET One week after being released by the UFC, Aspen Ladd has a new home with the PFL. Ladd (9-3) has signed on to compete in PFL’s 2023 regular season as a featherweight, she and the promotion announced Tuesday. The PFL’s season format has not previously included a female featherweight division, only lightweight.
9:49 AM ET Associated Press Dan Evans and Nick Kyrgios progressed to the round of 16, while top-seeded Casper Ruud lost at the Japan Open on Tuesday. British No. 2 Evans defeated Moldova’s Radu Albot in three sets, 7-6 (7-3), 6-1, 6-4. 1 Related Ruud, who reached the final at both the French Open and
Ex-Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone will face trial in October 2023 over an alleged failure to declare about £400m in overseas assets. The 91-year-old appeared at Southwark Crown Court on Tuesday. He is charged with a single count of fraud by false representation. Ecclestone, who denied the allegations in August, is accused of failing to
7:00 AM ET The NHL didn’t exactly have goalie tandems last season. It was more like gaggles of goaltenders. Due to COVID-19 absences, injuries and ineffectiveness, a record 119 goalies appeared in 2021-22 regular-season games, from Akira Schmid to Zach Fucale. As a result, NHL scoring numbers climbed to their highest levels in nearly 30
11:48 PM ET ESPN News Services HOUSTON — When the Philadelphia Phillies fired manager Joe Girardi after a 22-29 start to the season, it was hard to imagine that Bryce Harper, Kyle Schwarber and interim manager Rob Thomson would be dancing in a champagne shower come October. But this team persevered through the tough start
India Women vs UAE Women Live: Jemimah Rodrigues hit an unbeaten 75.© Twitter India Women vs UAE Women Live Updates: UAE have lost three early wickets after India set them a target of 179 in the Women’s Asia Cup today. Rajeshwari Gayakwad struck twice, while there was one run-out. India themselves had got off to a