4:12 PM ET In October, the UFC lightweight championship is officially up for grabs in Abu Dhabi. The vacant 155-pound title will have former lightweight champion Charles Oliveira fighting Islam Makhachev for the strap. Oliveira, who recently earned the ESPY for MMA fighter of the year, has won 11 consecutive bouts, including the past 10
5:27 PM BST South Africa claimed a decisive 30-14 third-Test victory over Wales on Saturday to secure the series and halt a run of northern hemisphere victories after success for Ireland and England. Fly-half Handre Polland scored 20 points, including the first try, as the world champions outscored the tourists three tries to one. Bongi
10:57 PM BST Ireland’s Hugo Keenan runs the ball during the Test against New Zealand in Wellintgon, July 16, 2022 Brendan Moran/Sportsfile via Getty Images A courageous Ireland held off a fierce All Blacks fightback to claim an epic 32-22 win in Wellington on Saturday and seal a series victory 2-1. Warhorse captain Johnny Sexton was
7:56 PM ET The North Carolina home of NASCAR driver Ricky Stenhouse Jr. is up for sale, and the whopping 9,986-square-foot residence is listed for $15,995,000. The listing real estate agents, Heather Gibbs and Josh Tucker, would not confirm it was Stenhouse’s home. According to the Multiple Listing Service, a database used by Realtors, the
7:54 PM ET Associated Press NEWPORT, R.I. — Lleyton Hewitt paused for a moment and the word easily came to mind when he was asked how he wanted to be remembered. “Competitor,” Hewitt said in an interview with The Associated Press earlier in the day before his induction into the International Tennis Hall of Fame
10:57 PM BST England will leave Australia with the Ella-Mobbs trophy in their keeping after taking out the three-Test series with a thrilling 21-17 win over the Wallabies at the SCG on Saturday night. Playing the likely last ever rugby Test match at the SCG, the Wallabies fell just short in their quest to farewell
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2:57 PM ET The UFC has booked a lightweight title fight between Charles Oliveira and Islam Makhachev to headline UFC 280 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The UFC 280 pay-per-view event takes place on Oct. 22 at Etihad Arena. Officials announced the lightweight contest Saturday. Officially, the fight will be for the UFC’s vacant
4:09 PM ET New Jersey Devils general manager Tom Fitzgerald, in a free agency news conference announcing several acquisitions on Friday, told reporters he was still in the market for a veteran defenseman. On Saturday, he cashed in on that quest, dealing a 2023 third-round draft choice along with Ty Smith to the Pittsburgh Penguins
5:32 PM ET ELMONT, N.Y. — A highly anticipated featherweight main event between Yair Rodriguez and Brian Ortega ended unfortunately on Saturday, when Ortega was unable to continue after appearing to dislocate his right shoulder. The injury occurred at the 4:11 mark of the opening round. Ortega had just taken Rodriguez to the ground, and
4:40 PM ET The Montreal Canadiens traded veteran defenseman Jeff Petry, along with forward Ryan Poehling, to the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday in exchange for defenseman Mike Matheson and a fourth-round draft choice in 2023. Petry is signed for the next three seasons with a $6.25 million salary-cap hit. Montreal did not retain any of
5:15 PM ET ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — The 150th edition of The Open might very well end up going down as one of the best ones in its storied history, depending on what happens on the Old Course at St. Andrews on Sunday. Seven of the top 12 players in the Official World Ranking are
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — Rory McIlroy has been chasing golf’s holy grail at St. Andrews for for than a decade. He lost his way in the wind at The Open here in 2010. His mission in 2015 failed before it started due to the ankle injury he sustained playing soccer with friends. This time around
4:27 PM ET Associated Press Sebastian Baez reached the Swedish Open final on Saturday with a straight-sets win over Andrey Rublev. It will be an all-Argentina final after Baez’s 6-2, 6-4 success in one hour, 16 minutes. Baez broke the Russian twice in the opening set and decisively in the 10th game of the second
3:48 PM ET Linebacker Troy Bowles, the No. 26 prospect in the ESPN300, committed to Georgia on Saturday. The 6-foot-1, 210-pound Bowles is the son of Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Todd Bowles. Troy Bowles recorded 110 tackles, seven tackles for loss, seven sacks and two interceptions as a junior last year for Jesuit High
2:24 PM ET Associated Press LOUDON, N.H. — Martin Truex Jr. won a pole for the first time in his three-plus seasons with Joe Gibbs Racing and will lead a Toyota-heavy top five to green in Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Truex turned a lap of 127.113 mph on Saturday
4:56 PM ET HENDERSON, Nev. — Richie Incognito, who said he found acceptance with the Las Vegas Raiders after a star-crossed and controversy-filled career as one of the more physical offensive linemen of his era, announced his retirement on Friday. Incognito, 39, signed with the Raiders in 2019 and, due to injuries, played in just
1:31 AM ET The San Antonio Spurs and forward Keldon Johnson have agreed to a four-year, $80 million extension, his representative Klutch Sports Agency announced Friday night. Johnson, 22, started 74 games for the Spurs in his third season, averaging a career-high 17.1 points while shooting 39.8 percent from 3-point range. Friday’s agreement comes two