Month: April 2023

6:42 AM ET LONDON — Former world No. 1 Simona Halep has called on tennis’ anti-doping organization to give her the chance to clear her name after she was provisionally suspended by the International Tennis Integrity Agency in October. In an interview with Tennis Majors, Halep’s first since learning of her failed drug test at
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Red Bull’s Max Verstappen pipped Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc to fastest practice time at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix before qualifying on Friday. Verstappen was 0.037 seconds ahead, with his team-mate Sergio Perez third and Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz fourth. Lando Norris was fifth for McLaren as the team introduce a major car upgrade. Mercedes drivers Lewis Hamilton
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7:27 PM ET Notre Dame running back Logan Diggs, the team’s second-leading rusher in 2022, is entering the transfer portal. Diggs had 821 rushing yards on a team-high 165 carries last season, while scoring four touchdowns and averaging five yards per carry. The junior missed part of spring practice with a lower body injury. In
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2:33 PM ET Associated Press MADRID — After another impressive victory at the Madrid Open, Mirra Andreeva patiently took photos with some fans who looked young enough to be her classmates in high school. Moments earlier, the 15-year-old Russian had been raising her arms by the net to celebrate her win over a top-20 opponent.
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11:53 AM ET Jake Paul and his promotions team are launching a new boxing series called Most Valuable Prospects that will highlight top up-and-coming fighters. The series will begin with a card on May 26 in Orlando, Florida, and it will be headlined by rising star Ashton Sylve, officials told ESPN on Thursday. There will
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12:16 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Robeisy Ramirez will make the first defense of his WBO featherweight title vs. Satoshi Shimizu on July 25 in Tokyo, promoter Top Rank announced on Thursday. The 126-pound title bout will serve as chief support on ESPN+ for the highly anticipated showdown between Stephen Fulton and Naoya Inoue for Fulton’s
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11:41 PM ET The Florida Panthers stunned the Boston Bruins with a 4-3 overtime win in Wednesday’s Game 5, defiantly avoiding what could have been the first elimination of the Stanley Cup playoffs. Matthew Tkachuk‘s goal at 6:05 of overtime gave new life to the Panthers, who had dropped consecutive games at home — games
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6:39 PM ET Erling Haaland added another record to his rapidly growing collection, becoming the all-time top scorer in a 38-game Premier League season with his 33rd goal of the campaign in Manchester City‘s win over Arsenal on Wednesday. Haaland scored his team’s fourth goal deep into stoppage time to put the exclamation point on
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4:53 PM ET Brentford condemned Chelsea to their fifth defeat in five games in all competitions under interim coach Frank Lampard on Wednesday as an own goal by Blues’ captain Cesar Azpilicueta and a second-half strike by Bryan Mbeumo handed the Bees a 2-0 win in the Premier League. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga,
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5:30 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Erik ten Hag has talked up Harry Kane‘s qualities ahead of Manchester United‘s meeting with Tottenham Hotspur but has refused to get involved in talk that the England striker could move to Old Trafford in the summer. United are looking for a striker ahead of the transfer window and Kane
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11:00 PM ET Defending MLS champions LAFC battled to a hard-fought 1-1 draw with the Philadelphia Union in the first leg of their CONCACAF Champions League semifinal at Subaru Park on Wednesday night. Daniel Gazdag netted a late penalty before Kellyn Acosta levelled the score in second-half stoppage time in a rematch of last year’s
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4:57 PM ET Sheffield United will return to the Premier League next season as they secured promotion from the Championship. Getty Image Sheffield United have secured their return to the Premier League following their promotion-clinching 2-0 victory over West Brom on Wednesday. The South Yorkshire club confirmed their promotion with three games left to play this
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