12:42 PM ET Associated Press DOHA, Qatar — Petra Kvitova won her first title since 2019 as she swept past Garbine Muguruza 6-2, 6-1 to win the Qatar Open final on Saturday. Kvitova broke Muguruza’s serve five times in a row to seal the first set and take a commanding lead in the second. It
Month: March 2021
Dimuth Karunaratne has made a return to the Test side as Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) on Saturday announced a 17-member squad for the two-match Test series against West Indies. The cricket board also informed Lahiru Thirimanne, Dhananjaya De Silva, Roshen Silva, Vishwa Fernando, and Lasith Embuldeniya will leave for the Caribbean on Saturday night to
There is no reason to cry over the nature of the Motera track, India head coach Ravi Shastri asserted on Saturday, saying the curator prepared pitches that produced “fantastic entertainment” in the last two matches in Ahmedabad. The pitch for the third Test came in for sharp criticism from a few former England players after
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Chantal van den Broek-Blaak of the Netherlands claimed victory in the Women’s Strade Bianche in Siena. The 31-year-old is the fourth Dutch winner of the event in a row, following Anna van der Breggen (2018) and Annemiek van Vleuten in 2019 and 2020. She clocked three hours 54 minutes, 40 seconds, seven seconds clear of
Feb 27, 2021 The UFC is about to hit a compelling stretch of events in which we will see five title fights (featuring six champions) in the span of one calendar month. It starts on Saturday night with UFC 259, which will be the seventh event in UFC history to feature three title fights. In
5:32 AM GMT The defiant NSW Waratahs maintain they boast a “championship-winning” roster despite suffering yet another historic Super Rugby AU defeat. Reeling from record losses to the Queensland Reds and Brumbies to start their 2021 campaign, the Waratahs on Friday night handed the Western Force their first Super Rugby victory since being booted out
1:16 AM ET Associated Press LAS VEGAS — John Hunter Nemechek beat boss Kyle Busch, ending Busch’s three-race winning streak at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, with a victory in Friday night in the NASCAR Truck Series race. Nemechek this year stepped down two levels from the Cup Series to drive a truck for Kyle Busch
10:52 PM ET ESPN News Services Boston Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy ripped Washington Capitals forward Tom Wilson for what he called “a predatory hit” on defenseman Brandon Carlo early in Friday night’s game in TD Garden. Carlos went down after Wilson went hands-high to his head in the corner behind the Boston net, smashing the
8:49 PM ET FLINT, Mich. — After a year of waiting, Claressa Shields faces Marie-Eve Dicaire in the main event of an all-women’s pay-per-view event Friday night at the Dort Financial Center in Flint. This will be the first boxing pay-per-view in 20 years to be headlined by a women’s fight, and a limited crowd
Sunil Gavaskar scored 774 runs in his debut Test series.© Twitter Sunil Gavaskar, former India captain, made his Test debut on this day in 1971 against the West Indies. Gavaskar went on to become a legend of the game and is considered as one of the finest opening batsmen of all time. On his Test
12:35 AM ET FLINT, Mich. — Claressa Shields wanted to make history on Friday night on multiple levels. The first part, she handled before she even stepped in the ring, headlining an all-women’s pay-per-view card. The second, she took care of in the ring in a way similar to all of her fights before. Shields
10:40 PM ET MESA, Ariz. — Shohei Ohtani featured an upper-90s fastball and a wipeout splitter in his spring pitching debut Friday, a 41-pitch outing that seemed to validate the Los Angeles Angels‘ hopes that he can contribute as a two-way player this season. Ohtani, pitching two days after unleashing a 486-foot home run to
8:38 PM ET Kansas has placed head football coach Les Miles on administrative leave and the university will conduct a full review to determine the appropriate next steps on his future, Jayhawks athletic director Jeff Long said in a statement Friday night. The decision came after reports into Miles’ conduct while coaching at LSU in
8:09 PM ET HOUSTON — The Houston Texans have signed former Seattle Seahawks center Justin Britt to a one-year deal worth up to $5 million, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Britt, who did not play during the 2020 season after Seattle released him in April, indicated he is Houston-bound in an Instagram post. “I’M
9:59 AM ET The Washington Football Team on Friday released quarterback Alex Smith, who won the 2020 NFL Comeback Player of the Year award in helping the franchise win the NFC East. Washington, which went 7-9 in 2020, wants to upgrade at quarterback this offseason and, with Smith turning 37 years old in May and
3:08 PM ET Associated Press ROLLING HILLS ESTATES, Calif. — A man found Tiger Woods unconscious in a mangled SUV after the golf star crashed the vehicle in Southern California, authorities said in court documents obtained Friday. The man, who lives near the site in Rolling Hills Estates, heard the crash and walked to the
3:35 PM ET Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell and center Rudy Gobert on Friday were both fined by the NBA for being critical of the officiating in Wednesday’s loss to the Philadelphia 76ers. Mitchell, who was also reprimanded for his conduct while exiting the court, was docked $25,000 in the statement by NBA executive vice
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