Month: May 2021

2:14 PM ET The New York Yankees have placed Giancarlo Stanton on the 10-day injured list, retroactive to May 14, with a left quad strain, the team announced Monday. Stanton was scratched about an hour before the first pitch of Friday’s game due to left quad tightness. The slugger told manager Aaron Boone that he
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8:53 AM ET Associated Press PARMA, Italy — Serena Williams earned her first victory in more than three months by beating 17-year-old qualifier Lisa Pigato 6-3, 6-2 Monday in the first round of the Emilia-Romagna Open. Williams, who accepted a wild-card invitation for the Parma tournament after losing her opening match at the Italian Open
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11:28 AM BST The French rugby federation (FFR) will allow transgender women to play women’s rugby as of next season, going against governing body World Rugby’s guidelines, it said on Monday. Last year, World Rugby said that after months of research, it had “concluded that safety and fairness cannot presently be assured for women competing
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10:04 PM ET UFC lightweight Islam Makhachev is set to return to the Octagon in July, according to multiple sources. 1 Related The UFC is close to finalizing a lightweight bout between Makhachev and Thiago Moises at UFC Fight Night on July 17 in Las Vegas, per sources. The bout will consist of three rounds.
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Former Pakistan cricketer Danish Kaneria slammed Mohammad Amir, saying that the seam bowler wanted to return to the national team by blackmailing the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) with his statements. Amir had announced his retirement from international cricket in December 2020 and ever since has been raising his voice against Pakistan’s team management. In a
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7:00 AM ET Kyle Bonagura Close ESPN Staff Writer Covers the Pac-12. Joined ESPN in 2014. Attended Washington State University. Heather Dinich Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of Indiana University When word began circulating Thursday that the Pac-12 was set to hire George Kliavkoff as its new commissioner,
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2:00 AM ET The Los Angeles Lakers‘ repeat title bid will commence with LeBron James facing a familiar foe in the Golden State Warriors during the play-in tournament, led by James’ pick for MVP, Stephen Curry. “I mean, just look at what he’s done this year,” James said after L.A.’s 110-98 win at the New
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12:02 AM ET Australian Open boss Craig Tiley is optimistic the grand slam will remain in Melbourne next year despite fears the tournament could be moved overseas. The federal government’s prediction in last week’s budget of international borders remaining closed until mid-2022 was a worrying development. Despite an ABC report on Monday identifying Dubai and
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