Month: August 2021

7:58 AM BST ESPN staff Almost a week after relations between Rugby Australia and New Zealand Rugby soured, RA have confirmed Optus Stadium in Perth will host Bledisloe III with a Father’s Day afternoon clash on September 5. This will be the first time Australia have hosted an afternoon Bledisloe clash in 25-years, with the
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1:12 PM ET Mike Rothstein The undercard of the Shakur Stevenson-Jamel Herring WBO 130-pound title fight has added some more intrigue. Nico Ali Walsh will have his second professional fight and Olympic silver medalist Duke Ragan will both be fighting in State Farm Arena on Oct. 23 against yet-to-be-named opponents, a source told ESPN. The
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5:23 AM BST Captain Sam Whitelock and first-choice halves Richie Mo’unga and Aaron Smith have been left out of the All Blacks’ travelling squad for next week’s Rugby Championship Test against Australia in Perth with the players expecting babies. The All Blacks did not name a replacement skipper for lock Whitelock in the 35-man squad
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10:48 PM ET ESPN News Services BALTIMORE — Cedric Mullins had two hits and three RBIs on a night when Baltimore hit three home runs en route to a 10-6 victory over the Los Angeles Angels that ended the Orioles’ humiliating 19-game losing streak. There indeed was a fever pitch at Camden Yards on Wednesday
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5:02 PM ET The WBA on Wednesday announced that it will eliminate all of its interim champion designations — a move that will affect fighters like Daniel Dubois, Chris Eubank Jr., Rolando Romero and others. WBA president Gilberto Mendoza had told ESPN Knockout earlier this month that this project was supposedly going to start in
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10:06 PM ET Associated Press Fifth-ranked Sofia Kenin pulled out of the US Open on Wednesday because she recently tested positive for COVID-19, even though she said she has received a vaccine. Kenin announced what she called “disappointing news” on social media. The 22-year-old American won the 2020 Australian Open and was the runner-up at
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10:45 PM ET CLEVELAND — Jake Paul is taking aim at a former ally. The YouTuber-turned-prizefighter blasted UFC star Jorge Masvidal in a media scrum Wednesday following Paul’s workout here at Public Square and said he wants to fight him in the future. Paul takes on former UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley in a boxing
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9:55 PM ET Associated Press WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Frances Tiafoe followed his victory over three-time Grand Slam champion Andy Murray by beating Thiago Monteiro 7-5, 7-6 (2) on Wednesday night in the third round of the Winston-Salem Open. The 23-year-old American, ranked No. 51 in the world, won the first set by breaking Monteiro in
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1:56 PM ET FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — New York Jets defensive end Vinny Curry was diagnosed last month with a rare blood disorder that required the removal of his spleen and triggered complications that will cause him to miss the entire season, he revealed Wednesday in a statement. In an Instagram post, Curry, 33, a
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