Month: September 2021

4:34 PM ET Denmark teenager Clara Tauson upset reigning champion Jelena Ostapenko 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 in a three-set thriller in two hours and five minutes to claim her second WTA title at the Luxembourg Open on Sunday. Tauson, 18, twice broke Ostapenko’s serve to claim the opening set 6-3. However, the Latvian saved a break
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2:30 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Ole Gunnar Solskjaer refused to answer questions about Manchester United‘s title hopes following their victory over West Ham instead joking about the turnaround in mood at Old Trafford following defeat in the Champions League to Young Boys. Solskjaer was on the end of heavy criticism for his role in the
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9:22 PM ET STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — An apparent officiating mix-up by an SEC crew cost Penn State a down on an offensive series during the first half of Saturday’s game against Auburn. Trailing 10-7 early in the second quarter, Penn State punted to Auburn after referee James Carter ruled it was fourth-and-11. The Nittany
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2:14 PM ET ARLINGTON, Texas — Right-hander Kohei Arihara was designated for assignment Sunday by the Texas Rangers, who signed the Japanese pitcher to a two-year contract last winter. The move with Arihara before the series finale against the Chicago White Sox cleared a spot on the 40-man roster for the Rangers to reinstate right-hander
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2:19 PM ET Associated Press Clemson and Ohio State slipped to the back of the top 10 in The Associated Press college football poll Sunday and Penn State jumped four spots to No. 6 after another weekend in which lots of ranked teams had issues. Even No. 1 Alabama. The defending national champion Crimson Tide
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12:01 PM ET Sweden’s Kristoffer Broberg held on for a three-shot victory at the KLM Open on Sunday after shooting a level-par 72 in the final round at the Bernardus Golf Course in Cromvoirt, Netherlands. Broberg’s victory had looked like a formality after he began the day eight shots clear of the field, but the
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6:31 AM ET Philip Matel Philippine senator and boxing icon Manny Pacquiao accepted the nomination of the PDP-Laban-Pacquiao faction to run for president in the 2022 Philippine elections scheduled in May. In the faction’s national assembly held in Quezon City on Sunday, Pacquiao ended months of speculation by pushing through with his biggest fight outside
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9:31 PM ET La’el Collins will begin serving his five-game suspension Sunday, but the Dallas Cowboys right tackle is appealing the ban and hopes the facts of his case lead the NFL to overturn its decision. Collins missed multiple drug tests, according to sources, but he also believes there are valid reasons for almost each
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1:01 AM ET Yoel Romero shook his head and wagged his finger like Dikembe Mutombo. Bellator in-cage announcer Michael C. Williams was reading the results of the Bellator 266 main event and one of the judges had Romero winning the bout. Romero did not agree with the judge, pointing to his opponent, Phil Davis, and
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5:27 AM ET Jimmy Greaves was a member of England’s World Cup-winning squad. S&G/PA Images via Getty Images Former England, Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur striker Jimmy Greaves has died at 81. One of England’s greatest ever forwards, Greaves scored 44 goals in 57 international appearances and is Spurs’ record goal scorer with 266 goals in 279
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12:30 AM ET Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. — Sabres captain Jack Eichel will travel to Buffalo for his pre-training camp physical this week amid questions of whether he’ll be cleared to play, and his future with the team in limbo, a person with direct knowledge of the player’s plans told The Associated Press on Saturday.
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4:38 PM ET Veteran MMA fighter Anthony Johnson has withdrawn from a Bellator MMA title fight against Vadim Nemkov on Oct. 16 due to illness, which appears to be a potentially serious ailment. Johnson, 37, was scheduled to challenge Nemkov for the light heavyweight championship, as part of Bellator’s ongoing tournament. He announced via social
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