Month: August 2024

India men’s T20I captain Suryakumar Yadav will be playing the pre-season Buchi Babu Invitational tournament for Mumbai from third round of the league stage, confirmed the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA). In a statement issued by Joint Secretary Deepak Patil, MCA said Suryakumar will feature in Mumbai’s match against TNCA XI starting on August 27 in
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Getty Images Sophie Hurcom BBC Sport England 40 minutes ago The Tour de France Femmes 2024 features a “brutal” ascent of the historic Alpe d’Huez climb when the revived race returns for its third edition on 12-18 August. The ascent, famed for its 21 switchback bends and rising to just over 1,800m, has hosted some
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Associated Press Aug 8, 2024, 10:54 PM ET Juan “Chi Chi” Rodriguez, a Hall of Fame golfer whose antics on the greens and inspiring life story made him among the sport’s most popular players during a long professional career, died Thursday. He was 88. Rodriguez’s death was announced by Carmelo Javier Ríos, a senator in
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Kris Rhim, ESPNAug 8, 2024, 10:43 PM ET Open Extended Reactions EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Los Angeles Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh deflected a question Thursday about the NCAA’s most recent sanctions levied against him, which included a four-year show-cause order and in effect banned him from college athletics until August 2028. “I’m stopping the engagement
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Aug 8, 2024, 12:05 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Portugal defender Pepe has retired from football, the 41-year-old said on Thursday. Pepe’s last game came at Euro 2024, where Portugal were defeated by France on penalties in the quarterfinals, and he became the oldest player to appear at a European Championship finals tournament. He made
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Associated Press Aug 8, 2024, 07:02 PM ET Open Extended Reactions TORONTO — Top-seeded Coco Gauff cruised past Yafan Wang 6-4, 6-2 on Thursday in the second round of the National Bank Open. Preparing for her U.S. Open title defense, Gauff played her first hard-court match since the Miami Open in April. “It’s not easy
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Associated Press Aug 8, 2024, 07:53 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MONTREAL — Top-ranked Jannik Sinner opened his National Bank Open title defense with a 6-2, 6-4 victory over Borna Coric on Thursday in the second round of the National Bank Open. Sinner missed the Olympics because of tonsillitis after a quarterfinal loss to Daniil
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Aug 8, 2024, 07:46 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Phil Mickelson would step aside from competing in LIV Golf if he cannot play at the level he desires, the six-time major champion said while previewing the Saudi-backed circuit’s upcoming Illinois event. The 54-year-old Mickelson, one of the higher-profile names to join the breakaway circuit in
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ESPN News Services Aug 8, 2024, 10:13 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — New York Yankees shortstop Anthony Volpe left Thursday night’s 9-4 loss to the Los Angeles Angels due to left foot pain. Volpe fouled a ball off his foot in the second inning before fouling out. He played five more innings
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Associated Press Aug 8, 2024, 08:15 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PARIS — Hasanboy Dusmatov held up two fingers and let out a triumphant scream after his hand was lifted in victory on Thursday evening in Olympic boxing. The Uzbek fighter was an Olympic champion for the second time after winning a tough, back-and-forth gold
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Chris Low, ESPN Senior WriterAug 8, 2024, 07:09 PM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of the University of Tennessee Open Extended Reactions Nick Kelly, formerly of The Tuscaloosa News and now with AL.com, is the fifth recipient of the Edward Aschoff Rising Star Award, which is named after the beloved
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Brian Windhorst, ESPN Senior WriterAug 8, 2024, 05:09 PM ET Close ESPN.com NBA writer since 2010 Covered Cleveland Cavs for seven years Author of two books Open Extended Reactions PARIS — Ever since Serbia was able to squeeze out an Olympic bid at the World Cup last summer with all-world native son Nikola Jokic resting,
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Associated Press Aug 8, 2024, 04:53 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CINCINNATI — Novak Djokovic pulled out of the Cincinnati Open on Thursday, less than a week after the 37-year-old from Serbia collected his first Olympic gold medal. The Cincinnati event announced his withdrawal. Djokovic won last year’s title there; this year’s tournament starts next
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