5:41 PM ET ESPN News Services Adam Svensson handled the cold air and the heat of contention as if he had been there before, closing with a 6-under 64 to win the RSM Classic on Sunday at Sea Island for his first PGA Tour victory. Svensson, a 28-year-old Canadian, was locked in a four-way tie
3:23 PM ET Associated Press TURIN, Italy — Novak Djokovic claimed a record-equaling sixth ATP Finals title by beating the third-seeded Casper Ruud on Sunday to top a fantastic finish to the season for the Serb. Djokovic won 7-5, 6-3 to secure his first title at the event since 2015 and match Roger Federer’s record.
11:57 AM ET NEW YORK — Kyrie Irving‘s eight-game suspension is over. The Brooklyn Nets guard started Sunday night’s game against the Memphis Grizzlies. It marks his first action since he was suspended Nov. 3 for “harmful impact of his conduct” relating to social media posts around a book and movie that contained antisemitic ideas.
1:52 PM ET AL KHOR, Qatar — There was the tainted bid vote. The convoluted date shift. The endless (and tragic) construction. The allegations of alarming human rights abuses. The fear from LGBTQ fans. The climate concerns over air-conditioned outdoor stadiums. The last-minute flip-flop on beer sales. The disturbing rant from the FIFA president in
Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto admits that he has had a “difficult” season in 2022. Charles Leclerc clinched second in the championship at the final race of the season as Ferrari secured the same position in the constructors’ table. But the team has been criticised for errors and reliability problems that torpedoed Leclerc’s title campaign.
Mercedes Formula 1 boss Toto Wolff says that their difficult 2022 season was “absolutely necessary” for the team’s future success. Mercedes, who had won the last eight constructors’ championships, finished the season third and won only one race. Wolff said: “I am sure this a difficult year was necessary to re-motivate and re-energise the organisation.
5:16 PM ET Jeremy WillisESPN.com Within minutes of each other on Saturday afternoon, both the No. 3 Michigan Wolverines and No. 4 TCU Horned Frogs held off upset-minded conference foes and kept their undefeated seasons and College Football Playoff chances alive. In the timeline, TCU’s game against the Baylor Bears ended first. Baylor held the
8:53 AM ET HOUSTON — The Washington Commanders will stick with Taylor Heinicke as their starting quarterback as long as he continues to play well and the team keeps winning, a source confirmed to ESPN. Heinicke has helped Washington go 3-1 in place of the injured Carson Wentz and will make his fifth straight start
9:43 AM ET Associated Press Rory McIlroy finished the year as Europe’s No. 1-ranked golfer for the fourth time — and first since 2015 — despite Jon Rahm winning the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai on Sunday. The Spaniard’s two-shot victory over England’s Tyrrell Hatton and Sweden’s Alex Noren was his third in six
11:30 PM GMT The Wallabies’ 2022 season can be summed by the opening three minutes of their 13-10 loss to Ireland in Dublin. In a year that has been dominated by injuries, the sight of Hunter Paisami being twisted in a tackle and immediately clutching a knee came as no surprise. And nor did the
Shaheen Afridi injured himself in T20 World Cup final© AFP Pakistan’s top fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi is unlikely to return to international cricket until April 2023, effectively ruling him out of the five Tests at home against England and New Zealand. Afridi who was given rest because of a knee injury suffered another setback
Pakistan pacer Shaheen Afridi took to social media on Sunday to announce that he underwent an appendectomy. Shaheen had injured his knee after landing awkwardly during the T20 World Cup final earlier this month. The lanky pacer, however, said that he was feeling better after the surgery, and urged everyone to pray for him. “Had
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen won the final race of the season in Abu Dhabi as Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc beat the Dutchman’s team-mate Sergio Perez to secure second in the championship. Leclerc, who was Verstappen’s title rival earlier this year before Ferrari’s season imploded in a flood of errors and reliability failures, held off Perez on
5:00 AM ET The 2022 World Cup in Qatar is a tournament like no other in that it starts just a week after the domestic season was put on pause. 2 Related Unsurprisingly, that has meant a host of injury issues, given that a three-week injury can rule a player out of the World Cup
American Logan Sargeant has secured the final seat on next year’s Formula 1 grid with Williams. The team said last month that the 21-year-old would be given the drive alongside Alex Albon if he secured the required points for an F1 licence. Finishing fourth in the Formula 2 championship at the final race of the
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2:13 AM ET The last time the Pac-12 had a Saturday in November as consequential in the national conversation as it did in Week 12, California was little more than rows of orange groves and a few small studios churning out talking pictures. OK, maybe it wasn’t quite that long ago, but it’s been a
12:04 AM ET LOS ANGELES — After burying five 3-pointers and scoring 21 points in the first half, Paul George was held out of the second half of the LA Clippers’ 119-97 win over the San Antonio Spurs because of right knee soreness. Clippers coach Ty Lue said George’s injury did not appear to be