Andreas Hale, ESPNOct 12, 2024, 02:00 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Belal Muhammad (24-3) will make the first defense of the welterweight championship against the undefeated Shavkat Rakhmonov in the main event of UFC 310 on Dec. 7 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Muhammad, 36, recently won the 170-pound title by defeating Leon Edwards
Oct 12, 2024, 11:34 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Wesley Fofana has come out in defence of France captain Kylian Mbappé after reports emerged that the Real Madrid forward had been in a nightclub in Sweden on the night of his team’s UEFA Nations League win over Israel. Mbappé had already been criticised in some
File photo of Asad Shafiq.© AFP Pakistani selector and former Test player Asad Shafiq has been participating in a T10 league in the USA at a time when the national side is undergoing a crisis which has deepened further with a historic Test defeat against England in Multan. Pakistan became the first team in Test
Kevin Pelton, ESPN Senior WriterOct 12, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Close Co-author, Pro Basketball Prospectus series Formerly a consultant with the Indiana Pacers Developed WARP rating and SCHOENE system Open Extended Reactions The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame welcomes its latest inductees, with former NBA stars Vince Carter and Chauncey Billups headlining the 13-member
Associated Press Oct 12, 2024, 12:25 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France — Swedish golfer Jesper Svensson shot a third-round 67 on Saturday to take a one-stroke lead at the Open de France over Denmark’s Thorbjørn Olesen and England’s Sam Bairstow. Svensson had four birdies in the first six holes and five overall. But
ESPN News Services Oct 12, 2024, 07:58 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Second-ranked Aryna Sabalenka rallied from a slow start to beat an in-form Coco Gauff 1-6, 6-4, 6-4 on Saturday, advancing to her third straight Wuhan final and preserving her perfect record at the tournament. Sabalenka will face seventh-ranked Zheng Qinwen in the final,
Pete Thamel, ESPNOct 12, 2024, 09:35 AM ET Close College Football Senior Writer for ESPN. Insider for College Gameday. Open Extended Reactions EUGENE, Ore. — Oregon star defensive end Jordan Burch‘s status for the game against Ohio State Saturday night is in flux after suffering a lower-body injury in practice Thursday, sources told ESPN. Burch
ESPN News Services Oct 12, 2024, 09:55 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Top-ranked Jannik Sinner will chase his seventh ATP title of the year in the Shanghai Masters final after beating Tomas Machac 6-4, 7-5 on Saturday. Victory ensured Sinner will be the ATP year-end No. 1 and the first Italian player to achieve that
Associated Press Oct 12, 2024, 06:23 AM ET Open Extended Reactions SHANGHAI — Mao Saigo of Japan shot a 7-under 65 to take a one-shot lead after three rounds of the Buick LPGA Shanghai on Saturday. It was her second consecutive round of 65. Saigo, who is 18 under overall, is looking for her first
MS Dhoni getting his new hairstyle from Aalim Hakim.© Instagram Amid continued speculation about legendary India cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s Indian Premier League (IPL) future, he has chosen to take the spotlight in a different manner. MS Dhoni has let go of his flamboyant wavy hairstyle, and gotten himself a new look. The 43-year-old
Associated Press Oct 12, 2024, 01:09 AM ET Open Extended Reactions LOS ANGELES — Yu Darvish tapped the “PS” patch on his uniform and then went to work on the way to an inspired performance. Yet, try as he might, Darvish’s stellar outing in the memory of late San Diego Padres owner Peter Seidler was
Associated Press Oct 12, 2024, 12:37 AM ET RALEIGH, N.C. — Victor Hedman and his Tampa Bay Lightning teammates spent the better part of a week in North Carolina keeping watch on what was going on back home as Hurricane Milton roared ashore. Now, with the storm past, along with their regular-season opener, they can
Associated Press Oct 12, 2024, 01:05 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Morgan Weaver and Christine Sinclair scored to give the Portland Thorns a 2-0 win over Orlando on Friday night and hand the Pride their first loss of the season. The Pride (17-1-6) had not lost in 23 matches this season while their 24-game unbeaten
Associated Press Oct 11, 2024, 10:01 PM ET Open Extended Reactions DES MOINES, Iowa — Paul George‘s scoring touch was on display in his preseason debut with the Philadelphia 76ers on Friday night. George made 8 of 15 shots and scored a team-high 23 points in a 121-111 loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves. George logged
ESPN News Services Oct 10, 2024, 12:58 PM ET Open Extended Reactions AUSTIN, Texas — Quinn Ewers will return as the starting quarterback for No. 1 Texas against rival No. 18 Oklahoma in Dallas after missing the previous two games with an abdominal strain, Longhorns coach Steve Sarkisian said Thursday. Sarkisian had said Monday that
ESPN News Services Oct 11, 2024, 10:44 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LOS ANGELES — Yoshinobu Yamamoto outdueled Yu Darvish in a historic playoff matchup of Japanese-born starters, and the Los Angeles Dodgers got home runs from Kiké Hernández and Teoscar Hernández to beat the San Diego Padres 2-0 on Friday night and advance to
Heather Dinich, ESPN Senior WriterOct 10, 2024, 06:12 PM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of Indiana University Open Extended Reactions NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Following an “unprecedented” meeting between the SEC and Big Ten on Thursday, the commissioners of both conferences addressed multiple weighty issues facing college athletics and strongly pushed
Associated Press Oct 11, 2024, 09:59 PM ET Open Extended Reactions IVINS, Utah — Stephan Jaeger made up for a three-putt from 10 feet by chipping in for birdie on consecutive holes Friday for an 8-under 63 that gave him a one-shot lead before the second round was suspended by darkness at the inaugural Black