Month: June 2018

6:46 AM ET Germany’s Olympic and world sprint cycling champion Kristina Vogel is in intensive care following a serious crash in training, the German Cycling Federation said on Tuesday. The 27-year-old, who won the individual sprint world title in Hong Kong last year as well as a gold medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics, collided
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5:40 AM BST NSW Waratahs coach Daryl Gibson says the laws surrounding rugby’s aerial battle may need to be changed if star fullback Israel Folau is suspended over contact in the air during the Wallabies’ loss to Ireland in Sydney. The Waratahs are awaiting the outcome of a World Rugby disciplinary hearing in Sydney on
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6:58 AM ET F1’s return to France didn’t got to plan for all concerned and in this week’s talking points we discuss the traffic, Sebastian Vettel’s Turn 1 error and McLaren’s deepening problems. ESPN’s F1 editor Laurence Edmondson, associate editor Nate Saunders and F1 writers Kate Walker and Maurice Hamilton offer their opinions below. With
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2:41 AM ET PHILADELPHIA — New York Yankees starter Luis Severino employed an electrifying array of triple-digit pitches Tuesday night to overpower the Phillies on his way to sole possession of the league lead in pitchers’ wins. “It seemed like the life on his fastball, it’s always good. [Tuesday] it seemed really special,” Yankees manager
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9:53 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Six NBA teams will host teams from Australia’s National Basketball League for 2018-19 preseason exhibition games. The NBA and NBL announced the plans Tuesday for five Australian teams to visit the U.S. for games from Sept. 28 to Oct. 5. It’s the second straight year the Australian
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9:07 PM ET Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s father has been acquitted in Las Vegas of a misdemeanor battery charge after a trial before a judge. Floyd Mayweather Sr.’s lawyer, Nicholas Wooldridge, said testimony took several hours before Justice of the Peace Harmony Letizia reached the not guilty verdict on Tuesday.
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10:34 PM ET The return of former light heavyweight world champion Jean Pascal, who is exiting a brief retirement, has been postponed, promoter Yvon Michel said. Pascal was scheduled to fight former UFC fighter and former North American Hockey League enforcer Steve Bosse in a 10-round cruiserweight boxing match in the main event of a
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