Month: June 2018

1:47 PM ET Associated Press SINGAPORE — Former NBA star Dennis Rodman openly wept on television in a live interview from Singapore on Tuesday as President Donald Trump and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un met for the first time. Rodman also told The Associated Press that he hopes to soon visit the White House. The
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12:34 PM ET On June 16-17 the Circuit de la Sarthe, on the outskirts of the French town of Le Mans, will host sports car racing’s most famous event. In April, it hosted the two-wheeled equivalent. ESPN was invited to spend that race stationed inside the operation of Honda’s factory team, providing a perfect view
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8:54 AM ET ESPN staff David Haye announced his retirement from professional boxing on Tuesday morning, calling time on his career following two defeats by Tony Bellew. The 37-year-old boxer published a lengthy statement, telling his fans of his intentions to hang up his boxing gloves for good and reflecting on the highs and lows
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2:46 AM ET Super middleweight world titlist David Benavidez has had a change of heart. Two weeks ago, Benavidez signed with Bob Arum’s Top Rank and accepted a $250,000 signing bonus. But on Monday, he gave the money back to Top Rank and returned to the promoter he threw overboard, Sampson Lewkowicz of Sampson Boxing.
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10:38 PM ET After pound-for-pound king Vasiliy Lomachenko knocked out Jorge Linares to win the lightweight world title last month, he vacated the junior lightweight belt he had held. Now that world title is set to be filled: Puerto Rico’s Christopher “Pitufo” Diaz and Masayuki Ito, of Japan, will fight for the vacant 130-pound belt
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10:00 PM ET When Carl Frampton defends his interim featherweight world title for the first time on Aug. 18 at Windsor Park in his hometown of Belfast, Northern Ireland, former heavyweight champion Tyson Fury will continue his comeback on the undercard, MTK Global, the management company that represents both fighters, announced Monday. Fury, whose personal
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5:34 PM BST KweséESPN Staff After the first quarter of their debut for the Springboks, the speed twins Sibusiso Nkosi and Aphiwe Dyantyi had one hell of an introduction to Test rugby. England were carving the Springboks up in the wide channels and found an awful lot of space on the flanks which the two
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