Month: July 2018

5:38 PM ET Marco Cecchinato saw off Laslo Djere in straight sets to book his place in the Croatia Open semifinals. Italy’s Cecchinato, who shocked Novak Djokovic to reach the French Open semifinals in May, won through 6-4, 6-1 Friday to set up a last-four clash with Argentina’s Marco Trungelliti. Trungelliti, a qualifier in Umag,
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5:08 PM ET Associated Press KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A jury has been selected in the rape trial of former Tennessee football players A.J. Johnson and Michael Williams, clearing the way for opening statements to take place Monday. The list of 15 potential jurors — three will be randomly chosen as alternates before deliberation — includes
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4:02 AM ET HOCKENHEIM, Germany — Valtteri Bottas has signed a new contract with Mercedes just one day after teammate Lewis Hamilton agreed a two-year deal. Bottas’ deal is for a single season plus an option which will guarantee his stay at the team next year and could see him join Hamilton for a fourth
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2:48 PM BST Springboks Sevens star Rosko Specman has endured a frustrating couple of months after injury kept him out of the final two tournaments in the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series. Seeing his teammates fight for the title in Paris was challenging, as he would rather have been on the field than watching the
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1:51 PM ET ESPN Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print Eugenie Bouchard made her first semifinal in over a year after defeating Veronika Kudermetova 7-5, 6-0 in the Swiss Open quarterfinals. The 2014 Wimbledon finalist, currently world No. 146, has not been in the final four of a tournament since reaching the semifinals of
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8:05 PM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports LOUDON, N.H. — NASCAR Cup Series drivers have seen traction adhesive put down in tracks in so many different areas, they appear to just accept it as part of an element they will
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1:24 PM ET As Jaime Munguia gets set to make the first defense of his junior middleweight world title, he holds no ill will toward the Nevada State Athletic Commission. In fact, now he rather appreciates the decision executive director Bob Bennett made earlier this year. When the rematch between unified middleweight world champion Gennady
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