Month: August 2018

2:38 PM ET Associated Press MASON, Ohio — Top-ranked Simona Halep won the first of two scheduled matches Friday at the Western & Southern Open, edging 16th-seeded Ashleigh Barty 7-5, 6-4. Halep will face unseeded Lesia Tsurenko in a quarterfinal match after rain delayed matches on Thursday. Barty, who lost to Halep in last week’s
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5:21 PM BST Gloucester are ‘surprised and disappointed’ at the RFU’s decision to charge Danny Cipriani with conduct prejudicial to the interests of the game. Cipriani was fined £2,000 on Thursday after pleading guilty following an incident outside a nightclub in Jersey, where the England international was with Gloucester teammates during their preseason tour. The
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11:34 AM BST Tom Stapylton-Smith There is no doubt the Currie Cup has been the foundation for plenty of the legends of South African rugby. However, in recent years, one of the world’s oldest domestic rugby competitions has struggled to maintain relevance in South Africa’s rugby landscape – with the focus on Super Rugby and
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10:40 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN Bovada, the online sportsbook and generator of sports talk debate fodder, released its latest Hart Trophy odds for the 2018-19 NHL season. Here are the Bovada MVP odds for the NHL 2018-19 season. Gimme Stamkos at 25-to-1 all day. pic.twitter.com/fsCTcgDo7F – Greg Wyshynski (@wyshynski) August 16, 2018 Connor McDavid leads
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10:02 AM BST ESPN staff Former French Rugby Federation president Pierre Camou has died aged 72 after a long illness, the federation has announced. Camou took charge of the federation between 2008 and 2016 overseeing France’s successful 2011 World Cup campaign, where they were beaten in the final by hosts New Zealand. Camou was also
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