Month: August 2018

With a domestic football system fractured by corruption and effectively non-functional at the moment, the start of the English Premier League provided Ghanaian football fans a timely escape from the difficulties back home. And Ghana coach Kwesi Appiah would have been watching with an even keener sense of interest – with the Africa Cup of
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8:05 AM ET Who will win the East now that LeBron James has changed conferences? Who is most likely to dethrone the Warriors in the West? And who will ultimately be crowned NBA champs in 2018-19? Our Summer Forecast continues with a look at the title contenders for the upcoming season. ESPN Forecast projections for
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10:50 AM ET Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show Promoter Frank Warren claims Anthony Joshua and his team swerved a world title unification clash with Deontay Wilder. Warren is in talks with Wilder’s
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6:30 AM ET Connor McDonagh Mario Isola says Pirelli would be ready to compete with another tyre manufacturer in Formula One but has warned against the cost a tyre war would generate. Pirelli has been F1’s sole tyre supplier since the start of the 2011 season. The sport last had two tyre suppliers back in
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5:40 AM ET Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show Tyson Fury has dismissed any concerns over his fitness ahead of his pivotal fight on Saturday. The former WBA-IBF-WBO world heavyweight champion, who turned
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