Month: August 2018

10:55 AM BST Leicester Tigers have added international experience to their front row with the signings of Fiji’s Campese Ma’afu and Tonga’s David Feao. The duo will bolster Leicester’s options after the departures of several first-team props since the end of last season as well as the injury to England international Ellis Genge. England captain
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Aug 7, 2018 Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports Almost lost in Chase Elliott‘s victory Sunday was that he went from flirting with the playoff bubble to solidifying his spot in the 2018 NASCAR Cup Series playoffs. Elliott won for the first
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12:57 PM BST ESPN staff Chris Ashton has revealed that he only found out about his call-up to Eddie Jones’ latest England training squad after being added to the team’s WhatsApp group. Ashton, who this summer cut short his stint with French side Toulon before joining Premiership outfit Sale, is back in contention for England
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10:14 AM BST New Argentina coach Mario Ledesma has wasted little time in making his mark on the side by naming six uncapped players in an extended squad for the southern hemisphere’s Rugby Championship. Ledesma was named Pumas coach in June following Daniel Hourcade’s decision to step down after they won just two of their
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Aug 2, 2018 By the week’s end, every college football team steps back on the practice field for training camp. It means the college football offseason, mercifully, is over. So what did you miss? There’s no doubt the biggest offseason story is currently unfolding, with Ohio State putting coach Urban Meyer on administrative leave while
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9:37 AM ET Laura Kenny narrowly missed out on another medal at the European Championships in Glasgow as Great Britain finished fourth in the women’s madison. Kenny, 26, was beaten by Russia’s Gulnaz Badykova in a tight sprint-finish as she and teammate Katie Archibald finished six points behind the Netherlands in the race standings. Russia
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12:01 AM ET Associated Press MONTREAL — Venus Williams advanced to the second round of the Rogers Cup after a 7-5, 6-1 victory over Caroline Dolehide on Monday. The 14th-ranked Williams made quick work of her 19-year-old fellow American in the second set after coming from behind to win a back-and-forth first set. The seven-time
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9:37 AM ET American billionaire Larry Ellison has thrown his weight behind the International Tennis Federation’s planned revamp of the Davis Cup and says Indian Wells could stage the event. The ITF announced this year that it had sealed a 25-year, $3 billion partnership with investment group Kosmos to transform the 118-year-old Davis Cup men’s
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