Month: November 2018

4:14 AM ET Former world cruiserweight champion Tony Bellew has confirmed his retirement from boxing aged 35. Bellew (30-3-1, 20 KOs) was defeated in his last fight by WBA-WBO-IBF king Oleksandr Usyk (16-0, 12 KOs) on Nov. 10 in Manchester as he attempted to become the undisputed world champion. In a video message posted on
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Nov 22, 2018 ESPNcricinfo staff New Zealand A 221 for 5 (Young 117, Van Woerkom 32, Siraj 2-26) v India A Hamish Rutherford falls over while batting Getty Images Opener Hamish Rutherford , who copped a blow on his helmet, will see a doctor before any decision is made on whether he would resume batting for
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2:46 AM ET Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia — Thomas Detry thought the rainy, windy and generally awful conditions were so bad at Metropolitan Golf Club on Friday that they wouldn’t be able to finish the round. When they did, he and Belgium teammate Thomas Pieters were tied for the lead with South Korea at the
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2:04 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff After enjoying an unbeaten run in the group stage of the Women’s World T20 in Guyana, India’s batsmen collapsed spectacularly against England in their semi-final in North Sound and exited the tournament. An attacking approach – amplified by captain Harmanpreet Kaur‘s blistering hundred in the tournament opener – had served
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2:10 AM GMT New Zealand coach Steve Hansen has leapt to the defence of his captain Kieran Read in the wake of criticism of recent performances by the 117-cap veteran. Hansen, at a news conference ahead of Saturday’s fixture against Italy, hit out at reports suggesting the 33-year-old loose forward may no longer be good
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12:45 AM ET NEW ORLEANS — Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank gave coach Dan Quinn a vote of confidence after Thursday’s 31-17 loss dropped the Falcons to 4-7 and all but ended their playoff hopes. Blank expressed total faith in Quinn, who guided the Falcons to the 2016 Super Bowl. “Absolutely. We love our coach,”
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3:00 AM ET England 116 for 2 (Jones 53*, Sciver 52*) beat India 112 (Mandhana 34, Rodrigues 26, Knight 3-9, Gordon 2-20, Ecclestone 2-22) by eight wickets Nat Sciver muscles a shot during her half-century Getty Images Eight wickets in hand, 17 balls remaining. Margins of victory can occasionally mislead, but this wasn’t one of those
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12:13 AM GMT Wallabies defence coach Nathan Grey has hit back at claims from All Blacks boss Steve Hansen that something is not right about Australian rugby. Hansen was responding to an article in the New Zealand media claiming the world champions struggled against northern hemisphere sides this year due to a one-sided Bledisloe Cup
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11:57 PM ET NEW ORLEANS — Atlanta Falcons coach Dan Quinn said leading into Sunday’s game against the New Orleans Saints his team couldn’t afford to look ahead at the big picture in terms of the playoffs. After Thursday’s 31-17 loss, the Falcons need to start looking ahead toward 2019. The sense of urgency was
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