Diego Lainez, 18, appears set to join Dutch giants Ajax. MEXICO CITY — Club America youngster Diego Lainez lifted the Liga MX title on Sunday and is now set to sign for Dutch side Ajax, sources close to the deal have told ESPN Mexico. Univision first reported that there was a formal offer for Lainez
Month: December 2018
A Danny Ings brace and a late Charlie Austin winner helped Southampton triumph over Arsenal, ending the Gunner’s four-month unbeaten run. Arsenal’s 22-match unbeaten run came to a screeching halt with a 3-2 loss at Southampton on Sunday. The hosts took full advantage of the Gunners’ makeshift defence to give new manager Ralph Hasenhuttl a
11:43 AM ET Timo Werner celebrates one of his goals with fellow goal scorer Yussuf Poulsen. Streubel/Bongarts/Getty Images Yussuf Poulsen and Timo Werner scored twice each as RB Leipzig crushed Mainz 05 4-1 on Sunday to tighten their grip on fourth place in the Bundesliga. Poulsen completed his double in the space of five minutes early
3:47 AM ET SAN ANTONIO — Both coaches tossed about the T-word for different reasons Saturday after the Chicago Bulls crushed a 21-point deficit to top the San Antonio Spurs 98-93 — souring a flawless 4-0 start to San Antonio’s six-game homestand. Bulls coach Jim Boylen called starting point guard Ryan Arcidiacono “a tough nut,”
Daley Blind and Hakim Ziyech both scored hat tricks for Ajax in an eight-goal rout of Eredivisie basement dwellers De Graafschap. Daley Blind and Hakim Ziyech scored hat tricks as Ajax dismantled bottom of the table De Graafschap 8-0 on Sunday. Former United player Blind and Morocco midfielder Ziyech ran riot after De Graafschap’s Daryl
MEXICO CITY — Edson Alvarez netted two second half goals as Club America defeated Cruz Azul 2-0 on Sunday to win the Liga MX 2018 Apertura inside Estadio Azteca. The teams had tied 0-0 in Thursday’s first leg. Here are three quick thoughts: 1. Alvarez etches name in history as America claim title No. 13
1:53 AM ET DENVER — The Denver Broncos went with math over a gut feel Saturday night, and many of their faithful left the 17-16 loss to the Cleveland Browns talking about a fourth-and-1 on which the team didn’t go for it in the closing minutes as the Broncos dropped to 6-8 and the brink
1:50 AM ET Bellator MMA became the first major MMA promotion to visit the state of Hawaii since 2008 this week, and it did so behind Hawaiian flyweight champion Ilima-Lei Macfarlane. She did not let the promotion down. Macfarlane (9-0) defended her 125-pound title for the second time on Saturday with a third-round submission against
12:52 AM ET NEW YORK — Saturday night was about more than what happened in the ring for Canelo Alvarez. Sure, if Rocky Fielding had pulled a Rocky Babloa and scored one of the biggest upsets in boxing history by defeating Alvarez it would have changed everything but that was never close to becoming a
12:30 AM ET NEW YORK — Canelo Alvarez kicked off the richest athlete contract in sports by doing just what was expected on Saturday night at Madison Square Garden. Heavy favorite Alvarez, the unified middleweight world champion and boxing’s biggest star, moved up one weight class and destroyed the game Rocky Fielding with a heavy