7:47 AM ET Donnie Nietes, one of the Philippines’ all-time great boxers, succeeded in his quest to win a world title in a fourth division on Monday. Nietes claimed a hard-fought split decision victory against Kazuto Ioka to win a vacant junior bantamweight belt in the action-packed main event of a world title tripleheader at
Month: December 2018
9:31 AM ET Jeff WagenheimESPN Amanda Nunes had just shown herself to be the Baddest Woman on the Planet. But then pure emotion took over. Moments earlier on Saturday night, the 30-year-old Brazilian had stunned the mixed martial arts world by knocking out the unstoppable Cris Cyborg in 51 explosive seconds in Los Angeles. And
3:00 AM ET Adelaide Strikers 4 for 175 (Ingram 75, Carey 59, Sams 2 for 24) beat Sydney Thunder 6 for 155 (Ferguson 47, Siddle 3-20) by 20 runs Peter Siddle‘s three-wicket haul and half-centuries from Alex Carey and Colin Ingram gave Adelaide Strikers their second win of the Big Bash League 2018-19, as they
5:43 AM ET Mashrafe Mortaza has secured the Narail-2 seat in Bangladesh’s national elections, winning over 96% of the votes in his constituency. His result is part of Awami League’s landslide victory, their third consecutive win in the country’s general elections. He becomes the first active international cricketer to be a member of parliament in
Paolo Bandini and Mina Rzouki discuss the abuse aimed at Kalidou Koulibaly during Napoli’s 1-0 defeat to Internazionale on this weeks’ Serie Awesome podcast. Police have arrested a leader of Inter Milan’s hardcore “ultras” fan group following the death of a supporter during clashes with visiting Napoli fans last week. The ANSA news agency reports
Samir Nasri was unveiled by West Ham on Monday. He is available to begin playing with the club on Jan. 1, 2019. West Ham have signed free agent Samir Nasri until the end of the 2018-19 campaign with the French midfielder having completed an 18-month doping ban, the Premier League side said on Monday. The
LIVERPOOL, England — Believe it or not, there can be certain drawbacks to having sustained success in the transfer market. Liverpool’s revamped approach and methodology to recruitment in recent years has the team well-placed to end its 28-year wait for a league title this season. But in doing so, sources have told ESPN FC that
N’Golo Kante scored his third goal of the season early in the second half and that’s all Chelsea would need as they defeat Crystal Palace 1-0. Chelsea’s Maurizio Sarri insists he doesn’t know the severity of Olivier Giroud’s ankle injury but is worried that the injury list is building up heading into a busy fixture
Sydney FC have defeated the Brisbane Roar 2-1 at Jubilee Stadium thanks to a brace from Adam Le Fondre and a penalty save late on from Andrew Redmayne. Perth Gory will end 2018 atop the A-League, but they were delayed by 45 minutes in their win over Central Coast. Tomislav Mrcela’s tumble into the net
3:26 AM ET Richard Pybus, West Indies’ high performance director, has agreed to take up the role of head coach full-time, replacing the interim coach Nic Pothas. Pybus’ contract, ESPNcricinfo understands, will effectively run until the 2019 Test series against India, which follows the ODI World Cup in England. The position of West Indies head
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