4:08 PM ET ESPN staff LONDON — Roger Federer defeated old rival Rafael Nadal to reach his 12th Wimbledon final with a sublime display of tennis on Centre Court. In what was their first meeting on the All England Club grass since that epic 2008 final, eight-time champion Federer toppled Nadal 7-6 (3), 1-6, 6-3,
Month: July 2019
3:01 PM ET LONDON — In the end, the Centre Court crowd cheered. But it came after Novak Djokovic had fallen, howled, cupped his hand to his ear and shown all manner of frustration, both with himself and the world on the way to his sixth Wimbledon final. 2 Related Djokovic had inhabited every character
4:23 PM ET ESPN News Services LONDON — Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah became the first Colombians to win a Grand Slam men’s doubles title, beating France’s Nicolas Mahut and Edouard Roger-Vasselin at Wimbledon on Saturday. Cabal and Farah won a tough, physical match 6-7 (5), 7-6 (5), 7-6 (6), 6-7 (5), 6-3 in
4:05 PM ET Associated Press NORTH BERWICK, Scotland — Bernd Wiesberger will take a 2-shot lead into the final round of the Scottish Open after carding a 6-under 65 on Saturday. At 20 under after three rounds, Wiesberger posted the lowest-ever 54-hole total at the European Tour event and the lowest of his career. Erik
3:33 PM ET Despite threats of a trade demand if he doesn’t get a new contract, running back Melvin Gordon on Saturday said he wants to remain with the Los Angeles Chargers. “I want to end up with the Chargers,” Gordon said Saturday at SportsCon in Dallas. “That’s my home. I’m not going to sit
2:42 PM ET SILVERSTONE, U.K. — Haas team principal Guenther Steiner will not get involved in the internal bickering at his team’s title sponsor, Rich Energy, saying it does not impact his team’s reputation. Ahead of the British Grand Prix, Rich Energy’s Twitter feed issued a statement saying the energy drink company had terminated its
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Glamorgan 25 for 4 (Helm 4-8) trail Middlesex 384 (Malan 166, Sowter 57*, Roland-Jones 54) by 359 runs Dawid Malan, the Middlesex captain, again led from the front as Middlesex recovered from 131 for 6 to reach 384 in their first innings. Malan scored 166 of those runs –
2:23 PM ET Pittsburgh Pirates catcher Francisco Cervelli denies he wants to stop playing the position, saying Saturday it “was a misunderstanding.” Last Sunday, Cervelli was quoted as telling DKPittsburghSports.com “that’s enough” after suffering his sixth documented concussion in the major leagues. “This time is different,” Cervelli was quoted as saying. “I can’t live like
3:00 AM ET Paul Edwards Lancashire 149 for 1 (Davies 72, Jennings 53*) lead Sussex127 (Salt 40, Parkinson 6-23, Maxwell 4-41) by 22 runs People long in thrall to cricket sometimes watch two games. The first is the one before them; the second comprises moments from past matches, fragments of idolatry, to borrow the title
1:43 PM ET SILVERSTONE, U.K — There is no doubt about who is the crowd favourite at the British Grand Prix these days, but Lewis Hamilton was still answering questions about the extent of his ‘Britishness’ after qualifying on Saturday afternoon. 1 Related Hamilton is comfortably Britain’s most successful F1 driver and has enjoyed a