Month: August 2019

8:00 AM ET WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — Alex Anderson wants the Yankees to go away. A die-hard Red Sox fan, the 11-year-old New Englander would like his team’s archrival to disappear. Not just from the 2019 American League pennant race, but from baseball. Like, for good. Last week, I spent two days in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, home
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Alejandro Moreno and Stevie Nicol break down Gareth Bale’s scintillating performance against Celta Vigo and wonder if Zidane will be forced to make Bale a regular again for Real Madrid. Real Madrid have loaned Japanese teenager Takefusa Kubo to Spanish league rival Mallorca for the season, the club announced on Thursday. – ESPN fantasy: Sign
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5:25 AM ET Former England rugby international James Haskell has signed with mixed martial arts promotion Bellator. 1 Related Haskell, 34, will compete in Bellator’s heavyweight division and could make his professional debut in 2020, the promotion said in a press release on Thursday. The former flanker earned 77 England caps during a 17-year international
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BEIJING — Former FIFA female player of the year Sun Wen has been elected a vice president of the Chinese Football Association as China seeks to revamp its lagging national program. Sun, who became captain of the Chinese team in 2000, is currently director of the women’s youth training department at the CFA. Sun scored
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ESPN FC’s Serie A correspondents Gab Marcotti and Mina Rzouki discuss the teams who have the best shot at stopping Juventus this season. New Juventus coach Maurizio Sarri will not be on the bench for the club’s first two Serie A matches, including against former team Napoli. Sarri is recovering from pneumonia and underwent further
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Sporting KC beat Minnesota 1-0 behind Erik Hurtado’s goal in the 88th minute, keeping them within touching distance of the playoff picture. To watch MLS sign up to ESPN+. Erik Hurtado scored on a breakaway two minutes from full time, lifting Sporting Kansas City to a desperately needed 1-0 victory over Minnesota United on Thursday
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