8:30 AM ET Associated Press BEIJING — Andy Murray‘s run at the China Open is over. The former No. 1, who had won consecutive singles matches for the first time since undergoing hip surgery in January, lost to top-seeded Dominic Thiem 6-2, 7-6 (3) Friday in the quarterfinals. Thiem broke the 32-year-old Murray in the
Month: October 2019
7:30 AM ET The Week 5 NFL slate is stacked with great matchups. Our NFL Nation reporters bring us the keys to every game, a bold prediction for each matchup and final score predictions. Additionally, ESPN Stats & Information research provides a stat to know for each game, and the Football Power Index (FPI) goes
2:53 AM ET Associated Press SHANGHAI — Rafael Nadal has withdrawn from next week’s Shanghai Masters because of a left hand injury, the ATP said Friday. Nadal is a two-time finalist in Shanghai — in 2009 and 2017 — and was looking to extend an 11-match winning streak. He pulled out of his final match
7:00 AM ET NFL NationESPN For the first time in NFL history, four rookie head coaches are winless through their team’s first four games. Cardinals coach Kliff Kingsbury does have a tie, against the Lions, but the Broncos’ Vic Fangio, Bengals’ Zac Taylor and Dolphins’ Brian Flores have yet to get in either the tie
7:58 AM ET ESPN News Services Dallas Stars forward Blake Comeau will miss multiple weeks with a lower body injury suffered in the team’s season opener Thursday, while the team received good news on Roman Polak after the defenseman was stretchered off in the second period. In the first period of the Stars’ 2-1 loss
3:35 PM ET Gambia progressed into the Plate semifinals at the 2019 WAFU Cup of Nations after beating Mauritania 4-2 in a penalty shootout after their match ended goalless at the Stade Lat Dior in Thies, Senegal, on Friday. The opening exchanges of the first half saw neither side very enterprising in attack with chances
8:00 AM ET It’s a four-playoff-game Friday! These days come around only once, maybe twice, a year — and this one is leading into the weekend. So let’s consider it a national holiday for the national pastime. What’s on tap Friday’s schedule 2:05 p.m. ET: Rays-Astros, ALDS Game 1 4:37 p.m. ET: Cardinals-Braves, NLDS Game
8:00 AM ET HOUSTON — The division series round is upon us, and it’s a high-powered eight-team bracket — the most high-powered ever, in fact. The eight teams still in the running for the 2019 World Series won a combined 794 games during the regular season. That’s more than any other divisional round in postseason
Nigeria’s Phase 1 defeat to Togo at the WAFU Cup of Nations saw them drop to the Plate competition, and now they must beat Cape Verde to salvage any kind of goodwill from fans. A win in the match in Thies, Senegal, on Saturday night is a minimum requirement for what is essentially a Super
When the first half ended in Real Madrid’s Champions League meeting with Club Brugge on Tuesday night, Thibaut Courtois made his way off the pitch, the whistling loud in his ears, and everyone else’s, too. Real were losing 2-0, and the goalkeeper who had conceded twice headed down the tunnel, into the dressing room and