Month: October 2022

5:15 PM ET Associated Press Women’s soccer is seeing growing revenues globally from sponsorships, broadcast deals and merchandising, while also seeing greater interest from fans, according to a new survey by the game’s governing body. FIFA released its second benchmarking report on women’s soccer on Friday as the sport gains momentum ahead of next summer’s
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6:43 PM ET The Houston Dynamo have agreed terms with Ben Olsen to become the team’s next manager, a league source confirmed to ESPN. The Athletic was the first to report the news. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, MLS, more (U.S.) Olsen, 45, will replace Paulo Nagamura, who was fired with five games to
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5:30 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola believes rivals Manchester United “are back” and thinks Erik ten Hag’s team could mount a title challenge in the second half of the season. United haven’t won the Premier League since 2013 and last season finished sixth in the Premier League table. – Stream on
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7:27 PM ET Associated Press SOUTHAMPTON, Bermuda — Ben Crane took advantage of a rare start on the PGA Tour with his lowest score in 10 years, a 9-under 62 that gave him a one-shot lead going into the weekend of the Butterfield Bermuda Championship. Crane’s last victory was in 2014 at the FedEx St.
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6:51 PM BST Wasps will be relegated from the Premiership to the second-tier Championship, England’s Rugby Football Union (RFU) confirmed on Friday with the club suspended from the top-flight and Premiership Rugby Cup for the rest of the 2022-23 season. After the club went into administration earlier this month, the RFU said it was working
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6:26 PM ET Associated Press VANCOUVER, British Columbia — The struggling Vancouver Canucks acquired defenseman Ethan Bear and forward Lane Pederson from the Carolina Hurricanes on Friday for a fifth-round draft pick. The 25-year-old Bear had five goals and nine assists in 58 games for the Hurricanes last season but has yet to appear in
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6:40 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Detroit Red Wings forward Michael Rasmussen was suspended for two games without pay by the NHL on Friday for high-sticking Boston Bruins forward David Krejci a night earlier. Rasmussen was assessed a minor penalty for high sticking midway through the second period in the Red Wings’ 5-1
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6:01 PM ET Associated Press BASEL, Switzerland — Top-ranked Carlos Alcaraz will face No. 9 Felix Auger-Aliassime in the Swiss Indoors semifinals after both advanced in straight sets Friday. Alcaraz, who won the US Open last month, clinched a 6-3, 6-4 victory0 against fellow Spaniard Pablo Carreno Busta with a service winner. “It is difficult
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6:54 PM ET ESPN News Services The San Francisco 49ers have received calls on running back Jeff Wilson and are willing to listen to potential offers, sources told ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler on Friday. Wilson ranks 11th in the NFL in rushing with 454 yards, but San Francisco has a crowded backfield with the arrival of
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