Month: November 2022

1:21 PM ET British tennis player Emma Raducanu was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) on Tuesday, a little more than a year after she shocked the sporting world when she became the first qualifier to win a Grand Slam. The then-18-year-old Raducanu catapulted her career to new heights when
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12:57 PM ET Professional Fighters League co-founder Donn Davis says he believes a fight between two-time PFL champion Kayla Harrison and MMA legend Cris “Cyborg” Justino is actually more likely to happen in 2023 following Harrison’s stunning upset loss to Larissa Pacheco last week in the PFL lightweight finals. Harrison (15-1) was set to capture
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9:49 AM ET Belgium captain Eden Hazard has denied there is a rift in the squad but said frank words were exchanged between the players following their surprise 2-0 World Cup Group F loss to Morocco on Sunday. Hazard was speaking to the media along with experienced goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois on Tuesday after they replaced
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8:29 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens LaLiga has demanded UEFA hit Juventus with sporting sanctions after the Italian club’s board of directors announced their resignation on Monday. President Andrea Agnelli and vice president Pavel Nedved were among those to resign en masse following a preliminary investigation by the Turin Public Prosecutor’s Office into fraudulent
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11:59 AM ET Winger Ismaila Sarr kept his cool to score a first half penalty and captain Kalidou Koulibaly netted a second goal as Senegal beat Ecuador 2-1 at the Khalifa International Stadium on Tuesday to earn a place in the last 16 of the World Cup. Sarr scored his penalty in the 44th minute
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9:58 AM ET Cesar Hernandez DOHA, Qatar — Mexico manager Gerardo “Tata” Martino said the national team has no fear ahead of their last group-stage match vs. Saudi Arabia, which is a must-win in order to possibly qualify for the knockout round of the World Cup. “Afraid? No. We compete, we play football, we’re not
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8:52 AM ET Associated Press A Qatari official involved in the organisation of the country’s World Cup has put the number of worker deaths related to the tournament “between 400 and 500” for the first time, a number drastically higher than any other previously offered by Doha. The comment by Hassan Al-Thawadi, the secretary general
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12:51 PM ET United States coach Gregg Berhalter has made two changes for Tuesday’s decisive World Cup Group B match against Iran in Qatar. After being replaced by Haji Wright for Friday’s 0-0 draw with England, Josh Sargent returns to the lineup to lead the attack, while there is a first World Cup start for
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12:53 PM ET Kentucky football coach Mark Stoops has fired offensive coordinator Rich Scangarello after only one season, a school spokesperson confirmed to ESPN on Tuesday. A former NFL assistant with the San Francisco 49ers, the Denver Broncos and others, Scangarello went to Kentucky in February with high expectations, stepping in for former O.C. Liam
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