Month: February 2023

11:22 PM ET ESPN News Services MILWAUKEE — During the two years that have passed since he used an antisemitic slur while playing a video game, Meyers Leonard often wondered whether he would ever suit up for an NBA team again. The 7-footer’s gratitude was evident Wednesday after signing a 10-day contract with the Milwaukee
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11:04 PM ET Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Saudi Arabia is entering a female team for the first time at an International Tennis Federation tournament — this week’s Asia/Oceania pre-qualifying event for the Billie Jean King Cup Juniors in Sri Lanka. Saudi Arabia and Brunei are making their Billie Jean King Cup Juniors debuts
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10:30 PM ET Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO — Thomaz Bellucci, Brazil’s main flagbearer on the men’s tennis tour for the past decade, has retired after losing in straight sets to sixth-seeded Sebastian Baez 6-3, 6-2 in the first round of the Rio Open on Wednesday. Bellucci, 35, is now preparing to transition into coaching.
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7:31 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN The British Boxing Board of Control is looking into an incident that involved Mauricio Lara spitting on rival Josh Warrington on Saturday night following Lara’s featherweight title victory over Leigh Wood, Robert Smith, the general secretary of the board, told ESPN. Lara (26-2-1, 19 KOs) rallied to score a seventh-round
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4:58 PM ET RB Leipzig defender Josko Gvardiol headed in a 70th-minute goal to earn a 1-1 draw against visitors Manchester City in their Champions League round of 16 first leg on Wednesday. The 21-year-old defender bagged the deserved equaliser with a towering header after City’s Riyad Mahrez had slotted in following a Leipzig mistake
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6:29 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola said he gathered his players on the pitch at the end of the 1-1 draw with RB Leipzig because he wasn’t happy that their “heads were down” at the final whistle. City were held at the Red Bull Arena on Wednesday after Josko Gvardiol‘s second-half
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9:15 PM ET Associated Press Alex Morgan and Mallory Swanson scored, and the United States defeated Brazil 2-1 on Wednesday night to win the SheBelieves Cup for the fourth straight year. Japan, which defeated Canada 3-0 in the earlier match at Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas, was runner-up in the four-team, round-robin tournament. All four
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