D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Oct 9, 2023, 09:42 AM ET After failing to defend her title at the US Open with a fourth-round loss last month, then subsequently dropping to the No. 2 ranking after a 75-week reign on top, it was unclear what was next for Iga Swiatek. While several of her peers in recent
Month: October 2023
Tom Hamilton, Senior WriterOct 9, 2023, 10:48 AM Close • Joined ESPN in 2011• Covered two Olympics, a pair of Rugby World Cups and two British & Irish Lions tours• Previously rugby editor, and became senior writer in 2018 Antoine Dupont missed France’s 60-7 win over Italy with the facial injury. Photo by SEBASTIEN BOZON/AFP via Getty Images France
Oct 10, 2023, 10:46 AM France captain Antoine Dupont faces a race against the clock to be fully fit to play against South Africa as the mercurial scrumhalf resumes full training only five days before Sunday’s World Cup quarterfinal clash. Dupont was given the green light by the surgeon to play rugby again two-and-a-half weeks
Reece Topley described England’s 137-run victory over Bangladesh in Dharmasala as a “step in the right direction”, but admitted it was a relief to prove that the team’s attacking approach is still a winning one, after the indignities of their nine-wicket defeat in the World Cup opener against New Zealand last week. Topley did not
Sam Curran admitted that England’s players were relieved to have escaped their fixture against Bangladesh in Dharamsala without any injuries, after fielding for 48.2 overs on an outfield which their captain Jos Buttler described as “poor”. The outfield was cleared by the ICC’s independent pitch consultant Andy Atkinson and match referee Javagal Srinath before this
Michael Rothstein, ESPN Staff WriterOct 10, 2023, 09:00 AM ET Close Michael Rothstein is a reporter for NFL Nation at ESPN. Rothstein covers the Atlanta Falcons. You can follow him via Twitter @MikeRothstein. More than two dozen female fighters joined together in a statement Tuesday calling for the option to fight 12 rounds and three-minute
DOHA, Qatar – Lewis Hamilton crashed out of the Qatar Grand Prix after colliding with teammate George Russell at the first corner, an incident Hamilton accepted responsibility for. Russell and Hamilton were starting second and third and found themselves alongside each other going into Turn 1. Hamilton was on the outside and Russell was bottled
Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorOct 8, 2023, 05:23 PM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Lewis Hamilton escaped a penalty for causing his first lap collision with teammate George Russell at the Qatar Grand Prix, but was reprimanded and fined for crossing the circuit after the incident. The two Mercedes
Chris Low, ESPN Senior WriterOct 10, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of the University of Tennessee COLLEGE STATION, Texas — The midpoint of the season is no place to make any iron-clad (or crimson-clad) declarations in college football. But if history is any indication, Nick Saban has
Associated Press Oct 9, 2023, 11:35 AM ET ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — Matt Fitzpatrick captured his first European tour title in two years by winning the weather-affected Dunhill Links Championship by 3 strokes Monday. The 2022 U.S. Open champion shot 6-under 66 on the Old Course at St. Andrews to finish on 19-under-par overall for