ESPN News Services Mar 8, 2024, 08:04 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LAFC has signed prolific goalscorer Dénis Bouanga to a two-year contract extension through the 2027 season. The deal announced Friday, which includes a team option for 2028, allows LAFC to move forward with the centerpiece of its attack secured for at least four
Month: March 2024
Associated Press Mar 8, 2024, 07:57 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ORLANDO, Fla. — Shane Lowry set the target Friday at Bay Hill, and as tough as the course plays, he would not have imagined how much company he would have at the top in the Arnold Palmer Invitational. Scottie Scheffler chipped in for eagle
Associated Press Mar 8, 2024, 08:07 PM ET Open Extended Reactions RIO GRANDE, Puerto Rico — Joe Highsmith did his best to create some separation in the Puerto Rico Open on Friday, making a pair of late birdies to get the lead before darkness prevented the rain-delayed second round from being completed. Highsmith, the 23-year-old
Associated Press Mar 8, 2024, 08:46 PM ET Open Extended Reactions INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — Top-ranked Iga Swiatek moved on at the BNP Paribas Open with a 6-3, 6-0 victory over power-hitting Danielle Collins on Friday. Swiatek improved to 15-2 this season and earned her fifth straight win over the 30-year-old American, who previously announced
Mike Coppinger, ESPNMar 8, 2024, 08:13 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Joseph Parker was floored twice by Zhilei Zhang but otherwise outboxed his foe for large stretches of the heavyweight fight to earn a majority-decision victory on Friday evening in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. One judge scored it 113-113 but was overruled by 114-112 and 115-111
Mike Coppinger, ESPNMar 8, 2024, 08:01 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Anthony Joshua scored a spectacular knockout of Francis Ngannou in Round 2, a right hand that landed clean on the former UFC heavyweight champion’s chin and rendered him unconscious. After Ngannou regained his senses, ringside officials administered oxygen to the 37-year-old, who was boxing
Associated Press Mar 8, 2024, 07:18 PM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Some of the people who attended the near-record cold Kansas City Chiefs playoff game in January had to undergo amputations, a Missouri hospital said Friday. Research Medical Center didn’t provide exact numbers but said in a statement that some of the 12 people
Lunch Australia 221 for 8 (Labuschagne 90, Henry 5-60) lead New Zealand 162 by 59 runs Matt Henry claimed another five-wicket haul and continued to keep New Zealand in the second Test, but Marnus Labuschagne held firm to emerge from a form slump until he fell agonisingly short of a century at Hagley Oval. Labuschagne
Rob Dawson, CorrespondentMar 8, 2024, 11:07 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Pep Guardiola said he believes Jurgen Klopp “will be back” despite his decision to step down as Liverpool manager at the end of the season. Klopp is calling time on his nine-year stint at Anfield, citing exhaustion as the reason behind his decision, and
Mar 8, 2024, 11:49 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Panama midfielder Marta Cox has threatened to quit the national team again after the president of her country’s football federation (FEPAFUT) called her fat and “out of shape” following their CONCACAF W Gold Cup exit. Panama were eliminated from tournament without getting a single point in