3:00 AM ET Afghanistan 160 for 8 (Zazai 82, Chase 3-35) beat Ireland 79 (Porterfield 33, Rashid 4-17, Mujeeb 3-17) by 81 runs A second consecutive fifty from Hazratullah Zazai helped the visitors mirror their total of 160 from the first match, before Mujeeb Ur Rahman and Rashid Khan broke the back of Ireland’s chase
Jose Maria Marin, the former president of Brazil’s football confederation, has been sentenced to four years in prison following his conviction on corruption charges. Marin, 86, was sentenced on Wednesday in Brooklyn federal court, the first official to be sentenced in the U.S.’s sprawling FIFA investigation. He was also fined $1.2 million and ordered to forfeit $3.34
2:50 PM ET Because of visa issues for multiple fighters, the semifinals for the Jose Sulaiman World Invitational welterweight tournament was postponed on Wednesday, promoters Real Deal Boxing and Lee Baxter Promotions announced. The fights were scheduled to take place on Saturday on the Budweiser Stage in Toronto, but have been postponed along with the
2:36 PM ET Associated Press Philadelphia Flyers center Sean Couturier is out four weeks after suffering a knee injury for the second time in five months. General manager Ron Hextall provided the update Wednesday, saying Couturier was injured Aug. 10 in an exhibition game. Hextall expects Couturier to be a limited participant in training camp
2:27 PM ET Mixed martial arts is known as a sport in which everything can change in an instant — but don’t tell that to UFC lightweight James Vick. For Vick (13-1), who faces Justin Gaethje at a UFC Fight Night this Saturday in Lincoln, Nebraska, the journey from “UFC newcomer” to “title contender and
2:03 PM ET PARAMUS, N.J. — Tiger Woods has on several occasions this year noted how fortunate he feels to be playing golf at a high level again. A year ago, Woods said, he wasn’t allowed to swing a golf club. And just a few months prior to that, he was in so much pain
1:44 PM BST Danny Cipriani has been named in the Gloucester team for their next preseason friendly despite being the subject of an RFU disciplinary hearing. The England fly-half is among those listed to start the match against Dragons at Kingsholm on Thursday night but must first face an independent panel in Bristol Wednesday evening.
3:52 PM ET LAS VEGAS — I knew I was in trouble when I heard my ribs crack as the air slowly left my body. I’m on my back on the second floor of Randy Couture’s Xtreme Couture MMA gym, wondering whether the last image I would ever see is the smiling face of MMA
12:03 PM ET Adrian WojnarowskiESPN San Antonio Spurs guard Manu Ginobili, a future Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer, is seriously considering retirement and plans to meet with coach Gregg Popovich in the coming days to discuss his future, league sources told ESPN. Ginobili, 41, has been working out regularly at the Spurs practice facility and
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