3:00 AM ET Toss Bangladesh opt to bat v West Indies Sheldon Cottrell salutes after taking a wicket AFP Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza won the toss for the third successive occasion, this time choosing to bat first against West Indies in the third ODI in Basseterre, St Kitts. The home side have picked Kieran Powell and
2:09 AM ET Masayuki Ito won a vacant junior lightweight title on Saturday night with a unanimous 12-round decision over previously unbeaten Christopher Diaz in a splendid battle that featured bristling action in every round. The bout was the main event of a Top Rank on ESPN card at the Kissimmee Civic Center in Kissimmee,
1:04 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Mikey Garcia had won world titles in four weight classes, risen near the top of boxing’s pound-for-pound list and put himself in position for any number of major fights. But one thing had eluded him — a unification fight. Until Saturday, that is, when he put on a dominating
12:49 AM ET The Colorado Rockies are bringing back veteran outfielder Matt Holliday on a minor league deal, according to multiple reports. Holliday, 38, played in Colorado from 2004 to 2008, achieving his greatest success with the team. He led the National League in batting average and RBIs in 2007, when the Rockies got all
2:07 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Heavyweight contender Luis “King Kong” Ortiz returned from a devastating knockout loss to author one of his own on Saturday night. Ortiz drilled Razvan Cojanu in the second round in his first step toward earning another world title shot, winning on the Mikey Garcia-Robert Easter Jr. undercard at Staples
11:24 PM ET Fourteen months after their initial meeting ended in controversy due to illegal strikes, Dustin Poirier and Eddie Alvarez delivered another instant classic at UFC Fight Night on Saturday in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. And for the second time, an illegal strike by Alvarez shaped the course of the bout. This time, however, Poirier
9:04 PM ET ST. LOUIS — New Chicago Cubs pitcher Cole Hamels, isn’t worried about finding success again after struggling for much of the season, especially in July, when he posted an 11.12 ERA for his old team, the Texas Rangers. “You get a little bit of revitalized energy,” Hamels said Saturday of joining the
4:39 PM ET Associated Press AMES, Iowa — Christopher Bell made history Saturday at Iowa Speedway — even though nearly everything that could go against him did down the stretch. Bell moved back out front in overtime to win a wild NASCAR Xfinity series race on Newton’s bull ring, becoming the first series regular with
8:25 PM ET Associated Press ATLANTA — Top-seeded John Isner advanced to the BB&T Atlanta Open final for the eighth time, beating fourth-seeded Matthew Ebden of Australia 6-4, 6-7 (6), 6-1 on Saturday. Seeking his fifth victory at Atlantic Station in the past six years, Isner will face the winner of the night semifinal between
8:15 PM ET Associated Press OAKVILLE, Ontario — Top-ranked Dustin Johnson used a fast start and a late eagle to grab a share of the lead Saturday in the RBC Canadian Open. Johnson shot a 7-under 65 at Glen Abbey to match Kevin Tway, Byeong Hun An and Whee Kim at 17-under 199. Dustin Johnson