Mithali Raj became the highest run-getter across formats in women’s international cricket.© Twitter/BCCIWomen Shortly after she had let her bat do all the talking amid criticism of her strike rate, record-breaking Indian women’s team skipper Mithali Raj hit back at her detractors, saying “I don’t seek validation from people” after playing for so long. Mithali
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6:35 PM ET ROME — Tournament knockout games involving England aren’t supposed to be like this. For a country used to nerve-shredding nights of fine margins that, let’s be frank, often end in agonising failure, the sight of Gareth Southgate’s side breezing into the Euro 2020 semifinals with a 4-0 win over Ukraine in Rome
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12:52 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN The 118-pound title fight between John Riel Casimero and Guillermo Rigondeaux is once again set for Aug. 14, MP (Manny Pacquiao) Promotions president Sean Gibbons told ESPN on Saturday. The bout, a Showtime main event, will be held at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California. The fight was announced
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1:45 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Chris Colbert retained his WBA 130-pound interim title with a unanimous-decision victory over Tugstsogt Nyambayar on Saturday. The judges’ scorecards read 118-110, 117-111 and 118-110 in the Showtime main event from Carson, Calif. Colbert, ESPN’s No. 9 boxer at 130 pounds, was originally slated to face former champion Yuriorkis Gamboa
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11:13 PM ET ATLANTA — The Milwaukee Bucks are headed to the NBA Finals for the first time since 1974 — and they secured the final wins of the series without star Giannis Antetokounmpo. Milwaukee won behind 32 points from Khris Middleton. Jrue Holoiday added 27 points, nine rebounds and nine assists. As the final
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10:48 PM ET Associated Press THE COLONY, Texas — Jin Young Ko chipped in for eagle on the par-4 15th and finished a bogey-free 32-hole Saturday in near darkness with a one-stroke lead in the Volunteers of America Classic. Ko returned to overcast and breezy Old American early Saturday, playing the final 14 holes for
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8:25 PM ET Associated Press SEATTLE — Seattle Mariners pitcher Hector Santiago is expected to have the appeal hearing about his 10-game suspension for using a grip-enhancing foreign substance heard next week during the team’s current homestand. Seattle manager Scott Servais said Saturday he didn’t know the exact date but believed it would be the
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10:00 PM BST Argentina held on for a narrow 24-17 win over Romania despite outscoring their hosts by four tries to one in their summer Test in Bucharest on Saturday. Argentina, who now travel to Cardiff to take on Wales in two tests over the next fortnight, were 19-7 ahead but were pulled back by
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7:26 PM BST Rampant Wales ran in 10 tries to thump Canada 68-12 in their mid-year international in Cardiff on Saturday, but a 100th test appearance for fullback Leigh Halfpenny lasted only 30 seconds before he went off with what looked a serious injury. Halfpenny was visibly upset as he was stretchered from the field
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