3:35 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Novak Djokovic tied Rafael Nadal‘s record by winning his 35th title at a Masters 1000 tournament, overcoming a sluggish start to beat Milos Raonic 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the Western & Southern Open final Saturday and remain unbeaten this season. Getting tuned up ahead of the US
7:13 PM ET OLYMPIA FIELDS, Ill. — Golf might have to take a backseat momentarily for Rory McIlroy, even if $15 million is on the line. McIlroy revealed Saturday that he and his wife, Erica, are expecting their first child any day now. “We’re about to be parents very soon, so we’re obviously super excited,”
5:09 PM ET Steve KimESPN After months of uncertainty and two previous postponements, WBC and WBO junior welterweight titleholder Jose Ramirez (25-0, 17 KOs) will defend his belts against Viktor Postol (31-2, 12 KOs) in the main event of a Top Rank card at the MGM Grand Conference Center in Las Vegas on Saturday. Ramirez
4:59 PM ET For the fifth consecutive week, the UFC is back inside its Apex facility on Saturday in Las Vegas, with a UFC Fight Night beginning with prelims at 6 p.m. ET on ESPN/ESPN+, then a main card exclusively on ESPN+ at 9 p.m. In the main event, former light heavyweight title challenger Anthony
3:52 PM ET Associated Press Jockeys riding in the rescheduled 146th Kentucky Derby have to arrive by Monday and then quarantine upon returning to their home tracks, just one of many changes forced by the coronavirus pandemic. Initially, Churchill Downs had proposed an arrival date of Aug. 24 — nearly two weeks before the Derby
4:28 PM ET The San Diego Padres are in agreement on a deal to acquire reliever Trevor Rosenthal from the Kansas City Royals, sources told ESPN’s Jeff Passan on Saturday. Arguably the best reliever on the market is headed to the Padres, whose beleaguered bullpen will get a huge boost from a revitalized Rosenthal. Two
7:12 AM ET Tory Z. RoyESPN One of the most enviable traits of Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Amari Cooper‘s game is his mastery of deception. “You don’t want to let the person you’re playing against know what moves that you’re going to do next,” Cooper said. “You have to think three moves ahead.” “It’s one
3:37 PM ET Eric WoodyardESPN Milwaukee Bucks wing Wesley Matthews said the team is not “apologetic” for boycotting Game 5 of their first-round series against the Orlando Magic Wednesday, a decision he said the team made organically. “I feel like we did what any team would’ve done in that situation. And we’re not apologetic for
2:54 PM ET LONDON — Mikel Arteta has already acquired a taste for winning at Wembley as Arsenal manager, and Liverpool became the Spaniard’s latest victims in the Community Shield on Saturday. Less than a year into the job at the Emirates, the former Gunners midfielder has delivered silverware in the FA Cup and Community
This one meant a lot – and for Lewis Hamilton it was all about the context. Not the context of being more than half a second quicker than Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas around Spa-Francorchamps, the archetypal drivers’ circuit. Although that was important. No, it was what it said about the strength of Formula 1’s only
1:35 PM ET A week after pausing all activities because of positive coronavirus cases, NC State will resume football practice Monday, athletics director Boo Corrigan said Saturday on social media. Last Monday, the entire athletic department temporarily paused after 27 positive cases were identified. NC State did not specify how many programs were directly affected.
9:52 AM ET NEW YORK — Naomi Osaka, who battled through to the Western and Southern Open women’s singles final while navigating an intense degree of attention because of her social activism, has withdrawn from Saturday’s championship match, citing a hamstring injury suffered in her semifinal. Osaka was scheduled to play resurgent former No. 1
Alexander Kristoff timed his sprint finish to perfection to win the opening stage of the Tour de France in Nice. After a large group crashed inside the final 3km, Norwegian Kristoff, 33, surged home in a sprint also involving Ireland’s Sam Bennett, who was fourth. Rain made the roads treacherous and led to several crashes,
Chris Rogers played 25 Tests for Australia before retiring in 2015.© AFP Chris Rogers has been appointed head coach of Victoria with the former Test opener vowing to turn more players from the state into permanent members of the Australian team. A prolific run-scorer at both state and English county level, Rogers played 25 Tests
Dates: 29 August – 20 September Coverage: Live text commentary on each stage on the BBC Sport website and app This year’s rescheduled Tour de France starts in Nice on Saturday and finishes in Paris on Sunday, 20 September. The riders will tackle a particularly tough course, with plenty of unique touches, as they race
2:11 PM ET As protests against racial injustice continue to roil the country, MLS finds itself navigating a fraught situation. The league’s players staged a near-complete boycott of the six games scheduled for Wednesday night, with only the match between Orlando City SC and Nashville SC taking place with the fluid nature of events not
Championship leader Lewis Hamilton set pole position for the Belgian Grand Prix half a second clear of Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas. Hamilton was fastest on both laps in the final session and beat Bottas by 0.511secs. Red Bull’s Max Verstappen was just 0.015secs off the Finn. Daniel Ricciardo excelled with fourth place on the grid,
Royal Challengers Bangalore‘s (RCB) skipper Virat Kohli was satisfied with the first training session of the franchise and said spinners were really looking good as they landed the ball in the right areas. The IPL 2020 will be played in the UAE from September 19-November 10 across three venues — Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Sharjah.