Jan 21, 2024, 07:05 AM ET FIFA president Gianni Infantino said on Saturday that teams whose fans engage in racist abuse should be made to forfeit following incidents in Italy’s Serie A and England’s Championship. AC Milan goalkeeper Mike Maignan briefly left the pitch in protest during a 3-2 win at Udinese due to repeated
Jan 21, 2024, 02:21 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Cruz Hewitt hasn’t quite made the same grand entrance to tennis as his former world No. 1 father, crashing out in the first round of the Australian Open boys’ singles. Twenty-seven years after Hewitt famously became the youngest qualifier to make the Open main draw at
Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterJan 20, 2024, 10:45 PM ET Open Extended Reactions TORONTO — Frankie Edgar, known for epic comebacks and persevering time and time again against the odds, will be inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame this year, the promotion announced Saturday night during the UFC 297 broadcast. Edgar, who is the
Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff WriterJan 21, 2024, 01:04 AM ET Close MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Open Extended Reactions TORONTO — Nearly six years after suffering a demoralizing defeat to Amanda Nunes in her first UFC title appearance, Raquel Pennington has finally climbed to the top
Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterJan 21, 2024, 01:55 AM ET Open Extended Reactions TORONTO — The UFC has its first champion from South Africa. Dricus Du Plessis dethroned Sean Strickland in an entertaining, bloody, back-and-forth fight Saturday night in the main event of UFC 297 here at Scotiabank Arena. The final result was a split
Jan 21, 2024, 02:35 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The UFC’s first pay-per-view of 2024 featured a brutal middleweight title fight and put a spotlight on some of Canada’s top MMA stars. Brett Okamoto, Marc Raimondi, Jeff Wagenheim and Carlos Contreras Legaspi offer their thoughts on the biggest moments of the night. Does Dricus Du
Associated Press Jan 21, 2024, 02:59 AM ET Open Extended Reactions LOS ANGELES — Quinton Byfield scored the go-ahead goal late in the second period as the Los Angeles Kings defeated the New York Rangers 2-1 on Saturday night, spoiling Rangers’ goaltender Jonathan Quick‘s return. Kevin Fiala also scored for the Kings, who won for
ESPN News Services Jan 20, 2024, 11:50 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Christian McCaffrey scored his second touchdown on a 6-yard run with 1:07 to play, and the San Francisco 49ers mounted their first second-half comeback of the season to defeat the Green Bay Packers 24-21 in a divisional round playoff
Jan 20, 2024, 08:10 PM ET Open Extended Reactions TORONTO — Sean Strickland and Dricus Du Plessis got into a fight in the crowd last month in Las Vegas. This weekend, they step into the Octagon against one another in earnest. Strickland will defend his UFC middleweight title against Du Plessis in the main event
Andrew Lopez, ESPNJan 21, 2024, 12:24 AM ET Open Extended Reactions WASHINGTON — Victor Wembanyama acknowledged having heavy legs Saturday, one night after sitting out a game. The star rookie, who hasn’t been allowed to play in back-to-backs and has been on a minutes restriction since spraining his right ankle three times in a space
Tim de Waele Wales’ Stephen Williams won the final stage of The Tour Down Under to secure overall victory in Australia. The 27-year-old Israel-Premier Tech rider outsprinted his rivals in Mount Lofty to claim the biggest win of his career. “What a stage, so over the moon, honestly, the support the team have given me
Tim Bontemps, ESPNJan 20, 2024, 11:53 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — The Knicks and their fans went out of their way to celebrate the returns of Immanuel Quickley and RJ Barrett, who each played at Madison Square Garden on Saturday night for the first time since being traded to the Toronto Raptors
Jan 20, 2024, 07:42 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The fourth-round action at the Australian Open gets underway on Day 8. Men’s world No. 1 Novak Djokovic returns to the court in a rare afternoon appearance at Rod Laver Arena. Women’s No. 4 Coco Gauff takes on Magdalena Frech, while later, Australia’s home grown hope
Michael Rothstein, ESPN Staff WriterJan 20, 2024, 07:27 PM ET Close Michael Rothstein is a reporter for NFL Nation at ESPN. Rothstein covers the Atlanta Falcons. You can follow him via Twitter @MikeRothstein. Open Extended Reactions The Atlanta Falcons are scheduling a second interview with Michigan’s Jim Harbaugh for the team’s vacant head coach position,
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File photo of Sania Mirza and Shoaib Malik© Twitter Former Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik left social media stunned as he shared his wedding pictures with Pakistani actress Sana Javed on Saturday. The announcement caught the world of sports in both Pakistan and India off guard, as the rumours of a breakdown of his marriage with
Associated Press Jan 20, 2024, 10:14 PM ET Open Extended Reactions KA’UPULEHU-KONA, Hawaii — Steven Alker won the season-opening Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai on Saturday for his second straight PGA Tour Champions victory and eighth in 54 career starts. The winner of the season-ending Charles Schwab Cup Championship in November in Phoenix, Alker won
ESPN News Services Jan 20, 2024, 07:35 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LA QUINTA, Calif. — University of Alabama sophomore Nick Dunlap fired a 12-under 60 to take a three-shot lead over Sam Burns at The American Express on Saturday, matching the lowest round by an amateur in PGA Tour history and surging into position