Associated Press Sep 5, 2023, 02:14 PM ET No. 21 Duke and No. 22 Colorado moved into the Associated Press Top 25 college football poll Tuesday after scoring the biggest upsets of the opening weekend of the season and No. 4 Florida State jumped into the top five after its resounding victory over LSU in
Associated Press Sep 5, 2023, 01:47 PM ET NEW YORK — Coco Gauff dealt just fine with the heat, the humidity, her big-hitting opponent and the task of trying to reach the US Open semifinals for the first time, defeating 2017 French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko 6-0, 6-2 on Tuesday. Gauff, 19, is the first
Mike Coppinger, ESPNSep 5, 2023, 01:07 PM ET Shakur Stevenson and Frank Martin have agreed to a deal for a lightweight fight that will likely take place on Nov. 16 in Las Vegas or Dec. 9 in New York, sources told ESPN. The deal came hours before the rights to the fight were scheduled to
Mohammad Nabi’s game changing 65 off 32 balls came to nothing as Sri Lanka pulled off a thrilling two-run win over an audacious Afghanistan to qualify for the Super4s of the Asia Cup in Lahore on Tuesday. Kusal Mendis’ high-quality 92 had pushed Sri Lanka to 291 for eight at the Gadaffi Stadium. Due to
Filippo Ganna won his first stage at the Vuelta a Espana by dominating stage 10’s time trial as Sepp Kuss’ lead in the red jersey was cut to 26 seconds. The Italian finished the 26km course in Valladolid 16 seconds ahead of Belgian world champion Remco Evenepoel. Three-time Vuelta winner Primoz Roglic was a further
Jeff Wagenheim, ESPNSep 5, 2023, 09:21 AM ET UFC 293 is Saturday in Sydney, and Israel Adesanya is the star of the show. This will be his first fight Down Under for the flamboyant New Zealander since he became UFC middleweight champion four years ago. Adesanya is more than just the weekend’s top attraction. He
Olav Kooij continued his brilliant start to the Tour of Britain by sprinting to a third straight win on stage three from Goole to Beverley. The general classification leader held off fellow Dutchman Danny van Poppel and Britain’s Ethan Vernon. The Jumbo Visma rider matches Edvald Boasson Hagen’s record of three straight stage wins in
Maher Mezahi Sep 5, 2023, 09:11 AM ET Although the European transfer window closed on Friday, Saudi Pro League clubs have until Thursday to register new signings. While Saudi Arabia’s “big four” of Al Nassr, Al Hilal, Al Ittihad and Al Ahli have concluded the bulk of their business, the asymmetry in the football calendar
Multiple Contributors Sep 5, 2023, 07:00 PM ET When the Seahawks host the Los Angeles Rams on Sunday (4:25 p.m. ET, Fox), the game will feature the 2022 NFL Comeback Player of the Year in Seattle’s Geno Smith facing a quarterback who hopes to follow in his footsteps. Smith’s transformation from career backup to surprise
Sep 3, 2023, 07:04 PM ET Welcome to September! We’re five months into Major League Baseball’s 2023 season, meaning it’s all coming down to the wire as the postseason quickly approaches. Which of the current contenders will be headed to the playoffs come October? Which teams will have narrowly missed the cut? How will the
ESPN News Services Sep 4, 2023, 02:46 PM ET Los Angeles Rams All-Pro wide receiver Cooper Kupp was in Minnesota on Monday to see a specialist in the hopes of getting at the root of his hamstring issues, coach Sean McVay said. The visit comes after Kupp had a setback with his recovery from a
Associated Press Sep 5, 2023, 03:18 AM ET NEW YORK — A fan was ejected from a US Open tennis match early Tuesday morning after German player Alexander Zverev complained the man used language from Adolf Hitler’s Nazi regime. Zverev, the No. 12 seed, was serving at 2-2 in the fourth set of his match
All Formula 1 teams complied with the sport’s cost cap in 2022, governing body the FIA has said. The FIA added the 10 teams had all been issued certificates of compliance with the $140m (£112m) cap after “an intensive and thorough process”. It said there had been an “extensive check of any non-F1 related activities”.
File image of Asia Cup trophy© AFP The Super Four games and the final of the Asia Cup are likely to be shifted from Colombo to the deep southern district of Hambantota, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) sources said on Tuesday. The Asian Cricket Council (ACC) is expected to make an announcement later in the day.
Jordan Henderson has insisted his move to Saudi Arabia was not motivated by money and sought to appease the LGBTQ+ community by claiming he can be a force for good in the region. The 33-year-old left Liverpool this summer to join Saudi Pro League side Al Ettifaq in a £13 million ($16.3m) deal that provoked
Wallabies coach Eddie Jones has slammed Danny Cipriani after the former England player likened the Australian to a “horny teenager” in his autobiography, Who am I?. Cipriani, who made the last of his 16 Test appearances for England in 2018, against South Africa in Cape Town, under Jones, wrote in his autobiography that the Australian
Coach Deion Sanders said his Colorado Buffaloes were coming in 2023, and now they’ve arrived in our Power Rankings. The Buffaloes’ 45-42 victory in Week 1 at No. 17 TCU, the national runner-up in the 2022 season, made believers out of ESPN’s writers. Colorado, which had only one win last season, went from unranked to
ESPN News Services Sep 4, 2023, 11:25 PM ET DURHAM, N.C. — Riley Leonard ran for one touchdown and threw for another as the Duke Blue Devils upset No. 9 Clemson, 28-7, on Monday night, capping a wild Week 1 of college football. The Tigers (0-1) outgained the Blue Devils (1-0) and won the time