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7:55 AM BST Wallabies squad members Lalakai Foketi and Matt Gibbon have backed the re-emergence of the Australia A side believing the three-week Fiji tour has prepared them for the trials of Test match rugby. Both recalled to the Wallabies squad following standout performances in the Pacific Nations Cup, Foketi and Gibbon will be eyeing

Jul 26, 2022 Associated Press A federal judge said Tuesday a national horse racing authority cannot enforce its rules in Louisiana and West Virginia while a lawsuit challenging the organization is in court. In granting a preliminary injunction, Western District of Louisiana Judge Terry Doughty said the Horseracing Integrity & Safety Authority likely went beyond

Jul 23, 2022 LONDON — The UFC has hit a bad streak of luck as of late, with a second consecutive main event ruined on Saturday by freak injury. A highly anticipated heavyweight matchup between Curtis Blaydes and Tom Aspinall ended just 15 seconds into the first round, when Aspinall suffered a right knee injury.

Jul 24, 2022 Associated Press DEL MAR, Calif. — Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert had two victories on the opening weekend of Del Mar’s summer meet, three weeks after his 90-day suspension ended. Havnameltdown won by 2 1/4 lengths in his first career start in Sunday’s $80,000 fourth race at the seaside track north

4:40 PM ET Associated Press PALERMO, Sicily — Irina-Camelia Begu beat Lucia Bronzetti 6-2, 6-2 to win the Palermo Ladies Open on Sunday and claim her first singles title in five years. The sixth-seeded Romanian took control from the start on the red clay of the Country Time Club and closed the final out with

Jul 22, 2022 Tim BontempsESPN Throughout every iteration of the NBA, some of its best and most iconic players — from Wilt Chamberlain to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to Shaquille O’Neal — have been traded during their pro careers. Soon, the Brooklyn Nets’ Kevin Durant could become the latest all-time-great player on that list. As the basketball

7:30 AM ET Ben Baby Close ESPN Staff Writer ESPN Staff Writer Previously a college football writer for The Dallas Morning News University of North Texas graduate Adam Teicher Close ESPN Staff Writer Covered Chiefs for 20 seasons for Kansas City Star Joined ESPN in 2013 Two Super Bowl contenders are still trying to figure

11:38 PM ET Associated Press SUNRISE, Fla. — Matthew Tkachuk and Jonathan Huberdeau had the best years of their career this past season. And now they’re changing places in an NHL blockbuster. Tkachuk was traded to the Florida Panthers on Friday night, with Huberdeau part of the haul going to the Calgary Flames for the

12:32 PM ET Paula Lavigne Close ESPN Staff Writer Data analyst and reporter for ESPN’s Enterprise and Investigative Unit. Winner, 2014 Alfred I. duPont Columbia University Award; finalist, 2012 IRE broadcast award; winner, 2011 Gannett Foundation Award for Innovation in Watchdog Journalism; Emmy nominated, 2009. Jeff Passan Close ESPN ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm:

1:00 PM ET Associated Press ARCADIA, Calif. — The Breeders’ Cup will return to Santa Anita for a record 11th time in 2023. The world championships will mark their 40th anniversary next year on Nov. 3 and 4 at the Southern California track. Santa Anita last hosted in 2019 when a wagering record of over

Jul 21, 2022 Mike Coppinger Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show Unlike most other professional sports, trades do not happen in boxing. Boxing promoters sign fighters to their companies and promote their fights,

6:18 PM ET BRIGHTON, England — There’s something about this England team. They simply don’t know when they’re beaten. For so much of Wednesday’s Euro 2022 quarterfinal they were outclassed by Spain. But when the pressure eventually proved too much for those in red shirts and the big moments presented themselves, England didn’t blink, eventually

Jul 20, 2022 NORMAN, Okla. — The Oklahoma Sooners are in their second week of spring practice, and the football facility is buzzing with high school football players and their families ahead of a critical recruiting weekend, but head coach Brent Venables — just three months into the job after his December hire — wants

Jul 19, 2022 Associated Press CHICAGO — Ben Kennedy is thinking big. As in big cities, big ideas and big plans. That’s how NASCAR and Chicago got together. Kennedy played an instrumental role in NASCAR bringing an unprecedented street race to downtown Chicago during its 75th season in yet another radical change to its once

6:05 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN If 2021 was the year of the undisputed champion, then 2022 is shaping up as the year of the comeback. Several big-name boxers who suffered high-profile losses last year will compete for the first time in the second part of 2022. Others, like Danny Garcia, didn’t compete in 2021. Adrien

Jul 17, 2022 Rugby Australia have released a statement on poor fan conduct at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Saturday following the Wallabies 21-17 series loss to England. In several videos shared on social media on Sunday, one man was seen scaling the SCG stands to sit and urinate on the roof before he was

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — Golf’s major season ended with Australia’s Cameron Smith winning the 150th edition of The Open and lifting the Claret Jug at St. Andrews on Sunday. Smith became the sixth straight player in his 20s to win a major and the second consecutive first-timer. Matt Fitzpatrick picked up his first at the

9:11 AM ET Nate Diaz is the kind of guy who makes more headlines from doing an interview than most fighters get for competing in the cage. He’s one of the most famous athletes in the history of the UFC and remains relevant in any MMA conversation despite having just one win since 2016. Diaz

5:27 PM ET Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Brandon Williams scored 22 points to lead the Portland Trail Blazers to an 85-77 victory over the New York Knicks in the NBA summer league championship on Sunday. It marked the third time Portland played in the championship game since 2017, and its second title since. The

3:58 PM ET ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — Out of the turn emerged the winner of the 150th Open. While the whole of St. Andrews was following Rory McIlroy, Cameron Smith, a group ahead, strung together a run of five birdies in a row to leap to the top of the leaderboard through 14 holes. An

7:02 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Major League Baseball will pay $185 million to settle the federal class-action lawsuit filed by minor league players who sought pay for minimum-wage and overtime violations by teams, pending a judge approving

7:00 AM ET The transfer portal has gained popularity over the years and is now a resource for college football coaches to fill holes and revamp their rosters. New coaches have used the portal to quickly turn around struggling programs. Established coaches have used it to fill holes quickly while high school prospects develop. Quarterbacks

6:02 AM ET ESPN staff The 2022 NHL offseason is in full swing, as the draft is now in the rearview mirror and teams look to mold their rosters via trades and re-signings. While the start of free agency is traditionally on July 1, it will begin this year on July 13 because of the

1:16 PM ET Adriana Garcia Cristiano Ronaldo is set to turn down a highly lucrative offer to leave Manchester United for Saudi Arabia, sources have told ESPN. An unnamed Saudi Arabian club have made a €30 million bid to sign Ronaldo from United, while giving the Portugal captain the chance to become the world’s highest

Jun 28, 2022 What a treat we have in store for us this weekend. Every series is alive and headed to a decider after all four northern hemisphere nations bounced back last week, but who’ll come out on top? Can Ireland and Wales make history again to claim their series victory? Can the Wallabies overcome

Sep 19, 2019 Editor’s note: This story was published after Yair Rodriguez’s win over Chan Sung June. Rodriguez faces Max Holloway on Nov. 13. Yair Rodriguez landed what some consider the greatest knockout in UFC history Saturday night in Denver, finishing Chan Sung Jung — best known as “The Korean Zombie” — with a brutal

2:14 PM ET ESPN News Services 23XI Racing got a jump on the 2024 Cup Series season with the surprising announcement Tuesday that it signed Tyler Reddick to join the NASCAR team owned by Michael Jordan and Denny Hamlin. Reddick, a two-time Xfinity Series champion, is in his third full season driving for Richard Childress

LAS VEGAS — On the drive home from an overnight shift at Paris Casino, Pedja Komazec came upon a crash scene. To his right, a burned husk of metal rested in the middle of the road. He couldn’t tell whether it was a car or an SUV; its features had melted into anonymity. On the

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — The Open celebrates its 150th anniversary at the home of golf this week, and its homecoming at St. Andrews couldn’t have come at a better time for the game. With LIV Golf threatening to splinter the professional tours even more, the drama takes a back seat, at least for a week,

8:00 AM ET NBA insiders The first weekend of Las Vegas Summer League is in the books, and the NBA hasn’t disappointed. Paolo Banchero and Jabari Smith Jr. kicked things off with a highly anticipated meeting between the lottery draft picks. No. 2 overall pick Chet Holmgren carried his momentum from Utah into Saturday’s 90-88

8:02 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN From Tyson Fury’s retirement claim that few seem to believe to Canelo Alvarez’s shocking loss to Dmitry Bivol, 2022 has been filled with moments that shook the boxing world — and there’s still six months to go. At the midway point of the year, many boxers already have the inside

4:32 PM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com LONDON — Ten months ago, Novak Djokovic stood devastated on the court at Arthur Ashe Stadium as his attempt at the elusive Calendar Slam was foiled in the US Open final. Ten turbulent months. In between there was a global controversy ending in deportation from Australia due to his unvaccinated

12:49 PM ET LONDON — Novak Djokovic kept his cool in the furnace of Centre Court to win his seventh Wimbledon championship against Nick Kyrgios. As Kyrgios stuck the ball in the net on championship point, Djokovic looked to his team and let out a massive exhale. The triumph sees him go one behind Rafael