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Sep 23, 2022 Simon Cambers D’Arcy Maine LONDON — After 24 years on the ATP Tour, with 20 Grand Slam titles and 103 tournament wins worldwide to his name, Roger Federer played his final professional match on Friday night, when he partnered with his old rival Rafael Nadal in doubles at the fifth edition of

1:38 PM BST Chris Farrell will not be involved with Munster while legal proceedings are ongoing in France relating to a case of alleged rape in which the Ireland international is an alleged witness, the club said on Friday. The case dates back to 2017 when Farrell, 29, was playing for Top 14 side Grenoble.

11:07 AM ET Mohamed Itoumaine was refereeing at a Brazilian jiu-jitsu tournament last month in Wolverhampton, England. To his surprise, one of the participants was Tom Hardy, a big-time Hollywood actor with credits from Mad Max: Fury Road to Venom to the Batman franchise. He also starred in the MMA movie “Warrior” in 2011. Hardy,

5:00 PM ET After a three-year hiatus, the 2022 Presidents Cup has returned. The U.S. team faces off against the International team in a matchup between golf’s best. Right now, the U.S. team is a big favorite, boasting world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, No. 4 Patrick Cantlay, No. 5 Xander Schauffele, No. 7 Justin Thomas

3:19 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Shakur Stevenson failed to make weight Thursday ahead of his fight against Robson Conceicao on Friday in Newark, New Jersey, and will be stripped of his two 130-pound titles, per championship fight rules governed by the WBO and WBC. The 25-year-old weighed 131.6 pounds and had two hours to shed

Sep 22, 2022 Every word written to describe Roger Federer‘s incredible game was true, every misguided attempt at prose forgivable. He glided around the court, feet seemingly leaving the ground at his serve and not touching again until the point was over. He boasted the game’s best and most precise serve for nearly 20 years.

8:00 AM ET NBArank is back for its 12th season counting down the best players in the league. Where are MVP candidates such as Giannis Antetokounmpo, Luka Doncic, Joel Embiid and Nikola Jokic? What about rookies and young stars ready to take the leap into the upper tier of NBA players? Where is LeBron James,

6:45 AM ET NFL NationESPN Welcome to Week 3 of the NFL regular season. Week 2 was the week of the comebacks. We saw the Miami Dolphins, Arizona Cardinals and New York Jets do the improbable and pull out wins after being down multiple scores. The New York Giants are 2-0 and the Jacksonville Jaguars

9:10 AM ET Paolo UggettiESPN The story of USC‘s offense so far this season might best be told by starting with the man who has played only five total snaps. Aadyn Sleep-Dalton wears number 42, hails from Australia, and even if you’ve watched every USC game this season, you might have missed him. It would

3:26 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” The Detroit Tigers hired Scott Harris as president of baseball operations Monday, choosing the San Francisco Giants‘ general manager to run the organization as it tries to transition from a half-decade-long rebuild

7:00 AM ET ESPN staff HENDERSON, Nev. — It was an eventful offseason for NHL players, with high-profile trades and surprising free-agent signings. Not to mention those weddings, bucket list golf outings and scooter rides along the Amalfi Coast. ESPN reporters Ryan Clark, Kristen Shilton and Greg Wyshynski caught up with over a dozen stars

12:40 PM ET Barcelona went top of LaLiga ahead of Real Madrid after a commanding performance against Elche, who went down to 10 men after Gonzalo Verdu received a red in the 14th minute. – Report: Barca 3-0 Elche | LaLiga table | Upcoming fixtures Robert Lewandowski scored a brace, with Memphis Depay also getting

Sep 17, 2022 Associated Press BRISTOL, Tenn. — Chris Buescher closed out a bizarre first round of NASCAR’s playoffs in which none of the title contenders won a race by becoming the 19th winner this season with his victory Saturday night at Bristol Motor Speedway. The second win of Buescher’s career marked the first time

Sep 16, 2022 Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Churchill Downs has modified paths to the Kentucky Derby and Oaks, awarding points to the top five finishers in qualifying races and increasing significance for the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile and late prep season events. Most Derby prep races during the qualifying series for 3-year-olds will award points

9:00 AM ET THIS PAST MAY 6th, one day before Saúl “Canelo” Álvarez lost, it would have been difficult to find someone in Las Vegas who thought that would happen. On that day, standing among the thousands who’d traveled from all over the country and farther, gathering outside at the Toshiba Plaza just to watch

8:52 AM ET The UFC is back at its Apex facility in Las Vegas this weekend, with a bantamweight main event between Cory Sandhagen and Song Yadong. In addition to the headliner, 33-year-old Chidi Njokuani will make his third UFC appearance against Gregory Rodrigues. Njokuani is far from a beginner in mixed martial arts. He

Sep 16, 2022 Wallabies fly-half Bernard Foley is still trying to process what transpired at Marvel Stadium on Thursday night, revealing there was a fair bit of confusion among his teammates before French referee Mathieu Raynal made the call that will go down in Bledisloe Cup history. Foley fronted the media in Melbourne on Friday

Sep 15, 2022 ROGER FEDERER HAS been asked about retirement for 13 years. The first questions came after he beat Robin Soderling at Roland Garros in May 2009. With that triumph on clay, he became the sixth man in tennis history to complete the career sweep of Grand Slam events. Reaching that milestone could have

Sep 15, 2022 Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Churchill Downs Inc. has agreed to buy Ellis Park in Henderson, Kentucky, for $79 million in cash. The deal announced Thursday with Enchantment Holdings LLC includes Churchill Downs assuming Ellis Park’s opportunity to build a track extension facility in Owensboro. The deal is subject to certain working

7:30 PM ET LeBron James detailed his disappointment with the NBA’s punishment of Phoenix Suns owner Robert Sarver, writing “our league definitely got this wrong” in a series of social media posts Wednesday. Sarver was banned from the NBA for one year and fined $10 million after the league on Tuesday released its findings from

Sep 14, 2022 No gambling. No doping. Only moderate alcohol consumption at post-tournament parties. The new LIV Golf circuit might look like a lot of fun (and money), but the Greg Norman-fronted tour also has plenty of rules and regulations. The rules and regulations were among the unsealed documents that were released by a federal

7:00 AM ET Stephen HolderESPN INDIANAPOLIS — The summertime family football games on the Jersey Shore were as competitive as they were physical. And, if we’re being honest, Matt Ryan had no business participating. He was the youngest of the cousins, brothers and uncles recklessly throwing their bodies around for bragging rights. In the grand

9:00 AM ET SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Bobby Petrino knows what’s coming. He has been called many things over the years, but he is not naive. The job he’s done in resurrecting a moribund Missouri State program and turning the Bears into FCS title contenders speaks for itself. But this week, Petrino’s past, and not his

7:00 AM ET Brian Cashman must feel cursed. For years, the New York Yankees general manager has been on a mission to find balance in his lineup, and just when he thought he had finally captured it, it vanished. The Yankees have fallen on hard times, and it’s in part because of injuries and inconsistent

Sep 12, 2022 D’Arcy MaineESPN.com NEW YORK — The tennis major season officially ended this weekend, with Carlos Alcaraz and Iga Swiatek each winning their first US Open titles. 1 Related It was the first of likely many Grand Slam trophies for Alcaraz, 19, and the third for the 21-year-old Swiatek. Both are now the

7:04 PM ET Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Bubba Wallace won his second career NASCAR Cup Series race Sunday and denied the playoff field an automatic spot in the next round for the second straight week when he held off championship contenders Denny Hamlin and Christopher Bell to prevail at Kansas Speedway. Wallace, who

6:56 AM ET It was assumed that the end of Roman Abramovich’s ownership would be a good thing for the longevity of Chelsea managers. No English club won more than the 21 trophies amassed in 19 years of the Russian’s tenure, but 13 different managers — two of whom came back for a second stint

Sep 9, 2022 Editor’s note: Khamzat Chimaev missed weight and Nate Diaz will now fight Tony Ferguson in the main event of UFC 279. STOCKTON, Calif. — GILBERT MELENDEZ, NATE Diaz‘s longtime teammate, was in Stockton with some of his students from El Niño Training Center in South San Francisco for a night training session

Sep 9, 2022 ESPN News Services Several sporting events in Britain have been postponed as a mark of respect following the death of Queen Elizabeth II at the age of 96 on Thursday, with tributes made in her honour throughout the sports world. On Friday, all football fixtures this weekend, including the Premier League, English

9:13 AM ET The undisputed middleweight championship fight between Claressa Shields and Savannah Marshall along with the unification junior lightweight title bout between Mikaela Mayer and Alycia Baumgardner has been postponed due to mourning after the death of Queen Elizabeth II in Scotland on Thursday. The bouts have been rescheduled for the provisional date of

Sep 9, 2022 Buffalo Sabres defenseman Owen Power succeeds or fails based on his ability to make split-second decisions. Like choosing a bag of popcorn over a speeding home run ball at a recent Toronto Blue Jays home game. He chose poorly. “It was kind of embarrassing I didn’t get it,” Power said. Power and

3:41 PM ET ESPN News Services COLOGNE, Germany — Luka Doncic was asked Tuesday about whether he or Greece’s Giannis Antetokounmpo had the better chance of setting a EuroBasket scoring record. Doncic quickly picked Antetokounmpo. A day later, he might have proved himself wrong. Doncic scored 47 points — the second most by anyone in

7:00 AM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com NEW YORK — Caroline Garcia and Ons Jabeur were both 16 years old when they first played against one another at a Grand Slam event. A year later they met again with a spot in a major junior final on the line. As heralded young players who frequently made deep