Month: September 2018

1:14 PM BST KweséESPN Staff Cheslin Kolbe and Sikhumbuzo Notshe will make their Springbok starts in the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth on Saturday when South Africa take on the Wallabies. Kolbe will start on the right owing and Notshe at number eight as two of Rassie Erasmus’ four changes to the starting
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12:36 PM ET SOCHI, Russia — Stoffel Vandoorne will not accept a season sat on the sidelines in 2019, with the Belgian’s dream scenario being a full racing programme away from Formula One alongside a smaller role with one of its teams. Six teams have confirmed their driver lineups for 2019, leaving four teams with
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12:33 PM ET Lewis Hamilton has played down the significance of his 40-point championship lead ahead of this weekend’s Russian Grand Prix, saying his approach to the final six races of the season won’t change. Hamilton’s victory at the last round in Singapore delivered a crushing blow to the hopes of his title rival Sebastian
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12:09 PM ET Vera Lapko became the last remaining seed to fall at the Tashkent Open as she was defeated by Mona Barthel in Uzbekistan. The No. 2 seed lost in straight sets 6-3, 7-5 to crash out in the quarterfinal stage while Barthel progressed to her first semifinal since February. “It feels great to
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1:08 PM ET Associated Press WUHAN, China — Ashleigh Barty and Wang Qiang both reached the semifinals at the Wuhan Open on Thursday. Ashleigh Barty won four of the last five games on Thursday to reach the semifinals of the Wuhan Open. Photo by NICOLAS ASFOURI / AFP)NICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP/Getty Images Barty, last year’s runner-up, won four
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10:37 AM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports NEWTON, N.C. — Jordan Anderson, a popular competitor in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, has a warrant out for his arrest on a charge of possession of a stolen motor vehicle, according
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7:18 AM ET Every young player can use an experienced tour guide in navigating his first stretch run. For Cleveland outfielder Greg Allen, that knowing voice emerged during a late-August game in Boston. As the Indians took the field in the bottom of the eighth inning, a veteran teammate sidled up and told him to
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7:50 AM ET After a report out of Finland said that Philadelphia Flyers forward Jori Lehtera was questioned by police regarding a suspected drug ring, the NHL said that it “will be investigating the situation.” League deputy commissioner offered a statement to the Courier-Post that added that the NHL “will have no further comment pending
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