Month: September 2018

5:15 PM BST Richard Wigglesworth broke the all-time Premiership appearance record in Saracens’ home victory over Gloucester on Sunday. The scrum-half, 35, overtook former England international Steve Borthwick as he made the 266th top-flight appearance of his 17-year career. Wigglesworth, who has also won 31 England caps, started his career with Sale Sharks before moving
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1:18 PM ET Associated Press MONTREAL — The Montreal Canadiens have agreed to terms on a four-year contract extension with forward Paul Byron. The deal, which has an average annual value of $3.4 million, was announced Sunday. The 29-year-old Byron had 20 goals and 15 assists in 82 games with the Canadiens last season and
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1:16 PM ET Associated Press WUHAN, China — Daria Kasatkina recorded her first victory over Lesia Tsurenko in three attempts in the first round of the Wuhan Open on Sunday as US Open champion Naomi Osaka was forced to pull out of the tournament because of a viral illness. Kasatkina, the No. 13-seeded Russian, defeated
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12:12 PM ET England’s Tom Lewis shot a final-round 66 to beat Australia’s Lucas Herbert to the Portugal Masters title. Lewis, who picked up his second win on the European Tour, seven years after winning the same event in Vilamoura, started the day three shots behind overnight leader Herbert but started brightly to take control.
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7:56 AM ET With Mick Schumacher’s form in junior racing categories becoming increasingly difficult to ignore, Ferrari says the door would always be open to the German driver in future. The Schumacher name is synonymous with Ferrari — Mick’s father Michael won five of his seven world championships with the Italian team at the start
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6:45 AM ET 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 LONDON — Here are some thoughts of what we learned from WBA-IBF-WBO world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua’s seventh-round stoppage win over Alexander Povetkin at
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3:38 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Nottinghamshire have announced the signing of England Lions batsman Joe Clarke from Worcestershire on a four-year deal. Clarke, 22, had been widely tipped to leave Worcestershire, with Trent Bridge his likeliest destination. Worcestershire’s chief executive, Matt Rawnsley, said the club “did everything that we could” to hold on to the
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