Month: September 2018

4:16 AM BST Argentina coach Mario Ledesma is certain his former boss Michael Cheika is the right man to steer the Wallabies forward, insisting his methods will soon bear fruit. Ledesma was an assistant to Cheika for three seasons before returning to his native country to coach the Jaguares in Super Rugby. Australia have slumped
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3:44 AM ET Associated Press HIROSHIMA, Japan — Taiwan’s Su-Wei Hsieh overpowered American qualifier Amanda Anisimova 6-2, 6-2 on Sunday to win the Japan Women’s Open. Second-seeded Hsieh converted five of six break points against the 17-year-old Anisimova, who was playing in her first WTA final. Anisimova, who turned 17 only two weeks ago, was
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12:49 PM ET LAS VEGAS — The biggest day in boxing this year and the biggest in 12 months began as many other big days the sport has had over the past 12 years: with Floyd Mayweather dominating the headlines. The problem was Mayweather wasn’t fighting Saturday. He’s retired, hasn’t fought in over a year
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9:53 PM ET LAS VEGAS — Jaime Munguia retained his junior middleweight world title for the second time as he easily disposed of Brandon Cook in a third-round knockout victory on Saturday night on the Gennady Golovkin-Canelo Alvarez II undercard at T-Mobile Arena. Munguia hurt Cook with a left to the body in the opening
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3:34 AM ET LAS VEGAS — Canelo Alvarez put an end to Gennady Golovkin’s historic middleweight title reign on Saturday, in a majority decision victory at T-Mobile Arena. Golovkin’s WBC and WBA belts were on the line, in a highly anticipated rematch of last year’s controversial draw. The second fight lived up to the hype,
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12:55 AM BST Wallabies coach Michael Cheika doesn’t expect Lukhan Tui will join the team for their Rugby Championship tour after indicating his desire to sit out the remainder of the season. A distraught Tui told teammates he needed to take a break from rugby after his altercation with a spectator who had allegedly pushed
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