1:01 PM ET Former bantamweight world titleholder Luis Nery of Mexico faces Philippines’ Jason Canoy in a fight that will air live on ESPN+ in the United States at 11 p.m. ET on Saturday from the Gasmart Stadium in Tijuana, Mexico. Nery won a bantamweight title against Shinsuke Yamanaka in 2016, but lost it in
Month: October 2018
1:54 PM ET Liam Brickhill Blind cricket in South Africa has been rocked by soaring highs and emotional lows over the course of the last week. On Tuesday, Ferdi Boer became the first South African visually impaired cricketer to hit a T20 double-hundred during a successfully staged provincial tournament. But, by the end of the
The Super Clasico between Chivas and America will dominate discussion this weekend but there are plenty of intriguing Liga MX matchups on the docket. We have a look. Tigres-Club America tops packed weekend schedule If Tigres and Club America faced off in the 2018 Apertura final in a couple of months time, not many would
11:40 AM ET To paraphrase Robert Burns: The best-laid schemes of mice and men, often last just the first 40 minutes of a team’s season. Fun. Free. Easy. Create or join a league and play ESPN Fantasy Hockey! Sign up for free! Yes, after all of the preseason planning by coaches, all of the scheming
5:47 PM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports DOVER, Del. – Jimmie Johnson is over the finish Sunday at the Charlotte Motor Speedway road course. Kind of. “I’ve moved on and did have a good week, but there are a couple
10:16 AM ET Egan Bernal has signed a five-year deal with Team Sky that will keep him with the Tour de France winners until 2023, the team announced Friday. The 21-year-old Colombian, who is seen as a top prospect in road cycling, has enjoyed a strong first year as a professional with Sky, winning in
3:00 AM ET Big Picture South Africa have walked a narrow line between tryouts and continuity in this series, and they are clearly still in phase one of Vision 2019 : experimentation. The first two ODIs against Zimbabwe saw new players in pivotal positions and old players trialled in unfamiliar ones. In both games, stand-in
9:29 AM ET Richard Gasquet will face Kei Nishikori in the semifinals of the Japan Open after the Frenchman defeated No. 2 seed Kevin Anderson 7-6(6), 7-6(4) on Thursday. Gasquet won a crucial game late in the second set, breaking Anderson as he was serving to level the match to force a second tiebreak. The
10:58 AM ET Associated Press BEIJING — Naomi Osaka powered into the semifinals of the China Open on Friday with a come-from-behind 3-6, 6-4, 7-5 win over hometown favorite Zhang Shuai. The US Open champion repeatedly found the net in the first set before regaining her rhythm, taking Zhang to five break points in the
10:20 AM BST New Zealand coach Steve Hansen sees Saturday’s Rugby Championship test against South Africa as a chance to lay down an early marker for when the two rugby superpowers clash at next year’s World Cup. The Springboks host the All Blacks at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria in the last game for both in