Month: October 2018

11:41 AM BST KweseESPN Staff Jean Deysel has announced his retirement from rugby due to injury. The former Springboks flanker, who joined Ulster from Guinness PRO14 rivals Munster in 2017, made his decision because of a “combination of lower-body injuries and various niggles”. Deysel, who won four caps for South Africa, the last against Australia
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11:37 AM ET Associated Press SINGAPORE — Angelique Kerber held her nerve and held her serve, a combination that helped the Wimbledon champion beat Naomi Osaka 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 on Wednesday at the WTA Finals. Kerber saved 13 of the 18 break points she faced, including five in the final game of the first set,
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5:37 AM ET Home favourite Dominic Thiem is through to the second round of the Erste Bank Open 500 in Vienna. The top seed was in confident form hitting seven aces against Belgian Ruben Bemelmans on his way to a 7-5, 7-6 (5) victory. Thiem will next play American Sam Querrey, who came through a
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3:17 AM BST Israel Folau is set to play for Australia to the end of 2022 after reportedly signing a four-year contract extension with the Wallabies and NSW Waratahs. The 29-year-old superstar put pen to paper on the new deal some time ago, but Rugby Australia and Waratahs have kept the announcement under wraps, according
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12:21 AM ET DETROIT — Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid may have lost to the Detroit Pistons on Tuesday night, but there is a place he might have won. In Pistons center Andre Drummond‘s head. “I think I own a lot of real estate in his head,” Embiid told reporters after the Sixers’ 133-132 loss
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