Month: October 2018

12:52 PM ET South African wicketkeeper-batsman Quinton de Kock is the IPL’s first trade of 2019, before the auction takes place in mid-December. ESPNcricinfo understands that de Kock, who last year played for Royal Challengers Bangalore, has been traded to Mumbai Indians in an all-money deal. Royal Challengers had bought de Kock for INR 2.8
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10:04 PM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Pressure? What pressure? One driver faces an absolute must-win situation to advance to the third (semifinal) round of the playoffs. Alex Bowman is so far behind in the standings
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11:21 AM BST England lock Courtney Lawes has extended his contract with Northampton Saints until 2021, the Premiership side announced Friday. Lawes, 29, is Northampton’s second-longest serving player, having made his debut as an 18-year-old in 2007, and has extended his current deal by two seasons. Wasps winger Christian Wade is understood to have quit
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11:37 AM ET Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin is off to another furious start, with six goals in his first six games. Where does he rank all time? Who is the NHL’s greatest goal scorer in history? Greg Wyshynski, senior NHL writer: The best goal scorer in NHL history is Alex Ovechkin. This is something
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12:10 PM ET History will remember these Houston Astros as the ones that got unlucky. Specifically, it will remember the fly ball Jose Altuve hit over the wall in Game 4, the extraordinary leap Mookie Betts made for it, and the way that after the ball had landed in the stands, uncaught, it was declared
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10:38 AM BST Former Springboks assistant coach Dick Muir has hailed the progress made by the South African national team under director of rugby and coach Rassie Erasmus. Muir, who was part of the South African coaching staff alongside Peter de Villiers from 2008 to 2011, has enjoyed watching the national side’s turnaround. “I think
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9:38 AM BST The Sharks are peaking at the right time as they prepare to host the Lions in their Currie Cup semifinal on Saturday afternoon, assistant coach Dick Muir believes. The Sharks finished the regular season in second place on the Currie Cup log, having lost only once, to top-of-the-table Western Province, but Muir
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