Month: November 2018

11:49 AM ET UFC featherweight Renato Moicano will serve as a backup to the main event at UFC 231 next weekend in Toronto, the promotion announced Wednesday. Moicano (13-1-1), of Brazil, was supposed to fight Mirsad Bektic at UFC 231, however Bektic withdrew due to injury. Rather than pull Moicano off the card, the UFC
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12:31 PM ET UFC star Conor McGregor has been banned from driving for six months after pleading guilty to speeding. McGregor, 30, admitted to driving his Range Rover at 154kph (96mph) in a 100kph (60mph) zone in October 2017 in Co. Kildare, Ireland. The former UFC featherweight and lightweight champion was also fined €1,000 (£880).
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4:06 AM ET Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel has admitted he underperformed at times during the 2018 Formula One season and says he needs time to recover from an “exhausting year”. Despite a strong first half to the year, Vettel was out of title contention with two rounds remaining as he failed to match eventual champion Lewis
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7:49 PM GMT Referee Angus Gardner has admitted that he was wrong not to penalise England co-captain Owen Farrell for his tackle on South African Andre Esterhuizen earlier this month. The Australian official called for a TMO review which ruled Farrell’s last-minute “no-arms” tackle on Esterhuizen to be legal and secured England’s 12-11 victory over
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9:53 AM GMT Referee Angus Gardner has admitted that he was wrong not to penalise England co-captain Owen Farrell for his tackle on South African Andre Esterhuizen earlier this month. The Australian official called for a TMO review which ruled Farrell’s last-minute “no-arms” tackle on Esterhuizen to be legal and secured England’s 12-11 victory over
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12:00 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 Tyson Fury will try to become just the third British heavyweight to win a world title fight on American soil when he faces Deontay
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