10:52 AM ET Associated Press SHENZHEN, China — Maria Sharapova returned to competitive tennis with a 6-2, 7-6 (3) win against Timea Bacsinszky in the first round of Shenzhen Open on Monday. Sharapova cut her campaign short in September to recover from a shoulder injury. The fifth-seeded Russian, a semifinalist here last year, hit 23
Month: December 2018
8:34 AM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” In November 2017, when baseball free agency ground to an unexpected halt, teams claimed that there was no nefariousness to the industry’s sudden sheepishness in signing players. They were simply waiting for
12:00 AM ET Nick Parkisnon Floyd Mayweather dusted off the boxing gloves to deliver a boxing masterclass and stop Japanese kickboxer Tenshin Nasukawa in the first round on New Year’s Eve. The former five-division world champion — now 41 — floored Nasukawa three times before the end of the first round of a three-round welterweight
7:47 AM ET Donnie Nietes, one of the Philippines’ all-time great boxers, succeeded in his quest to win a world title in a fourth division on Monday. Nietes claimed a hard-fought split decision victory against Kazuto Ioka to win a vacant junior bantamweight belt in the action-packed main event of a world title tripleheader at
9:31 AM ET Jeff WagenheimESPN Amanda Nunes had just shown herself to be the Baddest Woman on the Planet. But then pure emotion took over. Moments earlier on Saturday night, the 30-year-old Brazilian had stunned the mixed martial arts world by knocking out the unstoppable Cris Cyborg in 51 explosive seconds in Los Angeles. And
8:14 AM ET Jeff WagenheimESPN Amanda Nunes had just shown herself to be the Baddest Woman on the Planet. She could no longer maintain that tough exterior. Moments earlier on Saturday night, the 30-year-old Brazilian had stunned the mixed martial arts world by knocking out the unstoppable Cris Cyborg in 51 explosive seconds in Los
3:00 AM ET Adelaide Strikers 4 for 175 (Ingram 75, Carey 59, Sams 2 for 24) beat Sydney Thunder 6 for 155 (Ferguson 47, Siddle 3-20) by 20 runs Peter Siddle‘s three-wicket haul and half-centuries from Alex Carey and Colin Ingram gave Adelaide Strikers their second win of the Big Bash League 2018-19, as they
5:43 AM ET Mashrafe Mortaza has secured the Narail-2 seat in Bangladesh’s national elections, winning over 96% of the votes in his constituency. His result is part of Awami League’s landslide victory, their third consecutive win in the country’s general elections. He becomes the first active international cricketer to be a member of parliament in
Paolo Bandini and Mina Rzouki discuss the abuse aimed at Kalidou Koulibaly during Napoli’s 1-0 defeat to Internazionale on this weeks’ Serie Awesome podcast. Police have arrested a leader of Inter Milan’s hardcore “ultras” fan group following the death of a supporter during clashes with visiting Napoli fans last week. The ANSA news agency reports
Samir Nasri was unveiled by West Ham on Monday. He is available to begin playing with the club on Jan. 1, 2019. West Ham have signed free agent Samir Nasri until the end of the 2018-19 campaign with the French midfielder having completed an 18-month doping ban, the Premier League side said on Monday. The
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