Month: April 2019

10:28 AM BST Ireland international Bundee Aki has apologised for ‘liking’ a controversial social media post from Australian star Israel Folau. Folau, 30, declared on his Instagram account that “hell awaits” homosexuals, drunks, adulterers, liars, fornicators, thieves, atheists and idolaters. Aki liked the post at the time but he has now taken to Twitter to
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8:00 PM ET BRISBANE, Australia — Former world welterweight champion Jeff Horn says he would relish an opportunity to fight Mexican superstar Canelo Alvarez and prove to everyone he is no one-fight-wonder. Horn (19-1-1, 13 KOs), 31, famously defeated Manny Pacquiao in 2017 to become top dog in the welterweight division, but it didn’t last
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10:13 AM ET Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza and Jack Hermansson both made weight Friday for their UFC Fight Night main event on Saturday in Sunrise, Florida. Souza (26-6, 1 NC), who has been promised a shot at the middleweight championship with a victory, hit the scale at 185.5 pounds. Hermansson (19-4) weighed 185. The UFC is
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7:00 AM ET Emily KaplanESPN When the upstart New York Islanders dispatched the Sidney Crosby-led Pittsburgh Penguins in a first-round sweep, we figured we’d be in for an interesting playoffs. Little did we know what was in store. The wacky first round concluded with the Carolina Hurricanes — aka “Bunch of Jerks,” aka the team
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6:38 AM ET Nate Saunders Close F1 Associate Editor • Previously worked in rugby union and British Superbikes • History graduate from Reading University• Joined ESPNF1 in February 2014 Laurence Edmondson Close F1 Editor • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 The Formula One paddock is a busy place that hosts a lot of serious
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7:47 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff English umpire Ian Gould will retire after the 2019 World Cup to finish a 13-year career as an official in the international game. Gould, who played 18 ODIs for England and was part of the 1983 World Cup, joined the ECB’s first-class umpires’ list in 2002 and made his debut
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