Month: October 2019

11:44 AM ET No. 8 seed Ekaterina Alexandrova is through to the semifinals of the Linz Open in Austria after beating Germany’s Laura Siegemund on Thursday. Alexandrova, 24, edged Siegemund 7-6(1), 2-6, 6-4 in a closely fought contest that saw five broken serves during a tense final set. The Russian will be looking to go
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10:00 AM BST Italy legend Sergio Parisse has labelled the decision to cancel their final Rugby World Cup pool match “ridiculous” and accused World Rugby of a lack of respect. With Typhoon Hagibis due to hit on Saturday, World Rugby announced Thursday that both England-France and New Zealand-Italy were being cancelled as pre-emptive measures. Italy
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9:12 AM ET Associated Press TOKYO — Two-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka says she intends to represent Japan at next year’s Tokyo Olympics. Osaka, who plays under a Japanese flag in WTA events and the Fed Cup, told national broadcaster NHK that she has started proceedings to choose Japanese citizenship. She holds dual nationality
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7:04 AM ET Associated Press SHANGHAI — John Isner served his 1,000th ace of the season but it wasn’t enough to stop defending champion Novak Djokovic from moving into the Shanghai Masters quarterfinals with a 7-5, 6-3 win on Thursday. Top-seeded Djokovic is on a 24-0 sets winning streak in Asia dating back to last
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9:13 AM ET I watched a Los Angeles Kings vs. Calgary Flames game this week. Not by mistake. Not because I fell asleep with Center Ice streaming. I watched it because of pure, uncut, mutual animosity. The rivalry between Kings defenseman Drew Doughty and Flames forward Matthew Tkachuk managed to surpass the trash-talk-laden hype leading
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4:49 AM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” LOS ANGELES — The slow-moving disaster that ruined the Los Angeles Dodgers‘ season began at 8:31 p.m. local time Wednesday and concluded 52 minutes later. A future Hall of Fame pitcher whose
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