Month: October 2019

2:44 AM ET Defending champions New Zealand racked up the biggest points tally of the Rugby World Cup so far by running in 11 tries to hammer a spirited Namibia side 71-9 and charge back to the top of Pool B on Sunday. The bonus point was secured before half time and although there might
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7:55 AM BST KOBE, Japan — Newly-arrived Damian Willemse will start at full-back after South Africa made 13 changes for their Rugby World Cup Pool B clash against Canada in Kobe on Tuesday, where victory will seal a quarterfinal place for the Springboks. Willemse was an injury replacement for centre Jesse Kriel, but has been
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6:59 AM ET Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Jon Rahm shot an eight-under 63 Saturday to match the course record and take a five-shot lead entering the final round of the Spanish Open. The defending champion had a back-nine 28 to charge to the front at the Club de Campo Villa de Madrid. The crowd
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2:54 AM ET On a Saturday in which the top two teams in the AP and coaches’ polls didn’t play, the other College Football Playoff contenders behind Alabama and Clemson held serve without much drama. Georgia, LSU, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Oklahoma and Wisconsin each won by 24 points or more. Florida made the biggest
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7:24 PM ET ESPN’s MMA contributors break down the biggest takeaways from UFC 243: Whittaker vs. Adesanya. Ariel Helwani welcomes the Israel Adesanya era Israel Adesanya made his UFC debut on Feb. 11, 2018. That isn’t a typo. He debuted against Rob Wilkinson on the undercard of UFC 221 a year-and-a-half ago. On Saturday night,
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12:48 AM ET The UFC has a new undisputed champion. And maybe a new superstar on its hands, too. Israel Adesanya knocked out Robert Whittaker with a right-hook-left-hook combination at 3:33 of the second round Saturday in the main event of UFC 243 in Melbourne, Australia. Adesanya unified the middleweight title with the stoppage victory.
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