Month: November 2019

3:17 PM ET Turron DavenportESPN Close Covered Eagles for USA Today Covered the Ravens for Baltimore Times Played college football at Cheyney University CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Tennessee Titans cornerback Malcolm Butler went down with what appeared to be a severe wrist injury just before halftime of their Week 9 game against the Panthers. Butler was
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2:37 PM GMT Pieter-Steph du Toit has been named World Rugby Player of the Year to cap his weekend after featuring prominently for South Africa as the Springboks defeated England in the Rugby World Cup final. Du Toit, 27, won the award from Springboks teammate Cheslin Kolbe, Wales captain Alun Wyn Jones, New Zealand backrower
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11:30 AM GMT TOKYO — The Rugby World Cup is back in South Africa’s hands after a phenomenal display against England in the final. With the dust settling on the tournament, it is the perfect time to reflect on the past six weeks of world-class rugby and attempt to pick our team of the tournament.
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Nov 1, 2019 Associated Press SHANGHAI — Rory McIlroy thought he did everything he needed to win the HSBC Champions on Sunday, and then Xander Schauffele made him do a little more. McIlroy delivered all the right shots in the playoff, smashing driver down the fairway and hitting 4-iron into 25 feet on the par-5
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1:29 PM GMT TOKYO — RFU CEO Bill Sweeney will seek talks with England coach Eddie Jones to extend his contract through to the 2023 Rugby World Cup once the dust has settled on their heartbreaking defeat to South Africa. Jones is contracted with the RFU through to August 2021 and Sweeney ideally wants the
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12:30 PM ET AUSTIN — Lewis Hamilton says he still finds it strange to see his achievements recognised by athletes such as NFL star Tom Brady, despite being on the verge of a sixth Formula One world championship. Hamilton can win the title at Sunday’s U.S. Grand Prix by finishing eighth or higher. Ahead of
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11:05 AM ET Associated Press PARIS — Novak Djokovic beat a nervous Denis Shapovalov 6-3, 6-4 Sunday to win his fifth Paris Masters final and 34th overall Masters title to move one behind all-time leader Rafael Nadal. Shapovalov had a walkover into his first Masters final because the second-ranked Nadal pulled out of their semifinal
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6:43 AM ET Wingers Makazole Mapimpi and Cheslin Kolbe scored South Africa’s first tries in a World Cup final as the Springboks out-gunned England 32-12 to win the trophy for the third time and reassert the supremacy of the southern hemisphere on Saturday. Superb game management, set piece dominance, brutal defence and almost flawless place-kicking
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