Month: February 2020

10:53 AM ET UFC will return to Dublin, Ireland on Aug. 15, 2020 at the 3Arena, the organisation has announced. Conor McGregor delivered a punishing first-round knockout of Diego Brandao, after 11 months out of the sport, in the headline bout when the event came to the city in 2014. 1 Related The event first
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8:00 AM GMT Big picture Well, here we are again, and that’s not meant in a ho-hum, repetitive sense, but rather in the enticing, stay-tuned-for-the-next-episode tone of a trilogy that promises to be a cracker if the cliffhanger first installment is any guide. The tension of South Africa’s one-run victory, achieved on the last ball
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10:06 AM ET Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show Josh Taylor expects to defend his two junior welterweight world titles against Apinun Khongsong in Glasgow, Scotland, in May. WBA-IBF champion Taylor (16-0, 12
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10:25 AM ET Associated Press DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — NASCAR announced a deal with Verizon on Thursday intended to give fans at its 12 racetracks better access for their phones and solve a long-simmering headache over dead zones at the sprawling venues. The deal will improve connectivity at the 12 tracks owned by NASCAR —
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10:00 AM ET Houston Astros players Alex Bregman and Jose Altuve on Thursday apologized in brief statements for their roles in the team’s sign-stealing scheme in 2017. The players were made available at a news conference as the Astros opened spring training in West Palm Beach, Florida. “I am really sorry about the choices that
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8:43 AM ET McLaren has launched its new car for the upcoming Formula One season at an event at its factory in Woking. The former champions hope the new MCL35 will continue the progress the team made last year when it finished fourth in the championship behind F1’s big three, Mercedes, Ferrari and Red Bull.
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9:12 AM ET Former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick will release a memoir sometime this year through a company he has founded called Kaepernick Publishing. Audible will release an audio version of the memoir. “I want to tell the story of my evolution, and the events that led me to protest systemic oppression, in hopes that
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7:20 AM ET While Mercedes has only made minor tweaks to its car’s livery for 2020, Lewis Hamilton has gone radical with the design of his helmet ahead of the new season. Two days before his first drive in his new car at Mercedes’ launch at Silverstone, Hamilton revealed the colour scheme he plans to
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8:08 AM GMT The Hong Kong and Singapore Sevens will be postponed until October due to concerns over the coronavirus outbreak, World Rugby announced on Thursday. Sources had told ESPN that both legs would be rescheduled and the organisation has confirmed the Singapore tournament will take place from Oct. 10-11 and Hong Kong will run
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