4:22 AM BST The Crusaders and Blues defeated the Chiefs and Highlanders in Round 8 of Super Rugby Aotearoa over the weekend. The results mean the tournament is alive for a further week, though a win for the Crusaders at home to the Highlanders will be enough for them to secure a trophy in four
Month: August 2020
12:05 PM ET Lewis Hamilton said he was not panicked by the puncture he sustained on the final lap of the British Grand Prix, despite it almost robbing him of what had looked like a routine win. Hamilton and Mercedes had been comfortable until Valtteri Bottas’ front-left tyre failed on lap 50 of 53. 1
8:20 PM ET Entering the bubble, it appeared the end of the San Antonio Spurs‘ historic postseason streak was all but a formality. But two games in, including a 108-106 win over the Memphis Grizzlies on Sunday, the Spurs are right back in it, jumping to ninth and only two back of Memphis. “At the
10:28 PM ET With postseason games played throughout the day, the NHL’s restarted season has been compared to March Madness. So it was only appropriate that the Colorado Avalanche defeated the St. Louis Blues with a buzzer-beater. Center Nazem Kadri scored a power-play goal with 0.1 seconds left in the third period, breaking a tie
10:46 PM ET Associated Press TRUCKEE, Calif. — Richy Werenski holed a flop shot from the fairway on the par-4 16th for a five-point eagle and birdied the last for a one-point victory over Troy Merritt on Sunday in the Barracuda Championship. Werenski won for the first time on the PGA Tour, scoring 13 points
8:00 AM ET Nobody expected the job to be easy, but new Boston Red Sox chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom certainly didn’t expect this. As the Red Sox close out their first series of the season against the rival New York Yankees on Sunday night (7 p.m. ET, ESPN), Bloom has just closed out his
9:50 PM ET Associated Press WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. — The New York Empire won the World TeamTennis title Sunday, with Coco Vandeweghe and Nicole Melichar surviving a championship point against the Chicago Smash. The Empire edged the expansion Smash 21-20, with the title decided in a super tiebreaker. With the match in extended play
12:47 AM ET Saturday’s UFC Fight Night card was a cold dose of reality for a pair of fighters who appeared to be on the precipice of major breakthroughs. Edmen Shahbazyan ran into the stiff offense of Derek Brunson and suffered the first loss of his career, and Joanne Calderwood saw her immediate title hopes
6:15 PM ET Harry Kettle The coronavirus pandemic has made the transfer market uncertain — and you can find out when the windows open here — but here are the rumours floating around Europe’s big leagues and beyond. TOP STORY: Aubameyang still wants big Arsenal signing Arsenal forward Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang wants to see the club
7:03 PM ET Associated Press LOUDON, N.H. — Brad Keselowski won at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Sunday for his third victory of the NASCAR season and 33rd of his career. Keselowski and Denny Hamlin swapped stage wins and had the lead a combined 18 times before Keselowski, who is in a contract year for