9:24 AM ET WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman has said champion Tyson Fury has “no restrictions” ahead of his undisputed bout against Anthony Joshua next year after Dillian Whyte’s stunning defeat to Alexander Povetkin. Fury (30-0-1, 21 KOs) was due to face Whyte (27-2, 18 KOs) in a mandatory defense early in 2021 but the latter’s
Month: August 2020
2:03 PM ET Steve KimESPN Josh Taylor, the WBA/IBF junior welterweight champion, will defend both belts on Sept. 26 against Apinun Khongsong at the BT Sports Studio from London, in a fight that will air on ESPN+. It will be Taylor’s first outing since his victory over Regis Prograis last October in the World Boxing
3:58 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Following a matinee win over the Washington Wizards on Aug. 5, the Philadelphia 76ers gathered at Narcoossee’s, a seafood restaurant on the grounds of the Grand Floridian inside the NBA’s bubble at the Walt Disney World Resort. Cinderella Castle shined bright in the background, but
10:51 AM ET Defensive end Chris Smith signed a one-year contract with the Las Vegas Raiders, agent Drew Rosenhaus told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Smith’s girlfriend, Petara Cordero, was struck and killed last September by a driver on Interstate 90 in Cleveland. She had been a passenger in Smith’s car and exited the vehicle after it
12:42 PM ET Carla Suarez Navarro, a two-time US Open quarterfinalist, has withdrawn from this year’s edition of the event. Suarez, 31, ranked No. 68, had previously withdrawn from the Western & Southern Open, currently underway at the National Tennis Center, citing unspecified health reasons. The US Open will follow immediately, beginning on Aug. 31.
9:36 AM ET A one-of-a-kind Mike Trout baseball card set a record Saturday night as the highest-selling sports card of all time, selling for $3,936,000. The 2009 Bowman Chrome Draft Prospects Superfractor signed rookie card sold at Goldin Auctions online, eclipsing the previous record, which was set in 2016 in the sale of a 1909
10:47 AM ET Lewis Hamilton has called on Pirelli to provide Formula One with better tyres from 2022 onwards. 1 Related Pirelli has been F1’s sole tyre supplier since 2011 — a period of the sport that has been characterised by high levels of tyre degradation. The aim has been to create races with multiple
5:48 PM ET Does the future of the UFC’s women’s featherweight division depend on Megan Anderson upsetting champion Amanda Nunes? And does Anderson have much of a chance? Those are two questions that surfaced from this past Friday’s news that the fight is being targeted for December. And what about Fedor Emelianenko protege Vadim Nemkov
2:53 AM BST Former All Blacks captain Kieran Read is to make a surprise return to New Zealand rugby for Counties Manukau in the country’s Mitre 10 Cup provincial championship that starts next month. Read, 34, left New Zealand after last year’s Rugby World Cup and played under his former All Blacks coach Steve Hansen
8:29 AM BST Australian rugby has made great strides over the last couple of months, and the inclusion of their Super Rugby teams in a joint competition with New Zealand is the next logical step, All Blacks coach Ian Foster believes. New Zealand and Australia have held their own editions of Super Rugby this year
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