Month: November 2020

3:02 PM GMT England centre Emily Scarratt scored a penalty in the dying seconds as the world’s top-ranked women’s team battled to a 25-23 victory over France at Twickenham on Saturday in the second of their two November internationals. The Red Roses came into the game having won 10 of their last 11 meetings with
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11:58 AM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The New England Patriots plan to activate running back Sony Michel off injured reserve Saturday, a source confirmed, which will add depth behind the team’s new No. 1 rusher, Damien Harris. Coach Bill Belichick foreshadowed Michel’s return on Wednesday, saying the running back was working hard and would “hopefully”
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12:50 PM ET Associated Press LONDON — The Tennis Integrity Unit has banned Bulgarian player Aleksandrina Naydenova for life and fined her $150,000 for match-fixing offenses. Naydenova “had partaken in match-fixing activity multiple times between 2015 and 2019,” the anti-corruption body said in a statement Friday. The 28-year-old Naydenova, whose highest WTA singles ranking was
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8:06 AM ET Associated Press MILAN — Italian auto racing champion-turned-Paralympic gold medalist Alex Zanardi was transferred to a hospital in Padua on Saturday to continue his recovery, more than five months after he was seriously injured in a handbike crash. Zanardi underwent several surgeries at hospitals in Siena and later in Milan to stabilize
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12:09 PM ET The Los Angeles Dodgers will begin defense of their World Series championship on the road against the Colorado Rockies as part of an Opening Day quadrupleheader to be broadcast on ESPN on Thursday, April 1. In all, ESPN will cover 11 season-opening games, involving 19 teams, over the first week of the
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10:16 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Yankees closer Aroldis Chapman‘s suspension for throwing near the head of Tampa Bay’s Mike Brosseau was reduced from three games to two after he appealed the decision. Major League Baseball announced the result of the appeal on Thursday. It was heard by special assistant to the commissioner
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3:39 PM ET ESPN News Services The Boston Red Sox have hired Will Venable to be a bench coach on manager Alex Cora’s staff. Venable spent the past three seasons with the Chicago Cubs as a first- and third-base coach after a 12-year career as a major league outfielder, mostly with the San Diego Padres.
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