Month: February 2023

4:41 PM ET Associated Press RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Panthalassa led all the way to win the $20 million Saudi Cup by three-quarters of a length on Saturday night, relegating trainer Bob Baffert’s horse, Country Grammer, to second place for the second straight year. Japan nearly swept the first four places until Country Grammer rallied
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1:28 PM ET Associated Press DOHA, Qatar — Daniil Medvedev won the Qatar Open on debut when he defeated Andy Murray 6-4, 6-4 in a final matchup of former No. 1s on Saturday. Medvedev converted fast starts in each set. He reached 4-1 in the first and 3-1 in the second. Murray fought but was
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Feb 25, 2023 Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Top-ranked Iga Swiatek was upset by Barbora Krejcikova 6-4, 6-2 in the final of the Dubai Championships on Saturday. Krejcikova closed the tournament by beating the top three players in the WTA rankings: No. 3 Jessica Pegula in the quarterfinals, No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka in
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12:48 PM ET Associated Press FONTANA, Calif. — NASCAR has canceled practice and qualifying sessions for the weekend races at Fontana because of ongoing heavy rains. Both the Cup Series and Xfinity Series drivers will race without practice on the track east of Los Angeles, with the starting orders determined by the metric used to
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9:45 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester United are set to face Wrexham in the United States this summer, sources told ESPN. Wrexham, owned by actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, will face Erik ten Hag’s team in San Diego in July. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more (U.S.) The game will form part of
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6:34 AM ET SAKHIR, Bahrain — Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc set the fastest time of preseason testing so far after clocking a 1:31.024 on the final morning of running at the Bahrain International Circuit on Saturday. The Ferrari driver used the C4 tyre compound — the second softest in Pirelli’s range — to lower the
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