Associated Press Jul 19, 2023, 07:47 PM ET PALERMO, Italy — Second-seeded Zheng Qinwen beat Diane Parry on Wednesday to reach the quarterfinals of the Palermo Open. Zheng found it tougher than her 6-0, 6-0 victory over Sara Errani in the opening round but eventually prevailed 7-5, 3-6, 6-3. She will next face seventh-seeded Emma
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Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterJul 19, 2023, 07:06 PM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Iowa defensive lineman Noah Shannon will not attend Big Ten media days next week because of his involvement in the NCAA investigation into sports gambling at the school. Senior linebacker Jay Higgins will
Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterJul 19, 2023, 05:50 PM ET The UFC is looking for a new main event for its first card of August. Umar Nurmagomedov is out of his scheduled headliner against Cory Sandhagen, sources confirmed Wednesday with ESPN. The UFC is seeking a new opponent for Sandhagen, a top bantamweight contender, for
Mike Coppinger, ESPNJul 19, 2023, 05:17 PM ET Errol Spence Jr. said a coin flip will determine who will walk out second when he meets Terence Crawford for the undisputed welterweight championship on July 29 in Las Vegas. Spence, who holds the WBA, WBC and IBF titles, will battle Crawford, the WBO champion, for welterweight
Australia 299 for 8 (Labuschagne 51, Marsh 51, Woakes 4-52, Broad 2-68) vs England For a cricketer so often shorn of the limelight, the opening day of this fourth Ashes Test at Emirates Old Trafford was one hell of a moment for Chris Woakes to set himself apart. Stuart Broad became only the second seamer
Mike Coppinger, ESPNJul 19, 2023, 04:50 PM ET Luis Alberto Lopez will defend his IBF featherweight title vs. Joet Gonzalez on Sept. 15 in Corpus Christi, Texas, sources told ESPN. Lopez, ESPN’s top boxer at 126 pounds, will headline a “Top Rank on ESPN” show for the first time in the U.S. The 29-year-old from
ESPN News Services Jul 19, 2023, 03:58 PM ET The Winnipeg Jets signed center Gabriel Vilardi to a two-year, $6.875 million deal, the team announced Wednesday. The 23-year-old restricted free agent had been scheduled for an arbitration hearing July 28. Vilardi arrived in Winnipeg in the June 27 trade that sent winger Pierre-Luc Dubois to
Jul 19, 2023, 11:33 AM ET The Brooklyn Nets and Cleveland Cavaliers will play a regular-season game in Paris next season. The clash, which will be the NBA’s third regular-season game in the French capital, will be played at Accor Arena on Jan. 11, 2024. The Nets previously have played in Paris, having done so
Jul 19, 2023, 01:41 PM ET The Seattle Kraken extended the contract of coach Dave Hakstol through the 2025-26 season Wednesday. Financial terms of the deal were not announced by the team for Hakstol, who was named as a Jack Adams Award finalist for coach of the year after guiding the Kraken to a 100-point
Former AlphaTauri driver Nyck de Vries has spoken out for the first time since being sacked by Red Bull. De Vries has been replaced at Red Bull’s junior team by Daniel Ricciardo, effective from this weekend’s Hungarian Grand Prix onwards, and dropped from its driver programme entirely. De Vries, who impressed as a stand in