1:18 PM ET Associated Press MONTREAL — The Montreal Canadiens have agreed to terms on a four-year contract extension with forward Paul Byron. The deal, which has an average annual value of $3.4 million, was announced Sunday. The 29-year-old Byron had 20 goals and 15 assists in 82 games with the Canadiens last season and
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1:16 PM ET Associated Press WUHAN, China — Daria Kasatkina recorded her first victory over Lesia Tsurenko in three attempts in the first round of the Wuhan Open on Sunday as US Open champion Naomi Osaka was forced to pull out of the tournament because of a viral illness. Kasatkina, the No. 13-seeded Russian, defeated
12:12 PM ET England’s Tom Lewis shot a final-round 66 to beat Australia’s Lucas Herbert to the Portugal Masters title. Lewis, who picked up his second win on the European Tour, seven years after winning the same event in Vilamoura, started the day three shots behind overnight leader Herbert but started brightly to take control.
12:52 PM ET Former bantamweight world titlist Luis Nery has had his suspension lifted by the WBC and is scheduled to return to the ring on Oct. 6. In June, the sanctioning organization suspended him from participating in any bouts the WBC was involved in for six months, retroactive to his failing to make the
3:00 AM ET Toss Bangladesh chose to bat v Afghanistan play 2:10 The Match Day team look ahead to Afghanistan and Bangladesh’s Super Four clash, with both sides fighting to stay alive in the Asia Cup Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza decided to bat in their Super Four clash against Afghanistan in Abu Dhabi. They handed
10:52 AM ET Paris Saint-Germain came from behind to beat Rennes 3-1 and open up a five-point lead at the top of Ligue 1. An Adrien Rabiot own goal put hosts Rennes ahead in the 11th minute. Angel Di Maria had PSG back on level terms at the end of the first half before goals
7:56 AM ET With Mick Schumacher’s form in junior racing categories becoming increasingly difficult to ignore, Ferrari says the door would always be open to the German driver in future. The Schumacher name is synonymous with Ferrari — Mick’s father Michael won five of his seven world championships with the Italian team at the start
6:45 AM ET Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show LONDON — Here are some thoughts of what we learned from WBA-IBF-WBO world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua’s seventh-round stoppage win over Alexander Povetkin at
3:38 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Nottinghamshire have announced the signing of England Lions batsman Joe Clarke from Worcestershire on a four-year deal. Clarke, 22, had been widely tipped to leave Worcestershire, with Trent Bridge his likeliest destination. Worcestershire’s chief executive, Matt Rawnsley, said the club “did everything that we could” to hold on to the
3:02 PM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports RICHMOND, Va. — As Brad Keselowski rattled off three consecutive wins to create a scenario where NASCAR’s “Big 3” had won just once in the last six races, there was some talk that