1:11 AM BST Australia have been forced into a late change on the eve of their Rugby Championship clash with Argentina after hooker Folau Fainga’a was ruled out of the contest in San Juan and replaced by Lachlan Lonergan, who will make his first test start. Fainga’a took a blow to the head in training
12:31 AM ET Two weeks into training camp, Jordan Love was a more accurate, more effective quarterback who has drawn praise from Green Bay Packers coach Matt LaFleur. LaFleur isn’t going to let Love’s three-interception performance in the preseason opener change that. He largely absolved his backup quarterback of responsibility for the turnovers in Friday’s
5:48 PM ET Associated Press MONTREAL — – Fourth-seeded Casper Ruud of Norway routed hometown favorite Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-1, 6-2 on Friday in the National Bank Open quarterfinals. “It was one of those days where everything goes in one favor and luckily it was in my favor,” Ruud said after reaching his third Masters 1000
5:37 PM ET Associated Press TORONTO — Two-time champion Simona Halep beat Coco Gauff 6-4, 7-6 (2) on Friday to reach the National Bank Open semifinals. Halep, the 30-year-old from Romania, won the event in Montreal in 2016 and 2018. She will face seventh-seeded Jessica Pegula, a 6-3, 6-3 winner over Yulia Putintseva of Kazakhstan.
11:50 PM ET Associated Press SNOQUALMIE, Wash. — K.J. Choi closed with a birdie, eagle and birdie for a 5-under 67 and a share of the first-round lead in PGA Tour Champions’ Boeing Classic on Friday. Choi, the 52-year-old South Korean player who won last year at Pebble Beach for his lone senior title, was
9:14 PM ET Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. — J.J. Spaun hopes he’s only getting started on the road to the FedEx Cup finale. Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy and Jordan Spieth will have to wait another week. As for Jason Day, his season is over. Spaun made a late birdie for a 3-under 67 to take
2:16 PM ET UFC president Dana White says fighter pay in the organization won’t change dramatically while he is in his current position, telling GQ in a video published Thursday that he believes fighters “get paid what they’re supposed to get paid.” The topic of fighter pay has been a hot-button issue in MMA for
6:56 PM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson, for the first time, apologized to the women who have accused him of sexual misconduct during massage sessions in an interview Friday. “I want to say that I’m truly sorry to all of the women that I have impacted in this situation,” Watson said
7:06 PM ET Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Rory Sabbatini can get a full PGA Tour card for next season, courtesy of the players who have signed up with Saudi-funded LIV Golf and have been suspended. The circumstances evolve from the PGA Tour’s decision to make sure suspended players do not affect the eligibility criteria
6:54 PM ET Associated Press DENVER — Wynton Bernard is getting his chance to play in the major leagues a decade after he was drafted by the San Diego Padres. The Colorado Rockies selected Bernard’s contract from Triple-A Albuquerque on Friday. He was penciled in to bat seventh and play center field against the Arizona