4:27 PM ET Associated Press Top-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas beat Grigor Dimitrov 6-1, 6-4 to advance to the Barcelona Open quarterfinals, which will be played just hours later on Friday. Tsitsipas converted six of eight break point chances to stay on course to claiming a second consecutive clay-court title after winning Monte Carlo last weekend. After
4:29 PM ET Associated Press Defending champion Sorana Cirstea advanced to the semifinals at the clay-court Istanbul Championship by defeating Julia Grabher of Austria 7-5, 6-1 on Friday. The Romanian last year ended a 13-year wait for her second career singles title when she upset Elise Mertens in the final. Cirstea will next play third-seeded
4:11 PM ET Associated Press STUTTGART, Germany — Top-ranked Iga Swiatek ended US Open champion Emma Raducanu‘s first clay tournament run with a 6-4, 6-4 win Friday to move into the Stuttgart Open semifinals. Swiatek extended her win streak to 21 matches and moved closer to what would be a fourth consecutive title after victories
1:37 PM ET IMOLA, Italy — Lewis Hamilton is hoping to salvage a result from this weekend’s Emilia Romagna Grand Prix after qualifying 13th on the grid ahead of Saturday’s sprint qualifying race. The seven-time champion failed to make the top-ten shootout in Friday’s qualifying session after struggling for performance in wet conditions. Saturday’s sprint
6:55 AM ET Jordan Reid Matt Miller Welcome to the final 2022 NFL draft notebook of the season. Analysts Jordan Reid and Matt Miller spill all the latest news and rumors from around the league surrounding what’s sure to be one of the most exciting draft classes in quite some time. With less than one
Apr 21, 2022 BOSTON — Red Sox manager Alex Cora tested positive for COVID-19 and will miss the team’s three-game road trip against the Rays that begins Friday. Cora, who is vaccinated and boosted, has been experiencing mild symptoms. He had been living in a hotel room for the past week after one of his
4:32 AM ET Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah has said the issue with signing a new contract at Anfield is not all “about the money” as he admits he does not know whether an agreement will be found. In an interview with Four Four Two magazine, Salah, whose existing deal expires in June 2023, said he
2:31 PM ET Vegas Golden Knights goalie Robin Lehner is undergoing season-ending surgery for a lower-body injury, sources told ESPN on Friday. Lehner suffered the injury in a March 8 loss to the Flyers in Philadelphia. He left the team’s road trip to receive more testing after the initial injury and missed Vegas’ next several
Lancashire289 for 3 (Bohannon 142*, Wells 59) lead Gloucestershire 252 (Harris 67, Dent 52, Higgins 51*, Hasan 6-47) by 37 runs Josh Bohannon made the fourth century of his first-class career and the Gloucestershire bowler, Jared Warner, was a little responsible for it. In the 13th over of the morning’s play, Warner struck Bohannon a
6:34 AM ET Formula One star Lewis Hamilton, who is part of a consortium bidding to buy Chelsea, has said he was forced to support Arsenal as a child, although he now describes himself as a “sporting fan.” Hamilton and tennis star Serena Williams have joined a consortium led by Sir Martin Broughton to buy