8:14 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff It’s not often that the Chennai Super Kings find themselves struggling at the start of an IPL season. This time round, though, they lost key players even before the tournament began, and an injury to Ambati Rayudu has weakened their batting to the extent that they’ve fallen out of contention
1:58 PM ET The UFC women’s featherweight and bantamweight champion can add another title to her collection: mother. Amanda Nunes and her fiancée, UFC fighter Nina Ansaroff, had their first child Friday. Ansaroff gave birth to a daughter, Raegan Ann Nunes. Nunes and Ansaroff each made the announcement on social media. “Speechless,” Nunes tweeted. Nunes,
11:13 AM ET Miguel Berchelt’s mandatory defense of his WBC junior lightweight title against Oscar Valdez is being targeted for Dec. 12, multiple sources close to both teams told ESPN on Thursday. The fight will air on ESPN. Originally planned for Nov. 7, the Berchelt-Valdez date was moved due to Top Rank’s intention of staging
12:51 PM ET KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee, wanting to solidify its commitment to coach Jeremy Pruitt and the direction he is taking the program, has added two years to his contract and rewarded him with a $400,000 annual raise, the school announced Thursday. Discussions about sweetening Pruitt’s deal started in January but were put on
2:44 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — Tampa Bay Buccaneers tight end Rob Gronkowski doesn’t appear to be fazed by his slow start in Bruce Arians’ offense — one that has rendered him with just two catches on four targets and 33 routes run, for 11 receiving yards in two games. He’s taking things in stride
6:51 AM ET DWYANE WADE SPENT just one season playing alongside Jimmy Butler in Chicago, but that was all that was needed to form a deep — and familiar — impression. “He’s a Heat guy,” Wade later told Erik Spoelstra, the coach of Wade’s longtime franchise, the Miami Heat. Spoelstra probably didn’t need the future
9:19 AM ET One of the biggest middleweight title fights in recent UFC history is officially set. Israel Adesanya and Paulo Costa both successfully made weight Friday in Abu Dhabi ahead of the UFC 253 main event. Adesanya weighed 184 pounds and Costa was 185 pounds. Adesanya questioned Costa’s ability to make the 185-pound limit
1:00 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Los Angeles Dodgers star Mookie Betts supplanted New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge on Friday for baseball’s top-selling jersey in his first year on the West Coast. Judge’s pinstriped No. 99 had been the most popular uniform in the majors for three straight years, but he’s been
9:07 AM ET Former Ferrari team principal Stefano Domenicali will replace Chase Carey as Formula One boss, it was confirmed on Friday. As reported earlier this week, Domenicali will take on the roles of CEO and president of the sport. Existing CEO Carey, who had already signalled his intention to retire, will move into a
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