Month: July 2020

1:12 PM ET UFC strawweight contender Rose Namajunas had successful nose surgery Friday, her team told ESPN. Namajunas told ESPN she broke her nose in the third round of her eventual split decision victory over Jessica Andrade last weekend at UFC 251. The win marked her first in over two years. Namajunas, 28, had not
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1:14 PM ET Goaltenders Connor Hellebuyck of the Winnipeg Jets, Tuukka Rask of the Boston Bruins and Andrei Vasilevskiy of the Tampa Bay Lightning are the three finalists for the 2019-20 Vezina Trophy, it was announced Friday. The NHL’s general managers cast ballots to determine the league’s “goaltender judged to be the best at his
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9:37 AM ET The Deiveson Figueiredo vs. Joseph Benavidez rematch is official — and this time the flyweight title will actually be on the line. Both Figueiredo and Benavidez made weight Friday in Abu Dhabi, coming in at 125 pounds. The two men will compete for the vacant UFC flyweight title at UFC Fight Night
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Two Formula 1 personnel have tested positive for coronavirus in the last week. They are the first positive tests for Covid-19 since a handful of people contracted the virus at the abandoned race in Australia in March. A statement said: “The affected people have been removed from operations and isolated. Tracing of contacts (has been)
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10:22 AM BST Maro Itoje has become the latest England international to commit his future to Saracens despite the team’s relegation to the Championship, the club announced on Friday. Saracens drop into the second tier at the end of the campaign after being relegated for breaching salary cap rules. Despite being relegated, several England internationals
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Lewis Hamilton headed team-mate Valtteri Bottas to a Mercedes one-two in first practice at the Hungarian GP. Hamilton was 0.086 seconds quicker than the Finn despite running harder tyres as Mercedes looked dominant. Racing Point’s Sergio Perez was third, 0.527secs adrift, and 0.437secs ahead of team-mate Lance Stroll. Renault’s Daniel Ricciardo took fifth, from Ferrari’s
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2:54 PM IST Both Cricket South Africa (CSA) and a leading epidemiologist are comfortable that Saturday’s 3TC match will proceed as safely as possible, despite it being played in Gauteng, which is currently seen as the epicentre of the Covid-19 pandemic in South Africa. The exhibition match, which will feature 24 players divided into three
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11:53 PM ET Michigan defensive end David Ojabo has been stuck in his home country of Scotland since March, unable to travel back to the United States. Ojabo had flown to Aberdeen, Scotland, before the COVID-19 outbreak, thinking he would be home for only a few weeks. As the virus spread and was designated a
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