Month: July 2021

7:13 PM BST The British & Irish Lions got their South Africa tour off to a winning start as Josh Adams scored four tries at Ellis Park on Saturday, beating their Johannesburg namesakes 56-14 in a stiff early examination against the surreal backdrop of empty stands. Louis Rees-Zammit dotted down the first try of the
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7:30 PM ET Atlanta Hawks star Trae Young will play against the Milwaukee Bucks in Saturday’s Game 6 of the Eastern Conference finals, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski and Malika Andrews. Young sat out the past two games with a bone bruise in his right foot, suffered when he stepped on an official’s foot along
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4:57 PM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — The Indians got back one of their key missing pieces Saturday, activating catcher Roberto Perez from the injured list. A two-time Gold Glove winner, Perez has been out since undergoing surgery on his right index finger in May. He initially got hurt when he got crossed up on
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4:26 PM ET Veteran forward Mikhail Grigorenko, on the cusp of unrestricted free agency in the NHL, decided to return instead to the KHL on Saturday, agreeing to a three-year contract with CSKA Moscow, the league announced. Grigorenko, 27, a 2012 first-round selection of the Buffalo Sabres, had four goals and 12 points for the
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3:57 PM ET ESPN News Services Washington Nationals outfielder Kyle Schwarber is expected to miss time after suffering a “significant” hamstring strain during Friday’s game, manager Dave Martinez told reporters. Gerardo Parra is set to replace Schwarber for Saturday’s game against the Los Angeles Dodgers as the Nationals evaluate their plan going forward, Martinez said.
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3:44 PM BST Ireland survived some brilliant attacking Japanese play to gain revenge for their shock 2019 World Cup defeat with a 39-31 win in an entertaining and free-scoring match at the Aviva Stadium on Saturday. While Ireland struck first and outscored the visitors by three tries to two to lead narrowly at the break,
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11:55 AM ET Simon Cambers Nick Kyrgios had to retire after the second set of his third-round match with Felix Auger-Aliassime at Wimbledon on Saturday because of an abdominal injury, which is also likely to end his doubles partnership with Venus Williams at the All England Club. Kyrgios called the trainer and had a medical
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12:58 PM ET Associated Press Mike Tobey scored 27 points and grabbed 12 rebounds, and Luka Doncic was one rebound shy of a triple-double as Slovenia eased past Venezuela 98-70 on Saturday in the semifinals of an Olympic qualifying tournament in Kaunas, Lithuania. Slovenia needs just one more win to earn a trip to the
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1:53 PM ET Star forward Giannis Antetokounmpo has been ruled out of Game 6 as the Milwaukee Bucks look to clinch a berth in the NBA Finals on Saturday, the team announced. Antetokounmpo also missed Milwaukee’s win in Game 5 after he suffered a hyperextended left knee late in Game 4. A timetable for the
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2:07 PM ET Marc J. Spears Former NBA star Reggie Theus is expected to be named the athletic director and men’s head basketball coach at Bethune-Cookman University next week, sources told ESPN’s The Undefeated. Theus replaces Ryan Ridder as Bethune-Cookman’s men’s basketball coach. Ridder left for the same position at University of Tennessee-Martin on March
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