Month: April 2024

Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterApr 16, 2024, 08:44 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The biggest fight in the history of women’s boxing will have an even bigger rematch. Two-weight undisputed champion Katie Taylor will once again face Amanda Serrano on July 20 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, as the co-main event of the boxing
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Getty Images World Athletics’ decision to award prize money at the Paris Olympics goes against the Olympic spirit, says the head of cycling’s governing body. World Athletics will become the first federation to offer prize money at an Olympics this summer. Gold medallists in athletics events will earn $50,000 (£39,400). “The Olympic spirit is to
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Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff WriterApr 13, 2024, 11:38 PM ET Close MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Open Extended Reactions The UFC will induct the first chapter of Anderson Silva and Chael Sonnen‘s historic rivalry into its Hall of Fame later this year. Silva and Sonnen met
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James Regan Apr 16, 2024, 09:03 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Anthony Joshua last fought in March, knocking out Francis Ngannou inside two rounds. Richard Pelham/Getty Images British heavyweight Anthony Joshua looks set to headline a major fight at London’s Wembley Stadium in September. Promoters Eddie Hearn and Frank Warren confirmed on Tuesday that Turki Alalshikh,
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Getty Images Anna Shackley, one of Britain’s most talented young cyclists, has been forced to retire aged 22 because of heart issues. The Scot is the reigning British Under-23 road race champion and won bronze in the under-23 event at last year’s World Championships in Glasgow. She was diagnosed with cardiac arrhythmia in January and
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Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterApr 13, 2024, 08:59 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LAS VEGAS — Kayla Harrison‘s UFC debut could not have gone any better. The former two-time Olympic judo champion dominated former champion and combat sports legend Holly Holm, beating Holm with a rear-naked choke submission at 1 minute, 47 seconds of the
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ESPN News Services Apr 16, 2024, 09:23 AM ET The executor of O.J. Simpson’s estate has reversed his stance on working to prevent a payout of a $33.5 million judgment awarded by a jury to the families of Simpson’s ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman in a wrongful death lawsuit. Attorney Malcolm
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ESPN News Services Apr 16, 2024, 08:07 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Blue Jays catcher Danny Jansen is expected to return to the lineup Tuesday night when Toronto goes for a series-clinching victory over the visiting New York Yankees. Jansen opened the season on the injured list after suffering a fractured right wrist when hit
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Tom VanHaaren, ESPN Staff WriterApr 16, 2024, 08:37 AM ET Close ESPN staff writer Joined ESPN in 2011 Graduated from Central Michigan Open Extended Reactions Texas A&M safety Jacoby Mathews entered his name in the transfer portal Tuesday, becoming the 19th scholarship player to enter the portal for the Aggies since November. Tuesday is the
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Getty Images By Matt Warwick BBC Sport Britain’s Lizzie Deignan says she has been “told to push through pain” to get mobility back after breaking her arm. The Lidl-Trek rider crashed heavily during the Women’s Tour of Flanders race in March. “I’ve been told to push through certain levels of pain, particularly because of the
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