Women’s No. 1 seed Naomi Osaka won’t be defending her US Open championship, as she lost her fourth-round match to No. 13 seed Belinda Bencic to end her run in New York. Bencic secured a 7-5, 6-4 win over Osaka to reach her second career Grand Slam quarterfinal. Knee Injury […]
Zhang Weili took just 42 seconds to make history on Saturday, brutally knocking out women’s strawweight titleholder Jessica Andrade in the first round to become the first Chinese UFC champion. Zhang (20-1) won the title at a UFC Fight Night event in Shenzhen, China, in what proved to be her […]
Vasiliy Lomachenko moved one step closer to reaching his goal of becoming the undisputed lightweight champion on Saturday by overwhelming Luke Campbell to win by unanimous decision. The victory allowed Lomachenko (14-1, 10 KOs) to hold on to his WBA and WBO lightweight titles, while also earning the WBC championship, […]
Novak Djokovic retired from his fourth-round match against Stan Wawrinka at the US Open on Sunday, ending his bid to win back-to-back titles and 17th overall Grand Slam title. Djokovic made the decision to retire due to a shoulder injury that has been bothering him for the last few weeks […]
The field of eight teams that will compete in the WNBA playoffs is already set in stone, but the top teams will still be fighting down the stretch in order to secure key byes through the early rounds of the playoff bracket. Despite the fact that the league’s 12 teams […]
England’s best soccer teams are celebrating, but other European powerhouses could have cause for concern following Thursday’s Champions League group stage draw. Manchester City should face little resistance in Group C, where they will be taking on Shakhtar Donetsk, Dinamo Zagreb, and Italian side Atalanta. Guardiola: Champions League Never Easy […]
American qualifier Taylor Townsend pulled off perhaps the biggest upset yet at the 2019 US Open on Thursday when she upended Wimbledon champion Simona Halep in their second-round match. Townsend came from behind to win 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7-4) to eliminated the No. 4 seed and two-time Grand Slam champion. […]
Vasiliy Lomachenko will look to defend his WBA and WBO lightweight titles – and pick up the vacant WBC belt – on Saturday when he takes on Luke Campbell at the O2 Arena in London, England. Lomachenko comes into the fight as one of the best pound-for-pound boxers in the […]
Zhang Weili will look to become the first Chinese fighter to win a UFC title when she takes on women’s strawweight champion Jessica Andrade in the main event of UFC Fight Night 157 in Shenzhen, China. The card, which features a number of Chinese competitors beyond Zhang, will air early […]
Rain washed out most of the play during Day 3 of the 2019 US Open, though fans were still able to catch some of the biggest attractions in the two roofed stadiums at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, New York. Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer, and […]
Atlanta United continued its recent dominance in American soccer competitions on Tuesday night, beating Minnesota United 2-1 in the US Open Cup final in Atlanta. The victory gave Atlanta its third trophy in the past year, as the club also won the 2018 MLS Cup, then defeated Mexico’s Club America […]
One of the oldest clubs in English soccer will no longer be welcome in the nation’s Football League, as Bury is being expelled by the EFL due to financial problems. Bury, which currently sits in League One – the third tier of English soccer – is the first team to […]
The US Open ended early for some of the best men’s tennis players in the world, as four of the top 10 seeds were ousted in their first-round matches on Tuesday. Leading the way was No. 4 seed Dominic Thiem, who lost to Italy’s Thomas Fabbiano 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2. […]
Veteran NBA guard Jeremy Lin will spend his next season in the Chinese Basketball Association, ending a long offseason in which he was unable to reach an agreement with an NBA team. The Beijing Shougang Ducks announced the signing on Tuesday, saying that they were working with the league in […]
New England Patriots starting center David Andrews may miss the entire 2019 season after being hospitalized with blood clots in his lungs, according to NFL sources first cited by The Athletic. According to ESPN, Andrews was hospitalized for testing, and was released on Monday night. He played in New England’s […]
Serena Williams continued her career-long dominance of Maria Sharapova on Monday with an emphatic win on the opening night of the 2019 US Open. Williams defeated Sharapova 6-1, 6-1 in the marquee matchup of the first day of play at Flushing Meadows. Williams at Her Best vs. Sharapova While the […]
US Women’s National Team star Carli Lloyd has won two Women’s World Cup titles during her career. But her kicking earned her new attention last week when she blasted a 55-yard field goal at an NFL practice last week. Given that she’s known for having a big, accurate leg, Lloyd […]
Stipe Miocic’s knockout win over Daniel Cormier allowed him to regain the UFC heavyweight championship, avenging his July 2018 loss to Cormier in spectacular fashion. For Miocic (19-3), there are really only two options for his next fight: a title defense, or a potential super fight against light heavyweight champion […]
Six Australian Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) players have been arrested for allegedly fixing matches during a tournament, the first time police in the country have launched an investigation into esports match-fixing. Four of the individuals – all men, and all between the ages of 19 and 22 – were from […]
Novak Djokovic is favored to defend his title at the US Open, but the world’s No. 1 ranked player may have to beat both Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal to claim this year’s trophy. The US Open begins on Monday in Flushing Meadows, with 128 players in the men’s and […]
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