Liverpool will start the 2020-21 English Premier League season as the reigning champion, but oddsmakers don’t see the club as the favorite to win a second consecutive title. The Premier League released its 2020-21 schedule on Thursday, unveiling a new season that begins on Sept. 12. Liverpool Begins Title Defense […]
The second edition of the Pogchamps online streaming chess tournament begins on Friday with 16 of the most popular Twitch streamers on the planet battling it out for bragging rights and a $10,000 grand prize. While the tournament shares many similarities with the first Pogchamps event, the sequel also features […]
With more top-ranked players dropping out of the tournament, bettors are finding limited options for wagering on the US Open at sportsbooks as oddsmakers scramble to reshuffle their futures markets. Women’s World No. 2 Simona Halep became the most recent notable competitor to drop out, announcing her decision on Monday. […]
Magnus Carlsen won twice on Wednesday to take the sixth set from Hikaru Nakamura in the Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour Final, forcing a seventh and final set on Thursday. The epic match between the two elite grandmasters is knotted up at three sets each, with Nakamura taking the lead on […]
Jon Jones officially ended his latest run as the UFC light heavyweight titleholder on Monday, saying that he’s vacating the 205-pound weight class’ top spot. Jones (26-1) has fought at light heavyweight for essentially his entire MMA career, and hasn’t lost a bout since a disqualification vs. Matt Hamill back […]
Paris Saint-Germain will take on RB Leipzig in the first Champions League semifinal, a battle between two managers who once worked together more than a decade ago. PSG boss Thomas Tuchel coached Leipzig manager Julian Nagelsman 13 years ago when both found themselves on the Augsburg reserve squad. Tuchel Gave […]
Magnus Carlsen took advantage of a tactical error in the third game of his match against Hikaru Nakamura on Monday, allowing him to win the set 2.5-1.5 and to even up the series at two sets apiece. The World Champion nearly broke through in the first game of the match, […]
Stipe Miocic finished his trilogy of heavyweight championship fights with Daniel Cormier with another win, scoring a unanimous decision victory over the former titleholder. Miocic (20-3) won 49-46, 49-46, 48-47 to retain his UFC heavyweight crown in the main event of UFC 252 on Saturday. Miocic Pulls Away in Late […]
Chase Elliott picked up his third straight NASCAR Cup Series road race win, beating Denny Hamlin to the line by .202 seconds to win the GoBowling 235 at the Daytona International Speedway Road Course. Elliott earned his second win of the season and continued a road course winning streak that […]
The two best heavyweight MMA fighters in the world – and perhaps two of the greatest heavyweights of all time – will fight a rubber match on Saturday, as Stipe Miocic and Daniel Cormier battle for a third time in the main event of UFC 252. Cormier (22-2) won the […]
Manchester City enters the last Champions League quarterfinal on Saturday as a massive favorite over Lyon, though manager Pep Guardiola remains wary of the French side. The winner of Saturday’s match will take on Bayern Munich in the semifinals on Aug. 19. City Seeks Champions League Breakthrough City failed to […]
Bayern Munich comes into its Champions League quarterfinal red hot, but Barcelona isn’t backing down in what promises to be a fierce clash between the European rivals on Friday. The two sides have been engaged in a war of words leading up to the match, especially after some individuals associated […]
The world’s two top lightweight boxers will meet in the ring this fall as Vasiliy Lomachenko and Teofimo Lopez have agreed to terms on a title unification fight. Lomachenko (14-1, 10 KOs) holds the WBA and WBO titles, while Lopez (15-0, 12 KOs) boasts the IBF championship in the division. […]
DraftKings became the first operator to offer brick-and-mortar sports betting in the state of New Hampshire this week, opening a sportsbook at The Brook in Seabrook. The opening comes eight months after DraftKings and the New Hampshire Lottery launched the state’s first mobile sports betting offering in December 2019. The […]
Magnus Carlsen stumbled along the way, but was able to pull out a victory in blitz tiebreakers on Wednesday to eliminate Ding Liren and advance in the Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour Final. Carlsen won Wednesday’s match by a 3.5-2.5 score, winning the overall semifinal with Ding three sets to one. […]
Atletico Madrid will try to reach the semifinals for the fourth time in seven years as the Spanish side takes on RB Leipzig in the second Champions League quarterfinal. Atletico comes into the match as a slight favorite, but must contend with a difficult opponent and the sudden appearance of […]
Tuesday proved to be a pivotal day for the 2020 college football season, as both the Big Ten and the Pac-12 postponed their seasons until at least spring 2021. But other conferences are refusing to budge, meaning there may still games played – and perhaps even a champion crowned – […]
Hikaru Nakamura finished off a straight-sets victory over Russian grandmaster Daniil Dubov on Tuesday to book his place in the championship match of the Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour Finals. Nakamura took Game 3 of Tuesday’s mini-match, winning as Black to put Dubov on the verge of elimination. Nakamura Avenges Lindores […]
First-timers Atalanta will try to keep their incredible run alive as they battle French champions Paris Saint-Germain in their Champions League quarterfinal match in Lisbon on Wednesday. The Champions League is concluding with single-elimination games in the Portuguese city after nearly five months off due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Atalanta […]
The St. Louis Cardinals have only played five games so far in the shortened 2020 Major League Baseball season, due to a COVID-19 outbreak that has kept the team out of action since July 30. But MLB commission Rob Manfred remains confident that the Cardinals can play a “credible†schedule […]
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