On a perfect Sunday for Pedro Cachin, he collected his first tour-level title at age 28 then shared courtside hugs with his girlfriend and kisses with their pet dog. Cachin’s tears flowed quickly after his first…
Islam Makhachev’s next title defense is no longer a mystery. The UFC lightweight champion will defend his belt versus former champ Charles Oliveira in a rematch in the main event of UFC 294 on Oct. 21 in…
Isaiah Mobley had 28 points and 11 rebounds, and the Cleveland Cavaliers captured the NBA 2K24 Summer League championship with a 99-78 triumph Monday over the Houston Rockets. This was the Cavaliers’ first title since the summer league went…
In a brilliant, gutsy performance Sunday in the Wimbledon final, world No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz collected his second Grand Slam title in less than a year, defeating seven-time Wimbledon champ Novak Djokovic 1-6, 7-6 (6), 6-1, 3-6, 6-4 and…
Jon Jones’ days in MMA might be numbered. The all-time great told Fox Sports Australia in an interview published Tuesday that his plan is to defend the UFC heavyweight title versus former champion Stipe Miocic in November…
Max Holloway is still one of the best featherweight fighters in the world, which has been the case for the better part of a decade. The former UFC featherweight champion defeated Arnold Allen via unanimous decision (49-46,…
Mikel Arteta has rejected suggestions Arsenal buckled under the pressure of the Premier League title race after allowing a two-goal lead to slip in Sunday’s 2-2 draw at West Ham but stated they must quickly develop a ruthless streak. Arsenal went…
Cristiano Ronaldo was mocked by league rivals Al-Feiha on social media after he left the pitch in anger after they held Al Nassr to a frustrating goalless draw on Sunday. The result saw Al Nassr suffer…
After some starts and stops, the UFC 288 main event is now official. Aljamain Sterling will defend his UFC bantamweight title versus former champ Henry Cejudo on May 6 in Newark, New Jersey, the promotion officially announced Friday.…
Alycia Baumgardner’s first defense of her WBC, IBF and WBO titles will come versus Elhem Mekhaled as the co-feature on the Amanda Serrano-Erika Cruz card on Feb. 4 in New York City, a source confirmed…
Emanuel Navarrete and Liam Wilson have agreed to a deal for a WBO junior lightweight title fight on Feb. 3 in Glendale, Arizona, a source told ESPN. Navarrete was set to meet Oscar Valdez in…
John Ryder claimed the WBO world interim super middleweight title after Zach Parker was forced to pull out at the end of the fourth round with a suspected broken right hand. Ryder (32-5, 18 KOs),…
Canadians Eugenie Bouchard and Gabriela Dabrowski and their partners are through to the doubles semifinals of the Chennai Open tennis tournament. Bouchard, from Westmount, Que., teamed with Belgium’s Yanina Wickmayer for a 5-7, 6-3, 12-10…
Leigh Wood’s WBA featherweight title defense versus Mauricio Lara, scheduled for Sept. 24, is off after the champion suffered an injury during training. Wood (26-2, 16 KOs), 34, who pulled off a dramatic last-round stoppage…
Leon Edwards has shocked the MMA world. With a head kick in the final round of a fight he was losing handily, Edwards knocked out Kamaru Usman to collect the UFC welterweight title in the main event of…
Mauricio Pochettino has been sacked as Paris Saint-Germain coach just months after leading the team to the league title. The club is yet to announce the departure of the Argentine, but sources have told it was agreed…
Jiri Prochazka hit Glover Teixeira with everything he had — hard jabs, uppercuts, knees up the middle and combinations to the body. Teixeira gave it all back and then some. He landed huge overhand rights and left hooks,…
Manchester City won the Premier League title for a fourth time in five years after surviving an almighty scare on an amazing final day of the season. Starting one point ahead of Liverpool with a better…
Pep Guardiola has stated Manchester City have let Liverpool “have a life” in the Premier League title race after the 2-2 draw at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday. City twice led versus Jurgen Klopp’s team, first through Kevin de Bruyne and then Gabriel…
One top Bellator star will be defending her belt next month. Another will be giving up his title. Bellator president Scott Coker stated Wednesday on The MMA Hour that Cris Cyborg will defend her women’s featherweight title…
Daniil Medvedev earned his first major title by defeating Novak Djokovic at his own game in a stunning upset Sunday in the US Open men’s final. Medvedev denied Djokovic a victory that would have given him the…
Terence Crawford is inching closer to the biggest fight of his career. After Top Rank and PBC failed to complete a deal for Crawford to defend his title versus Shawn Porter by Friday’s deadline, the…
Andy Murray moved into the field for the US Open on Monday when another past champion at Flushing Meadows, Stan Wawrinka, pulled out because he still is recovering from foot surgery. Murray is a former No. 1…
Jamel Herring and Shakur Stevenson are finally going to get their hands on each other after months and months of verbal sparring. “We are in agreement with everything,” Stevenson’s manager, James Prince, told ESPN on…
Amanda Nunes, the pound-for-pound best female fighter in the UFC, will have to wait a little longer for the next defense of her bantamweight championship. She tested positive for COVID, UFC chief business officer Hunter…
The prospect of winning an Olympic gold medal for Serbia outweighs the disappointment of playing in an empty venue at the Tokyo games, the men’s world tennis No. 1 Novak Djokovic stated on Monday. Djokovic considered pulling…
The ball went from Chris Paul to Devin Booker and didn’t stop moving until Deandre Ayton scored after every Suns player had touched it. The 10-pass sequence was the prettiest play of the NBA Finals and the kind the one-man show…
Formula One champions Mercedes are fighting against the odds now in their title battle with Red Bull, team boss Toto Wolff stated after Sunday’s Austrian Grand Prix dealt a fifth successive defeat. Once-dominant Mercedes started…
Mike Mason has often shied away from sizing up the high jump competition ahead of major championships, but two weeks ago he watched online as five men reached or surpassed 2.30 metres in Florence, Italy.…
Novak Djokovic came all the way back after dropping the first two sets to defeat Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-7 (6), 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 in the French Open final Sunday for his 19th Grand Slam title. Djokovic’s second…
