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2:50 PM BST MELBOURNE — Speechless. There is no other word to describe what happened at Marvel Stadium in Melbourne on Thursday night as one of the most thrilling Bledisloe Cup Test matches ever staged descended into near farcical scenes — and the All Blacks broke Wallaby hearts after the final siren. Even before French

7:47 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN One of the most heated rivalries in boxing history will finally reach its conclusion Saturday when Canelo Alvarez defends the undisputed super middleweight championship against Gennadiy Golovkin at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas (DAZN PPV, 8 p.m. ET). The third fight between Canelo and GGG comes four years after their

7:50 AM ET FOR MAJDI SHAMMAS, the early morning hours of Friday, Sept. 9 in Las Vegas were a manager’s worst nightmare. At approximately 4 a.m. local time, Shammas knew his fighter, Khamzat Chimaev, would not make weight for a UFC 279 main event against Nate Diaz. Chimaev and his team had done all they

4:44 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN The Minnesota Timberwolves said in a statement Monday they were “disappointed” in guard Anthony Edwards for anti-gay comments he made in an Instagram video over the weekend. “We are disappointed in the language and actions Anthony Edwards displayed on social media,” the team said in a statement attributed to team

7:00 AM ET ESPN NFL staff The meeting was supposed to last only 90 minutes. Instead, Russell Wilson and Mark Rodgers spent four hours together over lunch, the future Super Bowl champion and nine-time Pro Bowler presenting his life plans as his soon-to-be agent listened in amazement. This was before the 2010 MLB draft, when

Sep 12, 2022 D’Arcy MaineESPN.com NEW YORK — The tennis major season officially ended this weekend, with Carlos Alcaraz and Iga Swiatek each winning their first US Open titles. 1 Related It was the first of likely many Grand Slam trophies for Alcaraz, 19, and the third for the 21-year-old Swiatek. Both are now the

2:05 PM ET The AP Top 25 college football poll is out after another wild weekend of games. Alabama, which entered the week at No. 1, needed a last-minute drive and Bryce Young heroics to defeat Texas. Two teams (Notre Dame and Texas A&M) that started the week ranked in the top 10 lost to

9:42 PM ET Albert Pujols is one of the greatest hitters of all time, a terrifying force at the plate who racked up three MVP awards and two World Series titles. 1 Related Now, near the end of his incredible career, he’s about to add a rare honor to his collection of achievements. Pujols is

5:29 PM ET Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Noah Gragson outran the rain and Justin Allgaier to win the rain-shortened NASCAR Xfinity Series race Saturday at Kansas Speedway. Gragson survived a two-lap shootout to win the second stage, after which the race was considered official. He used a great restart after the race’s first

6:36 AM ET The Premier League has suspended this weekend’s fixtures as a mark of respect after the death of Queen Elizabeth II at the age of 96. The decision to postpone all matches from Saturday and Monday was taken after a Premier League shareholders meeting on Friday, which was held after an earlier meeting

9:46 AM ET ESPN News Services Several sporting events in Britain have been postponed as a mark of respect following the death of Queen Elizabeth II at the age of 96 on Thursday, with tributes made in her honour throughout the sports world. On Friday, all football fixtures this weekend, including the Premier League, English

Sep 9, 2022 Buffalo Sabres defenseman Owen Power succeeds or fails based on his ability to make split-second decisions. Like choosing a bag of popcorn over a speeding home run ball at a recent Toronto Blue Jays home game. He chose poorly. “It was kind of embarrassing I didn’t get it,” Power said. Power and

2:46 PM ET Former UFC title challenger Thiago Santos has signed an exclusive deal with the PFL, promotion president Ray Sefo told ESPN on Thursday. Santos, 38, will make his PFL debut in 2023 when he competes in the promotion’s season format with a tournament championship purse of $1 million. Santos will fight in the

The rosters for the 14th Presidents Cup are set, and once again the Americans, who have won 11 previous times, seem to be overwhelming favorites. With the U.S. team having five of the top 10 players in the world and 11 of the top 20, the International team faces an uphill climb when play begins

Sep 7, 2022 Three of French rugby’s most prominent figures went on trial on Wednesday accused of offences linked to suspect commercial deals. National federation president Bernard Laporte and top division club Montpellier’s owner Mohed Altrad are charged with influence peddling in connection with sponsorship of the national team. Prosecutors allege that Laporte used undue

8:02 AM ET Two big fights. Each could have been a main event on a card of its own. When Claressa Shields faces Savannah Marshall and Mikaela Mayer fights Alycia Baumgardner on an all-female 10-fight card at the O2 Arena in London on Saturday, it will be another touchstone point for women in boxing. The

4:37 PM ET Free agent center Montrezl Harrell is signing a two-year, $5.2 million deal with the Philadelphia 76ers, sources told ESPN on Tuesday, bringing toughness to a team in search of it this offseason. Harrell was the NBA’s Sixth Man of the Year for the 2019-20 season while playing for the LA Clippers under

8:15 AM ET NEW YORK — Nick Kyrgios promised he’d put on a show. And against the defending champion Daniil Medvedev, the US Open was his stage. He said it took 27 years of perseverance and readjustment to be able to put together that four-set dismantling of the world number one. Kyrgios has always had

7:00 PM ET The 2022 NFL season kicks off Thursday night, when the reigning Super Bowl champion Los Angeles Rams host the Buffalo Bills (8:20 p.m., NBC). Both are among the prime contenders to hoist the Vince Lombardi Trophy at the conclusion of the season. After a wild offseason, we will finally have answers to

2:52 PM ET Texas coach Steve Sarkisian knows the college football world is focused on the Longhorns facing No. 1 Alabama on Saturday, with two of the sport’s biggest brand names facing off for just the 10th time in history. But Sarkisian also is cautioning his team not to get too distracted by all the