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Sam Marsden, Barcelona correspondentJun 21, 2023, 05: 00 AM ETBARCELONA, Spain — Barcelona coach Xavi Hernandez has spoken without filters about his transfer plans for the summer. Top of his wish list was Lionel Messi and a replacement for the departing Sergio Busquets. However, Messi has already slipped away, announcing his intention to join Major… […]

ESPN Aug 8, 2024, 03:26 PM ET IBF featherweight champion Luis Alberto Lopez defends his belt against Angelo Leo in the main event of a Top Rank on ESPN card at Tingley Col iseum in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on Saturday (ESPN/ESPN+, 10 p.m. ET). Lopez’s last loss was in May 2019 and he has won […]

Alexa Philippou Close Alexa Philippou ESPN Covers women’s college basketball and the WNBA Previously covered UConn and the WNBA Connecticut Sun for the Hartford Courant Stanford graduate and Baltimore native with further experience at the Dallas Morning News, Seattle Times and Cincinnati Enquirer Michael Voepel Close Michael Voepel ESPN.com Michael Voepel is a senior writer […]

Associated Press Aug 11, 2024, 12:03 AM ET PARIS — Three German swimmers became ill after competing in the open water races at the Paris Games, though it was not immediately clear if the long-polluted Seine River was responsible for their sickness. The swimmers were not identified in a statement released Saturday by the German […]

ESPN News Services Aug 10, 2024, 03:52 PM ET First they put the bar up higher. Then they lowered it. Wherever they put the bar, American Shelby McEwen and world indoor champion Hamish Kerr of New Zealand couldn’t clear it. The two high jumpers, who could have decided to tie and both get a gold […]

The road to Masai Russell’s gold medal in the women’s 100m hurdle (1:02) Check out how Masai Russell became a gold-medal winning Olympian in the women’s 100m hurdle final. (1:02) ESPN News Services Aug 10, 2024, 01:55 PM ET America’s Masai Russell won a photo finish Saturday in the women’s 100-meter hurdles, where the biggest […]

Associated PressJun 19, 2023, 12: 12 PM ETLOS ANGELES — Eight-time major champion Tom Watson wants answers on the PGA Tour’s new business partnership with Saudi backers of LIV Golf, asking in a letter Monday to commissioner Jay Monahan whether the deal was the only way to solve the tour’s financial hardship.That was one of… […]

ESPNJun 19, 2023, 07: 33 PM ETNew Zealand refused to appear for the second half of their friendly against Qatar in Austria on Monday after allegations of racial abuse toward defender Michael Boxall by an opponent.It was one of two such occurrences in Austria on Monday, with Ireland’s football association saying its under-21 team had… […]

playLakers or Clippers? Stephen A. declares his better fit for CP3 (2: 51)Stephen A. Smith explains why Chris Paul would be a better fit with the Lakers over the Clippers. (2: 51)ESPNJun 19, 2023, 03: 58 PM ETChris Paul said he was “surprised” by the reported trade that sent the future Hall of Fame point… […]

ESPN News ServicesJun 19, 2023, 03: 28 PM ETCINCINNATI — Joey Votto put on the Viking helmet and cape. He felt right at home.Votto homered and hit a go-ahead, two-run single in his return to the Reds’ lineup after a 10-month absence that followed surgery, helping Cincinnati extend its longest winning streak in a decade… […]