Former NBA champion Bryn Forbes is back in police custody. The 30-year-old, who last played for the Minnesota Timberwolves, was arrested Tuesday on a third-felony family violence charge after allegedly assaulting a family member by choking and strangulation. Forbes was taken to Bexar County Jail. He remains jailed as of Tuesday afternoon on a $7,500…
Feb 10, 2024, 04:43 PM ET GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Former Florida women’s tennis coach Andy Brandi, whose teams compiled a .914 winning percentage over 17 seasons and won three national championships, has died. He was 72. The Gators said Brandi died Thursday in Boca Raton following an illness. Under Brandi’s direction, Florida won 14 Southeastern…
An Argentina friendly in China next month was canceled on Friday in more fallout from Lionel Messi failing to play in an Inter Miami exhibition match in Hong Kong. World Cup champion Argentina, captained by Messi, last month scheduled a tour of China during the international break March 18-26. Games were lined up against Nigeria…
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Jeff Borzello, ESPN Staff WriterFeb 5, 2024, 07:30 AM ET Close Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. The dust has settled from the most loaded weekend schedule of the entire regular season, a stretch that featured four matchups involving two top-10 teams. There were nine losses this past week…
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For United States coach Gregg Berhalter, having the 2026 World Cup final played in New Jersey adds another layer of incentive, as he grew up close to MetLife Stadium, the venue that will host the championship match of the expanded 48-nation, 104-game tournament. “If there wasn’t motivation already to try to get to the final,…
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CNN — Iga Świątek won her third French Open in four years with a 6-2 5-7 6-4 victory against the unseeded Karolína Muchová in the women’s final on Saturday. For much of the match, it seemed as if the world No.1 would dominate in the same fashion as she had done to win her other…
DealsSports 02 February 2024, 5:23 pm 1 minute Reuters exclusively reported that Saudi Arabia-backed sports fund SRJ was in exclusive talks to back a new cycling league, which Reuters also exclusively reported was in the works back in October. The country is targeting yet another sport to upend in the wake of previous investments in…
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RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to Washington on Tuesday said she was disappointed by recent criticism from tennis legends Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova about Saudi money flowing into the sport. The retired players, winners of 18 Grand Slam singles titles each, wrote an opinion column in The Washington Post last week saying the Women’s Tennis…
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In a major development, the International Cricket Council (ICC) Sunday lifted its ban on Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) with immediate effect. ICC suspended Sri Lanka’s membership during the ICC World Cup 2023 in November due to their government’s constant interference in board affairs. “The International Cricket Council lifted the ban on Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC)…
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Frustration among organisers is evident, turning an anticipated visit into a debacle for Ronaldo and his team Ronaldo’s Al Nassr takes regular bus in China following tour postponement.—Reuters/file Days after Al Nassr’s Cristiano Ronaldo apologised for the delayed friendlies in China, the fallout continued as the team was seen travelling in a regular bus instead…
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