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ESPN News Services Aug 6, 2024, 07:32 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PARIS — Kellie Harrington beat Yang Wenlu of China by split decision in the final of the lightweight category at the Paris Olympics on Tuesday to retain her crown and become the first Irish boxer to win back-to-back gold medals. After clinching victory,

ESPN News Services Aug 6, 2024, 03:02 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PARIS — France had an ugly couple of days following its group-stage finale loss to Germany. It turned them into possibly its prettiest performances of the Olympic tournament to far. Guerschon Yabusele scored 22 points after being inserted into the starting lineup, Victor

Adam Teicher, ESPN Staff WriterAug 6, 2024, 02:17 PM ET Close Covered Chiefs for 20 seasons for Kansas City Star Joined ESPN in 2013 Open Extended Reactions ST. JOSEPH, Mo. — Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice said Patrick Mahomes has been a supportive teammate through his legal issues this year. “He’s been very

Associated Press Aug 6, 2024, 03:53 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LINCOLN, Neb. — Nebraska offensive lineman Teddy Prochazka has suffered a season-ending knee injury for the third time in four years, coach Matt Rhule announced Tuesday. The 6-foot-10, 315-pound junior was in line to be the starting left tackle. He tore the anterior cruciate

Aug 6, 2024, 09:30 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The college football landscape has undergone massive changes. Just look at the Big 12. Out are the Oklahoma Sooners and Texas Longhorns, who joined the SEC. In are the Utah Utes, Arizona Wildcats, Arizona State Sun Devils and Coach Prime’s Colorado Buffaloes. After leaving the Pac-12,

Jean-Philippe Mateta headed home the decisive goal in extra time as France beat Egypt 3-1 in the semifinals of the Olympic men’s soccer tournament on Monday. The dramatic finish sets up a world-class final between hosts France and Spain, who beat Morocco 2-1 earlier in the day, at the Parc des Princes in Paris on Friday. Egypt led

Aug 5, 2024, 01:20 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Niclas Füllkrug has signed for West Ham from Borussia Dortmund. Getty Images West Ham have signed German striker Niclas Füllkrug from Borussia Dortmund on a four-year deal, the Premier League club confirmed on Monday. Füllkrug was on the London club’s radar before last season but chose to

Connor O’Halloran Aug 4, 2024, 11:24 AM ET Open Extended Reactions SEINE-SAINT-DENIS, France — After eight years of waiting, the Refugee Olympic Team will win its first medal at an Olympic Games this week. A portion of the team watched on and jumped with joy as boxer Cindy Winner Djankeu Ngamba fought in the women’s

Connor O’Halloran Aug 4, 2024, 06:23 AM ET SEINE-SAINT-DENIS, France — Taiwanese boxer Lin Yu-ting has guaranteed herself a medal after securing victory over Bulgaria’s Svetlana Kamenova Staneva in the women’s 57kg quarterfinals on Sunday. Yu-ting has been the subject of an ongoing controversy in this year’s Olympic boxing event, after the International Boxing Federation

ESPN News Services Aug 3, 2024, 04:04 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Germany ended Canada‘s controversial Olympic run in a penalty shootout in Marseille on Friday to set up a soccer semifinal against the U.S. women’s national team. After a goalless draw through extra time, Ann-Katrin Berger was the hero for Germany, saving two of

ESPN News Services Aug 3, 2024, 05:32 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Brazil beat hosts France 1-0 in Nantes to reach the women’s Olympic soccer semifinals and extend the top-level international career of legendary forward Marta. Marta, a six-time women’s world player of the year, was suspended for the quarterfinal after receiving a red card

Associated Press Aug 3, 2024, 09:21 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PORTLAND, Ore. — Andrea Lee took the lead Saturday in a bid for her second Portland Classic victory in three seasons, shooting a 5-under 67 for a one-stroke advantage over Dewi Weber and Alexa Pano. Lee rebounded from an opening bogey to birdie five

Rich Cimini, ESPN Staff WriterAug 3, 2024, 02:54 PM ET Close Rich Cimini is a staff writer who covers the New York Jets and the NFL at ESPN. Rich has covered the Jets for over 30 years, joining ESPN in 2010. Rich also hosts the Flight Deck podcast. He previously was a beat writer for

Associated Press Aug 3, 2024, 12:15 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Boxer Imane Khelif of Algeria clinched a medal Saturday at the Paris Olympics following days of sharp scrutiny and online abuse as controversy about her gender have exploded into a larger clash about identity in sports. Khelif defeated Anna Luca Hamori of Hungary 5:0

Aug 3, 2024, 06:19 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The International Boxing Association (IBA) will award Italy’s Angela Carini, who lost her welterweight round-of-16 bout against Algerian Imane Khelif at the Paris Olympics in 46 seconds on Thursday, $50,000 in prize money, it said on Friday. Carini pulled out in the first round after the

Aug 3, 2024, 09:17 AM Open Extended Reactions England centre Henry Slade has had surgery in his shoulder. Hannah Peters/Getty Images England centre Henry Slade will be out for three to four months after having shoulder surgery, Exeter Chiefs director of rugby Rob Baxter said on Friday. Slade, 31, sustained an injury during the Six Nations

ESPN News Services Aug 2, 2024, 05:31 PM ET Open Extended Reactions VILLENEUVE-D’ASCQ, France — Victor Wembanyama was lurking. Franz Wagner kept going anyway. He slashed into the middle of the lane, then slipped under the swatting arm of the 7-foot-4 phenom for an emphatic left-handed dunk. It might have been the biggest highlight of

Associated Press Aug 2, 2024, 03:27 PM ET Open Extended Reactions VILLENEUVE-D’ASCQ, France — The post from the Spanish basketball federation to congratulate Rudy Fernandez on his career came immediately after the game, and only one word was necessary. “Gracias.” Fernandez’s sixth and final Olympics — and presumably, the end of his time as a

ESPN News Services Aug 2, 2024, 05:01 PM ET Open Extended Reactions An early goal was enough for France to beat Argentina 1-0 and reach the men’s soccer semifinals at the Paris Olympics on Friday, in a match where the Argentines were booed throughout by a hostile home crowd in Bordeaux. While primarily an under-23

Associated Press Aug 2, 2024, 08:48 AM ET VILLEPINTE, France — The Hungarian Boxing Association says it is sending letters of protest to both the IOC and Hungary’s Olympic committee over Anna Luca Hamori’s quarterfinal matchup with Imane Khelif of Algeria in women’s boxing at the Paris Olympics. Hamori still will accept her fight on