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PIF to fund maternity leave, other parental benefits for WTA players
The WTA Tour and Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund announced Thursday that eligible WTA players will receive benefits through the creation of the PIF WTA Maternity Fund Program.,Under the initiative, players will receive up to 12 months of paid maternity leave and have access to grants for ferti...
Dmitry Bivol beats Artur Beterbiev, becomes light heavyweight champ
Dmitry Bivol defeated Artur Beterbiev in the main event of "The Last Crescendo" on Saturday by majority decision in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, becoming the new undisputed light heavyweight champion and handing Beterbiev his first loss.,Bivol (24-1, 12 KOs) -- who won the rematch 114-114, 116-112 and 115-...
Artur Beterbiev, Dmitry Bivol set for rematch in Saudi Arabia
Boxing's "Riyadh Season" continues Saturday night with Artur Beterbiev defending his light heavyweight championships against Dmitry Bivol in a rematch from last October.,Beterbiev (21-0, 20 KOs) won a majority decision against Bivol (23-1, 12 KOs) to win Bivol's WBA title while Beterbiev defended hi...
SEC, Big Ten commissioners promote change in CFP seeding format
Commissioners of the Southeastern and Big Ten conferences hinted that they know how they're going to vote if the issue arises of changing the seeding format for future College Football Playoff tournaments.,Greg Sankey of the SEC and the Big Ten's Tony Petitti would no longer guarantee conference cha...
Every shot counts: LIV announces big scoring change
LIV Golf announced a major scoring change Wednesday on the eve of its season-opening tournament in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.,For the first time in the circuit's history, every player's score in every round will count toward his team's total score.,Last season, the best three scores were taken in the fir...
CFP format still could be subject to ‘tweaks’ in 2025
Could more changes be on the way to the College Football Playoff, which hasn't yet finished its first year with a 12-team field?,There were no major decisions made when the FBS conference commissioners and university presidents convened in Atlanta on Sunday, one day before the national championship ...
Hideki Matsuyama seeks Hawaii sweep at Sony Open
Hideki Matsuyama opened the PGA Tour season in record-breaking style last weekend at the Plantation Course in Kapalua, Hawaii.,The Japanese star will ride a wave of birdies to Honolulu this week as he tries to make it a two-week sweep at the Sony Open in Hawaii, beginning Thursday at Waialae Country...
Players skeptical of NBA's new one-day All-Star Game tournament
Four teams, three games, one night. That's the plan for the 2025 NBA All-Star Game in San Francisco, confirmed after months of discussion around the lack of competitiveness and -- well, defense -- in the 2024 event. ,The NBA adopted a new one-night tournament with three teams comprised of eight All-...
Matt Eberflus Needs To Start Skimming Job Boards and Get Out of Football
After another late-game brain fart that cost the Chicago Bears a victory against the Detroit Lions on Thanksgiving, it's time for Matt Eberflus to hang up the headset....
Chicago Bears Offense Stuck in Neutral as They Face NFC North Gauntlet
The Chicago Bears fired offensive coordinator Shane Waldron as their offense continues to look bad with rookie quarterback Caleb Williams continuing to get sacked....
Report: NASCAR considering playoff format changes
NASCAR is reviewing its playoff format and is considering making changes as soon as next year, the Sports Business Journal reported Tuesday.,Because the season gets underway in February, the short turnaround time means a more extensive overhaul would have to wait until 2026, per the report.,Joey Log...
Sean McVay Says Los Angeles Rams Need to “Clean Up” Sloppy Play, But It’s Probably Too Late
The Los Angeles Rams fell below .500 on Monday Night Football, and their season is slipping away as Sean McVay looks for his team to clean up sloppy mistakes....
Dominic Thiem serenaded in Vienna after farewell match
Former U.S. Open champion Dominic Thiem officially made his farewell from tennis on Tuesday when the 31-year-old Austrian lost a first-round match at the Erste Bank Open to Luciano Darderi in Vienna.,The homecountry fans gave Thiem top-level support but Darderi of Italy posted a 7-6 (6), 6-2 victory...
ATP roundup: Tommy Paul wins in Stockholm, grabs third title of season
Fourth-seeded Tommy Paul topped Grigor Dimitrov, the third seed, 6-4, 6-3 on Sunday to win his second BNP Paribas Nordic Open in Stockholm.,Paul captured his first ATP Tour championship in 2021 in the Swedish capital. Sunday's title is his third of the season, and he didn't lose a set throughout the...
ATP roundup: Jiri Lehecka, Roberto Bautista Agut reach Antwerp final
Czech fifth seed Jiri Lehecka came out on top Saturday in a tough match against eighth seed Marcos Giron to claim a spot in the European Open finals in Antwerp, Belgium.,In a match that came in at just under two hours, Lehecka withstood a second-set assault by Giron then broke the American's serve t...
ATP roundup: Top seeds fall in Antwerp, Stockholm, Almaty
Frenchman Hugo Gaston ousted No. 1 seed Alex de Minaur of Australia 6-3, 3-6, 7-5 as the top three seeds all bowed out of the European Open quarterfinals on Friday in Antwerp, Belgium.,Gaston converted 3 of 4 break points and finished with a 36-26 edge in winners, including a 20-8 advantage in the t...
ATP roundup: Frances Tiafoe gets past Daniel Evans in Almaty
No. 1 seed Frances Tiafoe smashed 21 aces without a double fault to defeat British qualifier Daniel Evans 6-7 (10), 7-6 (4), 6-3 in two hours and 39 minutes in the second round of the Almaty Open in Kazakhstan on Thursday.,The American charged back from a 4-1 deficit in the first-set tiebreaker and ...
ATP roundup: Milestone victory for Tommy Paul in Stockholm
Tommy Paul won his career-best 42nd singles match on tour this season, as the fourth seed defeated Laslo Djere 6-2, 7-6 (2) on Wednesday at the BNP Paribas Nordic Open in Stockholm.,Paul, who won this event in 2021, recorded seven aces and 27 winners and forced Serbia's Djere to save nine of 12 brea...
ATP roundup: Nicolas Jarry ousts home-country favorite in Stockholm
Fifth seed Nicolas Jarry fended off a match point at the BNP Paribas Nordic Open, topping Sweden's Elias Ymer 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7) in Stockholm on Tuesday.,Jarry won despite putting up 54 unforced errors against 28 winners, absorbing Ymer's 12 aces and falling behind a set. After Jarry failed to capita...
ATP roundup: Justin Engel, 17, wins opener in Kazakhstan
German wild card Justin Engel defeated Hong Kong's Coleman Wong 7-5, 6-4 on the first day of main-draw action at the Almaty Open on Monday in Kazakhstan.,Engel, at 17 years and 13 days old, became the youngest player to win an ATP Tour-level match since a 16-year-old Carlos Alcaraz won in the first ...