ESPN Australia

ESPN Australia is a round-the-clock sports channel available in both Australia and New Zealand. Originally launched as Sports ESPN on the Optus Vision cable service, the channel primarily featured sports from its parent network in the United States, such as American football, baseball, and basketball. To broaden its appeal to local audiences, ESPN Australia has started broadcasting more football events, including the FA Cup, World Cup qualifiers, and Major League Soccer. The channel's programming also includes rugby matches and various other sports.

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Thunder crush Grizzlies; sixth team to win playoff game by 50

4 days ago | espn.com.au | Dave McMenamin

OKLAHOMA CITY -- The Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Memphis Grizzlies 131-80 in Game 1 of their Western Conference playoff series Sunday, the fifth-biggest margin of victory in NBA postseason history. Jalen Williams scored 20 points, and Chet Holmgren had 19 points and 10 rebounds. Oklahoma City, which finished the regular season with a league-best 68-14 record, looked every bit the part of an overall No. 1 seed.
Astros' Lance McCullers latest setback is stomach ailment

4 days ago | espn.com.au | Jesse Rogers

HOUSTON -- Astros pitcher Lance McCullers Jr. had another setback in his return from elbow surgery when he was scratched from a minor league rehabilitation start because of a stomach illness. The 31-year-old right-hander had been slated to pitch for Double-A Corpus Christi. Astros manager Joe Espada said Saturday that McCullers required an IV. McCullers has not pitched in the major leagues since the 2022 World Series.
Ingrid Lindblad fires 63, shares lead in LPGA's LA Championship

5 days ago | espn.com.au | Mark Schlabach |Paolo Uggetti

LOS ANGELES -- Ingrid Lindblad took a share of the lead into the weekend at El Caballero Country Club in only the fourth start of her rookie season on the LPGA Tour. Lindblad shot a career-best 9-under 63 in cool conditions Friday afternoon to join Ashleigh Buhai atop the leaderboard at 13-under 131 in the JM Eagle LA Championship. "I feel like if you put the work in, like eventually it's going to show up," said Lindblad, the 25-year-old former LSU star from Sweden.
Joel Dahmen fires course-record 62 at Corales Puntacana

6 days ago | espn.com.au | Paolo Uggetti

PUNTA CANA, Dominican Republic -- Joel Dahmen was eight shots behind before he even teed off Thursday, and then set the course record with a 10-under 62 to take a two-shot lead in the Corales Puntacana Championship. Dahmen, whose lone PGA Tour victory was four years ago at this opposite-field tournament in the Dominican Republic, finished with three birdies over his last four holes on the Corales course at Puntacana Resort.
LaLiga secures five teams in 2025-26 Champions League

6 days ago | espn.com.au | Dale Johnson

LaLiga will join the Premier League in having five teams in the Champions League next season after it secured the second of the extra places for performance by clubs across the three European competitions. Two leagues are rewarded with a European Performance Spot (EPS), which was introduced last season as part of a revamp to expand the Champions League to a 36-team competition.
Jessica Pegula, Coco Gauff reach Porsche Grand Prix quarters

6 days ago | espn.com.au | Simon Cambers

STUTTGART, Germany -- Third-ranked Jessica Pegula cruised into the quarterfinals of the Porsche Grand Prix with a 6-1, 6-1 victory over Magdalena Frech on Thursday. Pegula, who won the Charleston Open title this month, needed just 59 minutes to oust her Polish opponent at the indoor clay-court tournament. The third-seeded American will next face Ekaterina Alexandrova in a rematch of their Charleston semifinal. Alexandrova advanced by beating sixth-seeded Mirra Andreeva 6-3, 6-2.
Ukraine's Lesia Tsurenko sues WTA for 'emotional distress'

6 days ago | espn.com.au | Simon Cambers

NEW YORK -- Ukrainian tennis player Lesia Tsurenko has filed an amended lawsuit that accuses the WTA Tour and its chairman, Steve Simon, of a breach of contract, negligence and the "negligent infliction of emotional distress" because of the way it has handled Russian and Belarusian players amid the war in Ukraine.
Heat eliminate Bulls from play-in, advance to play Hawks

1 week ago | espn.com.au | Ohm Youngmisuk

CHICAGO -- Tyler Herro scored 38 points, and the Miami Heat dominated the Chicago Bulls 109-90 on Wednesday night to advance in the Play-In Tournament. Herro scored 23 points as Miami grabbed a 71-47 halftime lead, and the Heat knocked the Bulls out of the Play-In for the third year in a row. They play at Atlanta on Friday for a chance to meet top-seeded Cleveland in the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs. The Hawks lost to Orlando on Tuesday.
PGA Tour suspends Wesley Bryan for participating in LIV-backed event

1 week ago | espn.com.au | Mark Schlabach |Paolo Uggetti

The PGA Tour has suspended Wesley Bryan for participating in a LIV Golf-backed event two weeks ago. The tour has not commented, though Bryan told Monday Q, which first reported the suspension, that he wasn't informed how long the ban would last, and indicated he would follow the tour's appeals process. Bryan, 35, is attending but not competing this week in the Corales Puntacana Championship in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, where he finished second last year to Billy Horschel.
Justin Rose 'tormented,' coping with close call at Masters

1 week ago | espn.com.au | Mark Schlabach |Paolo Uggetti

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. -- The farther Justin Rose drove from Augusta National only made him realize how close he came to winning the Masters. His phone kept buzzing on the way to Hilton Head Island, one text after another, all of them with the same message that applauded his remarkable rally and offered commiseration and condolences for his runner-up finish to Rory McIlroy. Rose started the final round seven shots out of the lead, too far back to think about winning.