2:13 PM ET Associated Press Laurie Canter is eyeing a maiden European Tour title after adding a second-round 68 to his spectacular opening 12-under 60 to keep the lead at the halfway stage of the Italian Open on Friday. At 16 under, the Englishman leads by two from compatriot Ross McGowan, with South Africa’s Dean
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12:59 PM ET Steve KimESPN An all-British super middleweight title clash will take place on Dec. 4, when WBO titlist Billy Joe Saunders faces Martin Murray at the SSE Arena in Wembley. This will be the second title defense for Saunders (29-0, 14 KOs) and his first fight in 2020. “I am very happy to
12:38 PM ET Associated Press NEWARK, N.J. — Lindy Ruff completed his New Jersey Devils staff, hiring Chris Taylor as an assistant coach and Dave Rogalski as the goaltending coach. General manager Tom Fitzgerald announced the moves Friday. Ruff previously retained Alain Nasreddine and hired Mark Recchi. Taylor started his professional coaching career with Rochester
By Dafydd JonesBBC Sport Wales Last updated on 23 October 202023 October 2020.From the section Cycling Ed Laverack loves cycling uphill and is very good at it, the best in Britain in fact. However, he will not be able to defend his British Hill Climb title this weekend as Laverack cannot leave locked-down Wales. This
8:21 AM ET The boxing world is still buzzing over Teofimo Lopez Jr.’s defeat of Vasiliy Lomachenko last Saturday night. In an era when many big fights take too long to make or never happen at all, and young fighters are judiciously matched and protected from stern challengers, Lopez was more than willing to put
Max Verstappen and Lance Stroll are under investigation for their involvement in a crash during second practice at the Portuguese Grand Prix. The pair collided as Verstappen tried to overtake Stroll after they had raced down the pit straight. Stroll passed Verstappen at the final corner of the previous lap. Verstappen attempted to pass back
Irishman Sam Bennett continued his superb season by sprinting to victory on stage four of the Vuelta a Espana. Bennett, who won the green points jersey in this year’s Tour de France, reeled in and passed Belgium’s Jasper Philipsen in the final 200 metres, with Italy’s Jakub Mareczko taking third. It is Bennett’s third Vuelta
6:19 AM BST Former Wallabies captain David Pocock has called time on his professional rugby career after 15 years. The 32-year-old, who retired from international rugby after 78 Tests following the World Cup last year, has elected not to see out the final year of his playing contract in Japan. Love Rugby? Australian users can
7:20 AM ET Next season will reintroduce the eight teams that didn’t make the cut for the NBA’s restart this summer in Orlando, Florida. For the Atlanta Hawks, Charlotte Hornets, Chicago Bulls, Cleveland Cavaliers, Detroit Pistons, Golden State Warriors, Minnesota Timberwolves and New York Knicks, the tipoff to the 2020-21 season will be their first
7:00 AM ET ARLINGTON, Texas — Let’s begin with a thought that has been conveyed — directly and indirectly — so often by prominent members of the Los Angeles Dodgers that it might as well be considered a statement of fact: Mookie Betts has exceeded expectations. Now let’s consider why that seems so outrageous: Andrew
Oct 22, 2020 As the NFL approached training camp this summer, its chief medical officer offered a lofty goal for the plan to play amid a pandemic. The league wasn’t going to retreat to a bubble, Dr. Allen Sills said in July at a virtual meeting of the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine. Instead,
7:16 AM ET One of my favorite things anyone has said in the buildup to the UFC 254 main event this weekend came from Khabib Nurmagomedov as he was discussing being on “Fight Island.” Nurmagomedov (28-0, 12-0 in the UFC) will be looking to unify his lightweight championship against interim belt holder Justin Gaethje (22-2,
7:00 AM ET “How did you go bankrupt?” Bill asked.“Two ways,” Mike said. “Gradually and then suddenly.” — — Ernest Hemingway, “The Sun Also Rises” In the present tense, it can seem impossible for a new team to join college football’s ruling class. You fall short again and again, and it starts to feel like
7:36 AM ET Coco Gauff has said she was inspired by Andy Murray after the former world No. 1 highlighted a lack of Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) board members at the Lawn Tennis Association and All England Club. Murray posted a screenshot on Instagram of an interview in which 1996 Wimbledon finalist MaliVai
Valtteri Bottas, Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen carried on the trend of 2020 in leading the field in first practice at the Portuguese Grand Prix. On F1’s first visit to the undulating Autodromo do Algarve, Bottas was 0.339 seconds ahead of Hamilton. Verstappen was 0.781secs off the pace, and narrowly ahead of Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc
The England and Wales Cricket Board says the English game has already lost more than 100 million pound.© Twitter England’s centrally contracted men’s cricketers have agreed to take a 15 percent pay cut as part of cost-cutting measures due to the coronavirus pandemic. The England and Wales Cricket Board says the English game has already
Riders will take team buses part way through stage 19 of the Giro d’Italia after a protest over safety. Concerns were raised over the huge 258km stage from Morbegno taking part in heavy rain, risking riders’ health. Organisers are in discussion with the Professional Cyclists’ Association (CPA) over exactly where to start the stage to
4:21 AM ET Paul Pogba’s Manchester United future is the subject of this week’s ESPN’s Insider Notebook. PLUS: Axel Tuanzebe shows captain material. Jump to: Tuanzebe a United captain in waiting | Fabinho set for new Liverpool deal | Hazard warning for Madrid | Tuchel wanted Suarez, PSG said no | Bale’s golf course bail