12:17 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester United‘s hopes of landing Jadon Sancho before the transfer deadline have been boosted after progress was made on issues surrounding wages and agent fees, sources have told ESPN. United have been struggling to get over the two major stumbling blocks — separate from agreeing a fee with Borussia Dortmund
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Ferrari’s cars will race in a special one-off livery at this weekend’s Tuscan Grand Prix, the team’s 1,000th Formula 1 world championship race. The cars will be dark red, which the team say is a reproduction of the first Ferrari F1 car, the 125 F1 from 1950. Drivers Charles Leclerc and Sebastian Vettel will wear
Rajasthan Royals play their first IPL match on September 22 against Chennai Super Kings.© Rajasthan Royals/Twitter Rajasthan Royals had a royal landing of their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 jersey, quite literally, as it landed on a beach in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) off a plane with a skydiver doing the honours. The players,
11:09 AM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Jimmie Johnson will transition from NASCAR to IndyCar with Chip Ganassi Racing in a partnership that could pair two of the most dominant drivers of this generation on one team. The seven-time NASCAR champion will work with the Ganassi organization to finalize sponsorship on a two-year program
10:28 AM ET Francis Ngannou has taken over the No. 2 spot in ESPN’s heavyweight rankings, thanks to the recent retirement of former UFC champion Daniel Cormier. At light heavyweight, Dominick Reyes has grabbed the second spot after the August defeat of ex-Bellator champ Ryan Bader. Those represent the highest level of flux in the
Lotto Soudal’s Australian rider Caleb Ewan snatched victory on stage 11 of the Tour de France as the sprinters went toe to toe in a thrilling finish. Seven-time green jersey winner Peter Sagan edged out Sam Bennett for second after muscling aside Wout van Aert in the run-in. Irishman Bennett remains in green. Jumbo-Visma safely
9:07 AM ET The recipe for making it to the top of the sport is no secret: Win your fights. But that doesn’t always get a fighter where he or she wants to be, because there can be a traffic jam ahead in the rankings. Sometimes you just have to wait for others to fall
4:13 PM ET Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence emerged as one of college football’s leading voices for social justice reforms this offseason, but he said Tuesday that he doesn’t envision himself as an activist. Lawrence has been the biggest name — if not always the biggest contributor, he noted — among college athletes finding a voice
6:40 AM ET In advance of a 2020 NFL season in which anything and everything appears to be on the table, it only seems right to put together our annual preview of how each of the league’s 32 teams could win the Super Bowl. It might seem wild when last year’s winner wasn’t exactly an
Former Tour de France champion Geraint Thomas moved up to fourth place in the Tirreno-Adriatico after coming 10th on stage three in Italy. The Ineos Grenadiers rider finished alongside fellow Grand Tour champion Simon Yates in a nine-strong group, 20 seconds behind winner Michael Woods. The Canadian EF Pro Cycling rider has a five-second lead
9:28 AM ET Steve Kim Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show Heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua, welterweight contender Egidijus “Mean Machine” Kavaliauskas and unified bantamweight world titlist Naoya Inoue are a few of the
Sachin Tendulkar finished as the top run scorer in ODIs with 18426 runs.© AFP On this day in 1994, legendary India batsman Sachin Tendulkar scored his maiden One-day International century after playing 78 games over a span of five years. It was on this day 26 years ago that Tendulkar amassed the first of his
7:00 AM ET The National League playoff race is a mess. If you like “Hoarders,” “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” or the finale of “Game of Thrones,” you are certainly enjoying this mad scramble of mediocrity in Major League Baseball’s senior circuit. With less than three weeks left in the season — and many
7:25 AM ET You’ve heard the maxim before: The NBA is a make or miss league. But it’s never been more true than in these playoffs. As the best basketball league in the world leans further and further into 3-point shooting, success from beyond the arc is increasingly deciding who wins the highest-stakes games to
7:00 AM ET Anna Katherine Clemmons Close Anna Katherine Clemmons is a contributing writer for ESPN The Magazine. If you spend time with Oakland Athletics pitcher Liam Hendriks, you will quickly notice one thing: he likes to talk. And when he has a venti Starbucks in hand — possibly his third or fourth of the
11:47 PM BST England rugby captain Owen Farrell has been handed a five-match ban for an illegal tackle during Saracens’ defeat at the hands of Wasps on Saturday. Farrell, 28, received the first card of his career when he produced a high and reckless challenge on Wasps teenager Charlie Atkinson after the hour mark. Farrell
6:36 AM ET The Vegas Golden Knights evened their series with the Dallas Stars after an underwhelming Game 1 loss. Can the New York Islanders do the same in the Eastern Conference after being shelled 8-2 by the Tampa Bay Lightning on Monday? Check out ESPN NHL Playoffs Today every day of the postseason until
6:00 AM ET Just 48 days after the end of the last campaign, the 2020-21 Premier League season will get underway on Sept. 12. 2 Related If that short recess makes it difficult to tell one season from the next, don’t worry: we have a fresh batch of kits, with teams releasing their new home,