Britain’s Adam Yates surrendered the leader’s yellow jersey as Tadej Pogacar won stage nine of the Tour de France. Yates was dropped from the leading chase group towards the final climb of the 153km mountain stage from Pau. Marc Hirschi led for 80km before being caught a kilometre from the line in Laruns, where Pogacar
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9:50 AM ET The conference finalists are set in the 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs, with the Tampa Bay Lightning and the New York Islanders squaring off in the East, and the Vegas Golden Knights taking on the Dallas Stars in the West. Which means the race is on for the Conn Smythe Trophy, awarded to
5:46 AM ET ESPN Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email Cristiano Ronaldo was asked to put on a face mask during Portugal’s 4-1 UEFA Nations League victory over Croatia on Saturday night. The Portugal captain, who has 99 international goals, missed the game because of a toe infection and watched from the stands. – Watch
7:17 AM ET The Milwaukee Bucks of fall and winter were a thing of basketball beauty. Giannis Antetokounmpo was once again building his MVP résumé, while Khris Middleton was continuing to establish himself as one of the NBA’s most versatile scorers, reliable from anywhere on the floor. Watching a fast break conducted by Antetokounmpo was
8:00 AM ET Kyle Bonagura Close ESPN Staff Writer Covers the Pac-12. Joined ESPN in 2014. Attended Washington State University. Mark Schlabach Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Just like everything else in college football this year, the plan for
8:00 AM ET Wow, some real, actual college football, and more games are on the way. But as we unveil our first ESPN Power Rankings of the 2020 regular season, it’s important to remember that we have a very small body of work so far. In fact, Memphis is the only team ranked that played
Shikhar Dhawan will play for Delhi Capitals in IPL 2020.© Delhi Capitals/Instagram Delhi Capitals batsman Shikhar Dhawan has opened up on the challenges being faced by the players while living in a bio-secure bubble and said “people have to be mentally strong.” However, the 34-year-old himself is not finding it difficult to adapt and said
6:46 PM ET Stipe Miocic and Daniel Cormier battled earlier this month at UFC 252 in a fight that many felt would determine the greatest MMA heavyweight of all time. Miocic won by unanimous decision to retain the UFC heavyweight title. Alistair Overeem is also in that heavyweight GOAT conversation. The former Strikeforce and Dream
5:00 AM ET The transfer window is a little bit different this year, given the coronavirus pandemic, and deadline day for most of the top leagues in Europe has been shifted to Oct. 5. That means there’s just one month left for clubs to make their moves. 2 Related Chelsea have already had a pretty
6:47 AM ET Three rounds down, two to go. The most unconventional Stanley Cup Playoffs ever continue on after three Game 7s were needed to finish the second round. The two Eastern Conference teams are now off to Edmonton for the remainder of the tournament, and the last team to punch their ticket was the
Racing Point have withdrawn their appeal against their punishment in Formula 1’s “copying” row. The team were docked 15 points and fined 400,000 euros (£356,000) for illegally copying Mercedes’ 2019 brake ducts for use on their car this season. Team owner Lawrence Stroll had said the accusations were “completely unacceptable and not true”. But a
Cyclist Elinor Barker has said time spent weighing children at school after lockdown would be better used helping them find a sport they love. The Olympic gold medallist from Cardiff said she had seen athletes starve and dehydrate themselves the day before being weighed for competitions. Her comments came after the National Obesity Forum’s Tam
Renault will rename its Formula 1 team after its Alpine brand for the 2021 season. Alpine is a niche French sportscar marque that has long associations with Renault. The company is aiming to promote it as the performance end of its road-car range. Renault’s F1 car will be known as an Alpine, and will change
1:18 AM ET Steve KimESPN Jamel Herring retained his WBO junior lightweight title by disqualification against Jonathan Oquendo on Saturday. The fight inside the Top Rank bubble at the MGM Grand Conference Center in Las Vegas was stopped after the eighth round because of an intentional head-butt. Oquendo led with his head in the fifth
1:33 AM ET Jamel Herring waited months and battled through COVID-19 to show he was ready for a major fight as a world titleholder. After his performance on Saturday night in a title defense against Jonathan Oquendo, that status is very much uncertain. Inside the Top Rank bubble at the MGM Grand Convention Center in
11:13 PM ET The New York Islanders are going to the Eastern Conference Finals for the first time in 27 years, snapping the NHL’s longest streak without a final four appearance. The Isles put on a clinic against the Flyers in Game 7 on Saturday, scoring two first-period goals en route to a 4-0 win.
1:07 AM ET Throughout the course of this long season, the LA Clippers were darlings of sharp bettors and league intelligentsia, even as so many fans and even a healthy percentage of the Clippers’ peers sometimes wondered why. They encouraged injured players to take plenty of time to recover, harped on the long view as
7:50 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — Frances Tiafoe is the last American man in the US Open singles field — and he’s into the fourth round at Flushing Meadows for the first time. The 22-year-old who grew up in Maryland advanced Saturday by beating Marton Fucsovics of Hungary 6-2, 6-3, 6-2. “I’m