3:11 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Kei Nishikori, the 2014 US Open runner-up, said Friday he tested positive for COVID-19 a second time. Nishikori wrote on his mobile app that he will take another test next week, “at which time we will update you with more information.” “I have very minimal symptoms and
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2:10 PM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens With additional reporting by Rodrigo Faez BARCELONA, Spain — Ronald Koeman’s first act as Barcelona coach was a working lunch with his new bosses on Wednesday. He dined with president Josep Maria Bartomeu, sporting director Ramon Planes and director Javier Bordas at La Venta in the swanky St.
1:32 PM ET Serena Williams said she enjoys being at the National Tennis Center, but she is living in a rented house in order to insulate herself even further from exposure to the coronavirus because of her history of significant lung complications. “I want to be here, but I have genuine health issues,” Williams said
1:57 AM BST Crusaders coach Scott Robertson said he has asked about joining the coaching staff of fellow New Zealander Warren Gatland when he leads the British & Irish Lions tour of South Africa next year. Robertson, who missed out on the All Blacks coaching job last year, said a role on the Lions tour
7:10 AM ET We spent weeks — months, even — reporting on the coronavirus protocols that the NFL and its players’ union negotiated for 2020 training camps. It has been more than three weeks now since those camps opened, and a few days since players started practicing in full pads. So it’s fair to wonder:
Zak Crawley struck his maiden Test century as England established a strong position on the opening day of their series finale against Pakistan at Southampton on Friday. Crawley’s commanding 171 not out was the centrepiece of England’s 332-4 at stumps after captain Joe Root won the toss. Jos Buttler (87 not out) proved a fine,
10:49 AM ET After returning to campus after the birth of his son, Utah Jazz point guard Mike Conley Jr. is clearing quarantine on Friday morning and will be in the lineup for Game 3 of the Western Conference first-round series against the Denver Nuggets today, sources tell ESPN. Conley is expected to return as
Britain’s Mark Cavendish has been left out of Bahrain McLaren’s Tour de France squad. It is the second year in a row the 35-year-old has missed the Tour, having not been selected by previous team Dimension Data in 2019. The sprinter has won 30 Tour stages, four short of Eddy Merckx’s record of 34 victories.
7:00 AM ET This will be the most unpredictable trade deadline we’ve ever seen. My colleague Brad Doolittle just did a great job outlining the issues teams face this deadline, along with a position-by-position look at who might be available and which teams have holes to fill. One big factor aside from the cash-flow problems
12:17 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Four-time Grand Slam champion Kim Clijsters withdrew from the Western & Southern Open on Friday because of an abdominal injury that she wants to rest before the US Open. The 37-year-old Belgian already is a member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame and came out of
Any team that returns two positive coronavirus tests within a week during the Tour de France will be removed from the race, say organisers. This year’s delayed three-week race starts on Saturday, 29 August and runs until 20 September. Riders and team staff will be in a bubble from the day they arrive in Nice
7:00 AM ET When Carter Hart was 10 years old, his parents wanted to get him a goalie coach. Another family recommended John Stevenson, who lived close to their home in Alberta. Stevenson is famous for working with Braden Holtby — he was the first person the Capitals goalie mentioned on TV, moments after hoisting
Britain’s Adam Yates will leave Mitchelton-Scott to join Team Ineos from next year. The 28-year-old has signed for the British team on a two-year deal. It means he will no longer race for the same team as twin brother Simon, who on Wednesday signed a new two-year deal to stay with the Australian outfit Mitchelton-Scott.
11:12 AM ET Steve KimESPN Like many athletes around the world, former welterweight titlist Shawn Porter’s career was sidelined when the coronavirus pandemic closed his regular training facilities this spring. But as May rolled around, Porter and his father/trainer, Kenny Porter, began preparations for a possible late-summer fight. As they started to get back into
6:56 AM ET Fare thee well to the Washington Capitals and Calgary Flames, who were eliminated on Thursday night. That means that the No. 7-seeded New York Islanders are through in the East, and the No. 3-seeded Dallas Stars have joined the conference semifinal crew in the West. Will the St. Louis Blues and Montreal
9:00 AM ET ESPN Betting Insiders The Indianapolis 500 has always been held in May. But the 104th edition, scheduled for May 24, had to be moved amid the pandemic and will now take place on Sunday. That makes for an especially big weekend for racing fans, because there’s also a double-dip of NASCAR races
Virat Kohli posted a picture on social media to announce his arrival in Dubai.© Instagram Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Virat Kohli took to Instagram to share a picture of himself as he arrived in Dubai on Friday for the upcoming edition of the Indian Premier League. “Hello Dubai,” Virat Kohli captioned the picture. The cash-rich
9:50 AM ET The 2019-20 European soccer season unofficially began 422 days ago, when Feronikeli and FC Santa Coloma earned 1-0 victories over the Lincoln Red Imps and Tre Penne, respectively, in the preliminary round of Champions League qualifying. In this, the strangest sports year in most of our lifetimes, the season finally ends this