1:35 AM BST Wallabies coach Dave Rennie is itching to get back on the grass. Or at least to feel it under his feet again, having finally put 44 names on paper for a two-game Bledisloe Cup battle across the ditch and then six straight Rugby Championship Tests, all amid the quarantine requirements in both
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The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 is around the corner, with fans and experts equally excited to see some of the big stars of world cricket back in action after a long time. In the build-up to the tournament, experts have started analysing the strengths and weaknesses of each team and also the players to
5:19 PM ET Marseille earned a smash-and-grab 1-0 win at Ligue 1 champions Paris St Germain after forward Florian Thauvin struck in the 31st minute of a pulsating though ill-tempered match that ended with a brawl that saw Neymar sent off on Sunday. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S. only) Littered with fouls
11:35 PM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com US Open runner-up Alexander Zverev on Sunday revealed his parents tested positive for COVID-19 and couldn’t be with him during his extended stay in the tournament. During his postmatch speech Sunday — after the 23-year old German lost to Dominic Thiem 2-6, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 (6) — Zverev was
5:05 PM ET Jeremy WillisESPN.com The Cleveland Browns opened the 2020 NFL season looking like, well, the Cleveland Browns. It didn’t help that they started the season with reigning MVP Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens. That being said, as so many on social media said, a 38-6 rout, in Week 1, is peak Browns.
11:51 PM ET NEW YORK — Dominic Thiem has been repeatedly knocked out in Grand Slam finals by the game’s icons, but he’s always popped to his feet and dusted himself off, eager try again. His persistence finally paid off in a big way as he won the US Open on an extraordinary Sunday afternoon
9:00 PM ET CHICAGO — You won’t confuse Chicago Cubs right-hander Alec Mills with any of the flamethrowers in baseball, but perhaps you’ve seen his teammate — and 2016 ERA champ — Kyle Hendricks pitch. Mills is called a “baby Hendricks,” and Hendricks is called a “baby Maddux” — a reference, of course, to Hall
6:37 PM ET ESPN staff The opening weekend of the 2020 NFL season was surreal. While the action on the field looked and sounded quite familiar to viewers at home, the precautions being taken due to the coronavirus pandemic meant that only one home team was allowed to have fans in the stadium in Week
2:04 PM ET LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Houston Rockets coach Mike D’Antoni has informed the franchise that he’s becoming a coaching free agent and won’t return to the Rockets next season, D’Antoni told ESPN on Sunday. “It’s with tremendous sadness and gratitude that my wife Laurel and I announce that our incredible journey in
8:00 PM ET Scottie Scheffler withdrew from the U.S. Open on Sunday because he had a positive COVID-19 test. Scheffler becomes the first player on the PGA Tour to test positive after six consecutive weeks of no positive cases. The United States Golf Association said Scheffler was asymptomatic and is at home in Dallas. South
8:21 PM ET ESPN News Services Dominic Thiem won his first major title by outlasting Alexander Zverev in the first US Open final to be decided in a fifth-set tiebreaker. Thiem won 2-6, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 (6) in a match that lasted over four hours. He became the first man in 71 years —
6:58 PM ET Adam Rittenberg Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Heather Dinich Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of Indiana University The Big Ten’s presidents and chancellors did not vote Sunday on whether to start the fall football season
6:46 PM ET Doc Rivers cannot play the NBA’s Sixth Man of the Year as his sixth man. When trying to comprehend how the LA Clippers have squandered a 3-1 series advantage over the Denver Nuggets — and in spectacular fashion, by losing a double-digit second-half lead for the second straight game in Denver’s 111-98
7:03 PM ET Associated Press SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Miguel Angel Jimenez completed a wire-to-wire victory Sunday in the Sanford International, the PGA Tour Champions’ first event with fans since returning from a break for the coronavirus pandemic. Jimenez closed with a 5-under 65 at Minehaha Country Club to beat Steve Flesch by a stroke.
5:18 PM ET Chicago Cubs righty Alec Mills threw the league’s second no-hitter of the season on Sunday, shutting down the Milwaukee Brewers in a 12-0 victory. Mills, 28, struck out five while walking three. Asked in the postgame interview on the Marquee Sports Network how he felt, Mills responded: “I have no idea. It
Talking about his career, India batsman KL Rahul on Sunday said that he is always determined to be the best version of himself. Talking about how he deals with success and failures, Rahul said, “No matter what I am doing. I have always been determined to be the best version of myself, physically and mentally.”
2:43 PM ET Tottenham and Everton were only separated by Dominic Calvert-Lewin’s 55th-minute goal at the Tottenham Stadium, but the game, which finished 1-0 to the visitors, suggested there is a bigger gulf in their respective searches for identity and improvement, and that should trouble home manager Jose Mourinho. The new Premier League campaign began
3:13 PM ET New York Islanders forwards Casey Cizikas and Tom Kuhnhackl have both left the Edmonton bubble due to injuries, the team announced ahead of Game 4 against the Tampa Bay Lightning on Sunday. Neither player will return for the rest of the playoffs, the team said. Cizikas, an important member of the Islanders’