2:42 PM ET Associated Press MONACO — Novak Djokovic opened his clay-court season with a surprising loss to Alejandro Davidovich Fokina at the Monte Carlo Masters on Tuesday. Davidovich Fokina stunned the top-ranked Serb 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-1 in the second round to hand Djokovic another setback as he tries to move on from the
Apr 10, 2022 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Aljamain Sterling is the UFC’s undisputed bantamweight champion. Undisputed. Kind of. Sterling (21-3) got the last laugh on Petr Yan (16-3) and all his critics Saturday, as he pulled out a razor-close split decision over Yan. The 135-pound title fight, which was supposed to end any controversy left over
1:09 PM ET Cain Velasquez has broken his silence for the first time since being charged with attempted murder in a shooting-related incident last month. In a statement posted to his social media, the former two-time UFC heavyweight champion thanked everyone who has given him support and said his case is “complex and slowly unraveling
Shivam Dube and Robin Uthappa’s scintillating strokeplay was complemented by a stellar performance from the spinners as Chennai Super Kings notched up a 23-run win over Royal Challengers Bangalore to open their account in the 15th IPL on Tuesday. Invited to bat, Dube (95 not out) and Uthappa (88 off 50 balls) conjured up commanding
11:30 AM ET Associated Press LONDON — Four-time Grand Slam singles champion Kim Clijsters has retired from professional tennis again. Clijsters, who ended her second retirement in 2019 after a seven-year hiatus, announced Tuesday that she will “no longer play official tournaments.” “I can’t wait to see what new adventures will cross my path,” the
This year’s Women’s Tour will feature the biggest field in the British race’s eight-year history with 108 riders from 18 teams set to compete. All 14 of the UCI WorldTeams are included, including the top-ranked Team SD Worx and their defending champion Demi Vollering. Two British teams, CAMS-Basso and Le Col-Wahoo, are also part of
7:00 AM ET Tim KavanaghESPN.com Close Tim Kavanagh is a senior NHL editor for ESPN. He’s a native of upstate New York. After a one-game slate last night, there are considerably more games on tap for hockey fans tonight — 14 of them, in fact, including a double-header on ESPN: Philadelphia Flyers at Washington Capitals
7:00 AM ET FOR MONTHS DURING the lockout, Major League Baseball players had a consistent gripe about the system they were attempting to change — a gripe to which fans, too, could relate. At issue is a strategy that has become commonplace in baseball: Tanking. Popularized during World Series title runs first by the Chicago
7:00 AM ET IKEM EKWONU HAS an uncanny ability to size up a man from the opposite side of the line of scrimmage and instantly decide how he’ll whip the guy. Perhaps it stems from his days as a high school wrestler, when each bout was a mano-a-mano showdown in which dominance must be established.
8:24 PM ET DALLAS — An MRI on Monday confirmed that Dallas Mavericks superstar Luka Doncic suffered a left calf strain in the team’s regular-season finale, a source told ESPN. The source said no timetable has been set for Doncic’s return. Asked if he could be ruled out for Game 1 of the team’s first-round
6:00 AM ET NFL NationESPN With respect to the AFC West, the AFC North might be the best and most exciting division in the NFL as it is now home to three of the best young quarterbacks in the Baltimore Ravens‘ Lamar Jackson, the Cincinnati Bengals‘ Joe Burrow and Cleveland Browns‘ Deshaun Watson. Led by
7:52 AM ET They can envision April 30 now. Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano walking toward the ring in the main arena of New York’s Madison Square Garden, one of the most iconic sporting venues in the world. Thousands of fans cheering. Irish and Puerto Rican flags flying. A buzz in the air, a fight
Aaron Finch will be representing KKR in IPL 2022.© BCCI/IPL Aaron Finch’s latest Indian Premier League (IPL) expedition is with Kolkata Knight Riders and when the franchise held a Q&A session for him on Twitter, it was no surprise that food was one of the topics he was asked about. “Eilish Maach”, or Hilsa, is
5:00 AM ET Gabriele Marcotti Mark Ogden Dear Richard Arnold and Joel Glazer: Another summer of change is approaching at your club, Manchester United, and with it, you hope, another period of introspection searching for the answer to this basic question: “How do we go back to being what we were on the pitch?” We
7:05 AM ET Meredith Lang was a hockey enthusiast. She liked the game well enough to play in high school but left it behind to pursue a track and field career that carried her to the 2004 U.S. Olympic trials. Life rolled on. Hockey morphed into distant memory. Then, Lang had two daughters. And as
7:00 AM ET Until the mid-1960s, substitutions in college football were minimal. All-around athletes dominated, playing frequently on both sides of the ball. But with the end of the mandate on one-platoon play in 1965, specialization began to reign. Players better at offense became offensive players, players better at defense became defenders, and rather quickly,
1:12 AM ET Reuters Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email Netherlands coach Louis van Gaal said the treatment he had undergone for an aggressive form of prostate cancer had been successful. The 70-year-old former Manchester United and Barcelona manager revealed his diagnosis on a Dutch television show earlier this month. – ESPN+: World Cup chat
6:17 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Lerner family that has owned the Washington Nationals since 2006 is exploring the possibility of selling the Major League Baseball franchise. Manager Dave Martinez said before the team’s game at Atlanta that managing principal owner Mark Lerner called him Monday morning to deliver the news. Lerner, who