1:58 AM BST Motivated by the stunning return of Quade Cooper, Kurtley Beale is hoping to add his own influence to a Wallabies team on the up and keep his dream of a fourth Rugby World Cup appearance alive. The veteran Test back is enjoying a first taste of Dave Rennie’s Wallabies environment, after being
2:52 PM ET Australia’s Alexei Popyrin advanced to the ATP Paris Masters third round on Wednesday after his opponent, third-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas, retired with a suspected arm injury. Tsitsipas was trailing 4-2 in the first set when he bowed out citing a longstanding issue to his right arm. The result means Popyrin will advance to
5:13 PM ET BEREA, Ohio — Cleveland Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield admitted to being stunned that the father of Odell Beckham Jr. trashed him over social media, and he said he hasn’t heard from the Browns receiver since the posts went viral. “Naturally, he wants his son to succeed. I can’t blame him for that,”
Monty McCutchen, the NBA’s vice president of referee development and training, said Tuesday afternoon that he’s pleased with the league’s progress toward eliminating foul calls on non-basketball moves. He added that his officials are still working to strike the right balance between not calling those non-basketball moves and missing some defensive fouls, and that the
7:00 PM ET News that Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers tested positive for COVID-19, is unvaccinated and will miss this weekend’s game against the Chiefs shocked the NFL world on Wednesday — and not just because he said in August that he had already been “immunized.” Since training camp opened in late July, Rodgers
11:12 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN The Boston Celtics had a players-only meeting ahead of Wednesday’s 92-79 win in Orlando over the Magic, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The meeting came in the wake of Boston’s fourth-quarter meltdown Monday against the Chicago Bulls, as Boston went from being up 14 at the start of the fourth
7:51 PM ET Associated Press ATLANTA — The Atlanta Braves will give a nod to past and present with a two-part parade Friday celebrating their first World Series title in 26 years. The Braves defeated the Houston Astros 7-0 on Tuesday night to wrap up the championship. The procession will start at Woodruff Park in
6:34 PM ET ESPN News Services San Francisco Giants catcher Buster Posey will announce his retirement from baseball on Thursday, according to a report from The Athletic on Wednesday. Posey, 34, has played his entire 12-year career in San Francisco, helping the team win three World Series titles, in 2010, 2012 and 2014. He is
4:09 PM ET NEW YORK — Justin Gaethje expects to get the nod for a title shot if he takes care of business this weekend. And he’s hoping that opportunity will come against an old rival. Gaethje fights Michael Chandler at UFC 268 on Saturday at Madison Square Garden. With a victory, Gaethje said he
1:13 PM ET Minnesota coach P.J. Fleck has agreed to a new seven-year contract that will keep him with the Golden Gophers through the 2028 season, it was announced Wednesday. The agreement between the university and Fleck, who is eight games into his fifth season as the Gophers’ head coach, is pending approval from the
6:31 PM ET Liverpool raced to early lead against Atletico Madrid and didn’t look back. OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images LIVERPOOL, England — Liverpool were determined to ensure it was going to be different this time. Atletico Madrid‘s last visit to Anfield in March 2020 was a calamitous affair on and off the field. The Reds
6:15 PM ET Associated Press PRAGUE — The United States won both singles matches against Spain to reach the semifinals of the Billie Jean King Cup on Wednesday. The Americans faced a must-win situation after losing to Slovakia 2-1 in Group C on Tuesday, and Sloane Stephens and Danielle Collins both earned straight-set victories to
7:30 AM ET Kamaru Usman will defend his welterweight championship in a rematch with Colby Covington on Saturday in the main event of UFC 268. That fight is just one of two title bouts on the card at Madison Square Garden in New York. In the co-main event, Rose Namajunas will defend her strawweight belt
Great Britain’s Alex Dowsett fell short in his attempt to break cycling’s hour record for men a second time. The 33-year-old posted a distance of 54.555km in one hour, shy of Belgian Victor Campenaerts’ record of 55.089km set in April 2019. Dowsett held the record for a month in 2015 before fellow Briton Sir Bradley
5:14 PM ET Associated Press DEL MAR, Calif. — For the first time, all 14 Breeders’ Cup races this weekend at Del Mar will be run without race-day medication, the final step in a process that had the antibleeding medication Lasix prohibited in races for 2-year-olds at last year’s world championships. Irish trainer Aidan O’Brien
4:29 PM ET The Hockey Hall of Fame has crossed out the name of former Chicago Blackhawks‘ video coach Brad Aldrich on the team’s 2009-10 Stanley Cup, the Hall confirmed to ESPN on Wednesday. Aldrich’s name was covered in X’s on Sunday, the same day the 2021 Cup-winning Tampa Bay Lightning had their names added.
5:34 PM ET Associated Press ST. LOUIS — Bellerive Country Club has been selected to host the Presidents Cup in 2030, making it the seventh American course to host the biennial event. It adds to the list of big events Bellerive has hosted, from Gary Player completing the career Grand Slam in the 1965 U.S.
4:03 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Jane Brown Grimes, a member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame for contributions to the sport as an executive who held roles at the U.S. Tennis Association, the precursor to the WTA Tour and the Hall itself, has died at age 80. The Hall announced Brown