Remco Evenepoel says his mother had to help him stand during his recovery from the broken pelvis he suffered in a crash last year. Evenpoel is a surprising second in the Giro d’Italia on his return to racing after nine months. “Two or three doctors had to hold me up because I would fall down
Wriddhiman Saha and the whole SRH team had gone into quarantine after he tested Covid positive.© BCCI/IPL India and SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) wicket-keeper batsman Wriddhiman Saha on Tuesday informed that he has recovered from COVID-19. “I have recovered. Thanks for all your wishes!” Saha tweeted. Last week, Saha said that he is in a much
London will host two rounds of the inaugural UCI Track Champions League. The format, featuring six events over six weeks in five countries, will start in Mallorca in Spain on 6 November. Lee Valley VeloPark will stage the fourth and fifth rounds on 3 and 4 December respectively. Four riders will be crowned champions –
6:10 AM ET NFL NationESPN With the 2021 NFL draft in the rear view, it’s time to take inventory with another version of the NFL Power Rankings. While this draft was unprecedented due to the lack of a combine, visits to team facilities and in-person pro days, the decisions made in constructing this draft class
7:19 AM ET KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. — The pudgy face is gone. So too is the curly hair sticking out from beneath an odd-looking cap. Now, the look is more mature, one of a husband and father, someone whose priorities have evolved. After all these years, Rory McIlroy returns to the same place, but he
India women’s Test and ODI skipper Mithali Raj and vice-captain Harmanpreet Kaur on Tuesday thanked the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for not only arranging charters to take the cricketers to Mumbai for the two-week quarantine ahead of the UK tour, but also for conducting regular RT-PCR tests at home with an
7:30 AM ET It did not look good for Charles Oliveira. Less than a minute into last Saturday’s fight for the UFC lightweight championship, he was trapped in a guillotine choke, and Michael Chandler‘s beefy arms were squeezing the life out of him. Even after he escaped trouble and gained dominant position in control of
7:00 AM ET The longest football season in the history of the world began and ended at the FCS level, from Central Arkansas’ 24-17 win over Austin Peay on Aug. 29 to Sam Houston’s thrilling 23-21 victory over South Dakota State in Sunday’s national title game. With a majority of the FCS action taking place
4:18 PM ET The New York Mets have placed right fielder Michael Conforto and second baseman Jeff McNeil on the 10-day injured list Monday with hamstring injuries, further depleting their starting lineup. Both players suffered their injuries in Sunday’s 7-1 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays, who swept a weekend series against the Mets. The
1:10 PM ET Bradley Beal said his strained left hamstring won’t be 100 percent and that he will have to manage it when the Washington Wizards play the Boston Celtics in the play-in tournament on Tuesday. Beal said his hamstring did not worsen after scoring 25 points and grabbing six rebounds in 35 minutes during
7:06 AM ET France boss Didier Deschamps will call up Karim Benzema to his 26-man squad for Euro 2020, sources told ESPN, despite the striker facing trial for alleged blackmail. The decision comes more than five years since Benzema’s last cap. Deschamps will announce his squad on Tuesday at 3 p.m. ET live on French
4:59 PM ET Tom Brady and Tiger Woods attended a Winnipeg Jets practice recently. Full disclosure: Neither GOAT was actually in attendance. But two actual goats named in the sports legends’ honor by their owner, Jets star Mark Scheifele, made their presence known. “They were buzzing around on the ice, so that was pretty cool.
6:50 AM ET The incredible hockey continued on Day 3 of the 2021 Stanley Cup playoffs, including the fourth overtime game of the postseason and the Cup favorite Colorado Avalanche showing how dominant they are. Tuesday brings the sequel to perhaps the best game of the playoffs so far, between the Florida Panthers and Tampa
6:36 AM ET When Tim DeRuyter arrived at Texas A&M as the Aggies’ new defensive coordinator in 2010, he had an unusual idea. He wanted his pass-rusher, a hybrid linebacker/defensive end, to have a bit of an edge to him out there on, well, the edge. He looked to Batman for inspiration. “I think it
New Zealand captain Kane Williamson is excited to face India in the World Test Championships (WTC) final next month as he considers showdowns against Virat Kohli’s men to be a “fantastic challenge”. India and New Zealand square-off in the final of the inaugural World Test Championships in Southampton from June 18. “When we play against
11:44 PM ET The Sacramento Kings will bring head coach Luke Walton back for a third season, sources confirmed to ESPN. The Kings extended their record-tying 15-year playoff drought after a second consecutive 31-41 season under Walton, who has two years left on his deal. Sacramento is in the midst of a multiyear rebuilding process
2:50 PM ET ESPN News Services LOS ANGELES — Albert Pujols has signed a major league deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers, moving 30 miles north to extend his remarkable career after leaving the Los Angeles Angels. Pujols, 41, formalized his one-year deal Monday with the defending World Series champions after agreeing to make the
6:02 PM ET Mark KriegelESPN A day after Tyson Fury tweeted that his heavyweight unification fight with Anthony Joshua was “100 percent on” for Aug. 14 in Saudi Arabia, an arbitrator ruled Monday that Fury must face Deontay Wilder in a rematch by Sept. 15, ESPN has learned. In granting Wilder’s injunction, former federal judge