7:50 AM ET Saturday’s UFC Fight Night main event between Edson Barboza and Giga Chikadze is a genuine, well-deserved, undisputable fire emoji. When the UFC first announced this 145-pound pairing, fight nerds around the world rejoiced on social media. It features world-class technique, skill, athleticism and power. There can be only one dark horse in
Venue: Tokyo, Japan Dates: 24 August-5 September Time in Tokyo: BST +8 Coverage: Follow on Radio 5 Live and on the BBC Sport website Britain’s Kadeena Cox retained her C4-5 500m time trial Paralympic title with a stunning world-record ride in Tokyo. The 30-year-old, who won cycling and athletics gold at the Rio Games, knew
Sergio Perez is to stay at Red Bull for a second season in 2022. The Mexican’s new contract to partner Max Verstappen was announced at the Belgian Grand Prix on Friday. Team principal Christian Horner said Red Bull had been impressed since he joined this year and his “experience and race-craft are invaluable”. Perez said:
7:12 AM ET Maybe your parents attended a Black college. Maybe you did the same. Maybe you grew up watching the Bayou Classic each year on television. Maybe you even got a chance to go to the Bayou Classic. (Maybe you got a chance to attend the Battle of the Bands, saw Southern’s Human Jukebox
7:00 AM ET As the 2000 NHL draft entered its late stages, the energy had fizzled out of the New York Rangers‘ war room. “Back then, the drafts were nine rounds, and by the sixth or seventh, you’re just looking for a player that someone semi-likes,” explained then-assistant general manager Don Maloney. “You’re just trying
7:00 AM ET WEST HARRISON, Ind. — Luke Fickell sits at a corner table in the dining hall at Camp Higher Ground, Cincinnati‘s off-campus football training site in the hills just beyond the Indiana state line. Behind him, the most anticipated team in Cincinnati history devours lunch before a rescheduled afternoon practice. Three days earlier,
Venue: Tokyo, Japan Dates: 24 August-5 September Time in Tokyo: BST +8 Coverage: Follow on Radio 5 Live and on the BBC Sport website Paralympic cycling champion Jon-Allan Butterworth has joined GB’s Para-snowboarding team. Butterworth lost his left arm in a rocket attack in Iraq in 2007. He said becoming part of the Para-snowboarding squad
CPL 2021: A shot from Chris Gayle broke a glass window in the stadium.© Instagram Chris Gayle on Thursday made his comeback for St Kitts and Nevis Patriots during the second match of the ongoing Caribbean Premier League (CPL) 2021. Even though, Gayle did not stay at the crease for long, he entertained his fans
4:21 AM ET The summer transfer window is into its final week for the major European leagues, which means the biggest clubs are looking to make a splash in the market while they still can. Check out the latest gossip below, and see all official deals here. TOP STORY: Liverpool make late move for Bissouma
9:10 PM ET ESPN News Services BOSTON — Red Sox ace Chris Sale joined Hall of Famer Sandy Koufax as the only pitchers on record with three immaculate innings when he struck out the side against the Minnesota Twins on nine pitches Thursday night. Sale was making his third start for Boston since returning from
Jamie Chadwick is the 2019 W Series champion and development driver for the Williams Formula 1 team – the 23-year-old talks to BBC Sport about the highs and lows of trying to get on the F1 grid in an exciting year in Extreme E and back in the W Series, which is supporting the F1
10:43 PM ET Associated Press WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Ilya Ivashka, Emil Ruusuvuori and Mikael Ymer all took down seeded opponents — including No. 1 Pablo Carreno Busta — on Thursday in the quarterfinals of the Winston-Salem Open. Ivashka beat Carreno Busta 7-6 (2), 6-3, upending the world’s 12th-ranked player. That sent the 27-year-old from Belarus
9:24 AM ET Two weeks ago, I released my updated 2021 SP+ rankings, but coming up with those rankings is only half of the battle. In order to maximize your view of the upcoming season, you also want to see the projections involved. 1 Related Below, you will find a data dump of win projections
11:24 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Edgar Berlanga has agreed to terms on a two-fight plan with Top Rank, the boxer told ESPN on Thursday. The first bout comes Oct. 9 in Las Vegas against Marcelo Esteban Coceres, Berlanga said, in the main event of a Top Rank Boxing show on an ESPN platform that will
8:18 PM ET Associated Press OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Rory McIlroy found his energy level low amid the busy schedule and stifling summer heat. A good night of sleep and posting his lowest start in nearly a year at the BMW Championship on Thursday seemed to do the trick. McIlroy holed an eagle putt from
7:15 PM ET The NFL has proposed increasing its COVID-19 testing cadence for vaccinated players as cases surge around the country and multiple teams deal with case clusters that have sidelined prominent players and coaches this summer. The league wants to move testing for vaccinated players to once every seven days from once every 14
5:58 PM ET Tory BarronESPN Editor Close Tory Barron is a Bristol-based writer and editor for ESPN.com. After retiring from playing lacrosse at UConn, the DC native decided to try her hand at writing about people playing sports. Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry and his wife, Ayesha, are collaborating with Davidson College to launch
5:40 PM ET Despite the United States men’s national team’s failure to qualify for the last World Cup, it begins 2022 World Cup qualifying next week with significantly heightened expectations. In the nearly four years since the USMNT didn’t punch a ticket to Russia, the player pool has experienced an unprecedented amount of breakthroughs in