2:54 PM BST The British & Irish Lions will play back-to-back matches against the Cell C Sharks on Saturday, in replacement of the weekend’s original game against Vodacom Bulls which was postponed due to members of the South African team testing positive for COVID-19, the Lions announced on Thursday. Lions Rugby said the change is
1:18 PM ET North Carolina coach Mack Brown said Thursday that during a team discussion about the expanded 12-team College Football Playoff, his players were against the format and preferred six to eight teams. During a wide-ranging Zoom with reporters, Brown mentioned that ACC commissioner Jim Phillips had asked all coaches to get feedback from
2:37 PM ET Former Georgia receiver Demetris Robertson, whose career has been hampered by injuries, announced on Thursday that he’ll transfer to Auburn for his senior season. It marks the second time Robertson has changed schools. A former four-star prospect, Robertson started out at Cal on a promising note, catching 50 passes for 767 receiving
India skipper Harmanpreet Singh on Thursday attributed her prolonged lean patch with the bat to lack of preparation following her recovery from a COVID-19 infection and groin injury earlier this year. However, the senior batter is confident of finding her her mojo back in the three-match T20 series against England, beginning here on Friday. Having
11:56 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens La Liga president Javier Tebas has said only “financial doping” would enable Paris Saint-Germain or Manchester City to sign Lionel Messi on terms similar to his previous Barcelona deal. Messi, 34, is a free agent after his contract with Barca expired on June 30. The Catalan club are
6:00 AM ET PHILADELPHIA — Is the Philadelphia Eagles‘ offense better, worse or the same compared to the 2020 version? There has been some seismic movement since the disastrous 4-11-1 season wrapped in January, that’s for sure. The long-term plan at quarterback was scrapped when the Eagles agreed to trade Carson Wentz to the Indianapolis
Nils Politt soloed to victory on stage 12 of the Tour de France as Tadej Pogacar retained the leader’s yellow jersey. The German broke clear with 12km left on the 159.4km run to Nimes after being involved in a long-range 13-man breakaway. Pogacar finished safely in the peloton behind Britain’s Mark Cavendish. “It’s a dream
BCCI President Sourav Ganguly on Thursday tried to steer clear of the controversy surrounding the national selectors’ decision to not send a replacement for injured opener Shubman Gill in England, saying it was a matter for the selection committee to consider. The Indian team management on June 28, through administrative manager Girish Dongre, had requested
11:53 AM BST Four more players will earn their first England caps this Saturday as coach Eddie Jones named his team to face Canada at Twickenham. Dan Kelly will play at inside centre, Adam Radwan at left wing, Harry Wells at lock, and No. 8 Alex Dombrandt, who has been knocking at the door for
9:55 AM BST Former Springboks head coach Heyneke Meyer has joined Major League Rugby team, Houston SaberCats, in the United States. He will be their director of rugby. Meyer will also be responsible for the SaberCats’ developmental squad, under-18 team and academy. “This is a very important time for the SaberCats organization. I am fully
10:19 AM ET Associated Press LONDON — It might have been difficult for Ash Barty to imagine that a trip to her first Wimbledon final was just around the corner when she stopped playing at last month’s French Open because of an injured hip. Or even when she was two points from being pushed to
RK PLAYER POS HOMETOWN HT WT STARS GRADE SCHOOL 1 DE Milton, GAMilton High School 6’3” 265 93 2 QB-PP New Orleans, LAIsidore Newman School 6’3” 204 93 3 DT Thompson, ALThompson Public School 6’3” 275 90 4 CB Lakeland, FLLake Gibson High School 6’2” 165 89 5 OLB Denton, TXBilly Ryan High School 6’2”
9:00 AM ET Craig Haubert Close ESPN Staff Writer National recruiting analyst and analyst for ESPNU More than a decade of college and pro coaching experience. Graduated from Indiana and Nebraska-Omaha Tom Luginbill Close ESPN Analyst Senior National Recruiting Analyst for ESPN.com Coached in four professional football leagues Graduated from Eastern Kentucky and Marshall The
Triple world champion Peter Sagan withdrew from the Tour de France on Thursday because of a knee injury. The 31-year-old from Slovakia was unable to start the Tour’s 12th stage. He said: “In a sprint stage I hurt my knee. Yesterday I managed to finish the stage but was in a lot of pain and
6:43 PM ET Associated Press ANAHEIM, Calif. — Shohei Ohtani hit his major-league-leading 32nd homer for the Los Angeles Angels on Wednesday, breaking Hideki Matsui’s record for homers in a major league season by a Japanese player. Ohtani surpassed Matsui’s full-season record before the All-Star break with his solo shot to right in the fifth
1:54 PM ET Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Jayson Tatum was 15 when he made his first USA Basketball national team. It was 2013, when he got picked to play in the FIBA Americas U-16 championships at Uruguay. And one of the biggest thrills from that experience was getting his jersey. It bore No. 10.
7:33 AM ET Claressa Shields has been calling for it for years, well before she made a partial move to mixed martial arts. Shields rewrote boxing’s history books with every boxing fight she took and has always pushed for the same thing, the same hope: equality in women’s boxing. Equality in pay. Equality in promotion.
7:17 AM ET BOCA RATON, Fla. — It’s 2 p.m. on a Wednesday, and Dustin Poirier is methodically wrapping his hands at an empty boxing gym owned by his longtime coach, Dyah Davis. He is 17 days out from his lightweight trilogy fight against Conor McGregor in the main event of UFC 264, and though