3:57 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent This might not be the great Spain team of a decade ago but the class of 2021 are not going away easily. At risk of going home early after opening their Euro 2020 campaign with two limp draws, Luis Enrique’s side produced a 5-0 win over Slovakia to book their
4:40 PM ET The UFC is adding an interim heavyweight title fight between Derrick Lewis and Ciryl Gane to its pay-per-view event Aug. 7, according to president Dana White. The UFC tried to book an undisputed title fight between defending champion Francis Ngannou and Lewis in June and then targeted it again for UFC 265
5:25 PM BST Scotland’s rugby team have broken camp ahead of next month’s tests against Romania and Georgia to self-isolate following consultation with Scottish Government medical advisers, a statement said on Monday. A planned international between Scotland A and England A on Sunday was called off because of COVID-19 cases in the Scotland squad. Three
2:43 PM ET Associated Press PAWTUCKET, R.I. — The victim of a fatal shooting in Pawtucket over the weekend was identified Monday as a former college football star. Keshaudas Spence, 29, of Brockton, Massachusetts, was found in the passenger seat of a car suffering from a gunshot wound at about 4:45 a.m. Saturday, Pawtucket police
3:24 PM BST South Africa will resume training activities on Monday afternoon after a COVID-19 scare in the squad as they build up to their first test in 20 months against Georgia on Friday, officials have confirmed. Initially three players tested positive for the virus over the weekend, but scrum-half Herschel Jantjies has since been
Welsh rider Luke Rowe has been fined and docked points for “assault, intimidation, insults, threats, improper conduct” after stage three of the Tour de France. Rowe had dropped back to help Ineos Grenadiers colleague Geraint Thomas, who injured a shoulder in a crash. After the £235 fine and 20 UCI points were imposed, Rowe tried
2:01 PM ET Colorado Rockies shortstop Trevor Story announced Monday he will take part in the All-Star Game Home Run Derby at Coors Field. Story joins the Los Angeles Angels‘ Shohei Ohtani and New York Mets‘ Pete Alonso as players confirming they will take part in the derby. Sources also confirmed to ESPN that the
3:15 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN ATLANTA — An MRI on the sprained right ankle of Atlanta Hawks star Trae Young revealed a bone bruise in his foot Monday afternoon, and he’ll be listed as questionable for Game 4 of the Eastern Conference finals against the Milwaukee Bucks on Tuesday night. “That’s the head of our
11:48 AM ET Stephanie Rempe and a small group of staff members at LSU have spent several hours each day in June diving down a seemingly endless series of rabbit holes. Rempe, who serves as the executive deputy director of athletics/chief operating officer of the LSU athletic department, pieced together a task force more than
12:58 PM ET Kathleen McNamee American Frances Tiafoe pulled off the first major upset at Wimbledon 2021 on Monday as he beat world No. 4 Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-4, 6-4, 6-3 to advance to the second round. Tsitsipas was favored to win the match having come second to Novak Djokovic in the French Open final earlier
9:21 AM BST Olympic men’s rugby sevens champions Fiji and silver medallists Britain have been grouped with hosts Japan and debutants Canada for the men’s tournament at the Tokyo Games, World Rugby said on Monday. Rugby World Cup Sevens and World Series champions New Zealand face neighbours Australia in Pool A, which also features Argentina
2:05 PM ET When it comes to Alvaro Morata and Spain, the big question remains unanswered: Is he — are they — tough enough to overcome obstacles and win Euro 2020? Monday’s round-of-16 showdown with Croatia (Noon ET; stream LIVE on ESPN) will be no bad test, given they have been quite the thorn in
Geraint Thomas was one of several riders involved in crashes as Tim Merlier won a dramatic stage three of the Tour de France. Welshman Thomas and fellow race favourite Primoz Roglic both lost time after falls during the the 183km stage. Caleb Ewan also crashed in the closing stages, bringing down former world champion Peter
1:43 AM ET ATLANTA — Earlier this week, in a back room of the Omni hotel in downtown Atlanta, Gervonta Davis said it could take a little while for him to get used to fighting up two weight classes. The first time he went up to 135 pounds was an adjustment, Davis said. “Saturday will
Jay Shah: Safety of players and stakeholder was prime reason to shift T20 WC to UAE.© BCCI The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Secretary Jay Shah on Monday said “safety of players and other stakeholders” was the prime reason behind shifting the ICC T20 World Cup to the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
The Indian cricket team, under the leadership of Shikhar Dhawan, flew to Sri Lanka on Monday to play a three-match ODI series followed by three T20s. On Instagram, Dhawan shared a selfie with a few other players inside the flight before take-off. “Next stop, Sri Lanka!” he captioned the post, as the three players behind
7:02 AM ET NHL Insiders The 2021 Stanley Cup Final is set to begin on Monday, as the Tampa Bay Lightning face off against the Montreal Canadiens. While these two teams would usually play each other frequently in the regular season as members of the Atlantic Division, Game 1 will be the first time they
7:00 AM ET Let’s face it: The 2020 season was not college football’s finest. There were empty or partial crowds, no tailgating and no atmosphere. In the run-up to the season, all of the sport’s cracks and flaws — the lack of centralized leadership, the outdated model for treatment of athletes, even the limitations of