12:00 PM BST England will face Fiji on the opening day of the Rugby World Cup next year while defending champions and hosts New Zealand will face neighbours Australia at Auckland’s Eden Park, the sport’s global governing body said. The tournament, to be held in Auckland and Whangarei from Oct. 8-Nov. 12 in 2022, was
11:07 AM ET ESPN News Services The family of a former Chicago White Sox stadium worker is crying foul after a lounge named after her was changed in favor of manager Tony La Russa. A food area is now called La Russa’s Lounge — a change from Loretta’s Lounge in honor of Loretta Micele, who
Agastya is seen reading on Hardik Pandya’s lap in his latest picture.© AFP India all-rounder Hardik Pandya is on a break from cricket. With the Indian Premier League (IPL) season postponed, Hardik has had the chance to spend time at home with his family. As he has not been selected in the Indian Test side
Britain’s Simon Yates won stage 19 of the Giro d’Italia to close the gap on overall leader Egan Bernal to under three minutes with two stages to go. Yates, 28, finished 11 seconds ahead of Deceuninck-QuickStep’s Joao Almeida on the 176km ride from Abbiategrasso to Alpe di Mera. Bernal was 28 seconds behind in third.
Skipper Kusal Perera hit 120 and Dushmantha Chameera took five wickets as Sri Lanka thrashed Bangladesh by 97 runs for a consolation win in the third one-day international on Friday. Perera’s sixth ODI century and an unbeaten 55 by Dhananjaya de Silva guided Sri Lanka to 286-6, a total they defended by bowling out Bangladesh
9:00 AM ET Our staff has spent the past 10 weeks on the road scouting college football prospects on the spring camp circuit. COVID-19 restrictions led to a lot of shortened or even canceled high school football seasons, so this in-person platform allowed our team an invaluable opportunity to evaluate prospects. Whether it’s a prospect
7:00 AM ET Corban Knight didn’t love where he was in himos hockey career. It was 2019, and Knight — then 28 — had just spent a season bouncing between the AHL’s Lehigh Valley Phantoms and NHL’s Philadelphia Flyers. “Constantly being called up and down, it definitely takes a toll on you,” Knight said. “And
6:00 AM ET HOUSTON — In early January, Houston Texans chairman Cal McNair made it clear he was looking to find a new identity for the franchise. In his opening statement of general manager Nick Caserio’s news conference, after mentioning the New England Patriots franchise, from which Caserio came, Cal said, “With respect to their
6:17 AM ET The Women’s Tennis Association said it would welcome dialogue with world No. 2 Naomi Osaka over her decision to boycott news conferences at this year’s French Open. Osaka, who said the nature of questions can impact on players’ mental wellbeing, has received support from several athletes but was slammed by the French
8:20 AM ET Liverpool have announced the signing of RB Leipzig defender Ibrahima Konate after triggering his €41.5 million release clause. Sources had told ESPN that Konate was set to become the club’s first major arrival of the summer and manager Jurgen Klopp said: “I’m really pleased we’ve been able to add a player of
7:46 AM ET Eric WoodyardESPN It’s hard for Devin Haney to find the right words. After months of training and preparing for his fight Saturday, the undefeated WBC lightweight titleholder would much rather express himself by using his fists than his mouth. At 135 pounds, a lot of attention has been paid to three-belt champion
6:27 AM ET After the Carolina Hurricanes punched their ticket for the second round on Thursday with a thrilling overtime win over the Nashville Predators, either the Minnesota Wild or Vegas Golden Knights will join them on Friday night, as they play the first Game 7 of the 2021 Stanley Cup Playoffs. Check out the
R Ashwin could be seen in action next when India play New Zealand in World Test Championship final.© AFP “SKY is the limit” for India cricketer Ravichandran Ashwin after he was followed by fellow India player Suryakumar Yadav on Twitter. Often referred to as “SKY”, Suryakumar has played T20Is for India and he plays for
2:45 AM ET LOS ANGELES — By now, Phoenix Suns head coach Monty Williams knows what’s going on with his star point guard Chris Paul by the look on his face. There’s a look Paul gets when he’s locked in — something between completely-in-control and about-to-jump-into-any-fray — and then there’s the look he had on
10:07 PM ET Oklahoma athletic director Joe Castiglione said Thursday that the school is unhappy with Fox’s decision to show this season’s game against Nebraska in Norman as the network’s early kickoff on Sept. 18. “We are bitterly disappointed that the great Oklahoma-Nebraska rivalry, on the 50th anniversary of the Game of the Century, will
10:47 AM ET New York Mets pitcher Noah Syndergaard has been shut down for six weeks with right elbow inflammation, manager Luis Rojas said Thursday. “It’s big. We were just counting on him being here a month from now,” Rojas told reporters. “This happening is tough. … We pray he can pitch for us this
4:51 PM ET And so, Zinedine Zidane exits stage left, of his own accord and for the second time in three years. You have to go back nearly a quarter of a century to find the last Real Madrid manager who said “no mas” and willingly made his way out of the Santiago Bernabeu without
9:39 PM ET Associated Press NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nevada — Danielle Kang and Lizette Salas set up a showdown Friday for a spot in the final 16 in the LPGA Match Play. First, they planned to watch “Friends: The Reunion” together. “Of course,” Salas said. “There’s a reunion,” Kang added. “We have matching ‘Friends’-like doors,