8:15 AM ET Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show Regardless of how he does against Kubrat Pulev on Saturday, Anthony Joshua is still likely to trail rival world champion Tyson Fury in most
8:07 AM ET Igor Resende Deiveson Figueiredo needed less than two minutes to submit Alex Perez on Nov. 21 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas to retain his flyweight title. The plan was to return home to Brazil shortly after the fight, but then everything changed — quickly. Now, Figueiredo is set to make
Formula 1 bosses have rejected a Ferrari request for Carlos Sainz, their signing for 2021, to take part in next week’s post-season test in Abu Dhabi. This is despite governing body the FIA allowing two-time world champion Fernando Alonso to drive for Renault. The test was originally intended to be for young drivers who had
7:52 AM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com After a year like no other, we’ve made it to the tennis offseason. With the coronavirus pandemic shutting down the ATP and WTA tours for months — including the cancellation of Wimbledon — and dramatically altering the schedule and conditions at the events that did take place, it is hard
Former F1 driver Jolyon Palmer, who left Renault during the 2017 season, is part of the BBC team and offers insight and analysis from the point of view of the competitors. Sergio Perez is a race winner finally, and his drive to victory in the Sakhir Grand Prix could be no better advert for a
2:06 PM ET This past summer, to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the USWNT’s 2019 World Cup title, I took a look back at each of the country’s Women’s World Cup squads and ranked them. It was a fun exercise, and it reinforced a pretty simple idea: age balance matters. A country will usually only
Sachin Tendulkar said a player of Rohit Sharma’s calibre should be in Australia for the upcoming Test series if he passes his fitness Tests. Tendulkar said that a call on the opener can be taken after looking at the status of his hamstring injury and whether he is a 100 per cent. “I do not know
8:25 PM ET After a conference call with the NBA on Tuesday night, the National Basketball Coaches Association told ESPN its full membership is prepared to participate in the upcoming NBA season despite high rates of coronavirus infection and spread in many parts of the country. “As we enter the season, all of the protocols
11:11 PM ET Officially, the Dallas Cowboys ’ season is not over. Not even with a 3-9 record following Tuesday’s 34-17 loss to the Baltimore Ravens. But in reality, it is over. And maybe it has been over for weeks now. Maybe it ended when the Cowboys lost Dak Prescott for the season in October.
8:30 PM ET BALTIMORE — Lamar Jackson let the football world know he’s back with one of his signature runs. One day after being activated from the reserve/COVID-19 list, Jackson exploded up the middle of the field for a 37-yard touchdown late in the first quarter. QB Lamar Jackson sneaks out for a 37-yard touchdown
7:00 PM ET Indiana paused team activities Tuesday because of COVID-19 concerns within the program. The 12th-ranked Hoosiers did not practice Tuesday morning, and players and coaches underwent PCR testing. Indiana’s scheduled opponent, Purdue, announced earlier Tuesday that it had canceled practice to evaluate the results of recent COVID-19 testing. No decision has been made
8:46 PM ET Exactly 4,632 days had passed since the first time Cristiano Ronaldo turned up at the Camp Nou and found that there was an impish little Barca-coloured magician in the opposition ranks. A fly in his ointment. That was Manchester United en route to winning the Champions League in 2008 — the first
7:12 PM ET The top six teams in the CFP rankings remained the same Tuesday, including Ohio State, which stays at No. 4 despite uncertainty about its upcoming opponents. The Big 12, meanwhile, is still alive in the CFP race. The Buckeyes stay ahead of No. 5 Texas A&M and No. 6 Florida following a
5:54 PM ET LOS ANGELES — With the Los Angeles Lakers‘ first preseason game looming Friday against the LA Clippers — which will be just six days into training camp and 61 days since their clinching Game 6 NBA Finals victory — coach Frank Vogel sounds like he’s calling off the big guns. “We haven’t
6:49 PM GMT Former England hooker Steve Thompson has blamed a lack of protection in his playing days for his diagnosis of early onset dementia and said he can no longer remember winning the 2003 Rugby World Cup. Thompson, who made 73 appearances for England from 2002-2011, revealed his diagnosis in an interview with The
6:42 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent MANCHESTER, England — It could have been a week that proved Manchester United are on the right track under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, but instead their season is in danger of derailing. A 3-2 defeat to RB Leipzig on Tuesday was enough to cut short United’s return to the Champions League,
3:50 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — First basemen Freddie Freeman of the Atlanta Braves and Jose Abreu of the Chicago White Sox have won Hank Aaron Awards as the outstanding offensive performers in each league as voted by MLB.com. Freeman, 31, was second in the NL in batting (.341), OBP (.462), slugging
12:34 PM ET ESPN News Services The Chicago White Sox and Adam Eaton have agreed to a one-year, $7 million deal that includes a club option for 2022 at $8.5 million, sources confirmed to ESPN’s Jeff Passan. Eaton is expected to be the every-day right fielder for the White Sox. The deal was first reported